On My Mind

One of the many great things about blogging is, it’s your space and you can ramble on about the price of pickles, or the love of your life without needing to explain the randomness. I try and keep things cohesive here but sometimes I just want to write down what’s on my mind.

Is there such a thing as the “appliance triangle”? Aka Bermuda triangle for kitchen essentials. Probably not, but there should be, it’s right over our house. We have had a rash of appliance drama lately. The blender broke, the food processor went out in a smokey mess and this morning the griddle died while I was preparing pancakes for our grandchildren, Good grief. They say things happen in three’s.

The August issue of the Ruby magazine is available. Have you seen their new website? I encourage you to become a member and a subscriber. You can read the latest edition HERE. Or pick up your copy below. Hop over to the website HERE and enjoy all that is Ruby.

My shop statistics showed that I only get 1%-3% of my traffic from Instagram and Facebook. I found this information to be quite insightful. I have shared my love-hate relationship with social media before. If you missed any of the posts about social media you can find a few in the list below. Please let me know your thoughts.

I’m very happy to share, the majority of my customers come to the shops from right here ( thank you so much!), from Pinterest or by entering the shop URLs. This was true for both Zen Spirit Malas and Keepsakes by Katherine.

I recently added a **wedding mala** to the Zen Spirit Shop

the beach bride has a new **mermaids tail bouquet charm** waiting for her at the Keepsakes by Katherine shop

I always have the garden on my mind this time of year. We have been enjoying so many wonderful meals from the garden to the table.

If you missed my morning stroll around the garden and veggie garden you can see it HERE. Much better photos ( wink).

I haven’t come up with any new zucchini ( courgette) recipes. Can there possibly be any more new recipes? Well, yes, I found these at Martha Stewart’s website ( images are from her website).

Greek Shrimp Skewers with Chopped-Zucchini Salad

Zucchini Almond Cake

Pasta with Zucchini and Blossoms

The giveaway has been on my mind. If you are a blogger and you would like to receive invitations to be a hostess. Please let me know I’d love to include you.

I shared what’s on my mind, now it’s your turn. Please share in the comments.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! You can still add your blog posts to the party HERE.

The Bali Bag Giveaway only has 3 days left to enter! I’ve had a running theme this summer for prizes, purses, totes, bags, etc. The next giveaway starts on the 10th and it will be the last of the Purse/Pocketbook/Totes themed prizes.