Category: Holidays

Berry Scary Hand Pies for Halloween

Scare up some berry hand pies for Halloween, quick and easy to make with refrigerated piecrust, berry filling and edible candy eyes! With October’s arrival, it’s time to eat, drink and be scary, so I decided to scare up some hand pies in anticipation of Halloween! This post contains affiliate links. For more information see…

A Stars & Stripes Salute on the Porch

Preparations are underway for a Stars & Stripes Salute for Indespendence Day~  a day with family enjoying food, fun, and fireworks! We’re pulling out all the flags for this High-Flying Holiday! Excerpt from “I am the Flag” by Ruth Apperson Rous: “My thirteen stripes alternating red and white, with a union of thirteen white stars in…

A Sweet Southern Pairing for July 4th!

RC Cola and MoonPies go together like Fireworks and the Fourth of July!  If you live above the Mason-Dixon line, you’re probably not familiar with this famous culinary combo :) Not to be confused with a Whoopie Pie, the Original MoonPie is a four-inch-round s’mores-ish sandwich cookie, made of marshmallow fluff layered between graham crackers and coated with chocolate, vanilla, or banana.  I…

Celebrating the Red, White, and Blue

We Celebrated the Red, White, & Blue with a Memorial Day Picnic~ Stars and Stripes were the Guests of Honor! And a little retro fun~ plaid & portable~ was provided by this metal picnic basket I found at World Market~   Mini MoonPies and vintage-style seltzer waters arrived, but unfortunately RC Colas were unable to attend :)  Parchment paper checked basket…

How Dogs Celebrate Holidays

A little boating~ Some snacking . . . These special treats courtesy of this bonnie lass, Sadie~ Sadie, whose mom Sarah, knows cinnamon & oatmeal and peanut butter & blueberry are the best flavors at Woof Gang Bakery :) Thank you Sadie & Sarah! Wishing you a Safe & Happy Memorial Day with plenty of treats! Thank…