A Blog For Your Seasonal Home
Bringing you homemaking tips, festive food, and seasonal stories. Coming to you from the DC Metro area, by way of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Welcome! Stay and get cozy.
Recent Posts
Herding Swine and Judging Cornbread: Fun at the 4-H Fair
While summer is still here, I wanted to remind us that it is the time of County fairs. In some places that means rides and funnel cake, in others it means farm competitions and animal sales. For those of us in the Central Pennsylvania county of my youth, it meant our 4-H projects needed to be finished and ready for competition.
When Life Gives You Lemons…
Now is the season to use faux fruits and patterns. Seriously, go wild. You can’t overdo this in a kitchen, and I’ve tried. These days you could have citrus fruits coming out of your ears and as long as you’ve got a cute sign saying “easy peasy lemon squeezy” I guarantee no one would bat an eye.
Quick Flooring Tips
Quick tips for keeping your floors sparkling during the summer months.
Wayward Deck Chairs and Sneaky Sludge
No one wants to open that outdoor table umbrella in the spring and be surprised by bugs or rusty water or errant leaves - but once those babies have been exposed to the elements all season, it's a roulette of which experience you'll receive.
Yearly Homemaking Checklist
Give yourself the tools to tackle your home this year! This checklist offers maintenance, housekeeping, and tips for a well-managed home.