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Recipe: Let Us All Eat Coconut Cake

I have a secret — give me a week and I can eat an entire coconut cake by myself. I’ll skip lunch and dinner so I can substitute it as…

Doggy See, Doggy Do

Corky, my 16 lb. Miniature Schnauzer is turning fourteen this November and it will be time to celebrate! It’s hard to believe that so much time has passed. How fortunate…

The Butler Of Honor

Summertime is the height of the wedding season and the time of year when I get a lot of requests for help in planning weddings not to mention invitations. While…

Move Over 101

Rant Warning!  I love my morning coffee fix, and I’m a Starbucks devotee for my daily morning coffee. No matter where I’ve traveled I try to discover the nearest location…

Terrarium: A MAR-velous Glass Garden

Originally known as a “Edwardian Case”, terrariums have been around for about one hundred years. I had my first terrarium when I as eight years old in second grade. We…

Get In And Get Out

Early spring is the perfect time to jumpstart the flowering season, and what better way than a powerful display of bulbs in the garden. Here in Connecticut, as the ground…

Central Park, A Horse And Me

April is a wonderful time for many reasons. But for me, it’s also the yearly celebration of my birthday. And this year, when I was asked what I wanted to…

Magnolia Leaves as Place-Cards

This season when entertaining dinner guests, why not add a whimsical garden touch to your holiday table setting? Recently, I was asked to create a festive table setting to be…