Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Ten

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Tina Garceau

Two hundred and ten in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

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Easy Ham and Cheese Pie

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Tina Garceau

After a long day at the pool, sometimes you need something you can throw together for dinner in about 15 minutes. This ham and cheese pie is the ticket, and while it’s baking you can make a tossed salad – the perfect light dinner for a lazy summer night! Continue reading →

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Sunflowers in South Philadelphia

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Joe_Williams

Sunflowers in South PhiladelphiaSpringing up along a utility pole outside of the Italian Market

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Caturday

Posted on July 5, 2025 by Joe_Williams

My little girlMy little girl

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Cherry Cake

Posted on June 30, 2025 by Tina Garceau

The market this weekend had an abundance of gorgeous cherries that I picked up to make fruit salad. Then I changed my mind, as I have been known to do and made a cake. Not just any cake, this cherry studded, light, spongy dreamy cake. So good that Joe helped himself to a second slice! Continue reading →

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Caturday

Posted on June 28, 2025 by Joe

Early in September of 2016A blast from the past! This is when Plywood was enacting the Cat Distribution Program and was in the process of adopting us.

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Friday Five – Number Two Hundred Nine

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Tina Garceau

Two hundred and nine in a continued series creating a collage using five elements.

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Button, Button, Who’s Got the Button?

Posted on June 24, 2025 by Joe

It’s always the way — I was looking for something else, and I find a lost treasure! I recently uncovered my stash of movie buttons from the 1980s. They used to hand these out at science fiction conventions and sneak previews. Punky and new wave kids would festoon them onto leather jackets at the time. I didn’t have a leather jacket so I squirreled them away.

I got the button promoting John Carpenter’s remake of The Thing in the Spring of 1982 before the movie was released. Back then, the movie studios didn’t take conventions seriously particularly one held in Philadelphia. They would not dispatch stars or members of the production to the convention hall to make an appearance. They might throw in a cardboard box full of buttons or maybe a stack of fliers if they felt like it. They were usually heaped haphazardly at the entrance to the convention. They were free which is how I wound up with them.

I will share them with you here and there one at a time

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Easy Blueberry Galette

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Tina Garceau

The city pools just opened up this past weekend just in time for a heatwave, and we had pool plans. I decided to make a simple galette before heading out – the beauty of galettes is that you simple roll it out, fill it, fold it, and throw it in the oven. Baking time is a mere 30 minutes, and we were out the door – towels and sunscreen in hand!

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