My Daily Travels

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When it's hot, I think about cold foods like salad for dinner. It's going to be 90 degrees today, so later I will make a cold potato and Deviled egg salad for dinner along with tuna salad that will be served on rye bread. John requested Philly cheesesteaks, so I will raid our peppers and prepare his... Sign in to see full entry.

A few of you know that John and I have been house hunting for the past few years. Our hope was to purchase the home that we have lived in for the past nine years. Last week involved big changes after the owners of the house finally agreed to sell it to us a few months ago. Along with the official... Sign in to see full entry.

Independence Day just naturally has that way of making us think about BBQ, ribs, hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, Deviled eggs, baked beans, and red, white, and blue desserts. I love all of these foods, but John loves spicy chili, so I made him a lunch of chili cheese dogs with all of the... Sign in to see full entry.

After speaking with my brother yesterday about upgrades to our newly purchased home, and the many plants that I could purchase to draw in a larger variety of birds, I hadn't given blueberry plants a second thought even though they are my favorite fruit. Like me, he feeds the birds along with the... Sign in to see full entry.

Elfreth's Alley is named after Jeremiah Elfreth, an 18th-century blacksmith and property owner. Rich in history, among the alley's residents were tradesmen and their families, including shipwrights, silver and pewter smiths, glassblowers, and furniture builders. During the 1770s, one-third of the... Sign in to see full entry.

Rather than help themselves to the food that was put out on the ground for them to feast on, these two little furry thieves climbed up on the feeders and stole the bird's food. Sign in to see full entry.

In the 1840s and 1850s, as the Industrial Revolution and factory labor took hold in the United States, more women went to work outside the home. By 1840, 10% of women held jobs outside the household. That number rose to 25% by the latter part of the century. The neatly dressed woman in the photo was... Sign in to see full entry.

Last night, we enjoyed an evening outdoors downtown in our borough while listening to the band who played this week in our outdoor summer concert. Not surprisingly, the crowd was smaller than usual due to the code red weather report from the residual smoke that the Canadian fires are bringing our... Sign in to see full entry.