Marian Allen's Blog, page 16
February 18, 2025
Food Tuesday: Kale and Apple Salad
#FoodTuesday #kale #apple #salad #vegan #vegetarian #QuickAndEasy #writingprompt I got a bunch of kale last week, and I’ve been eating it and eating it and eating it. #4 Daughter only likes it a bit here and a bit there, so the lion’s share fell to…
February 17, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: Daisies and Schwoopies
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt I’ve hooked Sara on PUSHING DAISIES, so I get to enjoy it all over again. It’s Amelie-level visually stunning, with crisp, defined edges at odds with the moral ambiguity and inner conflict so painful it’s funny. Ned…
February 15, 2025
Caturday: Adi Gets A Move On
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #calico #calicocats #scottishfold #scottishfoldlovers #Adi #AdiLadyFluffington #FrauleinProfessorOverknocker Hewwo. Um, I’m Adi, okay? I blooded EverMom just a li’l bit this week, but I didn’t mean to. I was making biscuits on her lap and she said, “Ow! You got the pokeytoes!”…
February 14, 2025
February 13, 2025
Thursday Doors: Oh, Canada!
#ThursdayDoors #writingprompt Not seems as good a time as any — for no particular reason — to see what Canada has to offer. Charlie loved books that showed pictures of landscapes and structures from other countries, and Canada was no exception. He got this one,…
February 11, 2025
Food Tuesday: Asparagus Again
#FoodTuesday #asparagus #mushrooms #omelet #CookingWithLeftovers #vegan #vegetarian #writingprompt I got a hankering for fresh asparagus — or as fresh as store-bought can get — so I bought some. Big fat ‘uns. I tossed them in honey, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, and pepper, spread them…
February 10, 2025
Monday Recommends and Nail Art: But I Love Them Just The Same
#MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt Is it just me, or do all cats quirp on the rugs? Any time of the day or night, I’ll hear that glurp glarp glooloop and then I get to play Find The Hellscape. But I don’t…
February 8, 2025
Caturday: Chickie Inna Window
#Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #blackandwhitecats #Chickie #MamzelleChickieLaSilk HELLO! My name is CHICKIE! I’ve been letting Adi snuggle in bed with Mommy when she wants to. Adi says sometimes she has nightmares and she needs to snuggle. So I said it was okay. I wonder if…
February 7, 2025
February 6, 2025
Thursday Doors: Rackham Up
#ThursdayDoors #ArthurRackham #writingprompt This week’s doors come from ARTHUR RACKHAM: A BIOGRAPHY, by James Hamilton. Arthur Rackham was an illustrator, and also a watercolorist. When I say he was from the turn of the century, I mean the 19th to the 20th. Never thought I’d…
