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Sorry for being so Tardy ..I have been very busy but today I will spend a little time with you

11/18/2018

Sorry for being so Tardy ..I have been very busy but today I will spend a little time with you

Sorry that I I have been so tardy lately in blogging ...so sorry for that ...I hope that you enjoyed looking through my archives ...
I have some lovely news ...Danny and I are going back to my island home of Guernsey for a whole 3 weeks ..it's 3 years since I have been there ...we are so excited
I have been enjoying buying a new wardrobe of clothes for the cold weather we should have...I have some warm clothes for dog walking my Grandog Stanlee this is him as a puppy ...so cute and then this is him now ..always in water, weather it is rain, the sea , he is a great swimmer and swims every day in the summer, but as you can see even a very muddy puddle with do !!! ....he is so sweet and special ..I can't wait to see him again ...along with all of my family ...my Darling Boys (Grown Men now but always my Boys), my dear Sister who suffers from Alzheimers and Parkinson's, my GodChild her family, my darling Auntie Marg and all of my friends ...

I have been busy with getting ready for items to go in the suitcase ....cleaning our Guest room and moving things around
Our Guest room is a room of memories ..each item has a great meaning and memory for me ...I just feel wonderful when I go in this room and it's a joy to clean
Though it does take quite a few hours to clean it properly ...with all of the things I have dotted all over the place.
The top of my bookcase has a lot of my hydrangeas I dried from our limelight and blue hydrangea bushes

Didn't my hydrangeas dry will showing such lovely colors

Of course I have been doing pottery and I will miss it when I go on our vacation ...
I made this jug/pitcher ...I am very pleased with it and have some great ideas on how to glaze it to make it a little different and stand out ....I hope to glaze it this Wednesday ..what fun

I am super pleased with how I made the spout ..In the new year I am working with items I have made and will be making much more effort to sell them in my Etsy.com shop ..I have some exciting ideas for designs for my pottery pieces ..I am excited

I love my bookcase that I rescued ..Danny put dental coving on the top of it and I painted it leaving the original wood finish on the shelves ..it is a very solid wood piece ..one of my favorite items of furniture.

A shabby chic pillow I designed and made ...

Benjamin Rabbit makes me smile ..I love his Roses
I painted the table ..it's solid wood and was a piece of furniture one of our renters left when he left our rental house ...it was solid black when I got it

Mabry Mill in the photo I took ..I love this photo so much I had it put on stretched canvas ...the Mill is on the Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia A wonderful place to visit ..it has a country restaurant ..as you can see it was a beautiful day in May ...about 10 years ago

What a Shocker ...on Thursday just gone 11/15/18 ....we woke up to snow !! just a sprinkling but it was not in the forecast and it was the earliest recorded snow in Alabama since records began ....It was beautiful to see ...we have had some very cold weather with degrees below freezing ...

Well thank you for coming by ...I hope that you have a go at the Sweet Potato and Apple soup recipe I posted a little earlier Sweet Potato Apple Soup ..Perfect for Thanksgiving or Fall time

It's very easy

Have a Wonderful Thanksgiving ..full of laughter and love

Happy Days

Janet

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One of my favorite recipes for a delicious treat ..Hello Dolly Bars ..Bake now ...Freeze for the Holidays.

11/18/2018

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One of my favorite recipes for a delicious treat ..Hello Dolly Bars ..Bake now ...Freeze for the Holidays.

One of my favorite recipes for the Holidays

BAKE NOW
FREEZE FOR THE HOLIDAYS !!

They are so easy to make and they look like a Million Dollars and taste even better.
Make them to your own taste ...if you don't like nuts leave them out ...change the chocolate chip flavors ...it's a very versatile recipe ..

This is how I like to make them.

Hello Dolly Bars

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2 cups of crushed graham crackers (about 8 crackers)
2 cups of chocolate chips (use only 1 1/2 cups if using Butterscotch chips as well)
1 cup butterscotch morsels/chips
1 1/2 cups of shredded coconut
1 1/2 cups of chopped pecans or a nut of your choice
1 14oz can of sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup of butter

METHOD

Preheat the oven to 350f degree or 180c degrees

Melt the butter in a saucepan
Pour melted butter into an 11" x 7" or 8" x 8" cake pan ..I used the later
Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs in to pan and mix well with melted butter to form a crust
Press it down
Layer on top of the graham cracker crust the Chocolate Chips ..then the Coconut and finally the pecan nuts
Evenly pour sweetened condensed milk over everything
Bake in the oven for 25 to 30 minutes
The top should be slightly brown

Let cool in pan for at least half an hour, cut into bars and serve
Or once cool open freeze in the freezer, once frozen ..either wrap individually
When thawing remove the wrapping whilst the bar is totally frozen
Or you can just place the in a lock 'n' lock container or airtight container
If you have to layer them put parchment paper in-between layers.

Please try this recipe.

If you like dessert treats you will love these
And they look so good ...your guests will be asking for the recipe

I sometimes like to print out the recipes and put them at the end of the table for my guests to take home and try for themselves.

I bought more Christmas decorations yesterday

I will photograph them and post about them another day

The shops were filled ..it was quite crazy ..long lines at the registers

Just like Christmas eve .

All getting their Veteran's day discounts

I did get some great bargains

Have a wonderful weekend whatever you are doing

Enjoy your baking

Kindest regards

Janet

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Personal news & some of my pottery creations

10/13/2018

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Personal news & some of my pottery creations

I must apologize in being so tardy in not having blogged for a while ...I have been so busy with getting ready for Winter outside in the garden and doing maintenance work on the decks, house etc ...and have been so tired that I didn't have the heart ..I suppose I had writer's block ..ha! ha!
Here is one of my crazy creations ...a bowl that could have many lives ..chip 'n' dip, serving bowl etc ...a 'catch all' bowl on the hall table etc.. etc..

I just love this glazing .

Danny and I were so lucky a few weeks ago we found out that we are going to my island home of Guernsey ...we will be there for 3 weeks it will be so lovely to spend this time with my Sons and family and visit with friends ...we can't wait ....
It's going to be cold there so I have been busy tramping around the shops looking for cute outfits that will keep me and Danny warm ..
I have some very special evenings planned in luxury hotels and restaurants ...so I have been finding some lovely items to wear.
It is such fun
I had to renew my British passport and found it so easy to do ...You can just do it online now instead of how you had to do it years ago and find a nearby consulate ...which nearby could be 100's of miles away ..now with just a few 'clicks' and it's processing ...Danny even took my passport photo ..outside on the front porch with a large piece of poster card taped to the window to give me my white background ..it worked perfectly they processed it very quickly and I am all ready to go ..

I have been secretly making pottery gifts to give to family and friends ....so I can't show you them yet ...I will when I have given them to them ...I will have lots to blog on when we are back from our trip ..with a few photo's trickling through to you all whilst we are on vacation .

My latest pottery creation was this bowl with a rose on it ...it's waiting to be put in the kiln then I can glaze it ..it's going to be a fun bowl to glaze.
The last rose bowl that I showed you in my last blog did not do well in the kiln ..it warped and was far from perfect so I will give it a little glazing effect and then keep it for a bird bath or bird feeder for next years Spring.

Loving the lace look I have done in this bowl.

Danny and I don't do Halloween .....we didn't celebrate Halloween in England/Guernsey so I hadn't seen it much till I arrived on US soil ....I love to see all the decorations and people dressed in their scary outfits
But my Friend Heather's Grandson ...sweet Maverick aka Mr. Moonpie has been to toddler Halloween parties and he is dressed up as a little monster ...ha! ha! ...so very cute ..don't you think?

Have a Happy Halloween everyone and stay safe

Thanks so much for popping by

Kindest Regards

Janet

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Sorry for being so Tardy ..I have been very busy but today I will spend a little time with you

Sorry for being so Tardy ..I have been very busy but today I will spend a little time with you

One of my favorite recipes for a delicious treat ..Hello Dolly Bars ..Bake now ...Freeze for the Holidays.

One of my favorite recipes for a delicious treat ..Hello Dolly Bars ..Bake now ...Freeze for the Holidays.

Personal news & some of my pottery creations

Personal news & some of my pottery creations

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