Category: Winter

Haiku: Sleety Celebration

Haiku: Sleety Celebration

If you’ve been following Glover Gardens this week, you know that it is really cold here.  Freaky cold. Snow and ice and sleet, oh my! It just makes you want to stay inside, drink hot chocolate by the fire and have comfort food for all your…

Perfect for a Cold Winter’s Night: Smooth, Creamy, Wonderful Cauliflower Soup

Perfect for a Cold Winter’s Night: Smooth, Creamy, Wonderful Cauliflower Soup

Cauliflower Soup is easy and quick, warm and comforting, and yet surprisingly elegant.

Hunkering Down in the Cold and Watching the Birds

Hunkering Down in the Cold and Watching the Birds

Brrrrr!  It’s hunker down time here in Southeast Texas where harsh Lady Winter (actually “Winter Storm Inga”) has found us and seems to be settling in for a good long visit. We had hail and snow and sub-freezing weather all day today, which is confusing…

Hospitality at Café Louise in Paris

Hospitality at Café Louise in Paris

Café Louise provides a warm-me-up on a super-cold Paris first Sunday after a power walk from the Arch de Triomphe to St. Germain.

Chili for a Chilly Night!

Chili for a Chilly Night!

Sporting 3 kinds of beans, Glover Gardens Chili warms you up from the inside out, especially with its mix of chili peppers.

Haiku:  Opposites Attract

Haiku: Opposites Attract

Haiku about a true love for Colorado in winter.

Determination

Determination

A tiny tree in a Colorado forest inspires a haiku.

Haiku: Gulf Coast in Winter

Haiku: Gulf Coast in Winter

The Texas Gulf Coast and its brown pelicans inspired a haiku.

Moonlight Citrus Harvest Haiku

Moonlight Citrus Harvest Haiku

A cold snap in Southeast Texas forces a moonlight citrus harvest and inspires a haiku.

Rosemary Wreath Appetizer Platter

Rosemary Wreath Appetizer Platter

A rosemary wreath dresses up the standby party platter of cheese, salami and olives.

Haiku:  Beckoning Winter Sky

Haiku: Beckoning Winter Sky

I am in love with our little cabin in central Colorado.  “Little House in the Rockies” inspires me to create recipes, snap photos, write essays, poems and haiku, birdwatch…in general, to revel in nature and absorb its beauty and regenerative spirit. Here’s one from a…

Simple Autumn Side: Baked Acorn Squash

Simple Autumn Side: Baked Acorn Squash

It’s a beautiful Saturday morning here in Southeast Texas, and we’re headed out to the Farmers’ Market to see what bounty it holds for us.  A recent trek yielded acorn squash, which resulted in a marvelous side dish for roast chicken. So delicious, even the…

Windy Mountain Sunrise

Windy Mountain Sunrise

The sun is just kissing the sky over the mountains in this short video of a windy Colorado sunrise.