Welcome to my blog!

Even professionals have a life outside their work and I don't mind sharing some of mine with you. Although photography is a passion of mine, I have many different interests.

So here you'll find a little business, a little personal, and a little bit of everything in between.

Some of the photos in this blog are taken with a cell phone, so try not to be too hard on the quality of some of the images. Most of my professional work will be marked with my signature watermark.

I hope you enjoy your visit and return often.

~Gila

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Homemade Chicken Pot Pie from leftovers

December 29, 2012 - After the holidays we all have a lot of leftover. But there are so many great first time entree's that can be made from...
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Making old fashioned bar soap

May 01, 2012 - One of the crafty things I love to do is to make homemade bar soap. Yes, good old fashion lye soap. It's great on your...
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Favorite Potato Salad with a Kick and Chicken

February 24, 2012 - My mother and grandmother made tasty potato salad and it was a favorite around my home when I was growing up. My kids lo...
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Easy Peasy Chicken Vegetable Soup for Two

February 20, 2012 - You may use fresh or frozen veggies for this recipe. Fresh is always better but bags of frozen veggies are sometimes eas...
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Finding lye

February 17, 2012 - I was running around trying to find all the ingredients to make homemade soap. Some of the oils were hard to find and th...
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Homemade Laundry Detergent: The Liquid Stuff

November 17, 2011 - Since the dry version of this detergent was such a success, I decided to make a couple of gallons of the liquid version.
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Homemade Laundry Detergent- Dry recipe

November 15, 2011 - OK, I broke down and tried it. I did. I admit it. I tried the homemade laundry detergent. My one word description is: im...
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Homemade Egg Noodles

October 24, 2011 - Ok yes, I know this is an artery clogging dish. But it’s good ‘ole, stick-to-your-ribs home cookin,’ and it’s not like I...
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Just a Meatloaf

October 16, 2011 - For Lacey, who has forgotten the recipe the last couple times she has visited. Meatloaf 1lb lean ground beef 1/2 Onio...
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Waste not, want not: A Chicken and Dressing recipe

September 22, 2011 - Dressing is not something that’s common place on the tables of America today. It’s an old school recipe that’s a little...
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Fluffy Whole Wheat Biscuits

September 18, 2011 - Found this recipe online. Tried and true, these biscuits are the bomb! Ingredients: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup w...
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Devils Food Cookies From a Boxed Cake Mix

June 18, 2011 - 1 box Devil’s Food cake mix 2 eggs 1/2 c. vegetable oil Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Mix all ingredients together, r...
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Hydrating Solution

January 05, 2011 - This is a simple recipe for hydrating fluid in case of dehydration. It works well with people as well as pets and was re...
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Chocolate Microwave Cake in a Mug- Tastes like and Otis Spunkmeyer Cupcake

October 09, 2009 - Ingredients •1 large coffee mug •4 tablespoons plain flour (do not use self-rising) •4 tablespoons sugar •2 tablespo...
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