Orchid

This is the second time in two years that I've managed to get my orchid to bloom. I don't want to mess with a good thing but feel like maybe I should fertilize him once in a while. To water, I give him 4-5 ice cubes every week. Pssst ... the blooms in the back with the yellow throat are the "real" blooms ... the blooms in front with the purple throat are fake. No one can ever tell the difference and I never have to look at bare sticks when the real blooms fade.

Butternut Squash Salad

This fall salad is one of my favorites from one of my all time favorite cookbook authors. It's easy enough for a weeknight dinner yet feels totally gourmet. We've eaten it four times since October!

Origami

Last Christmas my niece decorated their family tree with an assortment of origami that she had made. I was swooning over the originality and how completely adorable it was. On the spot, I commissioned her to create an assortment of ornaments for my tree ... she delivered this weekend and I can't wait to decorate our tree.

Sunday Morning v.2

I find Sunday morning to be one of my favorite parts of the weekend. It's such a lazy and carefree day. I tend to cram all my errands in on Saturday just so I can kick back on Sunday and read my stock pile of magazines ... while my husband watches football. It always seems a bit of a downer to have the same-o, same-o breakfast on Sunday so I decided to test out some berry muffins from my newest cookbook. The recipe called for the flour to be barely mixed in as you can see in the photo ...





They were delicious. Not too sweet and the perfect partner to a steaming cup of coffee.