Mi Casa de Pollo

The chicken house is in place & the girls seem very happy in their new home. It’s tucked into the corner of my garden, fits right in & I can see the girls moving about in the run while I’m standing at my kitchen sink. Love that!

Chicks in the City

This was taken on Saturday and is our first egg!
 
Here are my new girls. They’ve been here almost a week now and I’m having so much fun watching there goings on and listening to their sounds. So far we’ve gotten 3 eggs, all from Lucy, the biggest hen. She’s an Athen’s Rare Breed. I [...]

A Dirty Little Workout!

Do you workout on a regular basis?
At home or a gym?
Solo or with a buddy?
Do you walk or run? wii fit, treadmill, swim, bike?
Having been a personal trainer and an aerobic instructor, worked full time in the fitness arena (YMCA!) for years I know the importance of cross-training, varying the mode of training. Also important [...]

Letter from a Law Student

Dear American liberals, leftists, social progressives, socialists, Marxists and Obama supporters,

We’ve stuck together since the late 1950s, but the whole of this latest election process has made me realize that I want a divorce. I know that we tolerated each other for many years for the sake of future generations, but sadly this relationship has [...]

In a Happy Place!

It’s been one of those glorious spring days here in Georgia! (This after cold & snow flurries Monday & Tuesday.) Easter is just around the corner …my white azaleas in FULL bloom.

The “Mother’s Day Red” variety is just beginning to open.

No make-up! Work clothes, garden gloves and sunscreen were the order of the day. [...]

Oh Bother! April Freeze in Georgia

Calendar says “spring” but thermometer screams winter. Drop cloths, old sheets & table cloths, up-turned emptied storage bins & trash cans, even a rain slicker surrounds a near blooming rose. What lengths will I go to to protect the tender vegetation! Peonies have buds waiting to burst. Same with roses & azaleas. Hydrangeas have their [...]

Design Sponge meets (my) Designer Daughter!

Sara is having a RED letter day with a feature post on her favorite blog, Design Sponge. Their table, before and after pictures AND their wedding are highlighted today! You go girl!!!

Teflon Pressor Foot to the Rescue!

 
Dotty Diaper Tote Bag made of canvas and a similar tote in oilcloth.

My first three oilcloth bags! Two totes and a lunch sack. 
On my long list of projects has been finding and making some items out of oilcloth. In the “old days” is was a canvas that was painted with linseed oil to give it [...]

Grand Slams

NEW ITEMS!!! Rabbit Rabbit Pillow and Doggie Diaper Bag
An index and links to more recipes at maryhanks.com on my Food For Thought page.

These mouthfuls get their crunch from a trio of pantry ingredients-cereal, coconut and nuts.
Grand Slams1 cup shortening1 cup sugar1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar2 large eggs2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon [...]

Food For Thought

In an effort to put the recipes that are favorites on-line my posting began with a “non-blog” website, before I tried my hand at blogging. It was a way to post pics of faux finish, mural & etsy work plus some gardening pictures. Sort of an on-line portfolio, maryhanks.com.I’ve added recipes to this blog [...]