Noelophile

02/23/2024

Oh yummmm...

Good morning. Baking peanut butter cookies this morning. Baking is just another creative way to say "thank you" or "I love you." A gift given from the heart. 🩷

Recipe:

• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 egg

1. Preheat oven to 375˚F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.

2. In large bowl, mix peanut butter, sugar, and egg until smooth

3. Scoop tablespoonfuls of dough onto a prepared baking sheet. Bake 5 to 7 minutes, or until golden. Transfer to wire rack to cool.

This makes a dozen cookies. Just double the recipe for 2 dozen.

02/14/2024

https://noelophile.com/?p=18930 Happy Valentine's Day!

02/13/2024

Looking back at my first 2 creations using Chalk Couture. I fell in love with chalking. I turned a lime into watermelon 🍉 because I found the watermelon ribbon first. Think outside the box. Remember the "squeegee" is in your hands. 🙃

02/08/2024

Best Big Dog, Best Small Dog, Best Adopted Dog, Prettiest Dog, Most Handsome Dog, and more! Just $10/advance or $20/dog on event weekend gets your dog registered for all contests. • 9 a.m.: National (

01/26/2024

https://noelophile.com/?p=18907 I love Aquarium of the Pacific anyway, but this has to be one of my all-time favorites, among their special events.

Tomorrow and Sunday, January 27th and 28th, are the dates of the Aquarium’s twenty-first annual “Festival of Human Abilities”!

01/23/2024

01/02/2024

https://noelophile.com/?p=18845 Happy New Year!

12/27/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18780 Places and events that are keeping the Christmas magic going!

Billed as “Southern Calfiornia’s largest winter festival”, Winter Fest OC is open from now through Sunday, January 7th. Their website mentions that all remaining tickets are available at their Winter Saver rate.

12/25/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18751 Merry Christmas!

Christmas mornings started with a breakfast on which all the adults insisted, before the tree (and which seemed interminable!). Looking out the kitchen window, we’d see a beautiful and wintry sight.

12/23/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18737 Just published a fun Christmas memory, courtesy of The Picky Bookworm! Merry Christmas Eve Eve!

Talented Pamela is an artist, podcaster, editor and a writer. On her blog, she reviews independently-published books, and can guide you to your next great read.

12/22/2023

Kids love to help wrap presents 🎁. Let the kids cut out the pieces and glue them to the gift. Bears, reindeers, or how about a Santa hat or even snowmen. Be creative and have fun creating memories together ❤️

12/22/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18705 A very few tickets are still available for this evening's performance, and Saturday's, of "A Christmas Carol" at A Noise Within Theatre! And take a look at what they're doing for 2024 and in the educational field!

Geoff Elliot as Ebenezer Scrooge, with Trisha Miller as Ghost of Christmas Past. (Photo by Craig Schwartz, courtesy of A Noise Within.)

12/19/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18674 OK, this is urgent. Whom do you know that can give one of these incredible pets a "furrever" home? Please spread the word.

12/19/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18634 Here are a few "California Christmas" events you might like to consider, for this last week before Christmas!

Fisherman’s Wharf Association’s Seventh Annual “Christmas on the Wharf” celebration continues through Christmas Eve.

12/18/2023

🏆✨ Ferndale Lighted Tractor Parade trophies are en route over the Fernbridge as we speak! 🚜🌈 Rain or shine, we're gearing up to celebrate the incredible work of local farmers & tractor owners – some bringing their old rigs from far parts of the county for this cherished annual tradition. 🎄🌧️ Grab your coats, hats, gloves, scarves & umbrellas because it's going to be a fabulous night you won't want to miss! 🌟

12/17/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18626 Looking forward to tomorrow evening's live stream of the Ferndale Lighted Tractor Parade at 6:00! And if you're in the area, you're invited to come see it live!

For their 31st annual Lighted Tractor Parade, participants will be lining up at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon, Sunday, December 17th, for judging, under the Christmas tree.

12/17/2023

This year's commemorative 2023 Tractor Parade Ornament is by Dave Griffiths, owner of Dave's Hobby Shop in Ferndale! Want to you one of your own? The Ferndale Museum & Gait Mercantile will have them available for purchase starting tomorrow!

12/16/2023

Have a fun and crafty day. Buttons are a fun way to make Christmas cards especially with the kids. 😀



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12/15/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18611 Meanwhile, tonight is the first of nonprofit The Long Beach Shakespeare Company's three radio-style performances of "A Christmas Carol"!

They’ll be giving three performances of their annual live radio-theatre version of Dickens’ story of Old Scrooge, his mean and miserly ways and his supernatural redemption, this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December 17th through 19th.

12/15/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18507 Aerospace Museum of California is set to teach young future astronauts and scientists (or anyone who loves Christmas and gingerbread!) how to make gingerbread Mars rovers tomorrow! And that's just ONE of their fun STEAM activities in their "DeSTEMber at the AMC" program!

Starting at 10 tomorrow, Saturday morning, December 9th, they’ll be making light-up Christmas (or other holiday!) cards. (Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year–your choice!) Young participants learn how a circuit works–and how to make it work for you, to light up your celebrations.

12/10/2023

Good morning Everyone 🙃

12/09/2023

We are so excited to be presenting the Walker Family as our 2023 Grand Marshals! They will be leading the 31st Annual Ferndale Lighted Tractor Parade on December 17th at 6pm!

12/09/2023

12/09/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18507 All kinds of incredible Christmas events happening this weekend! Here's what Aerospace Museum of California will be doing--all "DeSTEMber" long!

Starting at 10 tomorrow, Saturday morning, December 9th, they’ll be making light-up Christmas (or other holiday!) cards. (Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year–your choice!) Young participants learn how a circuit works–and how to make it work for you, to light up your celebrations.

12/02/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18312 Like to hear a magical creative talk about her work? (Warning: you WILL be up late reading if you buy her books!) Here's my Christmas interview with author/artist Ellie Lieberman!

“The entire season is just so magical,” says author and artist Ellie Lieberman, proprietor of small handmade business Acorn Tops.

11/29/2023

For all of our local Orange County followers, we hope to see you December 1st in downtown Laguna Beach for the annual city holiday celebration, also known as the best block party of the year!

The celebration goes from 5-9pm and there will be carolers, homemade cookies with cider, a Christmas tree lighting, a chance meet Santa at his beach hut and 25 local businesses offering special giveaways.

We are honored to be one of those twenty-five … be sure to stop by our booth where we will have “Shooting Star” and “Stardust” puppets, a raffle for the ultimate package of Make Believe and even a gemstone hunt for a “tomorrow stone” with our guest, Jasper’s Rock + Crystal Gift Shop. Fifteen lucky treasure hunters will find a glowing purple amethyst which means they won a copy of our “Ghost Stories & Fairy Tales” storybook!

11/21/2023

https://www.godowntownsac.com/events/signature-events/ice-rink/
Downtown Sacramento Ice Rink has verified: veterans and members of our military skate free, all season, with military ID! Their season's now through January 15th, and they're closed on Mondays.

Open annually from November to January and conveniently located in the heart of downtown Sacramento, the rink is also available for group reservations, whether you’re hosting a birthday party, school field trip, office party, charity event or festive activity for a group of friends.

11/19/2023

https://noelophile.com/?p=18058 Cambria Christmas Market opens this Friday! Here's Event Manager Mike Arnold with a look at what you can see/experience (and check online for tickets--not only are they less expensive than at the door but they're selling fast!).

Cambria Christmas Market, now in its twelfth year, is the only U.S. event to sell handmade, imported German ornaments from their featured vendors. Family-owned small businesses, creating nutcrackers, handcrafted Santas and glass-blown ornaments are among the vendors in the authentic German booth.