DEBBIE-DABBLE BLOG

I am a Victorian Soul, who lives in a small townhouse that was built in the mid 1970's, not a huge Mega Mansion!! I just recently lost my Hubby Joe, who was a Retired Letter Carrier. I worked night shift as an RN on a Hospital based Rehabilitation( Physical Medicine) Unit for 37 years before I had Knee Replacement Surgery and officially Retired in 2019 after 41 years working in Direct Patient Care ... I am so glad that we retired at 62 years of age and got to spend that time together before he passed....I still do love Retirement!!!!

I DABBLE IN A BIT OF THIS AND THAT!!!!

" IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN"
George Eliot

George Eliot was actually a pen name for a woman named Mary Anne Evans......

BLOGGING FOR FUN AND FRIENDSHIP!!!!!!

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Easter/Spring Entry & Hutch in the Living Room, 2026

Welcome to Debbie-Dabble Blog!!

I am so happy you decided to stop by!!

Blogging has always been a stress reliever for me along with an avenue to share my passions which are my home and my garden.....

I feel it is a personal Journal that, hopefully, someday, my Twin Granddaughters will be able to look back on to learn about who I was....

I will be posting 3 times a week on MONDAYS, THURSDAYS and SATURDAYS....

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In my last post, I shared My Intentions and Goals for this year....

Click HERE if you missed that post!

I want to Thank Julie, over at My Wee Abode, for choosing my Blog Post, St. Patrick's Day, Old Curiosity Shop Dishes and Vintage Postcards, as one of her features from last week's Tuesday Turn About Link Party!!

Thanks so much, Julie!!

I also want to Thank Bev, over at Eclectic Red Barn, for choosing my blog post, St. Patrick's Day Vintage Decor, as one of her features from last week's Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop Link Party!

Thanks again, Bev!!

Please stop by and link up to these awesome parties.....

And now for a few Personal Notes...

For the New Year, I am trying something different with my 3 times weekly posts....

On THURSDAYS, I will feature what I cooked and ate during the week, showcasing local cuisine and a few recipes for things that I actually made...

I decided that on SATURDAYS, I will showcase What I Have Been Up To in the past week, sharing events and places I went to, if any....

On MONDAYS, I will be featuring What I Have Bought or Been Gifted Recently, if anything...

Since it is Thursday, that means I will be sharing some food!!

I continue to get potato pancakes every Friday during Lent from my church, Saint Maria Goretti....

They are so good....

I also made a "new to me" casserole after seeing it on a You Tube Reel....

Chicken Parm Alfredo Pasta Bake

Super easy!!!

Bake breaded chicken cutlets ( I use Perdue) as per directions on package...

Cook into bite size pieces when fully cooked....

Cook any Pasta you like per directions on package....

Mix with 2 jars of Alfredo Sauce, half a bag of mozzarella cheese, parm cheese, garlic and onion salt and Italian Seasoning....

Place the chicken on top of the pasta mix..

Top with the remainder of the mozzarella cheese and bake for 30 minutes at 350 degrees, covered....

It was a Winner and absolutely delicious!!

Here in NEPA, we had a blast of Summer....

I can not even call it Sprig because the temps. hit the high 70's, breaking records....

Causing my sinus issues to act up....

Thankfully, we are now back down into normal Seasonal Temps. for us...

After all, the Blizzard of 93 happened on March 11-15 and dumped close to 25-30 inches of snow here...

Yes, Spring does not come to NEPA until April and we can still get Snow in April.....

I have been taking my time changing the Living Room over from Winter/Heart Month to Easter /Spring....

I will be keeping the Easter decorations up until the end of April so I am in no hurry....

Today, I am starting my tour of the Living Room decorated for Easter/Spring at the front door...

To the right of the front door when you walk into to the house....

I switched out the hurricane candle holder that I had here over the Winter....

For a vintage peach pitcher...

I also changed out the floral arrangement in the vase that my late husband Joe pulled out of our garbage dumpster!!

An arrangement of peach and ivory flowers that I made for the pitcher....

I do have the matching bowl but I am opting not to use it right now so I can display these sweet Bunnies here....

I changed out the Fall/Winter lace curtains ....

For these peach lace curtains....

I hung this sweet Bunny from the valance rod.....

I also hung 2 butterflies on each side of it.....

To the left when you walk in the front door.....

Last year, I painted the wall below the chair rail a deeper shade of aqua.....

On the side of Joe's grandmother's Hutch on a shelf....

One of a pair of brass sconces that I bought over 25 years ago at a yard sale....

I bought the cross in Dollar Tree 2 years ago....

I changed the flowers in this brass bucket over to peach and cream ones....

I bought the cane for my son Joey when he was a kid as he is a huge fan of Barnabas Collins and Dark Shadows....

A battery operated lighted branch bush .....

I use a vintage ash tray stand for my keys....

A vintage door stop....

How the Hutch looked for Winter/Heart Month.....

And now for Spring/Easter....

Several years ago, I bought these on Amazon....

For the last few years, I went with a religious theme for the Hutch for Easter......

I changed over from the gold chenille runner to this lace one with fringe for the top of the Hutch.....

This year, I decided to keep out the gold churches that I have used for Christmas and Winter....

I bought the egg topiaries in Big Lot's one year for 90% off....

"He is "

In the center.....

I bought this cross at a church flea market a few years back....

An Easter sign from Big Lot's....

The aqua bottle brush trees are from Dollar Tree....

" Risen"

" He is Risen"....

I did make a few small changes to the inside of the Hutch from last year....

I display my collection of white Angel figurines in the Hutch year round....

The top shelf....

A friend of ours made the crosses from palms....

Small aqua bottle brush trees....

White lilies on top of the beautiful clock that holds my late husband's ashes....

"He lives"....

I added my collection of Iris Herringbone Depression Glass to the Hutch...

The middle shelf....

Vintage aqua shot glasses....

The bottom shelf......

An Iris Herringbone vase and a vintage aqua glass decanter...

Christ emerging from the tomb.....

On the other side of the Hutch....

Another cross from Dollar Tree....

And this is where I will leave off for today.....

I hope you will stop by to visit again on SATURDAY for my next post....

Stay safe, healthy and most of all, HAPPY!!

And try to find JOY in every single day!

Thanks to those who took the time out of their busy day to spend a little bit of time with me!!

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