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Farm to Table: Urban Gardening with a Local Farmstand + 222 Fifth Giveaway (a gorgeous set of plates)!

For those of you who are fortunate enough to have a plot of land to call your own, keeping a small herb garden alive and happy might be a normal part of life. In the city, many of us make do with finding the sunniest window sill and attend to our green young there. These … Continue reading

Snow is a-swirling, so is cookie butter! {recipe: challah cookie butter french toast}
Adventure in Normal Life / Culinary Creations and Recipes / Food / Gourmet the BlueBoots Way / neighborhood / new year

Snow is a-swirling, so is cookie butter! {recipe: challah cookie butter french toast}

For those of you who don’t live in a place where it snows, you can find a short video clip of today’s swirling snow. I asked myself this morning why I live in such a place where I have to go clean off my car, trudge to work without getting blown off course, or shovel … Continue reading

Peaceful Morning Rain
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Peaceful Morning Rain

When it comes to springtime, the blue boots come out often to splash about.  It being June already, with summer hurtling through time at us in just a couple of weeks, I think we must have skipped spring altogether and are careening from winter to summer with this week’s chillier rain as a spring afterthought. … Continue reading