My Daily Travels

Most of the snow in my area has melted and even the country roads are clear. Too bad it's all for nothing. Western Pennsylvania is expected to get 1 to 3 inches of snow starting tomorrow afternoon, and Monday will see the beginnings of the big freeze. 🥶 Sign in to see full entry.

The snow is melting, the sun is shining, and it is 40 degrees today. I am highly aware that this is the calm before next week's arctic storm, so I'm taking advantage and making a chef's salad for dinner. I'll save the stick to the ribs, hot and hearty dinners for next week. Since it is unseasonably... Sign in to see full entry.

It is hard to keep up with the exterior maintenance of a vehicle during extremely freezing weather. Yesterday's break in the snow allowed us to run to the carwash and blast off the salt debris, slush-encrusted highway remnants, and all of the other road crud that caked itself on my shiny paint job.... Sign in to see full entry.

Happy Bagel Day! Historically, National Bagel Day was celebrated on February 9th, which happens to be the same day as National Pizza Day. However, thanks to an initiative started by Thomas’ Breads in 2014, bagels now have a day of their own on January 15th. I use plain toasted bagels to make cream... Sign in to see full entry.

This is the scene for most of the day in the northernmost area of my backyard, where I feed my woodland creatures. During the winter, the squirrels and chipmunks use the stacked boat docks on the marina's side over the fence like a jungle gym, crossing over to my Japanese Elm tree and down to their... Sign in to see full entry.

I am used to seeing seagulls when I am home at the beach in Delaware, but they are a strange sight along the three rivers in Pittsburgh. Once in a great while, we have a visiting seagull in our yard. Sign in to see full entry.

As much as I love fried food, I normally avoid it as much as possible for obvious reasons, but today I went off track when I prepared an array of fried treats for our lunch. I made fried green tomatoes, mushrooms, jalapeno poppers, cheese sticks, fries, and buttermilk-brined fried chicken. The kids... Sign in to see full entry.

Even though it's a common sight in Pittsburgh, I never get tired of watching the trains running down the tracks. I love hearing their air horn warning as they cross roadways and proceed to their destination. 🚂🚂🚂 Sign in to see full entry.

The smell of corn was much too heavenly to pass up. They appear to have let themselves in through the open gate to their smorgasbord of apple-scented corn. These cuties are no strangers to my neighborhood. They habitually travel from yard to yard throughout the day and night in search of vittles... Sign in to see full entry.

I was slightly derailed yesterday from making John his favorite stuffed peppers with sauce when I got a call from our middle daughter. I had laid out the ground sausage and beef earlier that morning when she asked us for a ride to the doctor after she slipped and fell on ice at work this past week.... Sign in to see full entry.