Friday! Woot!

Why yes, yes it is - finally Fantastic Friday! I will resume the Catch Up tomorrow with Post Card Saturday. For now, enjoy the end of the week, and hope your weekend is filled with fun!

:)

Another Experiment - Catch Up Part 3

Take a look at that, will you? Looks like a garbage can next to the garden, right? Oh nay, nay monkey boy! (I'm almost positive that's a quote from Buckaroo Bonzai, lol). 

Look a bit closer... Wait, what are holes doing in a garbage can? Neatly drilled holes in neat lines...

Open it up...

Now look - does it make sense? Especially if I told you it smells kind of like a salad (sorry for the poor picture quality. That's what I get for not checking when I take them.)


Why yes, yes it is. It's Compost! Or well, I hope it will be someday. There was an old garbage can around that I drilled about a gazillion holes in. It had a lid, too, that I read it should have to cut down on the smell. Now it's next to the garden, so when all its rotten goodness has turned into awesome dirt, I can put it on the garden! How cool is that? 

Yeah, I'm not sure either. I'll keep you updated, lol. But just another one of the accomplishments during Mom's visit. And tomorrow is another day of fun-ness that was had!

:)

Pie Goodness II - Catch Up Part 2

Thanksgiving is a great time for food, I'm sure we can all agree. So in the spirit of experimentation, I *also* made a pecan pie. Look at that baby! 

I'd never made one before, so as usual, I searched the internet. Here is the recipe I used, and changed nothing. I know - can you believe it? I made something exactly as written. Well okay, I used my own pie crust recipe, lol. But otherwise, it was *exactly* the same. 

It was gooood, too! Here's another picture. 

And in case you forgot or were just longing for another picture, here's the apple pie when it was cut, too. Yumm!

:)

Apple Goodness! Catch Up, Part 1

One of the foods I made for Thanksgiving was an Apple Pie. Pumpkin is good, but more than a piece doesn't always appeal. But apple pie... Yum! I decided to try one out. Here's the recipe I used. I've had it forever, and apparently got it from a Reader's Digest, but never made it. I think it was the cheddar cheese crust that got me, lol. (Anyone who knows me knows I'm a pretty cheesy person, haha!)

A little dough, anyone?

Once the pie was assembled, I noticed there was a little extra...

And why let pie filling go to waste?

So what to do? Why, make apple tarts, of course! 

Here they are before the oven...

And after. They were Yum!

But of course, the Pièce de résistance!

I'll be honest, I was pretty impressed with how it turned out. But as my Granny used to say, "Huh. Looks like a picture. Let's hope it doesn't taste like one." The true test came - when people at it, and liked it. Success!

More tomorrow on other awesome stuff from Mom's visit.

:)

Catching Up

Tonight is Mom's last night. I sure am worn out, and we only did a whole lot of nothing, lol. I'll be catching up on all that fun stuff in the next few days. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is all nice and rested to gear up for the rest of the holiday season. 

Catch up starting tomorrow!

:)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! 

Some fun and funny stuff has been going on here at the ol' homestead the past few days. More on that stuff in the days to come. For now, wishing you and yours a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!

:)

Busy Beans!

In case anyone missed it (all two of you - ha!), my mom is here for her annual Thanksgiving visit. She's awesome and I look forward to it every year. But that little old lady keeps me busy, busy, busy! I'll try to get these out as regularly as possible, but sometimes... it just doesn't happen, lol.

This morning though, I had her out on the back 40, picking beans. Those are some of the plants up there. I'm thinking it has to be the type of bean plant, because I have fewer plants than the other kind of beans, and am getting way more yield! In four days, I have more than half a gallon Ziploc bag full of 'em in the fridge. There are enough to eat now, but we're saving them for our Thanksgiving dinner. 

We did a little gardening today, but not as much as needed doing. All in good time though, right? Pictures of it all as we get it done.

:)

Post Card Saturday!

Here we are again - Post Card Saturday! Wooooo! (Applause here! haha)

Okay, so maybe it's not that exciting. But hey, I love me some post cards, and hopefully you do, as well.

Tonight's post card was picked by the Maternal Unit. I don't think she really gets the concept of Post Card Saturday, but she picked one out that is pretty appropriate. Gotta love how stuff works, eh?

If you didn't see, here's the detail of where this card is from - Key West. For those of you who don't know, my mom and I have been trying to get down there the past several years, and every year, something has happened to prevent it. So this was to be the year!

Only when I looked, there were almost no hotel rooms, and the ones available were - super expensive. At least for us, haha! Then I learned that there's supposed to be some sort of Festival going on down there, meaning that we would likely not have found rooms at a decent rate, regardless.

Le *sigh*.

Here's the back of the card. One that's not written on, but the picture and all are similar to others from the 30's and 40's and 50's that I've posted. So it's cool (to me, at least, lol) both because someone gave it to me and because it's historical. To me, it is! Hopefully you enjoyed it. Pretty, right?

:)

There Was a Slight Delay...

I promise I've not forgotten my most awesome blog!

But my mom arrived last night (YAY!) and the night before I was finishing up stuff for her stay. No worries though - Post Card Saturday tomorrow and more on the bean front, too. Because you can never have too many beans, haha!

:)

Autumn!

Laugh if you wish. But today felt like real fall. As in truly autumn. For South Florida, it has been muggy the past few days, but it rained this afternoon, the temperature fell, and we're getting our version of autumn right now. 

Fall is my favorite time of year, and one of the things I miss the most about being here. Autumn is when you make thick, hearty soups, can and freeze stuff for winter... *sigh*. It's hard to think about all that when stuff grows here almost all "winter". But I've been doing it. Bought *two* turkeys today, in fact, but more about those another time - ha!

But tonight... is marvelous. I'm going to snuggle in my jammies with some hot tea and pretend this will last longer than a day or two.

:)