ITALIAN CHICKEN THIGHS SAVOR THE FLAVORWITH NONNIE There are so many delicious recipes to share but Chicken Thigh, Sausage, and Olives is an all-time favorite. Nonnie often makes it and puts the pan in the middle of the table for everyone to dip their bread in the sauce family style.  The chicken thighs are so tender you do not even need a knife.  This past weekend I made a triple recipe since I have my college-aged sons home taking their classes remotely.  The boys tend to need a 1 am. snack often so the more food I have prepped the better.  I also like to freeze a few meals for the days when we don't have time to ...

Our old dog run was full of "junk" all the things we had not thrown away, tons of river rocks with weeds, irrigation tubing we were not using...honestly it stressed me out everytime I went into the dog run.  I had a dream...after my birthday in July 2019 and seeing the Dinner Plate Dahlia's for the first time...I wanted Dahlias. Now where will we put these huge Dahlias...the Dog Run of course!  Tucker really never used the Dog Run, because as most of you know he does not think he is a DOG.  This past December I put in a huge online order of Dahlia Tubers which were going to arrive in the spring.  I was going with the idea that if I "Order" then the Dog Run will get ...

 This weekend I had an amazing generational session with four generations of family gathered together in the great-grandparents’ backyard where their three children and grandchildren had grown up. I received this email the following morning from the great-grandfather which made me tear up…“Thank you for making the family laugh. Better than Disneyland. That alone is worth the photo shoot. Dora and I thank you for a relaxing time. We await the pictures too.John”I am so blessed to be able to have a job as a portrait photographer where I get to meet and work with such wonderful people; create amazing portraits together, and we all have a great experience ...