Remembering
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September’s Recipe: New England Blueberry Smoothie
Once you’ve gone blueberry picking, you’ll be ready to make this tasty treat as a reward. Go to our website for the full recipe. Recipe Book Favorite Recipes of The Palmer House Inn You can find this recipe and many more in the Inn’s recipe book. Order a copy for yourself (at blurb.com).
Read MoreAngelica on Cape Cod
The Palmer House’s front garden has been drawing quite a bit of interest this summer. Angelica is a native herb of continental Europe. The origin of its name is from at story about a monk, who when praying for a cure for the plague, was visited by St. Michael the Archangel, and was shown the …
Read MoreCape Cod Traveler
Traveler tarry a while at the Palmer House Inn. Discover Falmouth’s picturesque streets, lovely old homes, historic public buildings, delightful dining places, unique shops and 68 miles of winding coastline along Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay.
Read MoreScallop Season on the Cape
All of the recipes that I have written on this blog have been for breakfasts. However, since moving to Falmouth, six years ago, we have developed a fondness for the abundance of seafood to be found in this area. The following is a particularly tasty dish that we ran across recently. Scallops in Honey, Lemon, …
Read MorePeonys in the Cape Cod Bed and Breakfast Garden
Two years ago we transplanted two peony plants. I thought that we had lost them until I went walking behind the Thoreau Cottage garden this year and was delighted to find these lovely flowers. I guess that they just needed a little time to recover from the stress of being transplanted. I am …
Read MoreAugust’s Recipe: Cape Cod Sunrise
You can’t find this recipe in our book but you can frequently find it at the Inn. Recipe Book Favorite Recipes of The Palmer House Inn You can find many of our recipes in the Inn’s recipe book. Order a copy for yourself (at blurb.com).
Read MoreNasturtiums at Our Cape Cod B&B
I have always enjoyed nasturtiums. My first memory of this pretty little flower was the summer that my little sister was born. There was an older lady in our neighborhood. She was a housekeeper and must have spent many hours alone. During the long hot summer afternoons she would walk to our house to visit …
Read MoreLily Season in Falmouth
I am so proud of these beautiful lilies. Most of the trees flowers and shrubs that are in the gardens have been purchased at our local nurseries, however these lilies were an impulse buy at one of our local supermarkets. They were pretty last year but this year they are outshining themselves in …
Read MoreMountain Laurel Season on Cape Cod
The mountain laurel is one of my favorite flowers. Bill and I even named one of our daughters after these lovely pink blossoms. We do not have any mountains on the cape, but we do have a quiet shady corner of the Inn’s property where this beautiful bush thrives.
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