Hello and welcome to the Hearth and Soul Link Party! How are you doing? I hope you and yours are all safe and healthy. On another note, are you feeling happy at home?
There are many things I miss, most of all being able to visit with our son and his partner. Having said that, there are things about staying safe at home that I am enjoying. I can confidently say I’m feeling happy at home. However, I am seriously looking forward to being able to visit the ones we love. And to getting my hair done – but that’s way down on the list compared to the former!
Whether your blog posts are old or new, as long as they are about things that feed the soul, they are welcome here at The Hearth and Soul Link Party. Things that feed the soul may include (but are not limited to) recipes, decorating, crafts, family, home, DIY, organization, travel, book reviews, the arts and self improvement.
What’s Been Happening
I’ve been doing some online networking this week, as well as working hard on the blog.
We’ve had some beautiful weather, and I’ve been enjoying being able to work outside in our garden. That has certainly helped me be happy at home.
Being at home so much has given me lots of opportunity to develop new recipes, and to look again at old favourites.
While I love to make this delicious Crab and Shrimp Salad with fresh crab and shrimp, it’s also delicious with canned crab and frozen little shrimps as well. In fact, I discovered last week that it also makes a delicious sandwich filling when you make it with little shrimp. We used rye bread, and topped the ‘salad’ with crisp lettuce. Lunch was a real treat that day!
Thank you all for your support of Hearth and Soul and for sharing your wonderful content. I appreciate you all!
Happy at Home Features
Happy at home features include (from top left, clockwise):-
Be happy at home doing some armchair travelling with Sandra at Dinner at Eight and her post about Spring in The Atlanta Botanical Garden
Miz Helen of Miz Helen’s Country Cottage shared a family recipe for a beautiful Strawberry Skillet Cake, perfect comfort food as strawberries come into season
Being creative is a great way to be happy at home. Kristin of White Arrows Home has an easy project with these Painted TV Trays Made New Again . (Funnily enough, these are the exact TV trays we have at home, and they are a little down at heel, so I may just give this a try!)
If you have got flour and yeast, you must try this Easy No Need Pan Bread from Jean of Delightful Repast
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I hope you will all have a lovely week and be very happy at home. Stay safe and well! I look forward to visiting and sharing your posts.
Comments & Reviews
Love seeing you work in the fresh air April! Hope you have an amazing week! xoxo 🙂
Thank you, Ramona! I hope your week is amazing too! 🙂 xoxo
Great features this week April, I can’t wait to try that Strawberry Skillet Cake, it looks amazing! I can’t wait to get outside and work a little. It’s still a bit chilly and currently raining here in NY but most of next week is supposed to be about 65 so fingers crossed.
Thank you, Maria! I’m looking forward to trying Miz Helen’s cake as well. I hope your weather picks up and you can enjoy a bit of spring this week 🙂 Take care.
Thanks for hosting. Have a safe and happy week…
Thank you, Nora. You too!
Hi April,
Thanks so much for featuring my Strawberry Skillet Cake, My Mom would be so proud, I really appreciate it! Hope you have a great week, stay safe and healthy ! Thanks so much for the awesome party!
Miz Helen
It’s a real pleasure, Miz Helen! I’m hoping to try your Mom’s lovely cake soon. Our local farm shop is getting some local strawberries in. I am so pleased you shared the recipe. Take care and have a safe and healthy week.
Thank you for featuring my trip to the Botanical Garden. What a lovely surprise! Am I happy at home? Mostly, but not being able to go visit my daughter is disheartening. Take care
It’s a pleasure, Sandra. And I totally know what you mean. I miss being able to visit our son and his partner so much! Take care and stay well.
I am glad you are doing well at home. Like you, I am happy at home, but I miss being able to hug my mother. She lives just 10 minutes from her, and we have been making a point to see her on a weekly basis, since she lives alone. And I call daily. She and I laugh when the question about how our days are going comes up, but we manage to find something discuss.
Michelle
https://mybijoulifeonline.com
I really do feel for you, and your mother, Michelle. It’s a very difficult time. I’m so glad you are able to speak daily. Take care and stay well
Thanks for sharing joy here!
What a lovely compliment, Michele! I hope you have a wonderful week.
What a lovely view you have–I’m assuming from a back porch or deck? That strawberry skillet cake looks so good.
I’m sitting on a patio in our garden, Barbara, just outside our living room 🙂 We have a table and some seating out there. We are lucky to have a nice size garden that wraps around our house with lots of different little areas to sit in 🙂 I definitely want to make the skillet cake too! Take care and stay well.
Thank you for hosting, April! It definitely is so nice to be able to get outside. It feeds my soul. Have a wonderful week.
Me too, Suzan! It really does restore and revitalise me. I hope you have a wonderful week as well.
Your crab and shrimp salad sound like one I would enjoy very much, April, and I can imagine it would taste so good as a sandwich filling.
I also enjoy being at home but I do miss hugging my grandchildren. That separation is the hardest part of this.
I agree, Pat, the separation is really difficult. Thinking of you. Take care.
I’ve been able to get outside into the garden, but I really want my haircut!
I can empathise with that, Rachelle, although it’s just my bangs I need cut. I do desperately need a colour though!
Another great week, thank you for hosting!
Thank you so much for visiting and sharing, Melynda. I hope you have a wonderful week.
Thank you so much for hosting and for the feature! Can’t wait to see how yours turn out if you decide to paint your TV trays! This week I am excited to share how to make your own cloche, DIY Mother’s Day gift, and how to create a relaxing spa bath. Hope you have a great day and are staying safe and healthy!
You have such a beautiful area to work outside in. That makes it more pleasurable. I’m thankful for warmer weather today so I can go outside shortly and read a bit.
Thank you, Lisa! I’m so grateful for it. I hope you enjoy being outside today too.
April,
What a joy to be able to work outdoors! I find I am revisiting recipes as well and looking for simple easy meals because I don’t want to spend my entire day in the kitchen. I’m excited to browse through this week’s shares. I sure to find some alluring recipes. Have a great week.
It really is, Judee! I agree, I am loving simple meals on busy days. It’s easy to end up in the kitchen for most of the day when both of you are home. Some days I enjoy that, but others I definitely crave something simpler. I hope your week is lovely too.
Such a lovely backyard. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you and your family are safe and healthy.
Thank you, Patrick! We are well, thank you. I hope you and yours are too.
Thank you for hosting! This is what I featured the week of 4-20 to 4-24 on my blog. On Tuesday was Gluten Free Brownies. Wednesday was Baked Chicken Breast. Thursday was Baked Spaghetti Squash. And winding up this Week of Stay at Home is Tip Friday Storing Cookies and How-To Make Homemade Sour Cream. Enjoy!
Everything sounds delicious, Marilyn!
Hi April, your garden looks amazing and your shrimp and crab salad sounds delicious. Cooking, making and sewing are filling my days! Thankful we are all healthy! Thank you for hosting.
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you are all well, Helen. Have a lovely week.
Thanks for hosting April and enjoy the week.
I might just give Jean’s pan bread a try tonight. It looks so easy and delicious! Thanks for sharing and hosting!
It really does, Donna! I love how quickly it comes together 🙂 Thank you for visiting. Have a lovely week.
That shrimp and crab sandwich does sound like a treat!
Thank you, Lauren!