A Leap Month of Little Joys and Satisfactions: Our Valentine's Bush

Here's a little something that has been bringing a lot of joy to us over the past few weeks. This is our Valentine's bush. It was our Halloween bush (with orange and green lights), then our Christmas bush (with red, green, and white lights), and now it's our Valentine's bush (with red and white lights).

We all find it very cheery to come home to each night. It may even become our 4th of July bush, with the addition of a few blue lights.

Just a fun thing that cost me nothing, using what we had in the attic. Once the light strand was in place, the only work has been replacing the colored bulbs. Not too bad for  some fun.

A Leap Month of Little Joys and Satisfactions: Savory, Cheesy Cornbread

1 diced bell pepper, 1 drained can of corn, 1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon chili powder, and a pinch of red pepper flakes mixed with ordinary cornbread batter (to which I used about half the usual sugar and reduced the liquids by about 1/8 cup), then topped with cheddar cheese just before baking.

Very tasty! A nice change from the usual cornbread that I serve with chili. The bonus -- I used my last wrinkly green pepper bought on markdown last Tuesday.