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Banana Bread!

My relationship with food lately has not been good. Nothing sounds good to me.  I had a bunch of bananas going bad on the cabinet and thought I would give some banana bread a try. I was brought up not to brag on myself but DUDE, IS THIS STUFF GOOD. I got the recipe here,...

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Kitchen Kitch’n.

May I bore you with photos of my thrifted/yard saled/estate saled purchases that currently live in my kitchen? I can? Why, thanks! You’re too kind! Let us begin with my keen yellow cake plate. Cake plate? Cheese plate? What the hell is this, do you think? It’s on the small size, so I’m thinking NOT...

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Craft Room Clean-Up!

At Casa Pretty. Quirky., my husband and I are lucky enough to each  have our own little hobby rooms. We dubbed his room The Media Center because the vast majority of  North America’s electronic equipment is located in there. If you ever experience a power lull in your home, it is probably because my husband...

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Photo practice, and a lot about cameras that may be boring to you.

So. I’m thinking about getting a new camera. You may say to me, “Why, Lara, would you be shopping for a new camera when you haven’t even learned to use the very good camera that you have now?” And while I think that would be pretty mean of you to say, and pretty critical, you...

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How about an example?

One week later and it occurs to me to post photos of some calendar art I’ve actually managed to frame instead of photos of the shameful stack of calendars I’ve been meaning to frame. You know, so you don’t think I’m JUST a hoarder. Sometimes, I actually manage to do something with the crap I...

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