Beautiful Turkey Brine for Thanksgiving

Took a slightly different path for Turkey Day this year and added limes and grapefruit to the usual citrus mix. Tasted just delicious with the new additions...

Samhain Altar 2011

Trick or Treaters

Happy Samhain & All Soul's Day!

Lovely Sunflower garden in full bloom

Happy Lammas! (early Harvest)

Star Gazer Lily my ABFAB flower of all time blooming away!

Its just the most dramatic flower in the yard!

Cucumbers are finally coming in and still have more Red Currants too!

Beautiful Summer Flowers are all blooming

And a close up of this unusual fiery Canna

My daughter is going for that Bollywood look!

Here are her CL finds from this weekend. Now all she needs to do is learn the dances....

And again...

And again....

With a little bit of frozen yogurt!

Perfect summer dessert!

Anyone wanting the recipe let me know and I can put it on the blog

Happy 4th of July Weekend. Time for some harvesting here!

Wishing you all a Happy 4th Holiday Weekend. Time for me to start harvesting my currants. They were a little bit of a patch when I put them in a couple years ago. Now they are immense. Here is today's photo:

SOOO. I decided to combine with my MUTANT rhubarb and make a crisp.






End result... YUM Says the Mr.

And then it rapidly disappeared...


Tomorrows project is Rhubarb Currant Jam!

This week's gardening project. Pond is finally up and running!

Pond project is finally done! Adopted a dozen goldfish, purchased some aquatic plants and now its a great dog watering station! Hubby even made me a small rock sculpture!

You Talkin' to Me?

And now for the People of Walmart entry

The toothless fairy!

Is this YOUR family member???

Poor Chihuahua mix dog after children have had their way with her....

And here is Miss Cookie normally...

Here is what happens when you bring in the outside cushions due to rain...

Best buddies

Can you tell these guys are BFFS?

I CAN HAVE TOAST! YUMMM

This ever happen at your house after a trip to Joann's?

Am I the only one this happens to????

Mr. Patches the Cat & Mr Jasper dog

Here are some of our even sillier Mr. Cat & Mr. Dog moments...

Living with a blonde Lab

Here are some funny Blonde Labrador pix for everyone to enjoy...

Gardening time here FINALLY!

Here is my lovely pot of lettuce. Ready for the salad bowl and looks so pretty too!