If it were up to me, we would eat seafood every day. From salmon to shrimp to tilapia, I have never met seafood that I didn’t devour. Whether I have it grilled, smoked, roasted, or raw, it leaves me feeling completely satisfied, comfortably full, and overwhelmingly happy. Do I have a slight obsession with seafood?…
Archives for April 2015
5 Ways to Keep Landscape Photographs Interesting
Landscape photographs can become a bit tiresome over time. Whether you’re shooting with a point-and-shoot or a DSLR, some people have the tendency to view a breathtakingly beautiful landscape, hold up the camera, click the shutter button, capture the entire landscape, and keep moving along. What are ways to keep landscape photographs storytelling, compelling, and…
Blueberry Surprise Easter Egg Hunt
In celebration of Easter this year, my sister-in-law thought of the perfect Easter egg hunt for my son. Why was it perfect? It involved blueberries. And let me tell you … my son is completely obsessed with blueberries. Instead of filling the plastic eggs with candy, she filled them with blueberries and then hid them…
Home Decor: White Kitchen Inspiration Board
When we moved into our new home last fall, the kitchen was … well … to put it kindly, it just wasn’t our taste. There was a cabinet over the island that completely reminded us of an episode of Seinfeld. When cooking in the kitchen, I couldn’t see anyone who was sitting on the other…
Hello, Spring. We love you.
Open the windows, let in the fresh air, spend time outside, and enjoy the sunlight … that’s right, for most of us, spring has finally arrived. Yesterday afternoon, Mr. I-only-like-to-take-morning-naps-this-week and I put on light jackets, threw on our shoes, and headed outside to soak in all that the spring day had to offer. After…
Setting The Table the Night Before a Dinner Party
Hosting a dinner party can be stressful. You have to consider the menu, the seating arrangements, the table decor, the flower arrangements … the list can go on and on. One thing that I have found over the years is that if I get the task of table setting out of the way first, everything…
Simple Ways to Clean a Dog Bed
We have two large dogs and boy do they ever like to get as dirty and muddy as possible. Growing up as city dogs, when we first moved into our new home, they couldn’t believe the fenced in yard that we gave them. They had a look in their eyes like the yard was too…