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Monthly Archives: September 2024
White Bean Soup with Garlic
This bean soup is just the thing for a blustery evening. It’s warm and filling, paired with thick slices of grilled bread – it’s perfection!
Friday Five – Number One Hundred Eighty Eight
One hundred eighty eighth in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.
Posted in Collage, Friday Five, Illustration
Tagged birds, collage, Friday Five, vintage photos
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This Means You!
A well worn sign at the Fernwood -Yeadon stop on the regional rail line in Pennsylvania.
Posted in Adventures in Commuting
Tagged Delaware County, Pennsylvania, sign, weathered, worn
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Banana Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffins
Here’s yet another recipe to make use of those overripe bananas in your fruit bowl. Basically, banana bread with sour cream, peanut butter, and chocolate chips – the addition of peanut butter, wow – it never occurred to me, and … Continue reading
Posted in Lovin' from the Oven
Tagged baking, bananas, muffins, what to do with overripe bananas
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Vanilla Yogurt Cake
This is an easy cake, it takes about 5 minutes to put together. No butter or flour, just vanilla yogurt, eggs, vanilla, and cornstarch, which gives it a custardy texture. It’s not overly sweet, so you may want to drizzle … Continue reading
Small Truck Mascot
On the way home from work I spied this tiny example of what I like to call Truck Mascots. A truck mascot is a discarded stuffed animal or toy that is used to adorn large industrial trucks sort of like … Continue reading


