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Fancy copycat soufflés elevate breakfast

I love the breakfast souffle’ tarts at Panera or Starbucks, and recently,…

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Cooking/ Life/ Travel

Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce: Summer trip to the suburbs yields two new recipes to share

We enjoyed our annual trip to my hometown in Oklahoma in July,…

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Farmhouse Renovation/ Home

Guest Bedroom Brightened Up with Accent Wall and Beautiful Wallpaper

A DIY accent wall, wallpaper, brighter paint, and a custom DIY built-in…

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The Girls’ Room “Grows Up” into Comfortable Room for Guests

We have turned our grown girls' bedroom into a cozy room for…

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Life/ Travel

Four states, six cities, three points, a dog and two trees in September!

Our keeper pup from Rosie's summer litter moved to Dallas to live with Emma.

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Cooking/ Home & Garden

Life from Here: Gardening, Bouquets, Dogs

Just a few snippets from life on the farm this week. We…

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Cooking/ Home/ Life

A Shower for a “Berry Special” Baby

We hosted a shower for our daughter and our “berry special” first…

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Cooking

Tuscan Tomato Soup is the perfect comfort food

One of our favorite cold weather meals is homemade tomato soup, and…

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Cooking/ Life

Baking Challenge Success: Chocolate Soufflé

Tuesday night I tried a completely new recipe, chocolate soufflé, and I’m…

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Home/ Life

Determined to Take Down Christmas Decorations – but now what?

I’ve taken down the tree and nearly everything Christmas, but now, as…

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    Journey to the Holy Land- Part 2: The Holy City

    Post written by Mary McRae Fowler My second post about the Holy Land is about one of my favorite cities in the world- Jerusalem!…

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  • In Travel

    Journey to the Holy Land- Part 1: In the Wilderness

    Post written by Mary McRae Fowler In February of 2019, my husband Joseph and I had the incredible opportunity to take a group from…

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  • In Cooking/ Home & Garden

    Blueberries for Days, Weeks

    Enjoy this easy and delicious recipe for blueberry cobbler! We love all things blueberry! Years ago, I used to take the kids (pretty sure…

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  • In Travel

    Travels in the Algarve, Portugal

    Annual church mission trips to Portugal an adventure…

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  • In Travel

    California Trip: Where the Wild Things Are

    Today we drove on California Highway 1 along the coast and Big Sur and I enjoyed photographing sea lions, sea birds, breathtaking shorelines and…

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  • In Cooking

    Salsa for two: Empty Nest Rehearsal

    Salsa is our go-to in the summer when there's lots of fresh vegetables!…

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    In Travel

    She can always come home: Em’s New Home at SMU

    Orientation at SMU in Dallas in 2019…

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  • Kitchen renovation
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    Kitchen Renovation Part 5: Almost Done!

    It’s been 6 weeks and we just have a little bit left in our kitchen renovation. We are actually using the kitchen to cook…

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  • In Farmhouse Renovation/ Home & Garden

    Kitchen Renovation Part 4: What a difference a week makes!

    I’m ecstatic about our new countertops, which got installed TODAY!! It makes such a difference!! Helps to see the light at the end of…

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  • In Home & Garden

    Passalong Plants Keep Memories Alive in my Garden

    Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers Plucked in the garden, all the summer through And winter, and it seemed as if they grew In this close…

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