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2017 

Colonial Williamsburg Dollhouse Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, is one of our favorite travel destinations. If you follow me on Facebook or Flickr, you have seen many of our photographs. When you are in Colonial Williamsburg, you can spend many hours in the wonderful Art Museums of Colonial Will...
12/20/2017
Do you put candles or lights in your windows for the Holiday season?   Do you know where the custom of placing lit candles in windows started? 🕯🕯🕯   It started with Irish Catholics who were prosecuted by Protestant British conquerors. In Christmas time, every Irish Catholic family would leave the...
12/20/2017
Prep Time: 20 mins Total Time: 50 mins Cook Time: 30 mins Serves: 6     Ingredients: 1 1/2 large heads cauliflower 6 tbsp. butter, plus more for buttering dish 1/2 c. heavy cream 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 c. shredded white Cheddar 1 c. grated Parmesan 1 tbsp. fresh thyme leaves kosher salt Fresh...
12/20/2017
Mussels in Tomato Garlic Sauce for Lunch For our lunch at home, Chef Dolores served Mussels in Tomato Garlic Sauce along with some Garlic Naan. She buys these mussels at our local Aldi store in Gaithersburg. The beverage selection was Porter from The St. George Brewing Company in Hampton, Virgini...
12/19/2017
Have you been naughty or nice? During a recent visit with Santa Claus, I had the opportunity to ask Santa if he maintains records on ActiveRain bloggers to determine which have been naughty or nice. He assured me that his reports are up to date and has assigned a special assistant to read every b...
12/19/2017
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Prep Time: 20 mins   Total Time: 20 mins Servings: 15     Ingredients: 2 c. white chocolate chips 2 tbsp. coconut oil 4 to 6 drops green food coloring 15 oreos Christmas nonpareils gold sanding sugar 1 thick pretzel rod 1/4 c. chocolate chips, melted Mini M&Ms     Directions: In a small heatproo...
12/19/2017
It doesn't have anything to do with compromise or the home not being the right one. It has to do with the buyer being scared and not sure about what is to come and whether they made a good decision. It is secong guessing themselves. The Feeling that Comes After a Contract is Accepted It doesn't h...
12/19/2017
Pheasant Terrine with Figs and Pistachios from Fabrique Delices One of our local merchants, Chop Shop Butchery, carries the pâtés from Fabrique Delices. Chef Dolores selected the Pheasant Terrine with Figs and Pistachios for our happy hour at home.  This is a coarse textured game pâté prepared fr...
12/18/2017
Book Recommendation: Full Black by Brad Thor Full Black (2011) is novel number ten of the sixteen book series of international thrillers featuring government agent Scott Horvath by The New York Times bestselling American author Brad Thor. Dolores and I recommend this series for your reading list....
12/18/2017
  On the Eleventh Day of Christmas my true love gave to me,  11 Eagles fishing. These eagles in Alaska are teaching younger members of the clan how to fish. At least that's what wildlife biologists and nature photographers have witnessed while observing this phenomenon. Eagles have been known to...
12/18/2017
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