“The unthankful heart… discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings!”
-Henry Ward Beecher
The Thankful Heart
Pumpkin Crisp
I suppose you’ve heard of Apple Crisp, or Peach Crisp or even Berry Crisp. Well now it’s time to meet their little brother…
Pumpkin Crisp!
So crunchy and spicy and perfect for the holidays. Whether you are sharing with company or sneaking off alone to nibble a bowl with your favorite ice cream–you’ll love this twist on an old crisp.
Pumpkin Crisp
Ingredients
1 can (30-ounces) pumpkin
1-1/2 cans evaporated milk
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. ginger
4 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 yellow cake mix
2 sticks of butter, melted
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Directions:
Mix pumpkin, milk, cinnamon, ginger, eggs, sugar, salt & cloves together well. Pour into a well-greased 9×13 pan.
Sprinkle with cake mix & drizzle with melted butter. Then sprinkle with chopped pecans–if you want.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a knife comes out clean. Let it set for about 15 minutes.
Serve over French Vanilla ice cream—you won’t be sorry.
Pumpkin Crisp
Ingredients
- 1 can (30-ounces) pumpkin
- 1-1/2 cans evaporated milk
- 2 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 tsp. ginger
- 4 eggs, beaten
- 1½ cup sugar
- 1 tsp. salt
- ½ tsp. cloves
- 1 yellow cake mix
- 2 sticks of butter, melted
- 1 cup chopped pecans (optional)
Instructions
- Mix pumpkin, milk, cinnamon, ginger, eggs, sugar, salt & cloves together well.
- Pour into a well-greased 9x13 pan.
- Sprinkle with cake mix & drizzle with melted butter.
- Then sprinkle with chopped pecans--if you want.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a knife comes out clean.
- Let it set for about 15 minutes.
Spooooky Skirts
These Autumn days…
that can’t seem to make up their minds–
cold? warm? rainy? dry? hot? cool? slippers? sandals? and on and on.
The cool and cold of these days sends me to my fabric stash or to the fabric shop—which is so much more dangerous–to find something lovely to play with.
The holiday fabrics are always a temptation because I have these sweet dolly babies that are so fun to dress-up. And so I flew downstairs to my “sewing chamber” to contemplate the seasons and…
came back up with thousands of Halloween skirts for the little ladies.
I found the free Lazy Days skirt pattern over at Oliver + S to be positively perfect–quick and easy. My kind of project.
Of course, it never actually occurred to me to ask the Mamas if they even wanted a thousand girlie Halloween skirts. Wasn’t willing to risk them saying, “no.”
So I will ask you, my friends–
How do you think it will go over when Lily-foo and Baby Chompy…
wears pirate skirts….to church?
ha!
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Week #32 Food Storage Prompt: 1 can of tuna, 4 cans Tomato soup
Stuff I’m Loving…
right this minute…
1. All these cool pumpkins from our very own garden
2. This happy little shopper getting comfortable in the cart
3. A pan of English “Flapjack” candy-granola-type stuff that was fabulous until I burned it. Dang puddle.
4. Seriously cute baby hair
5. Holiday Herbal Tea in Sugar Plum Spice flavor just in the nick of time
6. Tweedle-Dee and the Noodle
7. Strawberry Peanut Butter M&M’s…can I just say…W.O.W.
8. A rainy backyard on a sun-shiney day
9. Rainbows that obediently follow the rain
10. A brave kitty watching the sunset from a very wet deck
And so we see—all is right with the world.
Counterfeit Foliage
Ok, ok. I’ll admit. I got tired of waiting for the leaves in the yard to turn and fall. So I made my own. So there.
I found some basic leaf patterns by googling “basic leaf patterns”…cookie cutters work well too.
Pin the pattern piece to a doubled piece of felt…
and cut out two of every fall color you can get your hands on.
Then sewing two at a time, run a tight zig zag stitch from one end of the leaf to the other. I used dark brown thread on all the colors.
I liked the effect.
Now fold the sides of the leaf upward toward the stitching for a 3-D look.
You can tack them to a ribbon and hang them up somewhere…
or….you can pretend you’re the wind…
just waiting to blow and scatter the leaves everywhere.
Well, you know…until we get the real thing.