Friday Flotsam

lavender garden flowers / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrack! I mean back! Flotsam’s back. I took last Friday off for the Girl Scouts campout. You didn’t notice? Oh. Never mind. Last week we had lice. LICE. Lice!! And I’m not 100% we’re lice free. I don’t think I ever will be. My friend Mindy went over my head hair.by.hair two nights ago, so […]

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Will and Natalie’s New Bedrooms

Will and Natalie's New Bedrooms / Bev Cooks

I wanted to put an exclamation point on that title but I do in fact enjoy having human friends. We gave the kids much needed bedroom upgrades! At last. It was so time. They’d been sleeping in beds the size of bobby pins. It was one of those ordeals where we (by we I mean […]

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Gruyere and Herb Puff Pastry Twists

Gruyere and Herb Puff Pastry Twists / Bev Cooks

Twists! Made out of PUFF PASTRY. Is this heaven? Me thinks yes. Not only are we snacking on puff pastry twists, they’re stuffed with gruyere cheese and garden herbs and Everything Bagel seasoning. Brunch just got a facelift. And you know what, these don’t even have to be brunch focused. Let’s call them an anytime […]

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Homemade Wild Onion Oil

Homemade Wild Onion Oil / Bev Cooks

Chances are, you probably have wild onion in your yard. Like, onion grass. Wild onion. Green onion. Know what I mean, Vern? And if you don’t, you’re still a good person. You can get some wild onion (or even chives!) at the farmer’s market and rock on with your bad self. A) I haven’t said […]

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Friday Flotsam

table and pillows / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrrrewwwwwwwwderdeeeeeee! Hold on I’m listening to the new Snow on the Beach featuring more Lana Del Rey. One sec, one sec. . . . Okay that is GOOD. That is actually really really good. I loved the first version but the world was totally right – it needed more Lana. I’m not even a massive […]

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Toasted Croissants with Strawberries and Mascarpone

Toasted Croissants with Strawberries and Mascarpone / Bev Cooks

How about a brunch idea?! Or a Saturday idea. Or a now idea? We’re honestly slicing, toasting, whisking, spreading, drizzling, and garnishing. That’s it. Isn’t it wonderful? And look, if you want to make the croissants yourself, that’s completely fine, ya overachiever. But it’s summer and I’m gonna breeze through these next three months the […]

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Friday Flotsam

flower pots / bev cooks

Frrrrrrrrrrrrrah! dah! duh! doh! The other evening I spent an embarrassing amount of time adding photos to all of my contacts in my phone. Have you done that? I feel like I used to have a bunch of photos in my contacts, but I really didn’t. So I went through my camera library and screen […]

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