Our veggie patch with our raised beds are prepped and ready to be planted with new veggie seedlings. It’s mid April already and we need to get started soon. We have been eagerly waiting for the Master Gardener’s Plant Sale this year as we had such great success with the veggie plants we bought from them last year.
These enchiladas are super easy to make with stupendous results. The best part? All the ingredients are easy to find and already prepped for you. Just toss the ingredients together, stuff in the tortillas, top with sauce and bake. A one pot meal that’s easy and satisfying,
Continue reading Southwest Veggie Blend Spinach, Corn and Black Bean EnchiladasHave you heard of Ixia? It is a little flower bulb with flowers the size of a black bean, and it blooms in the spring just like freesias and daffodils.
Continue reading IxiaBouquets to Art. What a novel idea! Flower bouquets that mimic paintings and works of art in the permanent collection at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Every year I plan on going to this talked about exhibition, but something always takes precedent, and I end up not making it. But this year I put it on my calendar 2 months in advance so as not to miss it, and I finally made it! Continue reading Bouquets to Art 2016
Every April there is a plant sale in the Bay Are called Master Gardener’s Spring Garden Market. A plant fair for garden lovers.
Continue reading Master Gardeners Spring Garden MarketEvery year in the spring, Rose, Joji, and Rita host a Spring Tea for a few of their girlfriends. A fun social gathering to hang out, catch up, and have brunch and tea. This is one tea party we all look forward to every year 🙂
Continue reading A Day at the Derby Spring TeaTwenty-one! What is so special about turning twenty-one? I wasn’t sure about this idea at all. I say let us celebrate turning twenty with a bang. Turning twenty is a BIG deal! Think about it, first of all, you are no longer a teenager. Twenty! It is the big two 0! Continue reading Twenty-one!
I had a small group of friends over for a holiday tea a few months ago. I thought a simple tea would be a great way to get all of us together and catch up. Everyone offered to bring something, and we ended up with a wide variety of snacks and treats. Continue reading Black Bean & Corn Salsa
Flowers, flowers, flowers!! Anyone who knows me knows I love flowers! I absolutely love them. So when I read about an exhibition in San Francisco of Oscar de la Renta’s floral couture gowns, I had to go! All I saw in this little article about the exhibit was the word “floral”, and it got me hooked. Continue reading Floral Gowns by Oscar de la Renta
Are you looking for a refreshing salad that is refreshingly simple? Try this avocado and grapefruit salad.
Continue reading Avocado & Grapefruit Salad
