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What I Learned at the Haven Blogging Conference

July 22, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale

I’m back from the Haven blogging conference and had an amazing time, like last year. I learned so much more about blogging and social media, and how to grow Dagmar’s Home.

I flew from Westchester directly to Atlanta last Thursday.

After I check into the Hyatt, I met my roommate — sweet Jennifer Dawn who writes The Life of Jennifer Dawn.

We had found each other through the Haven Mavens Facebook group, where I posted that I was looking for a roommate. Haven is more fun with a roommate.

I freshened up, and I went to the reception.

I chatted with a few bloggers while we were in line waiting to get drinks…

…and then ran into Rhoda and the rest of the Haven team, and Jon Acuff. [Read more…]

Tour of the Bremen Marketplace and Schnoor, Germany

July 13, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 14 Comments

We are back in New York, but I have many more pictures of our visit to Bremen, Germany, my hometown.

After we stayed with my friend Karen on her farm in the country, we took the train back to Bremen, where my mom picked us up.

Her sister also came into town for the day, and we all met up with my brother Oliver in the town center.

My brother is a tour guide and offers several walking tours of places in the center of Bremen. He had offered to give us a tour of the Marketplace and the Schnoor, two of my favorite spots in Bremen.

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An Update on Our Blue Cottage Garden Landscaping

July 12, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 8 Comments

It’s time for an update on our Blue Cottage garden landscaping!

I took pictures of it before I left for our trip to Germany, and I planned to write the post there, but we were so busy every day that I didn’t get around to it.

Plus, I hardly ever take a vacation, and I wanted some days off.

I finally caught up on some sleep, the suitcases are packed away again, and now I’m all fired up to show you how our landscaping is coming along.

Do you remember what our house looked like last fall? Here is a reminder from when I wrote a post about our porch.

The “landscaping” was literally only the weeds that grew.

Now that we finally have our driveway, I was able to started working on the landscaping. [Read more…]

The Many Antique Collections In My Mom’s House

July 10, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 10 Comments

I have to be honest: this post was going to be named My Mom’s House and Cottage Garden.

But after I started writing it, it became clear that I had to rename it. I had so much material about my parents’ many collections of antiques and vintage items alone, this post would’ve been way too long to also write about the garden.

We came back from visited my mom in Germany a couple of days ago. I made a point to take a lot of pictures of her house because it’s beautiful, and I wanted to show it to you.

She still lives in the house I grew up in until age 23. That’s when I packed two suitcases and moved from my childhood home all the way to Los Angeles to study acting. [Read more…]

Baked Mashed Red Potatoes With Parsley Recipe

June 19, 2015 by Dagmar Bleasdale 5 Comments

I made these baked mashed red potatoes the other day for dinner, and I wanted to share this easy and yummy recipe with y’all.

Being from Germany, I literally grew up on potatoes. My mom made boiled potatoes almost every day, and I love them and don’t ever get sick of them.

When we go out for lunch or dinner, I often just order a baked potato with sour cream. I just did today! My kind of heaven.

When I saw this picture from Allyson on Pinterest, I pinned it to my “cooking and baking board” because I was dying to make these potatoes.

BTW, are you following me on Pinterest? I have over 200 boards, and my following reached 50,000+ followers the other day — which is so awesome!

Allyson recreated a recipe from Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman. I met her once, years ago at BlogHer, see? [Read more…]

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