Red White & Blue Patriotic Fruit Salad

For patriotic holidays,  a simple summer fruit salad of red and blue fruit like strawberries or watermelon with blue berries or black berries is very popular. Add bananas and you have red, white, and blue. Toss with a honey lime dressing and it’s so good. The lime juice keeps the banana slices from turning brown. It’s so easy to make that it’s hard to call it a recipe. It’s very visually appealing for Memorial Day or 4th of July.

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June Flowers at the Condo

For the last month, central Florida has firmly moved into hot, humid summer. Yesterday’s high temperature was 94 degrees F with a heat index of 104 degrees F. Similar highs are expected for the next week.

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Spring Veggies & Pasta Salad

Now is a great time to celebrate fresh green flavors. One of the finest is fresh peas. Sweet and bright when fresh either in the pod or shelled, they are often taken for granted. If you can’t find fresh peas, feel free to substitute frozen peas. They’re picked at the peak of freshness, and they thaw so quickly. Toss them into a recipe as easily as if they were fresh.

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Spring Peas, Radishes & Wheatberry Salad

Brimming with fresh spring flavor, today’s salad starts with fresh sugar snap or snow peas. Mixed with green peas, and wheatberries, the salad is then tossed with fresh radishes and green onions. If you’d prefer you could always drop the green peas and use both sugar snap and snow peas. Fresh dill and lemon vinaigrette dressing is the final addition.

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3 Low-Maintenance, Affordable Flooring Options

I have lived in quite a few home spaces in my life, and I’ve seen lots of changes in design style over the decades. As a senior citizen, my tastes have changed and adapted to my stage in life too. Fads come and go which makes me tend to prefer more classic elements of design when updating my home.

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Checking Out Almost Famous Chicken

Since my childhood, I’m been a big fan of fried chicken. Like many southern families, we ate quite a bit of fried food. My mother’s fried chicken is one of my favorite memories. As a senior, I grew up in a time where we ate homecooked food daily. Take out was unheard of. Going to a restaurant was a treat, and we sat at tables with cloth tableclothes.

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Getting Ready for Easter

I’ve been enjoying a central Florida spring for last few months. In another two weeks, it will be Easter. My preparation for spring and Easter is simple since I don’t live close to my family. In the past, I was one of the homes where we celebrated holidays. Of course, I lived in Michigan then. BRrrr! It was cold. I’ve lived in Florida off and on since I was in my 20’s and now, I’m retired. I’m really happier in the warmer climate.

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What To Do When Your Home Causes Stress

You know that moment when you walk into your house and truly want to relax, but you can’t because it’s stressful? You instantly feel your shoulders rise rather than fall, and everything’s a big chaotic mess in front of you. That’s not good and chaos is creeping in. 

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