You can reuse coffee to make a rehydrating scrub for your skin. It's super easy, just coffee grounds and coconut oil. From PumpjackPiddlewick

This weekend I treated myself to making my luscious coffee scrub again. This time of year just begged me to bolster myself and rehydrate my skin. My skin has been feeling so dry, what with changeable weather and sudden temperature dips, so Iayers are certainly called for. It sort ofContinue Reading

A Debelloire is a must have for a coffee lover. A unique, one person coffee filter that sits on your cup. And it's re-usable. Let's delve more into coffee...

Lets talk coffee (and France). As a coffee lover, like many of you out there, I must, really I must, start my day with at least one cup of coffee. Yes, it gives me the caffeine kick, but more importantly, I just love it! The morning ritual, and a chanceContinue Reading

What would you do with too much eggs and coffee? Here's some ideas and recipes from PumpjackPiddlewick

I have 3 female ducks. During spring, I will average about 3 eggs per day. Now that may not seem like a lot. But you try eating almost 2 dozen eggs per week, every week, for several weeks, nay months. And, I have to say, I can get a littleContinue Reading

I like to muse over a cup of tea here at PumpjackPiddlewick. Which means my thoughts can take me in many directions. Let's see where...

This morning I was musing about a good cup of tea, over a cup of coffee. Having lived in Britain, I can truly appreciate a good ‘cuppa’. But, why does living there equate to a good cup of tea, I hear you ask? Well, besides the synonymous links between teaContinue Reading

Why one egg is enough for a French omelette? A little amusing Easter vignette from PumpjackPiddlewick

It’s Easter so I am thinking about eggs. And chickens. Okay, and always ducks. But then this time of year I do a lot of thinking about eggs. It’s a seasonal thing. And when I think about eggs, I am always reminded of the joke ~ Why do the FrenchContinue Reading