Happy Place.....

Where's your "happy place"?  I have several but my sewing room was at the top of the list yesterday.  We had a beautiful 73 degree day,

with all the windows open and a southernly breeze it was a great day for quilting in my sewing room.  Happy Wednesday!

Crawl to Fall.....

Fall is lingering between 60 degrees and 70 degrees which is just fine by me.  We haven't dipped to freezing at night yet so the garden is still hanging on, however growth has slowed to a crawl. My plan is to spend some time in the garden today, cleaning out all the peppers and hopefully cleaning, chopping and freezing them all.  At this point I really don't think we need any more canned peppers! We have been having the most impressive sunsets here in Kansas, Mother nature most definitely putting on a show for us.

Homemade Almond milk.....

Mr. Outdoors and I drink almond milk, we have for years.  Recently I read an article on the thickener they use when making almond milk, seems it causes cancer.  After looking on the web I decided to try making our own.  So easy!  All you need is a blender, almonds, water, vanilla, pinch of sea salt, cheesecloth for straining and if you like sweetened, some sugar.  Pinterest has all sorts of recipes for the leftover pulp, I am making almond crackers out of ours.  Very tasty!

Sunset and Fried Pies.......

Even tho we have been retired 15 years, Sundays are still different days for me.  Special days meant for special "things".  This Sunday fried pies were on the to do list, we don't eat like this every day, only on special days...........blueberry fried pies.  Oh the goodness!  And a very special sunset a couple days ago...what colors!  Have a great week!

Crochet Topper

I found this sweet table topper at a thrift store yesterday.....$2.00.  I just can't believe people get rid of these beautiful Family heirlooms.  This one is in perfect shape and laundered up beautifully.  My home will lovingly take care of it and I know it will be treasured for many years to come in our Family.  Happy Tuesday!

Blue Mesa Hike

 Grandson gave us a surprise visit over the weekend and a hike was the order of the day.  We love walking this area that runs below the Blue Mesa dam, there are 232 steps leading down to the trail....

October...Happy Fall!

October is in full swing, here in Kansas the weather can't seem to make up it's mind what to do.  84F yesterday and two days earlier I added quilts to the bed, it was that cold.  Going to be an interesting winter I do believe.  The never ending garden is still keeping me busy, canning salsa, pickled peppers and jalapeño jam.   I will be canning some red sauce also.   Happy Friday!