Semana Santa

Last year we started our Easter Sunday with a bright bouquet of yellow and yellow/red variegated tulips, ombre easter eggs, Lake Champlain chocolate bunnies, goldenrod candles in crystal candle sticks, blue/green Guatemalan placemats with butter yellow napkins, homemade chocolate croissants, eggs poached in a bed of fresh baby spinach, and a dry bubbly breakfast Rosé….

Breakfast Quiche

All of the traditional breakfast flavors wrapped up in a single slice.  It is great for a quick breakfast, and stores fantastically. Breakfast Quiche Ingredients: Pie Crust 10 oz. Breakfast Sausage (or Bacon) 3 thinly sliced Scallions 5 Eggs 1 cup Milk (or half & half – I use milk to lower the fat content)…

Irish Crochet: 2nd Leaf

Materials: Metal Ring (6 mm) Yarn (Lace (0) weight) Cotton Cord U.S. size 7 (1.65 mm) Crochet Hook Instructions: Over a single cord: Sc 17 for the first leaf segment. Fold leaf segment over and anchor into the base with a Sl St. Over the foundation cord: Sc 17 for the second leaf segment. Once…

Irish Crochet: 1st Leaf

Materials: Yarn (Lace (0) weight) Cotton Cord U.S. size 7 (1.65 mm) Crochet Hook Instructions: Over a single cord foundation: Sc 13. Ch 2 to turn. Over the cord foundation: Sc 13, back to the base of the leaf, hooking into both horizontal loops of each St. *Ch 3. Sc 1 into the 3rd St.*…