At The Picket Fence

Where Ideas for your Home Meet Inspiration for your Heart

Weekend Wonderings

Happy weekend my friends!! What will you be up to? We’re celebrating my son’s 13th birthday today and I can be found curled up in a corner in the fetal position because I cannot believe that my baby boy is now officially a TEENAGER! Sniff…sniff…

Actually, even though it’s so bittersweet we are incredibly proud of the young man he is becoming and we have a BIG surprise trip planned for him. I’ll fill you in more on that another time.

But first, how about a little bit of inspiration to get you going on this Saturday morning?

Have you ever seen a recipe for something and wanted to eat it RIGHT.THAT.SECOND.? That’s how I felt when I saw these Raspberry Muffins from A Burst of Beautiful. I mean, seriously, these need to be baked at my house pronto!

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Weekend Wonderings

Does anyone else feel like the month of May might actually be the busiest month of the year? I always thought it was December but I now think that Spring is more insanely crammed with activities especially if you have school-aged children. It’s like the powers that be are wanting us to be REALLY ready for summer. 😉

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So, if you are feeling overwhelmed and needing a few minutes to catch your breath, grab a cup of coffee and enjoy a little bit of inspiration to start your weekend off on the right note.

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How to Make an Appetizer Tree

Good morning, and Merry Christmas from redheadcandecorate.com!

Last year, I tried something new for our annual Christmas appetizer party and I’m so excited to share it with you here today hoping maybe you will try it. Keep in mind, this is an appetizer you can use for any celebration.

We don’t usually have a large party, but we do invite our closest friends over, and everyone brings something to share. Then we all lounge around the fire in our kitchen chatting up a storm and sometimes even playing games. It’s one of my most favorite nights of the year. Here’s a couple of photos of our kitchen all decked out for Christmas…

Merry Christmas

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Dutch Apple Pie

Good morning, it’s me, the apple picker from redheadcandecorate.com. Did you go apple picking yet this season? We went 2 weeks ago and picked 4 1/2 bushels. Here we are trying our favorite kind…Empire. They are crisp, juicy, tangy, tart, and sweet. Store bought ones are sometimes okay this time of year, but if you ever go apple picking, try them.

So…why all the fuss about apples?

Apple Picking 2015

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Pumpkin Pie Biscotti with Apple Cider Icing

Recently I’ve realized something very important about pumpkin flavored things.

People either love them or hate them. There seems to be no in-between here. And every year around this time battles are waged in the war between the pumpkin flavor lovers and the pumpkin flavor haters.

Social media is flooded with the intense opinions of both sides of this issue. Some people wildly cheering for the arrival of pumpkin spice lattes while others bemoaning the fact that they are slammed from all sides with pumpkin this and pumpkin that.

Pumpkin Pie Biscotti with an Apple Cider Icing

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Blackberry Basil Scones With Lemon Glaze

I was warned it would happen.

The other mothers, the ones with older children, would look at me wistfully with a hint of pity in their eyes. Now, looking back, I realize that I was a skeptic. Perhaps I was naive. Perhaps I was just hopeful it wouldn’t happen to me.  Either way, I was wrong. Dead wrong. And now, I find myself realizing the truth.

The truth about the ‘hollow leg’ stage.

Blackberry basil scones recipe from atthepicketfence.com

 

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