food, crochet, merriment
“Let every mother realize that she has no greater blessing than the children which have come to her as a gift from the Almighty; That she has no greater mission than to rear them in light and truth, in understanding and love.”
Happy Mother’s Day my friends!
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Now, I must admit, we aren’t very big on carbonated drinks at our place. Once the kids got started in sports and their coaches advised them to lay off the soda–it worked for all of us. In fact, some of my younger ones thought that anything with that fizz was a “hot drink.”
That said, if I had to confess, I’d tell you that every now and then I get a huge craving for Fresca–that I resist with all my might. But my one summer naughtiness is to buy one–only one 2 liter bottle of A&W Rootbeer and squeeze as many floats as humanly possible from it. Then I can move on.
But then we found and tweaked this lovely piece of work. It’s positively like drinking a Rootbeer Float…without the mug. Sort of. Well, that and it’s a cookie.
Dang good at any rate.
Ingredients:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1-1/2 tsp. root beer extract
4 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt 12 oz. white chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in buttermilk and root beer extract.
Combine dry ingredients; slowly add to creamed mixture. Add chips and mix well.
Drop by tablespoons onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool.
Frosting:
4 cups powdered sugar
3/4 cup butter, softened
3 Tbsp. milk
2 tsps. root beer extract
In a mixing bowl, combine all frosting ingredients. Beat until smooth.
Frost cooled cookies.
That big bright Super-moon that we saw ultra-up-close the other night. We stood out on the deck and stared at it for 20 minutes–just so we could say we did it.
The very first lilac rose of the year–pretty little shy thing. I almost didn’t see it all hidden away in the back there.
The garden all tilled and ready to plant–later this week…I hope. It’s an odd thing to have both my boys gone now. I keep waiting for my “garden army” to show up and get it all planted…but alas. I may just be on my own this time around. Even so, there’s something so full of promise about a garden ready to plant.
He-man…fast asleep…wherever I am…again…
with his sister She-ra Princess of Power. Or so they think.
That funny little plant that the Bald Kid named “Pandora” before he left. You may recall that it actually died once and came back to life unexpectedly. Crazy cool thing.
A well placed stained glass birdy of some sort, shining and catching the light in my window. Finch, I think.
A brave little strawberry that’s just barely poking it’s head out. Hide all you like–Miss Chompy will find you. :}
A new project that will eventually entertain the little, soon-to-be-grabbing fingers that we have around here.
The sleepy bit of pixie dust that is ours to hold and bounce and pat and kiss…as long as he’ll let us. Hopefully that’s a long, long time.
What makes you smile on this lovely Wednesday?
Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had a thing for fairies. I love the magic of them, the fluttering, the sparkle, the pointy toes, the wings–all of it. So for Christmas one year, my daughter Lyndi gave me a Hallmark Flower Fairy. This one is the Marigold Fairy.
At the time, I had no idea that there’d be a new one each year. This is the Bluebell Fairy.
I have them hanging–each one, from a tiny piece of embroidery floss on the canopy of my bed. They just kind of float there and when the window is open, or the cool air comes on, they flutter just enough to look like they’re…
real. This is the Rose Fairy.
Yes, I know–this little soul is missing something. Miraculously, she escaped one day and had a lovely time playing with a human child, and it cost her her wings. She doesn’t look too unhappy about her plight. This is the Lily Fairy.
In all the years since we started collecting, we’ve only missed one–the Pansy Fairy. There must have been something big going on that Christmas. I’ve seen her on line, but she’s become a collector’s item, so, well…yeah…we won’t be getting that one. :}
This is the Poinsetta Fairy.
Here are my newest ones. This is the little Mistletoe Fairy and she’s blowing a kiss to…
her little sweetheart. He is the Holly Fairy. I’m not sure how long Hallmark will keep it up, but I’m game if they are. These little guys make me think of Scotland and Ireland where they pretty much take for granted that fairies are still hiding out in the woods. I love that. Probably, I should just move there and find a little thatched roof cottage by a brook where I can put out fairy cakes and berries in little tiny teacups. Then I’d just sit by the window and wait. After all this time, it’s still true.
I do believe in fairies.
