cake and other delicious things.

Oregon had her first taste of Pennsylvania snow during the holiday weekend.





And then it was time to taste the cranberry upside-down cake...


...thank you, smitten kitchen. click here for the recipe.


Michelle taunting Oregon with her dainty cup of hot apple cider.

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend, as well! Now, how much longer do I have to wait until Christmas??

Flea Market

I went to Rice's Flea Market a couple weekends ago with my sister and mom while visiting home for mother's day. I find it so intriguing to see the collections pop up at various vendors. DVDs (from which I bought Sleepless in Seattle...love that movie), tapestries, cacti, windchimes, pins and plants. Most of the time, flea markets aren't about finding something hidden, but appreciating the great lengths to which people will go in order to show their knowledge of the particular items they're selling. The lady selling her new and used DVDs was able to rattle off the summaries of every movie I picked up. (see anything you like?)

Green Gaze

I love these window gardens, profiled today on NPR. I'm hoping to try my hand at indoor gardening this summer, since we have such a huge amount of sunlight pouring in the frenchdoors of our living and dining rooms.


I am astounded by people's ingenuity!