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
Winter Cleaning List
Starting around New Year’s is a perfect time for cleaning! Why wait for spring, when you will want to be outdoors taking advantage of nice weather? (If it is nice weather where you live!)
Now you have time on your hands. Perhaps you’ve overdone it with the Christmas movies and need a break. Maybe the cookies are all gone and it’s time to start moving again.
Wassail, Pigs, and a Fresh Start:
When I think of New Year’s Day, I think of the song Here We Come A-Wassailing. If you’ve ever had the joy of watching the 1994 movie production of Little Women, you know the song I mean — the tune the girls sing as they come merrily down the lane before intersecting with the wealthy Lawrence gentlemen.
It’s a joyful sounding song amidst the typical minor-keyed Christmas tunes of the Dickensian era. A bright light in the darkness, if you will. And it makes me think that perhaps I need to pull out my cooking pot and brew up some wassail of my own.
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.