Aimless Tangents

Blueberries were on sale this week at my local grocery store. So I snagged two 18oz. containers of berries and more freezer jam pectin. The berries were beautiful. Everything was done the exact same way as the strawberry jam I made previously. I still think pureed fruit looks kinda gross. In case you didn’t know, [...]

I love taking pictures. I was given a macro lens as a gift this past Christmas that turned even the weeds in my yard into objects d’art. This means I have lots and lots of photos that I want to display but not enough frames to display them with. Especially with how expensive frames can [...]

A few years ago, when back in Louisiana for Christmas I picked up some reprint postcards of 6 vintage signs from the area. The intention was to frame them up and hang them in my kitchen. However, 3 of the postcards are an odd square size and I didn’t want to pay for custom mats [...]

Today is my 30th birthday. I’ve had some trouble wrapping my mind around the idea of turning 30. Me, 30 years old, no arguing that I’m “adult”. Huh. But I still feel like I kid. I feel like someone is going to walk up to me and demand that I head back to school, that [...]

The tastes of summer and of memories. Warm Sunday afternoons surrounded by family and tons of food. The lazy clink, clink of a chain swing moving back and forth. Laughter at the family stories retold. Call it Tort or Tart, whatever you want, but I grew up with it being called Blueberry Tort. Regardless of [...]

This weekend the Hubs and I continued our tradition of going to the Ren Fair in Muskogee, OK. We’ve gone every year for the past 4 years and I have to say this was one of the best years. Part of that was due to the company we had this year. Some local guild mates [...]