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Winter Garden Aglow In Boise, Idaho
“Christmas is a togethery sort of holiday” – Winnie the Pooh One of my favorite togethery things to do at Christmas, is to drive around and look at all of the Christmas lights. This year, I got to experience the Winter Garden Aglow in downtown Boise! What an incredible display of lights! Situated on over 50 acres in downtown Boise, the Winter Garden Aglow is on display at the Idaho Botanical Garden (IBG). The IBG is actually located on what used to be the farm and nursery land for the Old Idaho State Penitentiary. In 1973, the penitentiary closed, and this land was unoccupied for more than 10 years. …
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Festive Fruitcake
It is that time of year! The weeks and days leading up to Christmas are one of my favorite times of the year. For as long as I can remember, I have always baked goodies to share with family and friends. As a little girl, I would spend hours in the kitchen with my mother and grandmother, and they would always let me bake my own batch of cookies – all by myself! I would then wrap the cookies up, and give them to my mom and grandma, like they had no idea what they were getting! 🙂 As years went by, and I grew older, I continued to bake…
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Holiday Season Is Here In St. Claire, Michigan!
It’s official! The holiday season has begun, here in St. Claire, Michigan! If you were here in downtown St. Claire last night, you couldn’t help but feel festive! All around, the shops, streets and boardwalk, were decorated and lit up in celebration of the beginning of the holiday season. Christmas music streamed from the speakers along the river, while people sang along to “Santa Clause Is Coming To Town” and “Jingle Bells”, among other songs. Fires were lit in the fire pits in the City Square, as people stood around them, hot drinks in hand, trying to ward off the frosty chill of the air. Parking lots were packed,…
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A Fall Day In Lexington, Michigan
With Halloween over, and our first snow flurries last night, I feel like I am quickly running out of time to get some Fall pics up! Michigan is absolutely beautiful in the Fall, and it was a perfect day to just get out and go for a drive. Our drive took us to the little town (it is actually a village) of Lexington, located on the shore of Lake Huron, just north of where the lake channels into the St. Clair River. It wasn’t a destination we had intentionally set out for, it is just where we ended up. In fact, prior to ending up there, I had never heard…
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Spiced Apple Cake
Fall is not only full of color, it is full of flavor! Some of my favorite things about this time of year, are all of the yummy things we get to bake and cook. After visiting the apple orchard and coming home with a couple of bags of apples, the next step was to figure out what to make with those apples. Of course, I made a couple of batches of applesauce, because applesauce is best when it is homemade – especially when you leave chunks of apple in it 🙂 We also ate a lot of apples, just sliced and dipped in caramel – but you can only eat…
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Apple Season At Blake’s Orchard In Armada, Michigan
Blake’s Orchard Temperatures are dropping and leaves are turning here in Michigan. Fall is in full swing, and what better time to visit an orchard, than during apple season! With so many orchards in the area, it was hard to pick which one we wanted to visit. After talking to a few locals, we settled on Blake’s Orchard in nearby Armada. Blake’s Orchard and Cider Mill is family owned and has been around since 1946. They are also one of the orchards that are actually open year round. One of the first things that caught my eye when we got there, was just how cute they had everything decorated for…
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Welcome to Michigan!
You know you are in Michigan when you ask someone where they are from, and they hold up their hand to show you. We are currently in the thumb! I will be honest – before getting here, I was a little apprehensive. I had never been to Michigan before, and the only thought that really ever came to mind when I would try to picture what it would be like here, was that it would just be like Detroit. Not that I mean anything against Detroit, I don’t…I just pictured city and a lot of urban sprawl I guess. The truth is, I could not have been more wrong! Michigan…
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Announcing Instagram!
First things first – WELCOME FALL! Even Scout is excited to be breaking out her sweater collection! 🙂 You can now get out and about with Scoutnabout on Instagram! I decided it was a good way to get a lot of the extra pictures up that I take. The account is still new at this point, but for now, you can check out some “pre-blog” photos. I will have current photos up soon (as well as a lot more blog posts)! Stay tuned! Follow us at http://Instagram.com/scoutshots
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Watermelon Salad
Sadly, I think summer is on its way out ?. But that doesn’t mean it is gone – yet! There are still some pretty good looking “summer” fruits available in the grocery stores! A large part of my grocery shopping is spent in the produce section of a store. Today, as I looked around trying to figure out what I was wanting to make with supper tonight, I saw a nice little stack of watermelon that looked pretty good. At first I thought watermelon sounded pretty good for a dessert, but, then I thought, it might also make a pretty good side dish as well 🙂 Rather than just cut…
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Friday The 13th Cocktail
Are you superstitious? Maybe you are just a little-stitious. No matter which one you are, all you need is this tasty little brain bleed in a shot glass to chase away any bad luck that may be lurking around :). Easy to make, and fun to drink – you just have to get past the “chunks of brain matter” as you drink it! Just limit yourself, too many of these and that bad luck may find its way back come morning…. The Bleeding Brain 2 parts Peach Schnapps 1 part Irish Cream Splash of Grenadine Splash of Blue Curaçao (optional) Fill a shot glass 2/3 full with Peach Schnapps. Add…