this is crazy.....gonna buy me some Listerine...

DIY Lavender Lemonade with Lavender Essential Oil

Ingredients

1 cup raw honey

12 cups pure water

1 drop lavender essential oil (where to find)

6 lemons, peeled and juiced

Lavender sprigs for garnish

Directions

Mix all ingredients together and chill. Add more water or raw honey if needed.

Check out this fun idea to make with old tires...stack two and then make outdoor seating with them. Just make sure to use outdoor fabric! A friend mentioned that these would be great around the fire pit:) Where would you use them?:)

Lizzie's Meatloaf

looking for something different to make for dinner? How about Lizzie Borden’s meat loaf? Here’s the recipe, although we can’t promise that you’ll like the result! But if you decide to make it, please let us know how it comes out.

The somewhat vague directions are to place 1 lb. steak, ½ lb. pork steak, 1 egg, 1 small onion, 3 soda crackers, herbs, salt, and pepper in a greased pan and to “cover loaf well” with hot water and bake for about an hour.

The unusual recipe, labeled “Lizzie’s Meat Loaf,” was undoubtedly prepared by Lizzie’s cook. It is written in the hand of Mrs. George S. Brigham, an intimate friend and confidante of both Lizzie and Emma Borden. Mrs. Brigham severed ties with Lizzie subsequent to the Borden sisters’ estrangement in 1905 but remained a lifelong friend of Emma. She refused to discuss, either publicly or privately, her friendship with the two women, or her involvement in the case.

https://roadtrippers.com/blog/pig-trail

let's jump on the Pig Trail!

the drive is nothing but you, the road, and nature… Just like it was for the Civil War soldiers over a hundred years before, except you’ve got smooth pavement and a heckuva lot more horsepower under you.

Val in the city posted this.....

The amazing chalkboard wall outside of...Manny's, I think...in Kansas City! You have to creep down an alley, but it's totally worth it

an edible Easter basket!

Glue four boxes of candy together, use a piece of cardboard for the bottom of the basket. (I used hot glue)

Got Pallets? Hate weeding? Don't feel like turning up a bunch of grass? Use a pallet as a garden bed - staple garden cloth on the backside of the pallet fill with dirt and start growing!

Turpentine Creek is a Non-Profit organization that provides lifetime refuge for abandoned, abused, and neglected "Big Cats". Open to the public daily 9-6.

Turpentine Creek is open every day of the year except Christmas.

Summer Hours* 9 AM - 6 PM

Winter Hours* 9 AM - 5 PM

Thanksgiving/Christmas Eve 9 AM - 3 PM

Christmas Day Closed

* Summer and Winter hours based on Daylight Savings Time

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge

239 Turpentine Creek Lane

Eureka Springs, AR 72632

Call: 479.253.5841

Email: tigers@turpentinecreek.org

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Reeses Peanut Butter No Bake Bars

REESES PEANUT BUTTER NO BAKE BARS

Ingredients

1 cup butter (melted)

2 cups graham cracker crumbs

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 3/4 cup powdered sugar

1 cup peanut butter

1/2 tsp. vanilla

1 (11 oz) bag milk chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Combine all ingredients, except the chocolate chips in a medium sized bowl. Stir until the mixture is smooth and creamy.

2. Pour peanut butter mixture into a 9 x 13 pan.

3. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave (at 50% power) for 1-2 minutes. Stir chocolate and pour over the peanut butter mixture. Spread chocolate over mixture with a spatula.

4. Put bars in fridge for one hour to set. Cut while bars once cooled.