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	<title>the cottage at frog creek</title>
	<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com</link>
	<description>living the old way today</description>
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		<title>springtime at frog creek</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the gusting winds, the rain, the puddles, the frost cuddling up to the strawberry blossoms this morning &#8212; or maybe because of all these &#8212; I know spring is here.

I see it in the broody hen, who growls at me and fluffs her stuff every afternoon when I steal her eggs away.

It&#8217;s there in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2010/04/springtime-at-frog-creek/</link>
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		<title>simple pleasures</title>
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In my early days of motherhood, when I first tasted that shocking loss of independence, my mom taught me to seek out simple pleasures. For her, it was the treat of a fountain coke and a mystery novel, lingered over in the car while she waited for us to get out of school. This is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2010/03/simple-pleasures/</link>
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		<title>a snickerdoodle for the season</title>
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Inspired by this post from RecipeGirl, I dug out grandma&#8217;s snickerdoodle recipe today and made it a little more &#8220;fall-friendly.&#8221; Yum.
PUMPKIN SNICKERDOODLES
Mix:
1 cup shortening
3/4 cup pure pumpkin puree
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 egg
Sift and stir into creamed mixture:
3 cups flour
2 tsp. cream of tartar
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
Chill dough for at least 1 hour. Preheat [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/11/a-snickerdoodle-for-the-season/</link>
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		<title>a match made in apple heaven</title>
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Ah, the humble Golden Delicious, that girl next door, mild-mannered and sweet. She&#8217;s never turned heads like that pretty Pink Lady, never sassed up a crowd like that tart Granny Smith. A little bit plump, with a blush on her cheeks, she was content enough to spend her days lounging about unnoticed.
That fellow Winesap, more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/10/a-match-made-in-apple-heaven/</link>
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		<title>one mean snake and one curious dog</title>
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I was five steps and about a dozen thoughts past that rattlesnake before my head got the message from my eyes that said, in big capital letters, &#8220;SNAKE!&#8221; The funny thing, and the thing that kept me up half the night after, is instead of hightailing it outta there like any thinking girl would do, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/10/one-mean-snake-and-one-curious-dog/</link>
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		<title>the stargazer&#8217;s shawl</title>
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SUPPLIES:
1 1/4 yards flannel fabric
2 1/4 yards bobble trim
matching thread
DIRECTIONS:
Prewash your fabric. 
Open out the fabric, then fold it on the diagonal. It should measure about 58 inches on the long edge.

Cut along the straight edge.

Pin and machine baste bobble trim along right side of two shorter edges of shawl, beginning and ending at folded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/09/the-stargazers-shawl/</link>
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		<title>one star to fall and one hand to hold</title>
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And what was I supposed to do, when that rat-a-tap-tapping started in on my window pane a couple hours after the sun went down? What would you have done, hearing your whispered name rising out of that darkness?
&#8220;Tevis,&#8221; came the whisper. &#8220;Come on! Tevis! Get on out here!&#8221;
Well I don&#8217;t mind tellin&#8217; you, when I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/09/one-star-to-fall-and-one-hand-to-hold/</link>
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		<title>wishes</title>
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&#8230; for a summer filled with deliberate moments, with ice cream faces and pajama days, with burnt marshmallow s&#8217;mores and sand castle hands, with evening walks and garden bounty.

Enjoy your summer. I&#8217;ll see you back here sometime after the school bell rings.
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		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/06/wishes/</link>
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		<title>one girl itchin&#8217; and one boy tongue-tied</title>
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It&#8217;s a terrible thing happens round this cottage every year, &#8217;bout this time. You might think I&#8217;d be expecting it by now, that I&#8217;d prepare myself and spare my poor heart the disappointment. But hope is a powerful thing.
I can&#8217;t be the only one who finds herself buyin&#8217; into the promise of the sun come [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/06/one-girl-itchin-and-one-boy-tongue-tied/</link>
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		<title>waste not</title>
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Some strawberry jam in the making&#8230;

and with the strawberry tops&#8230;

&#8230;strawberry vinegar!

A little gardening to pass the time&#8230;

&#8230;and a day well spent.
For the strawberry jam recipe, check here. For the vinegar, just let those berry tops marinate for 12 hours or so, strain the vinegar out and boil it for a bit (you can add some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.frogcreekcottage.com/2009/05/waste-not/</link>
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