Blogspot - Recipe Scratch Rusia

We are being treated with the most gorgeous autumn weather this week.  In fact, I've been waiting for a gloomier day to take outside photos to get that more muted, shadowy look I love during fall.  We've had nothing but the bluest skies with the brightest foliage we've seen in years - I guess it'll have to do ; ) Last week I took out the overgrown pansies (though they still looked beautiful with all of the wet and sunny weather) and replaced them with all of the gourds and pumpkins we've accumulated during the fall.  They were taking over the inside of our house!  We're hosting Thanksgiving this year, so I'm looking forward to having these outside for the next month, unless the squirrels get to them first. I was hoping to get some "fall" photos before the Halloween spiderwebs went up, but, I got to anxious to get our house spooked out.  After Halloween, the spiderwebs will come down and it will look classic autumn again.  We love halloween around h...

I love a Starbucks run as much as anyone.  However, I also love coffee first thing in the morning with a brisk walk - there is no time to roll out of bed and go to Starbucks and still get that chilly sunrise walk in before the rest of the world wakes up.  I've been making this tasty coffee at home and it is so yummy on these crisp fall days. I just restocked our To-Go Paper Coffee Cups!  Shop here > It is a simple mixture of brown sugar + cinnamon + ginger + ground cloves.   I put a scoop of it in my cup with about 1/4 cup of milk and microwave it for 1 1/2 minutes (I like very hot coffee).   By heating the milk, you get they same effect (minus the foam) of a latte. Then, I pour coffee - premade or Kcup. I plan on serving it for Thanksgiving for our post feast walk and will probably top it with whipped cream and a dusting a cinnamon.  No Starbucks run needed! Shop  To-Go Paper Coffee Cups >

This past weekend, we hosted our first event at The School House.  When I spotted it last year, I knew that I'd want to host events here and open it up to the public.  It is just such a special little sturdy place that feels like a step out of time - I love the feeling I get every time I walk through the doors.  It was so fun to just let others come out to our favorite spot and experience it.   I took the photos on Friday night after we'd finished setting up - it was a beautiful night.  It was raining the next morning, of course, but it made for a cozy day inside. What I love about The School House is that it sits on the edge of a corn field, on a gravel road, with its classically simple  and stately facade - unassuming and humble.  Inside, it is a bustling country workshop.  How wild is it that I can run an online company from my house, and it is all lovingly packaged up in this charming small town school house in the country?   Sometimes I ...