The tide is high, but I’m moving on

I should be in the garden right now. It’s a gorgeous 80ยบ afternoon, and I have several layers of newspaper spread out to smother weeds (o, the weeds!) in the beds I made this spring…and the paper is in need of some leaves, grass and straw to weigh it down. If I don’t take care [...]

Chocolate Stout Cupcakes to die for

More cupcake awesomeness happening over here. I wanted to do something yummy for St. Patrick’s day to bring to work. Corned Beef and Cabbage? Not cubicle friendly by any stretch of the gastroimagination. Beer might help, but is probably not allowed. Sweets are always appreciated. Then I saw this post and knew I had to [...]

Mexican Hot Chocolate Cupcakes and Happiness

Yesterday was all about the sweetness. I spent the day in the kitchen while Chris worked on boxes of stuff in the basement, sorting and filing and throwing away. Lila floated between the two of us, helping me mix cupcakes, then running upstairs with photos and other finds to share. “Freemember this? When I was [...]

Chocolate orange cupcakes with ganache and buttercream and a side of reupholstered dining room chairs

Busyness all weekend (nothing seed or garden related, but I’m out of the self-flagellation business, so we’ll just vett that to next weekend’s to-do list). Chris surprised me Saturday afternoon by coming home with four new seats for the dining room chairs cut out of 3/8″ plywood. We all got busy taking the nasty covers [...]

Coconut cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

So! Sorry family (New Englanders, all) but that was some game last night. I couldn’t help rooting for NY, they played so hard. The only treat I made for the game was a batch of Ina Garten’s Coconut Cupcakes. The cream cheese frosting came out like silk. But I really need to work on my [...]

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