The LeFort Urban Homestead...

Home-canned Sweet Cherries We're very much enjoying our preserved local fruits this season.  When I'm not able to get my hands on...

photo courtesy  Food Mayhem On Sunday I took a short field trip to the new Asian mega-grocery store,  Pacific Produce , on south 27th St....

Vera sitting by the lake on a gorgeous morn. It was refreshing to get away for a few days; Vera and I returned from downstate Illinois la...

photo courtesy of  Snapping Beauty I saw a cluster of daffodils poking their necks a few inches out of the ground last Saturday.  I c...