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Handmade Quilts At Local Quilt Show
Wonderful handmade quilts were displayed at a local quilt show recently. The Utah Valley Quilt Guild sponsored a wonderful show featuring over 50 vendors who shared their quilting products and expertise. Quilt patterns varied from traditional patterns and seasonal subjects to unique designer patterns. Most of the vendors were designers… and their creativity was astounding…
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Utah WordPress Computer Geeks…Along With Nerds
The Utah WordPress Computer Geeks… along with a few Nerds met in Salt Lake a few night ago. Now, I don’t consider myself a Computer Geek nor a Nerd because I don’t know enough to have the honor of such a title. I guess you can say… I’m a WordPress Nerd wanna-be. My sister, Sheila…
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Standing Up For The Grand Old Flag
Standing up for the Grand Old Flag seems to be in question these days, as the flag passes by at parades or is presented by a color guard at public events. For some citizens, American flag etiquette seems to have gone by the wayside at public events… as illustrated by an incident at a local…
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The Challenge of Caregiving
The challenge of caregiving is keeping your own sanity. I swear, if my mom opens the fridge and says, “What am I going to do with all the cheese?,” one more time, I’m going scream, pull out my hair and run for the piny woods. She can’t remember that she just opened the fridge and…
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Keepsake Quilts
Keepsake quilts are ones you don’t use… but just display on a quilt rack or at a quilt show. Right? This beautiful star quilt was on display at a quilt show I recently went to. The star quilt pattern seems to be a favorite with quilters today, as it was in days gone by. I…
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Harvest Time For Tomatoes
Harvest time for Tomatoes is generally from the third week in July until the frost takes them in the fall. So… the minute the tomatoes are ready to pick I’m right there with my salt shaker. Tomatoes piled high in bushel baskets would sit on our back porch waiting for my mom to put up…
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Growing & Cooking With The Herb…Dill
Dill is an herb that flourishes well in an herb garden and is a delightful herb to use in your cooking. Growing dill is easy and it does well in the full sun or part shade. Dill can be be planted by seed or plant starts. Sometimes it’s called dill weed because it comes back…
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Cooking With Herbs – Dill Dip
Cooking with herbs adds a wonderful subtle flavor to foods. This dill dip uses the airy fern like leaves of the dill weed plant and is absolutely delicious. This dill dip recipe also requires fresh parsley leaves which give it added flavor. The herbs are coming on strong right now and it’s time to begin…
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Pioneer Day Celebration
The annual Pioneer Day celebration commemorating the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers into the Salt Lake valley was on held on the 24th of July. The first recognized pioneers entered the Salt Lake valley, under the direction of Brigham Young, on July 24, 1847. (Opps… on the video, I said it was 1843… “beg yer…