Refreshingly Easy Iced Tea For One

Warm weather means cool down drinks. This easy iced tea is especially refreshing! It’s great for an after school pick me up, picnic or just because. And with a fancy drink enthusiast for a daughter, I have been making her this iced tea for all of the above or no reason at all.

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How To Make A Summer Fruit Pie

summer fruit pie

I am usually a purest when it comes to summer fruit pies, jams and such. One fruit and one fruit only! But in an effort to try new things and never miss out on something delicious. I tried mixing the remaining blackberries, blueberries and peaches I had leftover after a weekend of canning. And it was so good! So good in fact, I might just have been (somewhat) converted into a multiple fruit kind of gal, because I have been thinking about this pie ever since I made it!

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Easy And Delicious Baking Powder Biscuits

golden baking powder biscuits on a tray

I grew up with baking powder biscuits as a staple, as did a lot of families. They are rather perfect for any time of day. Baking powder biscuits are equally good slathered in butter and jam, with tea or coffee, as they are accompanying a large pot of soup on a cold night.

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How To Make A Large Box into A Kids Play House

Our cardboard play house! The kids are never too far from making a plea to keep a ‘perfect’ box or coveted found object forever. But when they turned the large box that a patio chair came into the most adorable play house we have gladly allowed it a prominent spot in our living space (especially when we have been spending more time indoors together). It didn’t hurt that they intentionally went with a black and white colour scheme to ‘blend in’ with our surrounding style.

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Create a Large Pull Apart Gingerbread Man

giant pull apart gingerbread man

A pull apart gingerbread man is great for little hands. This handsome dude is much less fussy than tiny details and especially ideal for younger kids who need a parent’s assistance. But he’s equally great for families looking for a cool weather, single household yummy project! So much quicker and simpler to make one big ‘cookie’ than many smaller ones.

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Beautiful Sisters – Watching Them Grow Through Annual Photos

two sisters growing

Since the youngest could sit I have been taking an annual ‘sisters’ photo of my daughters each summer overlooking a beach in this beautiful cove near where we live.

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Delicious and Simple Blackberry Ice Cream

Close up scoop of purple blackberry ice cream

Honestly it might be surprising it’s taken me this long to come up with a blackberry ice cream recipe. My love of all things blackberry is no secret. And since getting reacquainted with my ice cream maker this summer – I have entered the ice cream (sorbet, sherbet) making stage of pandemic, because I think we all know I was never going to buy an RV!

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