Remember yesterday how I showed you a glimpse of a strange figure in a hazmat suit wandering through the woods?
That was my dad.
He only comes out of his hiding place to feed the bees. My interactions with him are solely when he's wearing netted head gear.
Just kidding.
But we do both have…
I'm in New York this week to visit Grandma P. who is in the hospital, as you've probably gathered by now.In the past 48 hours, I've spent a good amount of time cleaning out her house, in addition to making her tofu pudding because she won't eat the hospital food. I've also had a few adventures, and…
Sometimes you have so many thoughts twirling in your head, that you don't know what to say at all. Sometimes all of those thoughts and emotions get wrapped up into a ball and it's easier to leave them there for a while. Sometimes it's easier to spend a few days writing about clams. It's taken…
You asked, she answered! Here is this week's Q&A with Grandma Pellegrini.Take it away grandma!Q. How do you keep the critters from eating up your garden? I plant fruit trees and have raised vegetable gardens, and so far only the groundhogs, squirrels, chipmunks and birds have enjoyed my homegrown produce. The area is fenced in, the raised vegetable…
Do you have a sink full of dirty dishes right now?
I do.
Whenever I think about my dirty dishes and resist, I dig deep and channel all the ladies that used to do them way back when, without a peep.
I peep.
I whine.
I throw suds in the air.
I also whip out…
I never really outlined all the new sections on this site. So I figure I'll give you a little walking tour. Shall we? Do you have good walking shoes on?Okay, let's go... on the first stop, we go over the hill and through the woods to... Grandma's House.We all love Grandma P. Who doesn't…
This is as close as you'll ever get to a guinea hen. Unless you chase them and get lucky when they run into a corner. One day soon I'll get a telephoto lens so you can see how strange their faces are. I think they are where the term "strange birds" comes from.They have featherless…
When I was at Tulipwood a few weeks ago, I got to see all of the carnage left over from a massive wind storm a few months ago. Lots of trees went down like dominoes and let's just say it's going to take a very long time to clean up the firewood.But something interesting happened…
My grandmother isn't cooking anymore. She isn't as mobile as she used to be, which is a loss for her and also a loss for this website since we enjoyed her recipes so much and because I enjoyed cooking with her so much.But I can remember the times we did spend in the kitchen together…