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A Valentine Jezebel (Sauce)
Under Construction ————————————————————————————- ——————————————————————————– ——————————————————————————————— Lots of STRAWBERRY’S! —————————————————————————————–
Here’s a CLUE for Nancy Drew
“I don’t promise to forget the mystery, but I know I’ll have a marvelous time“ Nancy Drew ————————————————————————————– CURRENTLY ON A STAKE OUT, CHECK BACK LATER …
Mother of the Groom
Meet Brodie and Mackenzie December 2024 The Proposal Bok Tower Gardens, Lake Wales, Florida Champagne and My (Julie) Former Engagement Ring My Ring Has Never Looked More Beautiful 🙂 Mackenzie and her Twin Sister Susannah ——————————————————— When I first met Mackenzie …
My Log/Blog Documenting Stalking and Harassment From My Neighbor
(Note Update April 10, 2025: If this harassment continues, or more damage is done to our property, then I will reveal their names here, and getting the police involved.) Where Do I Even Begin? 2025 For those of you that …
Julie Whann’s Asian
Coming The Year of the Snake ——————————————————————————- Kung Hei Fat Choy (Happy New Year) Channeling Mulan For Breakfast ———————————————————————————–
Typing with Julie in 1965, (I mean Blogging with Julie in 2025) Dear Diary…
Dear Dairy… Today I rearranged the cans in the pantry and dusted them off while wearing my new full skirt I sewed last week for the church picnic, and the pearls that my husband gave me for my birthday. I was …
In My Beachy Christmas Nook
2023 Key Limes From Our Backyard Tree The Salty Siren Bones Coffee Company, a Favorite of Ours ———————————————————————– Our 1890 Pennsylvania Barn Wood Table Top Ready To Grab My Things As I Leave For The Day ——————————————————————————– Yummy Goodies I’ve Brought Home …
A Haunted Jezebel, Together With A Haunted Mansion Halloween Repast
UNDER CONSTRUCTION ———————————————————————————- —————————————————————————————- ————————————————————————– September 1, 2024 Our Son-In-Law Brian’s 40th. Birthday! Brian loves The Haunted Mansion Ride at Disney’s Magic Kingdom, and he loves …
When Only A Salad Will Do
Many years ago Kiwi Chef Leilani Wolfenden and her then husband Aussie Tomas Stanislovski came to Florida to visit us. Leilani was the daughter of our good friends from New Zealand, Trish and Bob. They stayed with us,we took them to all …
My, My, Peanut Butter Pie!
My, my… Peanut Butter Pie I’m originally from North Georgia, Rome to be exact. Peanut Butter is probably my most favorite food in the world. I eat more Peanut Butter than I do anything else. I knew I would be making …
Julie Italian
Ciao e Benvenuto (Starting this in 2024) Although Gordon and I have many Italian website pages full of recipes and ideas, I wanted to start this page just for me. With Gordon working overseas, he is not here to co-contribute along beside me, …
Grammaw Nell’s I’talian Sausage Suppah
Italian Sausage Supper My Grandmother, Nellie Mae Keith Haskin, didn’t learn how to cook until she was in her 50’s, when her mother-in-law died, and Nell was forced to learn how. In her time you had your in-laws living with you. It …
The Inspiration of BLUEY and the Heeler’s
(For Peanuku) 🙂 CURRENTLY UNDER CREATIVE CONSTRUCTION Happy Heeler Valentine
My PINK Flamingo Summers
Let’s Flamingle! —————————————————————————- Busy Standing on one leg…. Currently ——————————————————————- Julie’s Pink Flamingo Pasta Salad (A Rough Draft) Our Pink Backyard Bromeliad in Bloom I got the idea that I wanted to make something very Florida, and very Palm Beach. A …
Oranges Sm’Oranges, And Other Citrus
(Because Nothing Rhymes With Oranges) 🙂 Orange is the New Muffin ——————————————————————————- (I added a few Banana Chips as an accent, above.) I Have Discovered Indian River Citrus, and There is NO Going Back! My Florida Orange Muffins w/ Lemon Citrus Glaze (Recipe …
More of Julie’s Jezebel Recipes to Enjoy
I Heart Jezebel (Sauce) —————————————————— Julie’s Southern Jeze-Bells Pizza Made With My: Julie’s Georgia Peach Jeze-Bells Sauce Click Here For: Julie’s Jezebel Sauce I have 4 Jezebel’s on the webpage link above. We also have many recipes that you can …
Let the SUMMER In!
I Love Simple Flowers, Nothing Stunningly Beautiful, Just Very Pretty and Charming, With Personality Welcome Summer, Come On In! I’ve Missed You, Just Try Not To Be So HOT This Year 🙂 But, If You Do Insist Upon It…. I Have …
Lilly Pulitzer (The Barefoot Queen of Pink and Green)
Lilly Beautiful Lillian Lee McKim Pulitzer Rousseau (1931 – 2013) —————————————————————————- Me, Mother’s Day 2023 with Sparky, Wearing a Lilly ——————————————————————————- PINK, and Shades Thereof ———————————————————————————— My Lilly Pulitzer Bread Box Doll House Lilly Fabrics Create a Window Curtains, A Chair, …
Blogging With Julie MORE in 2024
Shirley Temple, Anyone? Julie Barefoot Blogging with a Baby Bed in the Living Room (I am my Grand-Daughter Isabelle’s (Peanuku) Main Care-Giver.) ‘Yeah, I see it. Thanks for letting me know.’ (Usually someone warning me about a threat from my cyber-stalker.) …
One HOT Jezebel For Breakfast (Sauce, that is.)
One HOT Jezebel For Breakfast Good Morning, Sleep Well? Have I ever got something special for you this morning. No, don’t get up. Just lay right where you are. Grapes, Pomegranate juice, Mini Pancakes, Cream Cheese, Bacon, and Pomegranate …
Mother’s Day in the Canoe: Crystal River, Florida
Mother’s Day, 2023 Our Pretty Mother’s Day Table (The mini wine bottles are leftover from our Baby Shower that was a few days before.) Brussels Sprouts Beignets… ..with a Bacon Aioli Sauce This was a perfect Mother’s Day Meal The Mini-Wine …
Blogging With Julie All Along (Past and Present Blogging)
Hello and Welcome to My Personal Blogs I started this website in July, 2011, along with my very first blog post. I tend to write about whatever I may be going through. When I started the website I was …
The Baby Shower
www.BarefootInFloridaWithJulie.com —————————————————————————— Welcome To The Baby Shower (May 2023) A Haku Lei I Ordered From Hawaii For Veronica, Our Mother To Be Our Buffet Table Our Veronica, The Mother To Be Veronica and Brian The Proud Parents To Be Gordon …
Cornbread, Nuff Said
Currently Baking in Grandmother Keith’s Oven Deliciously Cooling… ————————————————————————– I LOVE Cornbread! If you were raised in the south, before the internet brought us all together culturally, then you grew up eating Cornbread religiously. We loved it whether it was …
Julie’s Backyard Wildlife and Gardening Blogging Continues…
It is Always a Thrill to see a Racoon in our Backyard (One time I saw one peeking in our Kitchen Nook window. He was watching me while I was lollygagging around the kitchen. He was adorable. But, when he realized I …
It’s Wednesday
(Lurch) YOU RANG….. Initially, I was just going to write a blog post about the series in my personal blog. I then realized that this was far too big for that, and that I needed to create it’s own …
2023 and Me! Julie Barefoot Blogging
When I was young and growing up in the south I loved to wear a flower in my hair. I was made fun of by most everyone. An ignorant Texas relative even asked if I had a plant growing out of …
A Blue Springs Christmas (Orange City, Florida)
2022 Adopt-A-Manatee (In Search of Moo-Shoo) For Mother’s Day 2022, my daughter Veronica gave me the gift of a Manatee Adoption She chose the Manatee, Moo-Shoo She knew I would love her name. And, I do! I am still Moo-Shoo’s Sponsor, …
An Old Florida Jezebel (Sauce)
(The picture above not only showcases my Old Florida Jezebel Sauce, I also depict our daughter Veronica’s art from when she was a Fine Arts student in college. Any chance I get to do that, I do!) Let The Sunshine In …
Modern Day Mona (Lisa) Halloween
Salve! Benvenutu Al Nostro Halloween Da Vinci ———————————————————————– Leonardo Da Vinci, The Mona Lisa (That is Tom Hanks hand above, from the movie The Da Vinci Code.) I fell in love with the movie when it first came out, and it …
A Labor Day Vacay Away
Labor Day Weekend (Friday – Monday) The Parrish Condo Our Destination On Our Way (Julie, Sparky, Spooky and Gordon) It’s The Florida Hillbillies! Headed Toward Indian Shores, Florida (In the rain.) 🙁 —————————————————————– ABBA, Of Course 🙂 Not till …
An Oriental Jezebel
My Tassel Oriental Bowl —————————————————————————– Glorioso Blossom My Glorioso Vine in my Japanese Carp Vase A Few Spring Rolls….. …doused in My Oriental Jezebel Sauce An Excellent Ranchi (Lunch) ——————————————————————————— An Oriental Jezebel A Marinade, A Glaze, and A Dipping …
Vintage Cakes
———————————————————————— Vintage Cakes From My Vintage Childhood At this writing, 2022, I am 61 and longing for my past childhood of cakes being made from scratch by the loveliest women I have ever known in my life. My Great-Grandmother’s and …
It’s a Mermaid Thing…
Just a Tails up, everything is going to be Mermazing…. What with the popularity of Mermaids now, I would like to welcome you. I love Mermaids! At this writing (2022) I am a 61 year old woman on the outside, …
A Light Mother’s Day Outside
Wouldn’t it be nice to take a stroll into that painting? That era above is from my Great-Grandmother Honnie’s time. Her name was Lillian Miller Haskin Lone, but I called her Honnie. People would refer to her as Ms. …
Brunswick Stew and Barbeque
Happy 4th. of July! Brunswick Stew… ——————————————————————— Soup Spoons On! ————————————————————————– Seasoned Crackers Our Seasoned Crackers with store bought Dried Tomatoes, etc. —————————————————————————– And, BBQ… ——————————————————————————- With, Pickled Red Onions… —————————————————————— Along with a few of our other homemade condiments. Our Corn …
An Herb Garden Redo
(I love to garden in swim dresses and flip flops.) ————————————————————- So Excited For This Redo ————————————————————— I LOVE MY Herb Garden Previous Version of My Herb Garden (Notice the Air Plants on the Trellis? When I decided to redo …
Blogging With Julie in 2022
Hi! I’m Julie. Welcome to my blog. I am very happy you are here with me. Oh, and that is Sparky perched where he always sits on the back of the sofa, and Spooky beside me, though usually she is …
A Christmas Card to You This 2021
Merry Christmas AND, Happy Christmas, United Kingdom Mele Kalikimaka, Hawaii Feliz Navidad, Mexico Kung Hsi Hsin Nien Bing Chu Shen Tan, China Boze Narodzenie, Poland Chestita Koleda, Bulgaria Vesele Vanoce, Czech Republic Vrolyk Kerstfeest en Gelukkig Nieuu Jaar, Dutch Nollaig …
Aloha Wahine Jezebel Sauce
Our Aloha Kitchen All My Rice Crackers (On Top of the Fridge) —————————————————————- Julie’s Aloha Wahine Jezebel Sauce ———————————————————————- As a Dipping Sauce, Marinade, or Glaze… Great with any Asian or Polynesian Foods —————————————————- ————————————————— Excellent as …
Julie’s Jezebel Sauce
Premiering at a Theater Near You! Starring Julie’s Jezebel Sauce, and a Cast of Supporting Foods For those of you outside The Bible Belt of America, you probably have never heard of Jezebel Sauce. It’s exact Southern origins are a bit …
The Chubby Mermaid
The Blue Sirenia The First Launch of our Canoe Sparky and Spooky Sirenia: An order of large aquatic plant eating animals that includes the Manatees and Dugong. They live chiefly in tropical coastal waters and are distinguished by paddle like …
Let Us Eat Cake, (Julie’s Cakes Continues)
Currently Baking Until You Can Insert a Toothpick and it Comes Out Clean 🙂 Strawberry Jalapeno Sheet Cake ———————————————————— Gordon and Julie, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1982 in Gordon’s parents kitchen. We are baking Christmas Cakes/Breads for his parents to give …
My Sloppy Jules
My Sloppy Jules Remember Sloppy Joe night when you were growing up? I sure do! I loved them! It was the closest thing to a hamburger on a bun without the patty. I would usually drench mine in yellow mustard as …
Julie’s Drunken Honeysuckle Tea Cake
Rome, Georgia 1964, Glover Street, South Rome… Hello! Come on in through the screen door on the back pore-utch. I’ve been sittin’ heuh fannin’ myself waitin’ fo’ yew. I just made a Honeysuckle Tea Cake out of my Honeysuckle Vines …
Sixty’s, (Sensational or Surviving?) We’ll see, right?
Welcome to My Sixty’s Currently Aging to Perfection (Or Rotting and Disintegrating? But I swear this to you, as long as there are moisturizers and Loreal Superior Performance Medium Blonde, I will always be here for you.) 🙂 When I look …
Kayaking in Florida with Julie and Gordon, Adventure, Food and Fun Blogging
Julie Barefoot Gifts of Julie Barefoot Cookies ——————————————————– The Gift of Bellissima to All ——————————————————— On Our Way….. Gordon and Julie Our March 2021 Still Covid Shy Kayaking Adventure with our Children and their Partners Veronica, left. Brodie and Mackenzie, right. …
Canoeing Hillsborough River, Thonotosassa, Florida
February 13, 2021 Turning 60 with a Pistachio Birthday Muffin WARNING ALLIGATORS Canoeing Through Alligator Infested Waters 60 Today! Julie and Gordon ——————————————————————– We were not disappointed. We must have seen around 35 alligators. We would have seen …
Salads, Seafood, and Turning 60
February 13, 2021 ————————————————————————– Happy 60th. Birthday to ME! Cake Presents and Flowers 60 Who Knew Turning 60 Would be so Much Fun? ——————————————————————————— The Spice Cake my daughter Veronica made for me. Spice Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream …
2021 Julie Barefoot Blogging
Welcome to 2021 Julie Barefoot Blogging Happy New Year! (I guess. We’ll see won’t we?) Julie Lancaster-Whann Normally I like starting out a New Year, New Blog Post with new photos of myself, usually sitting at my computer desk blogging. However, we …
X-Mas X-Tra’s
Merry X-Mas I had no where to put these little X-Mas X-Tras, so I created this page to place them on. Nothing grand, just something cute and simple. Sometimes, that’s all you need. Have a Safe and X-Tra Special, …
A Charmed Halloween
(I want to dedicate this page to my daughter Veronica. Veronica Whann, Maryland She adored the Charmed T.V. show and she even created a website dedicated to the show when she was just a young teen, when we were living in Maryland. I don’t …
Barefoot Beach Teas
Welcome to Barefoot Beach Teas I got the idea about 3 years ago to create a nice tea and have it look like the beach. I even thought of putting some sort of seashell candy inside of the tea so that …
The Pot Thickens… Musings of an Amateur Cook
Hi! Welcome! So happy to have you here! My name is Julie Lancaster-Whann and welcome to my: The Pot Thickens… Musings of an Amateur Cook So, what makes me an ‘Amateur?’ Easy! I don’t get paid! And, because I don’t …
From The Smith House to The Whann House, For Easter
The Smith House History Cookbook (Only in the south do you find teaspoons. Especially in silverware sets.) —————————————————– Easter, 1970 Me, my little brother Johnny and my mother, Mary Keith in our front yard in Dahlonega, Georgia. (Although my mother does …
Kayak Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida
Me, Taking a Kayak Photo Making Plans for our Mermazing Kayaking Trip to Weeki Wachee Springs Me, Taking a Kayak Selfie ———————————————————- Rise and Shine Kayaker’s Breakfast Today we will be spending our day kayaking Weeki Wachee Springs in Central Florida. …
Julie’s Southern Birthday Low Country Favorites
Birthday Sweet Beignets ——————————————————- A Birthday “Cake” of Crab Stuffed Beignets With My Magnolia Tree ——————————————————- Welcome to My Southern Birthday Low Country Favorites This year for my birthday my husband asked me what I wanted? You see, we don’t normally eat …
Julie 2020 Blogging
Hey Y’all! (Getting Back to my Roots.) Welcome to Julie 2020 Blogging I sincerely hope that this year will be a good year for all of us. If you are a regular reader of my blogs then welcome back. I will …
Current Website Updates
The Bulletin Board pictured above is hanging in our Hallway. I put it there when we bought our house, and moved in. Nothing ever seems to get taken off of it although for some reason we keep cramming things into it through these …
The Meaning of Mother’s Day
(The photo above is of a few pieces of the China Set that belonged to my Great-Grandmother Keith, then passed to my Grandmother, and then given to me. It’s Blue Willow.) My Grandparents My Grandmother’s Blue Vase and Her Blue …
Stay Out of the Water, JAWS Week
JAWS Good Morning! Welcome to our JAWS Shark Week Dessert post: Microwave Note: Make Dish that looks like the Beach I’ve had that note on the microwave for the past 2 years. Then I finally created a dish that …
Julie’s Backyard Wildlife and Gardening Blogging
Welcome to our Home Isn’t that what Door Wreaths are for? Well, tell that to the mother bird that built her nest into it. Look at Her Beautiful Eggs And, There is the Sweet Little Mother Bird, Isn’t she Pretty? …
Meet Sparky and Spooky
Meet Sparky and Spooky They are the newest members of our family. They are rescue dogs. A mother and her son. Spooky is a Chihuahua, and Sparky is a Chug. A Chug is a Chihuahua/Pug mix. …
