Snacks don't have to bust your diet. In fact, they can be quite beneficial to help you lose weight by preventing overeating at meals. The trick is to pass on the potato chips, cookies and candy and instead reach for lower-calorie options to keep your energy up throughout the day. Our home staging team often doesn't have time to stop and eat on the job, so we prefer pack and go options that are healthy and take off the edge. Bagel - More filling that a buttery croissant, a bagel supplies iron and B vitamins. Instead of full-fat cream (52 comments)
We recently had a blog or two on whether stagers should decorate with seasonal or Holiday decorations. Those who decided that seasonal would be good , may like this little idea from Martha Stewart that I adapted for stagers. Instead of the traditional floral arrangement on a dining room table , buffet table, or counter consider a simple, elegant arrangement of seasonal produce. Think about fall's unusual fruits and foliage, and let them inspire you. Search your local farmer's market or grocery store for gourds, nuts in the shells, and bring out your faux fruits and or veggies. Use treated or silk (17 comments)
It all has to do with sugar and temperatures, basically. On days when it is warm and sunny the leaves produce sugar. Bright sunlight generates a reaction between the sugars in the leaves and anthocyanins, the compound that produces red tint.
Different tree varieties produce more or less sugar. Hence, the sugar maple is capable of brilliant scarlet. The cooler temperatures we experience in Minnesota in the Fall season, cause the veins in the tree leaves to gradually close, which prevents the sugars from moving and preserves the red tones. For the most spectacular colors - (1 comments)
Some time ago when I was but a wee lass starting to blog on Active Rain - I wrote a blog about a young couple that had gotten engaged on our frozen Beaver Pond in the Minnesota winter. Like all things that I am involved with - it was a bit over the top and if I may say so , just perfect (except for the flip flops in the snow).
Well the happy couple again in flip flops said their vows and pledged their troth (what (7 comments)