Cocktails
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Celebrations, Cocktails, Cookbooks, Cooking, Herb Gardening, Recipes, Vernal Equinox
Is There a Cure for Spring Fever? How About a Flirty Little Cocktail to Celebrate the Vernal Equinox…
The Strawberry Flirt – A Spring-Fling Cocktail to Celebrate the Vernal Equinox Spring is a flirtatious season. A coquettish, unpredictable lover. We long for her, but she makes us wait. She takes her time, dropping hints; kissing flower buds with her pouty lips and sending promises on winged messengers. When she finally arrives she often […]
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Cocktails, Gifts for Gardeners, Recipes, The Seasons
Valentine’s Day Fun with Flowers: Introducing The Wild Hibiscus Royale…
I’m a big fan of Valentine’s Day. This probably comes as no surprise. Of course I love any celebration that involves flowers, food and drink. But there is something special about a holiday that exists just to say ‘I love you’. And although we tend to think of romance and candlelit dinners on Valentine’s Day, […]
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Cocktails, Recipes, The Seasons, Winter Solstice
A Beautiful and Symbolic Cocktail to Celebrate the Winter Solstice and Enjoy Throughout the Holiday Season…
The Persephone – or Lava Lamp by Maria Hunt… . My, oh my – where has the year gone? Here we are on the eve of the Winter Solstice, with 2010 right around the corner. I don’t know about you, but for me this year has been a complete whirl-wind. Looking back at the months […]
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Apples, Cocktails, Cooking, Orchards / Orchard Keeping, Recipes
Grey and Chilly? Got the Autumn Blues? Spice Up Your Afternoon with Hot Mulled Apple Cider, Or Spike It Up Come Evening If You Choose …
A cup of hot, mulled apple cider, garnished with a stick of cinnamon and a slice of orange, studded with fragrant clove… It’s the middle of November now, and there’s a sharp nip in the air by late afternoon. The sky is often streaked with slate colored clouds, and the sun, when it makes an […]
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Cocktails, Great Blogs, Recipes, Roses, Summertime Cocktails
A Vintage Rose Cocktail to Celebrate The Last Day of Summer…
Vintage Rose Cocktail from The Bubbly Girl – Photo â“’ Michaela at TGE We may be kissing Summer a sweet goodbye on Tuesday, but you didn’t think I would let her slip away for the year without a little celebration, now did you? Â Of course not. She is far too loved to be easily forgotten. […]
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Cocktails, Cooking, Herb Gardening, Plant Spotlight, Recipes, Summertime Cocktails, Vegetable Gardening
Liquid Pleasures of the Late Summer Garden: Part Two, How I Came to Know the Cuban Mint Julep…
Mel’s Cuban Mint Julep/ AKA The Mojito I simply can not believe this is the last weekend of August. Where has the summer gone? Here in New England the weather pattern has shifted right on cue and the nights are already getting cooler. Geese are gathering on the water. Labor Day weekend and the Harvest […]
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