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Summer Sangria Swizzle
It’s Saturday! It’s so close to summer I can taste it, and it’s supposed to be close to 80 degrees here this weekend, which is huge for us in the Pacific Northwest during the first week of June. I feel in my bones that we are going to have a gorgeous summer and I can’t wait for all that this sunshiny season has to bring. Long, lazy, warm days, the smell of suntan lotion, working in the garden, hours spent reading, playing at the beach, swimming. And food and drinks, of course. I can’t promise you great weather, but I can promise you here at Lemons & Roses it’s going to be a…
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My Mom’s Shrimp Scampi
One evening about two weeks before my mom died, after helping her get comfortable in bed, I walked out into our living room to my aunts’ shrimp scampi. Our nine-foot long table was full of people, Aunt Trish, Aunt Mimi and Uncle Tim had arrived that week from Ohio to say their goodbyes to my mom. My 3 1/2 year-old daughter, Lily, and my 15 month-old son, Jasper, were there; I know Greg, my husband, was there because he was there through it all with me, my mom’s sickness, her death and after. I honestly can’t remember if my brother and his wife were there yet with their 2 1/2 year…
