❤️ of the Home - March

March is a transition month.  It's the month that can't make up its mind between Winter and Spring!  Susan Branch's March 2017 calendar page encourages us to keep a diary, which is a good way to deal with fickle March because it gives us a way to express our feelings. . . .

Check out Susan's post about keeping a diary:  Looking Back in Hindsight.

Keeping a diary was an important part of developing her creativity.

Keeping a diary also helps you see the magic that already exists in your life and leads to. . . .

At least, that is what it's done for me.  By putting my thoughts into sentences, and keeping track of them on paper, I was led to write poems and children's stories which then led to my desire to learn to illustrate those stories.

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March is also the time of year many of us do Spring Cleaning!  Susan has lots to say about that. . . .

Here are a few of her posts about freshening our homes after a long winter:

Freshening up Wooden Things

Cleaning Silver

I like her idea to use the dishwasher to wash the dishes and glasses that she displays on open shelves rather than just dusting them.  A much easier way to make them shine again!  She also washes and starches her cotton table scarves every year.  I remember my mother airing mattresses outside and doing extra housecleaning in Spring.  I change my decor every season which is a great time to do a thorough dusting of shelves and objects.  I also change the curtains in my dining room in the Spring from the ones I put up for Autumn/Winter.

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It's always fun to celebrate holidays.  Susan provides us with a recipe for Irish Coffee to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on the 17th.  Maybe this is why we celebrate St. Patrick's Day--we need something in March to take our minds off the crazy weather. . . .

If you are a teetotaler it would be just as good with just the creme de menthe!

Or you may like to try her Irish Stew with Buttered Noodles recipe. . . .

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By the end of the month Spring will have arrived for many of us and we will be itching to get out into our gardens.  Here is Susan's plan for a small garden outside her kitchen. . . .

You can see how it turned out HERE.

In the meantime, we can bring a little of Spring indoors. . . .

How to force flowering trees

Or add a wreath to your door. . . .

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Making special Spring-themed desserts is always fun.  I made this for my granddaughter's first Easter. . . .

These are especially delicious:  Carrot Cupcake Recipe

Do you have any Spring rituals?  Special recipes you only make in the Spring?

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