I admit it, I love daffodils. I tried planting some in the garden but they just didn’t do well at all — they’d start blooming and then a 90 degree day would come along and bam! they’d melt into mush. Not a pretty sight. Plus they looked out of place in our native Texas garden. […]
Help me name these bars.
A friend gave me a recipe for “healthy low fat granola bars”, which I modified to make it even better for you by using ground flax seed instead of eggs, applesauce instead of oil and dumping in some wheat germ. The flax seeds and the wheat germ make it look chocolatey, but there’s not a […]
Hello Spring!
Hello everyone! Sorry it has been so long since my last post, but I have been pretty swamped and haven’t had time for much beyond work. All work and no play makes Lisa a bad blogger. Ha! I do appreciate your emails asking if I’m okay, makes me feel wanted! I’m going to try to […]
To Paris and back: Day 2, finale
This post finishes up our adventure to Paris and back! We spent our last hours in Paris with Johnny Johnson — a great guy who loves prairies. He drove us around to see some good ones, and he said he knew I’d want to see this view of Gambill’s Goose Preserve — and wow was […]
To Paris and back: Day 2, Part 2: How prairie trees should be
We arrived at Daphne Prairie and were immediately greeted by 15 or so bluebirds — how cool is that? Then we checked out the prairie for the next 4 hours or so, it was beautiful. Daphne Prairie is around 1,000 acres, with two hay meadows that had never been grazed. Wow. It’s so great seeing […]