Monthly Archives: May 2015

Earlier this week in my blog post “In praise of a cup of tea” I concluded with encouraging us to make the time…

Today's blogpost is celebrating our pure imagination inspired from the song "Pure Imagination" from the 1971 movie "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory".  …

Today, May 27, is the day Mark Twain's bronze figures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer were erected in Hannibal, Missouri in 1926.   In looking for…

Today, for many of us we are returning to our daily routines from a three-day-Holiday-weekend.   There are the stresses of pouring the…

Today on Memorial Day, May 25, 2015 we honor our military who have died for our country.  The new Medal of Honor:…

In thinking of Memorial Day Holiday Weekend and WWII it feels like that was a different era and what came to mind is the number…

With it being Memorial Day Holiday Weekend I was reminded of the poem "In Flanders Fields". The photo shown of  oil on…

It has been very exciting to find a printer who can accommodate my specs of having the first 100 blog posts from…

Today on AnchoredScraps.com this is third visit by our family dog, Cuddy. Good morning!  In Today's blog I am sharing photos taken early this…

On May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh took off from New York to cross the Atlantic for Paris aboard his airplane the "Spirit of St.…

In my May 01 blog I talked about the theme this month at AnchoredScraps.com is recognizing service to others. We continue that…

Welcome to the new week at AnchoredScraps.com.      If you get the opportunity to swing by the U.S. Post Office today you should…

Today as we wrap up the week of recipe cards I found this quote on a vintage recipe box worth sharing:  "No matter…

Today we are celebrating this being blogpost number 80!  This means eighty consecutive daily blog posts since launching the AnchoredScraps.com site on February 26,…

Today's blog we are looking at examples of what I was able to do with sending the index cards through my HP…

It is proving to be a fast-paced week - hard to believe it is already Thursday!     Today we begin using our supplies…

"X" marks the spot for buried treasure in your kitchen for storing our recipes! We are mid-way through the week with our…

What perfect timing today to receive in the U.S. Mail a recipe card from Mom! And we had NOT pre-planned her sending…

We are kicking off the second full week in May and this week we are looking at adding some spice to our letters,…

Given the blog post on Friday was about remembering the 70th Anniversary of VE Day it was serendipitous to discover this poster from…

Today's blog post is focused on staying current with the new stamp issues being made available this month. To start with, the…

and other events on this date.  In looking at letters that would reflect events in history today, May 08, it would mean looking…

It came in the mail today – the empty grocery bag (plastic this year) that my letter carrier delivered.  The nation’s largest food drive…