Category: Annie DeMoranville

A Little Cooking

As I struggle with book three, Full Sail, of the TJ Wilde Trilogy, I’ve been doing a little baking. From my cooking blog:

I have been wanting to make Rye Bread for a while, but I didn’t have all the ingredients handy. Tracking down rye flour was tricky. Once I had everything in the pantry, it was time to bake.

Then I realized, I had no recipe handy. It had been so long since I’d made a loaf, I had no favorite one bookmarked anywhere…or documented here. So I was off on a search…only to be frustrated by variations and lack of reassurance if a certain recipe was what I was looking for..or if it was even a good recipe. Even King Arthur let me down. Continue reading here

A Winter’s Garden

The beauty of a winter garden. The majority of my yard is native plants, butterfly, bee, and hummingbird attractors and we are encouraged to leave everything as-is through the winter and spring for the wildlife to enjoy.  I have to say, besides being easier to take care of, it sure can be pretty.

Sedum
Stockpile for Anne Laurie 8

Echinacia and oat grass
Stockpile for Anne Laurie 4

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Late Fall Light

Zebra grass glowing in the sun

I’m not a big fan of winter, but I am a fan of seasons, so I always look for the beauty to get me through those shorter, colder days. There is a peacefulness to the end of fall – start of winter.

The work is done, the gardens are put to bed, the yard is winterized and it leaves time to sit on the patio and just breathe.

One of the perks of winter is with all the foilage gone, my mountain view returns with spectacular mountain sunsets.

Now is a good time to move indoors and focus on indoor tasks, like painting and deep cleaning…oh, you thought I meant writing. Yeah, that, too.