These beautiful birds nests that we are using for our interior decorating for Easter were found in our yard last year. Baby birds were born last May. It is rare if they use the same nests again. We waited just in case. I love the natural feel they added. My sons Jaden & Bren thought…
Month: March 2013
Dunga Brook Diary: A Year of Seeing Differently, is Whicker’s first iPhoneography
I had to share my girlfriend Vicki’s upcoming Art Show at Cherry Branch Gallery. She lives in central New York. She bought her farm house sight-unseen. You can follow her journey leaving Southern California- The Palisades to be exact. Really such an incredible blog. Our paths have crossed through our careers. She was a shoe…
Celebrating my daughter: past and soon to be present
I can’t believe the time has come to celebrate my daughters college graduation. I have found myself reminiscing over her high school graduation party. I love to capture the moments and here are a few of my favorite photos: I absolutely love this photo of my daughter Macey and her ggreat group of friends. I…
Spring has sprung…
Let us take it all in…. This picture was captured the first day of spring… A rainbow of brightness -I cherish to the fullest Excitement with my boys when we planted these seeds. Everyday they check to see if any have sprouted. I want them to value, learn and know where food comes from. I…
Slow Roasted Marinara Sauce
One does not grow old at the table The aromas throughout the kitchen bring me back to Italy. Strolling the streets of Florence and taking in these scents in that moment. I had no idea I would remember them this well. Reminiscing of how the lifestyle is; food is everything to Italians. It is so…
Slow Roasted Tomatoes
Slow Roasted Tomatoes have become slightly an obsession of mine over the last few months. I’m so thankful in researching for the absolute best marinara sauce I found this amazing blog jellytoastblog.com It gave me goosebumps as it is completely my style. The photography to the layout has me in awe… Of course I had…
Crafting & Culinary Event with my wonderful girlfriends
This healthy dose of laughter, sharing, creating and spending time with such a lovely group of ladies was pure joy. We started the afternoon with my most favorite drink ever. Moscow Mules. Refreshing, full of ginger flavor and was such a nice pairing with the appetizers. Chicken Curry Salad on homemade baguette, Cherry chutney Brie…
My love for chevron; my passion for creating
As I was given these chairs by my mom. They have been in our family for years. She knew I had to give them some love and a makeover. She was just fine with that. What I loved most about these chairs was the real brass wrapped on the very edge of the legs. Touches…
Celebrating 23 years together with our favorite boys
Celebrating 23 years with my best friend and favorite boys was endless joy and full of lots of laughter. Cirque is always so entertaining and have never seen a bad performance. We knew this is the way we wanted to celebrate our anniversary .
A stormy evening calls for comfort culinary eats
As looking out at the stormy weather & water so ever choppy. My son Bren says “can we have some warm tortillas with chicken and cheese for dinner?” It was not the plan for dinner, however it was a easy switch. As the tortilla dough is resting I prepared the barbecue chicken, Beechers handmade cheese,…
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