tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34024850701400691082024-02-20T13:46:40.489-05:00Frog Hollow Farm GirlFrog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.comBlogger163125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-12154092886466337432015-12-29T20:04:00.002-05:002015-12-29T20:04:13.037-05:00I've Moved Frog Hollow Farm Girl has moved, for good I think, over to Wordpress. Please visit me there! <br />
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Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-53034311707366742015-03-24T08:51:00.000-04:002015-03-24T08:51:10.929-04:00Grocery Store Flowers...with a Friend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Here are some orange and white tulips and alstroemeria - colors of the Irish flag for our St. Patrick's day party on Saturday. One of our old milk buckets is the perfect place to show them off in our farm kitchen. We found the bucket in a little antique shop right outside of Brewster, MA called Captain Freeman's about 15 years ago, and collected a couple every time we visited. <br />
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My little bunny friend is just hangin' out, with a little repair to his right leg.<br />
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Ciao, bella! xxoo<br />
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Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-10758865988266608112015-03-23T09:28:00.002-04:002015-03-23T09:28:51.683-04:00Good Morning to the Sunshine and Melting SnowThis past weekend we had a St. Patrick's Day celebration here at Frog Hollow Farm with sisters, brothers, cousins, neices and nephews. It was a great day, a little crowded inside the house with 24 people but all went well. We set up all of the food ahead of time: appetizers (all cold or room temp), hot food on the kitchen table keeping warm, and a dessert and coffee bar in the pantry. Most everything was homemade by me or my family, but I did cheat with some store-bought desserts and a couple of catered appetizers. (Costco makes a mean cheesecake by the way!)<br />
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Our famous <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dnT3hIBRgc">Irish Blessing Cocktails</a> were also on the menu, set up on the old step-back cupboard in the pantry.</div>
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Have a wonderful day! </div>
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Ciao, Bella! xxoo</div>
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A beautiful winter morning at Frog Hollow Farm. I know many people may disagree with me, but this morning's snow was a site to behold. </div>
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I for one will miss these snowy days that force me to slow down, simmer some homemade chicken soup, light a fire and wear cozy socks and sweaters. </div>
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<br />Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-85114974994642114782015-03-04T12:38:00.000-05:002015-03-04T12:38:05.667-05:00Trying out Blogger...and sharing my seasonal dish swap.<br />Yes, I am still working on my Word Press site…I went back to
this original Frog Hollow Farm girl Blogger site and to tell you the
truth wasn’t totally impressed….but I do still think that for me,
Blogger is easier to use and that means it’s more fun to blog with.<br />
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Do you change your dishes from season to season??? I do, and I think
that a lot of people do based on the number of blogs I have come across
that display beautiful photos of seasonal tablescapes. For many, the
changes occur with the accessories incorporated around simple white
dishes, which is probably the way to go….but I am <strong>in love</strong> <strong>with dishes</strong>, especially Italian and French pottery (mostly Italian).<br />
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Do I need to prove this to you? We have an old house with an old
basement that was remodeled into several office spaces for my husband
when he began his business many years ago. Now that he has moved his
business out of our home, one part of this space has become the ‘Dish
Room’. This is where I store all of my seasonal dishes, plates,
saucers, mugs, bowls, trays, platters and pitchers. For the most part
they are organized by season, darker browns, oranges, greens for the
fall; bright reds and yellows for summer, blue, white and green for
winter and lighter turquoise, lemon yellow and white for spring. Our
Christmas dishes include the old Spode Christmas Tree pattern, along
with several antique sets of transferware dishes with red, green and
cream coloring. Here are some of the dish room shelves for you to see….<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">red Polish pottery in the mix</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florentine pitcher, bowls and dishes - used in the Fall</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cute crow mug from an weekend market in Piazza Annuziata in Florence</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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For the spring I have pulled out some of the Italian dishes with softer colors. Below are a few photos of my ‘spring dishes’ and ‘summer dishes’,
purchased over the years from Silvia and Maurizio in Florence, Italy.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a mixed set of Florentine dishes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">small plates from Maurizio for aperitivi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my very first set of Italian pottery, I add to it every time I am in Florence</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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So, here I am back on Blogger. I'll be taking a look at my front page and see how easy it really is for me to change things. </div>
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Ciao, bella! xxoo</div>
Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-10865508202039170342013-03-27T14:43:00.000-04:002013-03-27T14:43:57.837-04:00Spring at Frog Hollow FarmI don't know about you, and I'm sure that this will sound odd to almost everyone, but although I love the warm breezes of a spring day, the flowers, longer days and new garden plans that come with Spring, I have a very hard time transitioning from Winter. <br />
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I'm one of those people who loves the coziness of shorter days, fires in the wood stove, wool socks and soft, oversize cardigans to wear around the house and the certainty that Fall will always bring us the holidays, my favorite time of the year. <br />
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For me, there is that very awkward time between late February and whenever Spring decides to make it's debut - mud; cold weather; gusty, windy days... seeming even colder to me than the winter. I just feel awkward all around, even though the calendar and Punxsatawney Phil say that Spring has arrived.<br />
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It may go all the way back to when I was a little girl, with a new pastel colored dress and shiny new shoes for Easter Sunday. The problem was, we could never depend on Easter being warm enough for that dress, or dry enough for those new white patent leather shoes. The warm Easters were wonderful; the wintery ones just terrible. <br />
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Yesterday evening I went outside when Frog Hollow Farm Boy drove up the driveway. The weather was warm enough to go out without a jacket, there was no breeze, and the sun was out. I may almost be sold on Spring - it does take me a while - and think that perhaps enough time has passed to help me to <u>begin</u> the transition.<br />
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I planted some pansies today - large, happy pansy faces - some really pretty deep violets mixed with some softer shades of violet and white. The cabbage planters even look happier with some flowers!<br />
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Hope all is well - ciao bella!</div>
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xxxooo</div>
Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-1028303720058969562012-12-10T10:49:00.000-05:002012-12-10T10:49:09.418-05:00Christmas Mugs at Frog Hollow Farm<div style="text-align: center;">
We spend days getting all of our Christmas decorations out each year, and always love finding homemade ornaments and memories from Christmas's gone by, even the piece of Christmas Tree Spode china that my mom chipped one Christmas Eve while she was washing the dishes. We also seem to have a small collection of memorable Christmas mugs on our shelves, and every time I drink from a mug I think of where it came from and where we were in our lives during that time.</div>
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This little mug was a gift from my sister-in-law Tuzza, many, many years ago. It plays Jingle Bells when you pick it up, and after all these years it still works. We love finding this mug every year and think of Tuzza every time!<br />
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These two small mugs were purchased many years ago for 50% off for my children Frank and Katie. I remember seeing these mugs well before the Christmas holidays and thinking of how expensive they were. I was so happy to see that they were still on the shelf when the store had their after Christmas sale. Frank and Katie used these mugs to drink hot chocolate every Christmas - I'm so glad that they survived those preschool hands!<br />
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This little Tom and Jerry mug is from the Spode Christmas Tree collection, and is part of a larger set. I began collecting the Spode Christmas pieces when they were on sale in Macy's and Marshalls. They used to stay on our hutch shelves during the holidays and used only for Christmas Eve, Christmas morning breakfast, and Christmas dinner. Several years ago I decided to use them as every day dishes during the holidays, and I'm so glad that I did. My very first set of Christmas dishes was the Corelle Holly set, and I was so excited to buy that little set of four Corelle dishes - they were definitely a splurge for us at that time!<br />
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These two mugs are from Williams-Sonoma, and came with little cake/sandwich plates in a set. The first mug is a set of elves building a snowman, and the second set is all the same vintage Santa picture. They are fun to use, and I always want a cup of steaming hot chocolate with homemade marshmallows on top when I see the Santa mug!<br />
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I found this mug in Marshalls last year, and picked it up because it made me smile. It's a huge mug and my dose of morning coffee looks very tiny in this mug, it works better for tea in my opinion.<br />
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Last but not least is this mug that I received as a Secret Santa gift from a wonderful teacher when I taught at the Sawmill School in Tewksbury, New Jersey. Sue left teaching many years ago, and I would love to catch up with her sometime - she was a really wonderful, intelligent, caring woman.<br />
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Getting ready for a huge holiday cocktail party this weekend at Frog Hollow Farm. Above is a photo from last year of one of our appetizer trays - cut up veggies on an antique milk glass cake plate.<br />
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Well, I am happy that I found the time to post on my blog today - it was number three on my list of things to do, and I guess that's the only way I am going to get myself to remember to sit down and blog. All I have to remember now is to put it on my list of things to do! </div>
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Last fall I switched all of my computers over to Apple products, and I've been adjusting to the new systems ever since. As part of my purchase I was able to take advantage of Apple's One-To-One Program, which allows me (for a yearly fee) to access all sorts of training at an Apple store, including 1:1 sessions with knowledgeable Apple technicians. <br />
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Yesterday morning I spent over 2 hours with Norm, an Apple tech at the Short Hills, New Jersey Apple Store. A group of about 4 people sat around a large table right in the middle of the store, each of us working on a Personal Project of our choice. My choice was, of course, the management and organization of my photos - in my last post I had been kvetching about not having access to my photos and my overall feelings of being totally overwhelmed whenever I went into my photo files.<br />
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My main objective was to get all of my photos in one location (rather than in an external hard drive, desktop file from older Blackberry photos, and in iPhoto). <br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">His suggestion was to begin moving everything over to iPhoto, so the two hours was spent moving photos, creating events, and organizing. Not everyone I speak to agrees with saving photos in iPhoto, but without their level of knowledge and understanding I need to listen to the Apple techs for the time being.</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">We completed extensive renovations on our farmhouse about 3 years ago, redoing and expanding the second floor, adding on a wrap-around porch and pantry/workroom and connecting the basement with the crawlspace. All of the rooms have been painted, furnished, decorated and filled with all sorts of things - this was easy to do because each of the spaces had a specific use - I knew what to do with them...except for the workroom off of the kitchen. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">This small room has become the main entrance into the house, as it is right off of the back porch and guests seem to take the porch steps into the house - they are wide, well lit and much safer than the front stone steps - which lead into the conservatory anyway since we don't use the original farmhouse door. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">(<i>P.S. For the last 20 minutes I have been looking for photos of our front doors and porch but everything is so disorganized that I can't find a thing to post. I will have to make another appointment with the Apple store to help me sort this our and organize my photos.) </i></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">The photo in this post is the design for the workroom that I found on Pinterest and it's perfect! This room needs to serve as a garden workroom, pantry, entertainment area to hold bar and buffet spreads and an entry mudroom for coats, boots, etc. So, you can see why I have had so much trouble with the design. I also didn't want the room to look like a kitchen - every designer I worked with ended up showing me a room that looked like a kitchen. We will be adding a farm sink and an Sub-Zero glass-front refrigerator to the room. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">My contractor makes a second visit this evening, to begin planning and scheduling everything that needs to be done. I am very excited and relieved to finally have a design and plan! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-18837174857120951772012-02-26T08:32:00.000-05:002012-02-26T08:32:05.096-05:00Tulips<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFIcWUJX37B2JSLqEGHDXXhqC_ITItI70uwF9E7fk9S4c_MRGm_Ui-Du8RnHcrNdPe_lka_tQsOalA9C_tgpEoqip754lhRK2YDEtLeTI9BSPJNt6ekpkMlJaCuBJJypo3MYMK3Ie3bfc/s1600/tulips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFIcWUJX37B2JSLqEGHDXXhqC_ITItI70uwF9E7fk9S4c_MRGm_Ui-Du8RnHcrNdPe_lka_tQsOalA9C_tgpEoqip754lhRK2YDEtLeTI9BSPJNt6ekpkMlJaCuBJJypo3MYMK3Ie3bfc/s400/tulips.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although it's late February here in northwest New Jersey, the tulips, daffodils and other bulbs that are along the outside walls of our stone farmhouse have been peeking out from their winter naps. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After the holidays I always love buying fresh tulips - they are so simple and elegant. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I usually begin with white tulips just to tone down a bit from all of the Christmas decorations and lights, but as you can see, I am all about tulips with color right now!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These gorgeous tulips are placed in an old wooden milk bucket that we purchased up in Cape Cod many years ago. A smaller, plastic container sits right inside the bucket to hold the flowers and water. To me at least, tulips always look good in this very primitive container.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This photo was taken with Instagram - you know, I see all of these applications being used by friends and I always give them a try myself, but really don't have a great handle on any one of them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just started a Pinterest account and found a fabulous design plan for my pantry/work room/buttery - a new room that is off of the kitchen and in the planning for the last several years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Be sure to check out my next post for the photo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's been awhile but I'm happy to be linking over to <a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/2012/02/seasonal-sundays-89road-trip.html">Seasonal Sundays #89 at the Tablescaper</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xxoo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-13778713992291637082012-02-22T14:56:00.000-05:002012-02-22T14:56:38.708-05:00M-I-C-K-E-Y......<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZWp4HhW2A1ksgoqoCQ6RLeQ4L_QRs4hkSlADgfkM2mJX_4li-q5Xk_dePsnb0Op-xiOo8Aqk14GKN6zkiOzUTXp6gUbQYMRyzAfSEencCkcb4QG62q5cmdNpLsz1m6O_GQFYGftJH4jl/s1600/Connor+Mickey+Mouse+hat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZWp4HhW2A1ksgoqoCQ6RLeQ4L_QRs4hkSlADgfkM2mJX_4li-q5Xk_dePsnb0Op-xiOo8Aqk14GKN6zkiOzUTXp6gUbQYMRyzAfSEencCkcb4QG62q5cmdNpLsz1m6O_GQFYGftJH4jl/s400/Connor+Mickey+Mouse+hat.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our brave boy Connor!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My niece Jennifer, Connor's mom, posted this photo along with this message on Facebook.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">A sweet woman we met in the radiology oncology waiting room made and sent this hat to Connor - she knew he loved Mickey! </span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Oh the wonderful, caring people we've met through this journey!</span></i></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is a photo of a beach in the Dominican Republic.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sunny skies and a bar that never runs out of margaritas!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxoo</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-44231702937859689272012-01-31T09:34:00.000-05:002012-01-31T09:34:05.790-05:00Spring Cleaning in January<div style="text-align: center;">I've been on a mission here at Frog Hollow Farm - attacking closets, drawers, shelves, corners - anyplace that has been collecting 'stuff', the kind of 'stuff' that makes me feel a bit closed in. Even though our winter has been very mild, that closed in feeling is starting to get to me. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some of the things I re-discovered during my cleaning, clearing and straightening were:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">My daughter Katie wore this dress for her Communion as well.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's looking pretty sad.<br />
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It's calling out for a good, gentle washing and may even be asking to hang safely somewhere to be admired - it's a sweet little dress</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Another cute little handy thing that I rediscovered, although it was only misplaced for a few weeks, was a little book of recipe bookmarks that my daughter gave me for Christmas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">By the way, this Irish Pub cookbook was given to us by our wonderful foodie friends Stephanie and Forrest - I made so many recipes from it for our last year's St. Patrick's Day celebration - and it was all delicious and the recipes I made could be made ahead of time too.<br />
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Here's the link to last year's St. Patrick's Day post.<br />
http://froghollowfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2011/03/st-patricks-day-menu-from-irish-pub.html<br />
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Today's weather calls for temperatures in the 50s this afternoon - I am still waiting for that big, big snow storm!!! <br />
I think it's time to do my snow dance!!<br />
Ciao, bella!<br />
xxoo</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-75967231501316187432012-01-25T15:27:00.000-05:002012-01-25T15:27:41.764-05:00I'm just not feeling winter this year - maybe for a few days when we had snow on the ground. The way things look right now I'm expecting to see the forsythia begin to bloom. The sun is shining but I need that cold, blustery weather to get into the winter mood. I'm confused, should I be thinking about making comfort foods or begin making salads? I'm buying tulips every time I go to the grocery store, but I tend to do that anyway. <br />
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So, I've been cleaning out lots of our closets and drawers, which always makes me feel good. I feel better when the things I see on shelves and in closets are all things that we use - our old farmhouse doesn't have a ton of storage so we need to maximize the space that we have and fill it with things that are functional and of course pretty and meaningful. <br />
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Even though I love clearing closets and drawers, I actually have to stop myself from buying new things to fill the spaces I've just cleared! <br />
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Tonight we are trying a new recipe at Frog Hollow Farm, from the February 2012 issue of La Cucina Italiana that I picked up at our Whole Foods last week. I guess I'm going with comfort foods and not salads, at least for tonight.<br />
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The recipe is called Scalloppine di Maiale all'arancia - that's Pork Scaloppine with Orange and Lentils for all of the non Italian speaking bloggers out there :). <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is the photo from the La Cucina Italiana website.</div><br />
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Here's the link - <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">http://lacucinaitalianamagazine.com/recipe/pork-scaloppine--with-orange-and-lentils</span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">If you highlight the link you should be able to link right over to it.</div><br />
I already had all of the ingredients and am even trying to clear out some of my pantry and freezer items, this seemed like a healthy way to go. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">For last week's Giant's game I made a new appetizer recipe from <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">skinnytaste.com</span> called </div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Bacon Wrapped Chicken Bites</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I ate them all....they had me at BACON. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm reading and hearing a lot about people switching over from Blogger to Word Press - I'm not sure if it's something that I need to do but began reading about it today. I've been wanting to develop my blog into a business of sorts and have some ideas - Word Press may be the more dependable source. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">What are your feelings on switching?</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-78685138126603240132012-01-23T17:40:00.000-05:002012-01-23T17:40:52.116-05:00Hello Everyone!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hi everyone, I am so happy to finally be sitting down at my computer and sharing with all of my wonderful blogger friends! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Christmas - Thanksgiving Day was celebrated here and Christmas was with Frog Hollow Farm Boy's family. Both days were full of fun, family, food and our signature cocktails.<br />
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So, I'm just posting a few photos to get you up to date with some things. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our Thanksgiving Table</div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Some Christmas Decorations</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Our cat Olive sitting on a warm woodstove!</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One more photo from our July trip to Ireland, just needed to share that blue water with you all!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wedding dress in window in Florence, Italy</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a magnificent photo of our brave boy Connor. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUoLleb-5TmvszPPyWuLl6ETP9n6ed_JuZAu_64rj_ZwnGK9sbXsmJ993m_W6iYnJPdULy5hBF4EY1n7RqI6LEPDVNAYWYVbGVjHOLRNv2htLLlGYtKyhInP1Dg8R0ciIyFc0Cqg6fyf2/s1600/401111_2760941377428_1074607912_2703055_1473439017_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUoLleb-5TmvszPPyWuLl6ETP9n6ed_JuZAu_64rj_ZwnGK9sbXsmJ993m_W6iYnJPdULy5hBF4EY1n7RqI6LEPDVNAYWYVbGVjHOLRNv2htLLlGYtKyhInP1Dg8R0ciIyFc0Cqg6fyf2/s320/401111_2760941377428_1074607912_2703055_1473439017_n.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">Connor is my niece Jennifer's little boy. He was diagnosed with a form of leukemia in late October and is being treated vigorously with different chemotherapy medications - the treatment protocol involves two years of treatment. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">This photo was take by a photographer with a company called Flashes of Hope at the hospital right when Connor was diagnosed. Since then Connor has lost his hair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">His prognosis is very good - we pray for him every day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">That's all for now friends. I will be visiting as many of you as I can - that's the fun part of blogging!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-90103009448131720852011-08-27T03:57:00.000-04:002011-08-27T03:57:11.748-04:00Getting Back to Blogging and Ready for Hurricane Irene<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wow, what a week here on the East Coast. First an earthquake and now, Hurricane Irene. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We've been busy taking things inside and getting ready for this storm, worried most about the flooding that will occur throughout New Jersey after all of the rain we've had this summer. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hoping that everyone is taking the necessary precautions and that everyone will be safe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yesterday I cut as many sunflowers as I could before they were knocked down by the winds and rains tonight and tomorrow. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing you all lived close enough to stop by for your own sunny bouquet!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And if you do live close by, please do stop by - there are many sunflowers waiting for a safe home before the storm! ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><strong>May God give you...<br />
For every storm, a rainbow,<br />
For every tear, a smile,<br />
For every care, a promise,<br />
And a blessing in each trial.<br />
For every problem life sends,<br />
A faithful friend to share,<br />
For every sigh, a sweet song,<br />
And an answer for each prayer.</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">Ciao, bella!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">xxoo</span></div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-45770281659889297012011-07-31T11:16:00.000-04:002011-07-31T11:16:24.868-04:00Day 4 - Westport and Connemara<div style="text-align: center;">The fourth day on our tour of Ireland began with another way-too-large Irish breakfast at the Mill Park Hotel in Donegal Town. We drove along the scenic shores of Donegal Bay - so gorgeous... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">...then into the county of Sligo and a quick visit to where <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Butler_Yeats">W. B. Yeats</a> is buried. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yeats was born and educated in Dublin but spent his childhood in <span style="color: #0645ad;"><span style="color: black;">County Sligo</span>. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Yeats is one of Ireland's most influential poets. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Above your bed;<br />
They weary of trooping<br />
With the whimpering dead.<br />
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God's laughing in Heaven<br />
To see you so good;<br />
The Sailing Seven<br />
Are gay with His mood.<br />
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I sigh that kiss you,<br />
For I must own<br />
That I shall miss you<br />
When you have grown. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">Our next few hours brought us through the town of Connemara and the sweeping views of boglands and misty mountains. All along these desolate roads and mountain passes lie monuments to the Irish people who died during the great <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)">Irish Famine</a>. Here is one of my most favorite photos.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RE0UjpKM8_akwIt0OiGN71f-Wf_66iKAEJdwhvseZvWqxoRo8OXpFq4NrIfofsNwbP88UGa46Boqq-3al7SfUQQlh8cAknwQ8sC5tzqWc90Ecq6iIRMIhAbEwf1QFgMU9SxbGflzKwcm/s1600/IMG00477-20110709-1424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RE0UjpKM8_akwIt0OiGN71f-Wf_66iKAEJdwhvseZvWqxoRo8OXpFq4NrIfofsNwbP88UGa46Boqq-3al7SfUQQlh8cAknwQ8sC5tzqWc90Ecq6iIRMIhAbEwf1QFgMU9SxbGflzKwcm/s400/IMG00477-20110709-1424.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">Monument along the Famine Road.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">We ended our day in Galway, at the <a href="http://www.radissonhotelgalway.com/">Radisson Blu Hotel</a> which was a little outside of the city. To tell you the truth, I didn't have a great impression of Galway - we ate dinner at a large pub called the Au Pucan (not so great) in the middle of many other pubs and the streets were full, I mean full, of 21 year old kids drinking and partying. </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;"> I would need to return to Galway during the day to spend some time and really be able to learn more about it.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">Our next day brought us to the fascinating <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Aran_Islands">Aran Islands</a>.</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">More to come...</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;"> </div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">I'm linked over to <a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/2011/07/seasonal-sundays-60-roanoke-rapids-nc.html">Seasonal Sundays</a> at The Tablescaper!!</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; padding-left: 14px; padding-top: 20px; text-align: center;">xxoo</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-9348066516458081242011-07-29T11:24:00.000-04:002011-07-29T11:24:25.472-04:00Day 3 - Donegal Town<div style="text-align: center;">Donegal, with it's windswept hills where only sheep can thrive, is renowned for it's wool production. After our day at Lough Derg, we drove to Donegal and had dinner in the Mill Park Hotel before heading into town to listen to some authenic Irish music and of course, drink more Guinness. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Musicians at the little pub in Donegal Town. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The young girl in the middle sang a ballad acappella and it was just breathtaking. These musicians seemed like they were the main group at the pub, but different musicians came in through the night, played a few songs and then left for a different musician to join the group. They would then go to another pub to play with a different group. It was fabulous and if anything, this is what I would go back to Ireland for, to listen to more of these musicians play their traditional music. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">During our visit we stopped at the little town of Killybegs (love that name, don't you?) and then on to Teelin to view the Slieve League sea cliffs - just breathtaking. The highest point reaches 1,972 feet, making them the highest in Europe. The cliffs drop straight down to the wild Atlantic waves below and we saw such gorgeous views from our vantage point, which wasn't even the top! (More about that later.) </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">We continued driving through the Glengesh Pass to the town of Ardara and visited a little woolen shop called Triona Design. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"> This is a family run whop where we saw some demonstrations of weaving their famous Donegal tweeds - and they also served us Irish coffee (maybe so we'd get a little tipsy and buy more woolens, who knows, but I just couldn't drink an Irish coffee in the middle of the day and stay awake). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I purchased a couple of beautiful woolen scarves at this store and I'm saving them for Christmas gifts. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The star of our visit to Donegal however were the cliffs at Slieve League that I mentioned earlier in my post.</div><div style="text-align: center;">All I can do is show you - it's just so spectacular!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">See that little beach tucked into the corner?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's a better picture of the beach at the bottom of the cliffs. There are sheep that graze all over these hills - they don't need any water provided to them as the water that they get from eating the grasses is enough. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This group seemed to be penned up for the day, but all the other sheep we saw were free to roam the cliffs freely.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">More Slieve League...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Donegal County Photos</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFRSewUm4lo9UlOsmig6l6Zz0bsHGfjKYXPZJdgTBqI0p2EpE7lWvEVM1ta3jhPio4MCt-4syMyW6sYwTxOYTPBGOOqirFQ4BDFNAtnJknNoNJ9Ino5duo0yL7dJJIj9C7VDEQK93VNve/s1600/IMG_3979.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFRSewUm4lo9UlOsmig6l6Zz0bsHGfjKYXPZJdgTBqI0p2EpE7lWvEVM1ta3jhPio4MCt-4syMyW6sYwTxOYTPBGOOqirFQ4BDFNAtnJknNoNJ9Ino5duo0yL7dJJIj9C7VDEQK93VNve/s400/IMG_3979.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Sheep on the road! Can you see the blue marks on their sides? These are placed to help the farmers identify them. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thanks for joining me on Day 3 of my trip to Ireland. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Day 4 will include visits to Connemara and Westport as we head towards Galway City.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xxoo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-86668318004317782182011-07-28T11:49:00.000-04:002011-07-28T11:49:42.308-04:00Day Two - Ireland<div style="text-align: center;">Our second day in Ireland found us waking up in the beautiful Kilronan Castle Hotel. Breakfast was an abundant Irish breakfast buffet - with delicious hot coffee and tea. The service was impeccable!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;">Our tour director was an unbelievably charming man named Tommy O'Toole - yes, that is is real name. He lives in County Tipperary with his wife and has been a tour director with <a href="http://www.cietours.com/us/about.aspx">CIE</a> Tours since the early 1980's. </div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Now, I have to admit that the main site that we visited on our second day was kind of a wash-out, in two ways. First of all it was raining, and we were taking a ferry boat ride over to St. Patrick's Purgatory in Lough Derg. Pilgrims have been travelling to this sacred site for centuries on spiritual quests or a journeys seeking something deeper; getting closer to their authentic selves, continuing a ritualistic tradition of their ancestors. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">While Lough Derg has been renowned as a place of pilgrimage for thousands of years, and is more commonly associated with penance and purgatory, pilgrims are more conscious these days of the spiritual atmosphere of the Island. In today's noisy and hectic world, people appreciate a haven of peace.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This was not something that really interested FHFB or me, but we were willing to remain open to the experience. Spirituality is something that's very personal to me, and although I certainly respect the personal practices of many others, public demonstrations of penance or meditation are just not something I'm interested in or comfortable with. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The tradition of the historical three-day pilgrimage has been preserved but additional services have been offered in recent years. The introduction of these new services - One Day Retreats, Youth Retreats and Special Group Retreats - allow people the opportunity to experience this sacred place when age or disability might otherwise prevent them from participating in the traditional pilgrimage.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We weren't able to go onto the island because there was a pilgrimage in process. </div><div style="text-align: center;">The picture above is one of the very small islands in the lake. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After our tour of the lake and a cup of tea and delicious warm scones at the visitors center with a video that I could have definitely skipped ;) - we were on our way to Donegal Town, where we checked into the Mill Park Hotel for two nights. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxoo</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-76698157589295180972011-07-27T18:07:00.000-04:002011-07-27T18:07:48.809-04:00'O' is for an Outstanding Start to our Ireland Trip<div style="text-align: center;">Our recent tour of Ireland was designed by two women very familiar with Ireland and all it has to offer, Bridget and Maggie. These women have traveled to Ireland many times with their families, so this trip was intended to include all of the beautiful, out of the way, non-touristy parts of the country. The itinerary was phenomenal, developed with help from CIE Tours International located in Morristown, NJ,and included some of the places that FHFB and I definitely wanted to visit. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On our way out we stopped at this ancient grotto at the gates to the castle's entrance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Kilronan Castle Hotel is about 10 away from where my mom grew up in </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kilmactranny, County Sligo.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My next post will be about our trek up to Donegal, days 2 and 3 of the tour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope you enjoyed reading about our 'Outstanding' beginning to our trip!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">xxoo</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm linking over to Jenny Matlock's <a href="http://jennymatlock.blogspot.com/2011/07/alphabe-thursdays-letter-o.html">Alphabet Thursday</a>!</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-6254622016793084812011-07-24T17:20:00.001-04:002011-07-25T19:33:11.398-04:00Finding My Roots and Weekly Menu<div style="text-align: center;">This summer has certainly been a busy traveling season for us, with our last trip being a visit with family and friends to Ireland. My mother Lilly was born in a small farmhouse in the tiny village of Knockmore, Ireland. The first part of our vacation was dedicated to visiting with first cousins and exploring the farm and school where my mom grew up. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Knockmore is a tiny portion of the Kilmactranny village in County Sligo, right on the border of County Roscommon and about 7 miles from the city of Boyle. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">FHFB and I met my cousin Gerald in the townsquare of Boyle - I didn't see him at first but he recognized me (probably because we stuck out like major tourists while we took pictures of the town!). </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">After that, we drove a few miles to his home that he shares with his wife Tish and their two daughters, Sinead and Rebecca. They made us feel so very welcome, with a delicious Irish lunch<br />
(which FHFB ate, even though we had just had lunch!)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> They live in a lovely home with horses and brand new black </div><div style="text-align: center;">and white kittens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExRdDVy_tfrvaqbLnEUuFf0McAdUzGPooU0ifl16yxZMTGwpV2NXU-OvU4sJ58JCfmPaWxeZcJ264Y1xm4V4P4TQQYu45nPJBG8ziKJH45Y4cCiFXlW3hTyY26OoRl8eYrNF8PyoPMdQS/s1600/IMG_3724.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgExRdDVy_tfrvaqbLnEUuFf0McAdUzGPooU0ifl16yxZMTGwpV2NXU-OvU4sJ58JCfmPaWxeZcJ264Y1xm4V4P4TQQYu45nPJBG8ziKJH45Y4cCiFXlW3hTyY26OoRl8eYrNF8PyoPMdQS/s400/IMG_3724.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4GU7esXRq0R3N7bl65gi1xrW-59TT9k6eT0aDgx6sD-QaUogYzwVwLmAjpkuWV5qsUkFruekM70DJxfRzrv0_YOiNaO7GGna5WkS_ZGQ4EdxHrrfJmwV60MlSzhDg_79pZYpAsRA5MKb/s1600/IMG_3718.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4GU7esXRq0R3N7bl65gi1xrW-59TT9k6eT0aDgx6sD-QaUogYzwVwLmAjpkuWV5qsUkFruekM70DJxfRzrv0_YOiNaO7GGna5WkS_ZGQ4EdxHrrfJmwV60MlSzhDg_79pZYpAsRA5MKb/s400/IMG_3718.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
As an added wonderful surprise my cousin Angela and her daugher Sarah were also visiting for the weekend - she reminds me so very much of my Aunt Nancy. </div><div align="center"><br />
When I told her this she laughed and said that I reminded her of our Aunt Nancy! </div><div align="center"><br />
Here's the Irish side of the family - without the Sicilian prince :) FHFB - he took the photo. </div><div align="center"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is the driveway that leads up to the farmhouse. During the years that my mom was growing up, this cottage was covered with a thatched roof and did not have running water or electricity.<br />
A small kitchen has been added to the back of the house.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is the wonderful stone barn that stands to the left of the house.<br />
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Next to the barn is a lower attached building that was used to house the pigs and the piglets. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The back building was used as a stall area for horses and cows. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Can you see that beautiful view in the top left corner of the photo from the back of the larger barn?<br />
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This is just a small snapshot of our trip to Ireland, I will be sure to post more photos and let you all learn about and see the wonderful sights in this small island across the Atlantic. <br />
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Something new that I discovered when I returned home is the new Blogger format. I'm not sure if I like it better and I'm pretty confused about how to use it. I needed to revert back to the original dashboard in order to edit this post and publish it - it seems that many people have received an error message like mine: <span style="color: #cc0000;">bX-g04pxr <span style="color: black;">and the</span> </span><span style="color: black;">recommendations in the Blogger chat room is to log in with the old dashboard. Yikes, I'm not even sure what that means but I logged out and logged back in and there I was! </span><br />
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I'm happy to be at home for the next month and will be busy cutting flowers from our gardens and entertaining on our back porch. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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Here's our menu for the next few days, using lots of vegetables from our garden of course. If you want any of the recipes let me know and I'll send you the link. It's a little hard to read due to the small size of the print but I'm not sure how to fix that - I just scanned this document so that I could include it in the post - is there a way to increase the size of the menu so that it's easier to read??<br />
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I'm linking in to <a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/2011/07/seasonal-sundays-59quantico.html">Seasonal Sundays</a>, On the <a href="http://stonegable.blogspot.com/">Menu Monday at Stone Gable</a><br />
and<a href="http://orgjunkie.com/2011/07/menu-plan-monday-july-2511.html"> Menu Plan Monday</a>! at I'm An Organizing Junkie!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-21222204224920338302011-06-26T21:31:00.000-04:002011-06-26T21:31:08.515-04:00Dinner for a Friend<div align="center">FHFB and I have been to visit our friend Dave many times at Lindenmere in South Hero, Vermont. Dave is originally from New Jersey, and makes a trip back down here once or twice a year. </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">The last time Dave was in New Jersey we hosted a small dinner party for him - and it was warm enough to eat out on the back porch. </div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Here's what was on the menu:</div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">If you have the time please check out some older blog posts about our trip to Lindenmere, Vermont. It's truly a magical place that we love to visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><a href="http://froghollowfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2010/10/flatrocks-at-lindenmere.html">http://froghollowfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2010/10/flatrocks-at-lindenmere.html</a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><a href="http://froghollowfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2010/10/vermont-vacation.html">http://froghollowfarmgirl.blogspot.com/2010/10/vermont-vacation.html</a></div><div align="center">(this blog post has another menu for you to check out!)</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">I'm linking in to Yvonne's first <a href="http://stonegable.blogspot.com/2011/06/on-menu-monday-linky-partyweek-of-june.html">On the Menu Monday party at Stone Gable</a>!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Ciao, bella!</div><div align="center">xxoo</div><div align="center"></div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-23427249222965211302011-06-26T18:12:00.000-04:002011-06-26T18:12:01.434-04:00A Street Food Stroll in Rome with Eleonora<div style="text-align: center;">At the end of our recent trip to Italy, FHFB and I spent a couple of days in Rome. When we first visited Rome many years ago we found it to be very much like any large city - large, busy, noisy and unfamiliar. Since then we have figured out that in order to understand Rome, like any large city, we needed to learn about and understand the different areas of the city. For example, the area around the Pantheon or the area around the Piazza Navona. I'm sure that each of these city sections have their own name.<br />
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A new part of Rome (for us) was introduced to us by Eleonora from <a href="http://www.aglioolioepeperoncino.com/">aglio, olio e peperoncino</a>. She also writes a blog called <a href="http://romatuttigg.blogspot.com/">Roma Every Day</a>. I've become a follower of <u>aglio, olio e peperoncino</u> and blogging friends with Eleonora since last year. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Check out Eleonora's blog - it is chock full of delicious Italian recipes, and all things Italian. I</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">t's always a delight for me to read and it makes me long for Italy</span><span style="color: black;">!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Farmer's Market at <a href="http://www.ultimateitaly.com/piazzas-italy/campo-di-fiori.html">Campo di Fiori.</a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(This link tells you about many of the piazza's in Rome)</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Our afternoon with Eleonora consisted of a <a href="http://www.aglioolioepeperoncino.com/p/travel-consultant.html">Street Food Stroll</a>. Now, if you have been a follower of Frog Hollow Farm Girl for a while, you know that FHFB and I love to cook and to eat - and especially in Italy! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
Eleonora describes the Street Food Stroll as follows:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Street Food Stroll</span> </strong></span></em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #0b5394;"><strong>If your idea of delving into a culture is to tune into the city's most cherished food traditions, this is the walk for you. Our leisurely stroll and sample tastings include tavola calda fare, portable goodies, ancient chocolatier confections, fried treats, pizza sold by weight, plus artisan pastries, gelato and grattachecca.</strong></span></em> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
We had a wonderful time. Here are some pictures from the afternoon as we strolled through Rome. There aren't many pictures because we were too busy talking and eating!!! LOL</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Shopping in Campo di Fiori with Eleonora.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Here I am learning how to drink out of a Roman water fountain. </div><div style="text-align: center;">When you press and stop the water that you see running from the spout at the bottom of the picture, the water spurts up from the top. I believe that this water comes from the original aquaducts but I'm not absolutely sure.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The chocolate shop!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">We have a delightful afternoon and learned about a new section of Rome called the Jewish Ghetto, not far from the Campo di Fiori. This is a very historical and solemn portion of the city - you can check out<a href="http://www.frommers.com/destinations/rome/0064022151.html"> this link</a> to learn more. Of course there was food connected with the Jewish Ghetto, and the most famous dish to try to get is the deep fried artichoke. Now, we never did get back to the restaurant for that artichoke, and I'm disappointed that I didn't push myself a little more and get back when the restaurant opened, it wasn't far from our hotel. <br />
Next time, DEFINITELY!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Eleonora was a wonderful guide - we so enjoyed our time with her and would recommend trying one of her culinary tours if you happen to have a few hours in Rome.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Thanks for stopping by. I'll be linking in to <a href="http://thetablescaper.blogspot.com/2011/06/seasonal-sundays-55-field-trip.html">Seasonal Sundays at The Tablescaper</a>!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxoo</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3402485070140069108.post-40293506661354600312011-06-19T12:49:00.005-04:002011-07-25T08:50:32.386-04:00Dresser Bar on the Back Porch for Summertime Entertaining<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We entertain all summer long at Frog Hollow Farm, and with the addition on our wrap-around porch three years ago, entertaining has become so much easier. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One thing that I have always done both in and out of our house is move things around - I am constantly moving furniture looking for just the right combination of sitting areas and places for food and a bar. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The good news is that I think the porch is finally finished as far as figuring all of that out. We have a large farm table with 6 red ladderback chairs as the main sitting area, and several sitting areas all around the porch, including both small couches and chairs as well as large beautiful rocking chairs loaded with comfy pillows. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">My focus for this post is the bar area I just set up for the summer. I found an old dresser in our garage that I thought would work just perfectly - I loved the color of the wood and the contrast with the rest of the porch furniture - and using an antique wooden piece of furniture in an outside sitting area seemed like a novel idea. Having a covered porch allows for protection from the elements - we'll have to take it inside over the winter. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">You can see the entire piece centered under the kitchen window. An old basket held the all-purpose wine glasses that we use for most everything - they are stock items from Crate and Barrel - I usually end up buying 24 of them each year around the holidays - they are inexpensive so when they chip or break throughout the year I don't feel so bad. After awhile the finish on these everyday glasses tends to dull, so new sparkly glasses are a must!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">The large glass jar with the spout is from Pottery Barn, and worked beautifully for our <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/michael-chiarello/white-wine-california-citrus-sangria-recipe/index.html">White Wine Sangria</a>. I filled it up right before our guests arrived, having to of course sample the sangria before serving it ;). The wine bottle to the left of the glass jar is an old bottle from FHFB's family - I love the look and it's a colorful accent on the bar.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This old copper bucket worked so well holding the chilled white wine and proseco. We found this recently at an antique shop on Route 9 in Cape May, New Jersey. It was raised up off of the floor on a small plant stand for easier access. I love buying antiques that are simple, functional and beautiful. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Since there isn't a ton of space on the top of the dresser, I decided to use the two small drawers on the top to hold some specific items, like a corkscrew, bitters, shaker, a towel and small bottles of juice and alchohol (we had one person who loves gin martinis, so I needed to have the ingredients easily available). We always like to serve our guests their first cocktail or glass of wine, but having the bar area set up and easily accessible allows everyone to serve themselves cocktails, soda or water throughout the evening. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Beer glasses and plastic cups for the kids were placed in the second small drawer, lined with a vintage checked placemat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This bar will stay in place throughout the summer. When not in use it still looks like a significant part of the porch with the addition of a colorful coleus plant. We keep the large glass jar and the round basket out all of the time - just rinsing them off carefully before using them each time. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Ciao, bella!</div><div style="text-align: center;">xxoo</div>Frog Hollow Farm Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08591392952815933923noreply@blogger.com19