food, crochet, merriment
Let me explain…
Beckham is surprised at the feeling of cold water in his lap…
Lily thinks, “Hmmmm….looks fun…”
“…I believe I shall try it.”
Twin joy.
Note: Some items may cost a bit more these days than when these prompts were originally written, but hopefully it will still be helpful to have a nudge to gather these items each week.
I found this lovely thing while exploring a great site called Your Home Based Mom. It’s actually more like a cake, but you’ll enjoy calling it bread–because you won’t feel so guilty eating it.
Try really hard to share…if you can. I triple-dog-dare you.
1 C sugar
6 Tbsp. soft butter
1 ½ C flour
¼ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. Baking powder
½ C milk
Grated rind of one lemon
2 eggs
Poor, naked lemon. Doesn’t it just look…embarrassed somehow?
Mix all ingredients, pour into loaf pan and bake at 350 for 1 hour.
Glaze:
1/3 C powdered sugar
Juice of one lemon
Pour on top of bread while warm and still in the pan. Let cool in the pan and then remove.
The gardener’s delight…
This will be a quick giveaway–because I want you to be able to use the garden supplies as soon as your climate will allow it. We had snow yesterday, so we’re still being a bit careful with the more fragile plants.
Prize includes:
1 pair of texture-grip garden gloves
1 set (32) biodegradable peat pots
1 gardener’s trowel
seed assortment: radish, cucumber, pumpkin, mini-white pumpkin, carrot and peas
To enter this giveaway, just leave a comment on this post. I’ll announce the winner Friday morning, May 1st—so hurry!
The sun’s out!
The local nursery in town had a trivia contest and guess who won?
The question was, “What is a *pysanka?” I googled it and found that it was a fancy batik Easter egg. So, I won a gift certificate to Sun River Gardens Nursery.
What a fabulous incentive to play in the dirt–free plants!
We found strawberry plants, chamomile, raspberry bushes, grape tomatoes, onions, mint, garlic, rhubarb, an Asian Pear tree, and seeds for everything else. Perfect, techicolor day out with the babies…
I think that if ever a mortal heard the voice of God it would be in a garden at the cool of the day. ~F. Frankfort Moore
Looky what we have…
My little daughter–Jillian, graduated from BYU on Friday with a Bachelor’s Degree in Family History.
Congratulations my Dah-ling. We are so proud of you. Now you are clever, all knowing, brilliant, and wise. But the best part is…
You’re FREE!
