The Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve has been on our “to check out” list for a while but we opted for the Clark County Wetlands Park instead a few months ago. Before it heated up too much the Bird Preserve seemed like a good idea. Plus, it is near Costco and we tend to need a … Continue reading »
Posted in April 2011 …
Dream Walkin’
Ok, first I have to link to the song the title of this post is referencing, Toby Keith’s Dream Walkin’ - the video is a pretty vivid memory of mine. I remember the spring we were waiting to move up to Alaska my Mom moved up there early and we’d sold the house so we house … Continue reading »
Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve Video
My husband took this while we were at the Bird Viewing Preserve this weekend. I didn’t know I was in his shot, and squinting no less, ah well. I will post pictures soon and write about our visit but the short version is that it was a gorgeous morning and a lovely outing. The more … Continue reading »
Baked Potatoes with Fried Onions & Mushrooms and Green Beans Recipe
Here’s another recipe that is a little bit more of a meal idea but we could always use more meal ideas! Also, I have spent too many years messing up baked potatoes (that makes me sound like a horrible cook, I know) not to share this. The baked potatoes come from The New Best Recipe (amazon … Continue reading »
My Sunshine
I keep writing down the little things E says but R is no less active or vocal, it just doesn’t translate too well into little quotes so I thought I’d list some of the cute things he’s doing these days: He gives what I call “mynock kisses” – if you’ve seen Star Wars: The Empire … Continue reading »
Baked Potatoes with Fried Onions & Mushrooms and Green Beans Photos
The Allergen-Free Baker’s Handbook Review
(I am also posting this review to Amazon.com even though there are already tons of people there giving it rave reviews and I posted the above photo to the product page as well.) I love this book. The Allergen Free Baker’s Handbook by Cybele Pascal (amazon affiliate link). Some background: Last January we found out … Continue reading »
Three Bean Salad Recipe
This recipe is linked on Allergy Friendly Friday 4/15/11 over here at Cybele Pascal’s website! It is fun getting to share these ideas with the allergy community, sometimes I think these things are obvious but if I think back to when I was just starting out with a new way of cooking it was daunting … Continue reading »
Las Vegas Natural History Museum
Bank of America has a program called “Museums on Us” and you get to see local museums free on the first weekend of each month! We’ve been taking advantage of this for over a year. You just have to have your name on the card and show I.D., they don’t swipe anything, they just check … Continue reading »
Desert National Wildlife Refuge
On April second we ventured out to the Desert National Wildlife Refuge. I posted a link to our video of driving on the roads out there here, and we ended up submitting the above picture of a Desert Paintbrush to our favorite wildflower report site (great to check out if you’re wondering where to adventure … Continue reading »
