Another Day In The Hammock

“Why Ecuador?” That’s what everyone asks. We first visited Ecuador 6 years ago. Not that I have a bucket list, but Ecuador probably wouldn’t have been on it at that time. It’s not a country that people talk about much. Sandwiched between the pre-Colombian ruins of Peru and the newsworthy drug cartels and the long-advertised …

My love for Meyer lemons was not instantaneous. In fact, other than seeing them in Hammock yards, I wasn’t impressed. As they were so abundant, my only thought was that they must be like a weed tree since no one seemed to be picking them. Each year I would receive a small bag from a …

It may have been Carl Hiassen, or if not then another Florida writer, who wrote something like: “People come to Florida to reinvent themselves–people from Florida go to Key West.” Key West is definitely one of our happy places. It never fails that we discover something new each time we visit. Perhaps we are not …

If you think you have seen these before on my blog, you are right! I brightened them up with 12 drops of red food color to resemble my favorite Calico Scallop seashell. My original recipe can be found at Cookie Stamps of Approval I have loved the Calico Scallop since I found a pendant in a St Augustine …

After a successful whirlwind week of showing properties to my sister and brother-in-law, I am ready to unwind with a little baking. My freezer is also saying “yes, please” as we managed to get through the fruitcake scones, potato scones, cherry scones and the sourdough English muffins. Oh, and the anis cookies, pfeffernusse, almond bars …

If you are like me, the New Year finds you back on a diet. For me, it’s The Flat Belly Diet that I mentioned in some of my earlier posts. So what do I do when I love to bake? I get prepared for our Florida visiting friends and relatives with my ready-to-bake scones tucked …

I dreamt I was a dragon in my hammock by the sea, An Eastern not a Western one for frightening others wasn’t me. A sign perhaps to let me know, That future ventures were to grow. Auspicious dreams can sometimes be, A winding path that sets us free. But dream I dreamt so off we …

I was the last nestling chick of my aging mother pelican.  She was almost 30 years old,  a near record and she knew she wouldn’t be around to see me mature.  Sadly, she was quite sure that I wouldn’t.  You see, my mother had stowed away on a ship that went to a country where …

  Is there such a thing as too much peanut butter? I had never thought so until the day when I was organizing our pantry.  While deciding to go healthy (and peanut butter is considered a good fat believe it or not) I had purchased the Costco portions of the Organic version. One of our …