With all the pears we’ve been gifted with, I decided to make some pear butter. It took six quarts of pear sauce to make 12 cups of pear butter. I apologize for the quality of the pictures. I took them with my iPhone. It doesn’t do the greatest job. But it does take a pic […]
After a long two months of drought, we have been getting rain off and on. And we are so grateful for it. Some of the garden plants are looking better, though many have leaves that are half crisped to brown. These dogwood trees look so sad. I don’t know what this bodes for next spring. […]
For breakfast on the first day of school, I used this recipe for Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread to make muffins. Spicy, moist and delicious. Thumbs up from everyone! Pumpkin Cream Cheese Muffins Makes 20 regular sized muffins. Mix together: 1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon […]
We finished canning the peaches today. Thanks to our friendly peach supplier, we were able to can 169 quarts of sliced peaches this year. Not all in one day, thankfully! The first 124 will be divided between us and our son’s family, as he and our DDIL helped with the canning. Little slices of summer, […]
Today is DH’s mother’s 95th birthday! Happy, happy birthday! Our older son and his family went along to help celebrate. And everyone enjoyed brownies and ice cream! The twins couldn’t wait to see the candle lit. We are very blessed to have Beulah / Mom / Grandma / Great-Ma with us. A sweet and lovely […]