Anthology Magazine | Preview with Video

The set for the room in the video below to launch Anthology Magazine was papered with pages from old books and magazines.

Anthology Magazine presents a stop motion trailer launching the new home and lifestyle print magazine. Inaugural issue comes out in October 2010.

Print Is Not Dead

Preview the first 16 pages of Anthology's premier issue coming out soon.



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Gardens at the Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, Seine et Marne, France

Absolutely amazing living graphic design in these Gardens at the Chateau of Vaux-le-Vicomte, Seine et Marne, France [photo via Pixdaus].

More fabulous views of this Chateau.

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Happy Times Alone In The Garden

I scanned this image from one of my books "A Garden Blessing " and added the text myself. It's perfect, isn't it? I love the sunlight and shadows in the garden and on the side of the house.

Have a wonderful weekend.



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My Peaceable Kingdom

I just had a delicious dinner and the deer and turkeys are dining together on the lower forty. There are 4 turkeys but you can only see 3 clearly because they are at the bottom of a hill and one is pecking away at the acorns. Both of the bucks have antlers. How exciting. Click to enlarge photos.

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Homemade Bisquick Mix Recipe

I was so happy to find this recipe. I'm going to make some cheese biscuits to go with my turkey meatloaf tonight. FOLLOW UP: I made them (added grated cheddar cheese) and I declare them to be the best biscuits ever! I am so excited because I can have them 5 more times. Yippee.

You can make pancakes with this mix too. They are supposed to be delicious; sort of a cross between pancakes and French toast.

HOMEMADE BISQUICK MIX
5 cups flour
1/4 cup baking powder
2 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. salt
1 cup butter or margarine
Mix together flour, baking powder, sugar and salt.

Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly.
Store in an airtight container for up to 6 weeks or in the freezer for longer storage.
Makes approximately 6 cups.

TO MAKE BISCUITS
Mix together 1/3 cup of milk for every 1 cup of mix. Drop onto un-greased cookie sheets and bake @ 450ºF for 10-12 min.

*Add any additional ingredients you wish such as grated cheese or herbs before adding the milk.
* 1 cup of mix will yield about 6 biscuits.

Read more Homemade Bisquick Mix (source of this recipe)

I found another site with some excellent coffee cake recipes using Bisquick. Scroll down when you enter the site.



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The Cottage of My Dreams

I've always loved this cottage watercolor. It's on the cover of a very old address book I picked up at a tag sale. Every time I look at it I start daydreaming about what the interior is like. Don't you love the sculpted hedges? Sigh.



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Read Instead

This made me laugh. I actually like to do both.

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Iveraray Castle, Scotland

Iveraray Castle, Scotland a magnificent Scottish castle and ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll provides a unique Scottish visitor experience. The Castle is a remarkable and unique piece of architecture incorporating Baroque, Palladian and Gothic ... read more When shall we leave?
Photo via Pixdaus



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It's Raining Cats and Dogs At The Cottage

I got soaked to the skin just now coming home from the grocery store. Webster had a second bath and he did not like this one. I bathed him in the bathtub this morning and he moved not a muscle. He loved it. I've already pulled up all the cleomes because of the crab grass invasion in this front area. They were once beautiful. The spruce trees are enjoying the shower after a long hot dry summer.



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Maple Leaves with Fall Color

Fall is starting to show its face at my house. The maples are just starting to turn.



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Very Nice Wall of Framed Photos

I like the arrangement of these framed black and white photos on this sea-foam teal wall. The frames are a combination of black and white as well. Very nice!!!



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Webster, My Wonder Dog

Webster drinks from a silver bowl. Nothing's too good for that dog of mine!

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Sweet Potato Buttermilk Pie Recipe

I'm on a mission to clean up all of my bookmarks. If I blog about them then I'll be able to erase them. I've been saving this recipe from Smitten Kitchen for quite a long time. I want to make it for Thanksgiving or even sooner now that the weather is getting cool. Looks delicious, doesn't it? I always have sweet potatoes in the house and I usually have buttermilk too southern girl that I am.



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Thankful Children | Jessie Wilcox Smith

I adore the charming illustrations of children by Jessie Wilcox Smith. I felt like this little boy this morning as I was waiting for my cinnamon raisin toast to pop up out of the toaster; thankful but eager. I love the red geraniums on the windowsill too. [via]



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Apples Are My Favorite Things About Fall

I just can't get my fill of these ginger gold apples. They are tart and crisp and they snap when you bite into them. I eat several every day and buy them in great quantities when they are fresh off the trees. What's your favorite variety? Don't you love the way they look in my antique Georgian glass bowl?



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