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Cold Spring, NY

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Big Brutus

Sidney is thirsty

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The letter T

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Sophie aka Diva

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Family Tree

Mine is looking bare since I haven't worked on it in ages. I'm trying to create a workable plan to balance all the things in my life - with them being in the proper order. This has made me realize that some things must go in order to do those left "well" or "better" than in the past. I'm working on the list of what must go. Wish me luck!

Clipart from The Graphics Fairy



Photos

I debated, thought it over, debated, thought it over some more and went ahead and started another blog with the purpose of sharing my photography on it. Now, I love to take pictures and not all are meant to be anything other than a snapshot of something I wanted to capture...say...those adorable stray kitties in my yard. But, sometimes I really do try to improve my photography skills [or create some skills] and those pictures will land on that blog instead of this one. I will still have plenty to share here but there are some I want to keep separate so I can watch the progress I make. We'll see how that goes. My plan is to continue with the Photo of the Week here until the end of 2010 and then move it over to the new blog. And, you may see some pop up over there that you've seen here.

If you'd like to walk along with me drop by here:

Digital Photo Walk

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small harvest

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Southern Plate

Everyone could use a little southern in their lives!

Look, I'm on Southern Plate's facebook page.

Christy's cookbook has been released. Stop by southernplate.com for the yummy details.

Lazy Woodpecker

Um, don't they peck trees?

Garden Walk

Summer blooms are fading. Took a few photos in the garden today.

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Fair Photos

Nazarene Day

Nazarene day at the fair and the MercyMe concert.

Love these colors

Kansas State Fair 2010

New Books

Recently added to my cookbook shelf.

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New Necklace

Love my my new necklace and earrings I got from Adrians booth at the fair!

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BIG Mosquito?

I was going to sit out in the swing and enjoy the nice weather with a couple of magazines until I got attacked. They were relentless and we scurried back inside before one of the cats got carried off.

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I have a peeping Tom. Well, that may not be his name!

Trash Cans?

Barry's brother and sister are big KU fans. We got these for them to use as trash cans for a deck/porch or office. They are 5 gallon buckets.

Visit with Clayton

We are enjoying our visit with Clayton. Updates can be found on our blog for him and photos in the online album.

Peach Cobbler in the Winter

I put 10 pounds of peaches in the freezer. It gave me enough for 3 cobblers. I have more peaches coming in a week and half, so I will probably put more in the freezer after I make some peach jam. Yum!

Canning Labels

I've been playing with a design for canning labels. Not sure I'm done yet. Here are 2 examples:

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Sweet Heat

This recipe was called "pepper butter" but I have a hard time seeing it as that. I prefer to call it pepper mustard. It is good on so many things; pretzels, pork, hamburgers, brats...you name it. Oh, I even had a little with fish one night. It called for all jalapenos [42], but I used part jalapeno and part anaheim. I think it made a perfect balance. I want heat but not to where you can't taste anything because of it.

I need to make another batch because most of these will be gifts between now and Christmas. One batch makes about 17 half pints.

Pepper Jelly

I used the same recipe, just used red bell pepper and red food coloring for one batch and green bell pepper and green food coloring for the other. The 4 ounce jars are the perfect amount for topping a block of cream cheese. I will be giving them away at Christmas time.

Dairy & Berries

A couple of years ago Clay gave Barry an ice cream maker. We haven't used it much until recently. And we don't know why! We have been making eggless ice cream. Yum. I think Strawberry is on the menu for this weekend with Clay being home for a visit from Afghanistan and family in town to see him.