Just a few memories...

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       It's as Pooh would say a very blustry day, the wind is blowing all over and it seems very cold...  I went out to put the trash out because tomorrow morning is trash pick up day.  And things had blown everywhere's...  Burrr cold like ice, well at least it feel that way to me.  My hands are just frozen...  A bit tired out today but I'm determined to finish re cleaning up the living room...  These days everything seems to take so much longer now to accomplish...

       This is the garden after the second year I believe I moved in, I was looking through some past photos.   When I first got here it was a jungle... Full of vines from one place to another.  I wanted to put grass in but the owner wasn't going to help so I didn't bother... 

          Lunch in the garden one lovely afternoon...

       Pretty vintage table cloth...

       I'm very ready for teas in the garden...  If only this silly weather would straighten up...  Probably this will be my last spring and summer here...

                 What better Love is there than a hot cuppa...

       My bumble bee teapot, I didn't take it out yet...  But I'm thinking it is due...  I have tried to locate the creamer and sugar but never had any luck with it...  Maybe one day...  It took me 25 years to locate this one sugar bowl and I finally found one...

             

The days of butterflies are here...  Whispering of their wings a fluttering by...  I love to see them in the garden as I also enjoy humming birds...  Pansy's...  From the past...

       Crocheted tea bag keepers for the purse...

       My sweetpea when I first got her, she was so so tiny...

       Mama...  Four years ago....

       Sweetpea a bit bigger exploring the kitchen cabinets in a new place...

                 

Sunday, me Easter day off to Mama's house to have a family day...

                 

       Me and my grandson Isaiah waiting on the local bus,  my car broke again...  So it's back to the buses until we are able to see what went wrong again...  I posted some memory photos today that I found the night before...  Our family day was wonderful at Mama's house...  Making new memories...  A family, that's what we are striving to be...  Maybe not the most perfect one but way better than the before one...   Being in touch with each others needs and worries and cares...  Appreciating each other for the most part...  Not just expecting miracles out if each other but at least doing the best we can for each other and ourselfs...  Because there is no one like family...

            Wishing you all a most enchanting loving day, full of love and laughter...

                     With love,   Janice...

  

My book has arrived

       Good lovely afternoon to you my dearest friend...  My lovely book has finally arrived yay...

I really like it...  It is full of lovely recipes of scones and I can not wait to try them...

       Pretty powder Blue china, lovely...  I can use this china with no problem so sweet and elegant...

       There is a page or two of how to steep tea properly, which I really have no clue of serving a real proper tea...

                    " A proper tea is much nicer than a very nearly tea, which

                      Is one you forget afterwards..."

                                                      -A.A. Milne

          ( One of my favorite tea cup patterns by Royal Albert, Old Country Roses )

                      Vanilla bean scones,  Sour Cream scones...

       The recipe to BUTTERMILK SCONES...

       CARMEL AND PEACH,  This sounds divine...

       I think these will be first on my list to making...  

       Sweet Scones, Savory Scones. Gluten free Scones, Strawberry Lavender, Apricot cream Scones,

Orange fig scones...  Orange Pecan scones sounds really nice...  Listen to this a Ambrosa Scones...

       And these Cherry-Rose Scones....   With this book you would be able to makes so many 

different types of scones for most any tyoe of tea party...

                             Fig and Honey Scones....

       Sounds good to me now I know what I can do with those figs that sit on the neighbors tree...

       Zucchini Parmsean Scones...  Sun dried Tomato, basil and bacon Scones...

Chive and Goat Cheese...  I have fresh chives growing in the garden...

                    Perfect...            White Chocolate Peppermint Scones...

                               " A tea party is a spa for the soul. "

       Faux Clotted Cream...

Yield: 1 cup

1/2 cup heavy whipping cream

1 tablespoon confectioner's sugar

1 tablespoon sour cream

*  In a medium mixing bowl, combine cream confectioner's sugar.  Beat at high

speed with a electric mixer until soft peaks form.  Add sour cream, beating at

low speed until incorporated and desire consistency is achived.

*  Serve immediately, or store in a covered container in the refrigerator for up to

a day.

                  Apple Honey Butter...

         

       And a small section how to do basic scones...

       In my opinion I think it is a very nice book and hopefully all the recipes are nice too...  I will

Let you know as I try them....  

        My crocheted eggs,  and I have started a crocheted bunny...  I love bunnies

       I hope and wish you a most lovely weekend with your families...

                          with love

                                 Janice...    Ps I believe I will truly enjoy my new book...