small town me

This was the most prolific Peach Week(s) I can remember.  Peach Caprese.  Peaches and Cream Oatmeal Pork Medallions with Bourbon Peach Sauce...

The queen of peach cocktails, the Bellini.  Peach Watermelon Feta Salad Simple Fruit Salad Peach Yogurt Parfait Bourbon Peach Smash Peach Ma...

In recent years, Peach Week has been a bust, but this year, it's back, baby!  I started the week with Peach Salsa atop grilled salmon on...

This IS the birthplace of the Online Gallery of American Vernacular Cat Art.  I did a refreshing last year. A couple pieces went on exhibit ...

At some point after the kids were grown and flown, I redecorated the upstairs bathroom with my bee collection.  (I spy a tiny Ernest in his ...

Well, for the mail! We modified an Amish-made mailbox purchased online. Handy made the stork and I painted the cats. 

I always enjoy I Madonnari, the chalk art festival held at Santa Barbara Mission.