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Saturday, November 10, 2018

Saturday Night Ramble and Roll.. ...

Well hello there dear hearts.. 
It has been awhile since I have been here.. 
Face Book informed me today that it has been 28 days since I had posted.. 
I could hardly imagine how fast the time has flown.. 
I have shared with a few friends something I had read in a book the other day.. 
The author wrote that time had just flown by while she had been  busy doing something else.. 
So true.. 

But anyway welcome to the Blessed Hearth tonight.. 
So happy to have you and thank you for being so patient with me when I seem to disappear at times.. 

Hope you are all well and enjoying the passing of the season.. 
Another little ramble and roll for you on this Saturday...

So to ramble on here a bit.. 
 Just when I think my preserving chores are through along comes another one.. smile.. 
We bought a fifty pound bag of lovely carrots last week.. 
So... 
Peeling, chopping and canning have been going on.. 
Such a satisfying bit of work.. 
I did a batch of Mexican Pickled Carrots just to see if we would like them.. 

Terry approved so I may do one more batch.. 


Our days are busy just like everyone else but we still have time for a bowl of homemade soup for lunch.. 
This is an Acadian Recipe called Chicken Fricot.. 


I put a teaspoon of summer savory in the dumplings, also.. 

I even made bread and apple turnovers one day.. 
I posted it on Instagram and explained how it takes me all day to complete something that should only take a couple of hours.. 
Awww ... the life of a senior .... grin.. 

We also bought a fifty pound bag of apples and squash.. 
The apples unlike the carrots are only half finished but they will keep for awhile.. 
A batch of apple butter is finished..
And... 

Our favourite roasted apple sauce... 
Thanks to Storybook Woods blog recipe.. 
This was the Apple Butter... 
It is an old recipe where you make jelly and then make butter from the puree..
I did not want to make jelly that day so just put the peelings in a cheesecloth and simmered them together.. 
Turned out pretty good..  

On another day I spent time with a sweet kindred spirit... 
It was such a lovely day.. 
She is so talented and taught me to do Needle Felting.. 


I so loved doing it.. 
This will be a sock with a snowman felted on it.. 
I just have to blanket stitch it and it will be finished.. 
Barb is an antique dealer with a darling shoppe in Sussex.. 
She is also a lovely cook and we had a delicious lunch together.. 
So thankful for such dear friends.. 

Then Mom and my Step Father were over for supper.. 

I so love making a meal for them.. 
Mom loves to come here for supper... 
She was craving a turkey meal and I had cooked one of our large home grown turkeys last week... 
She taught me years ago to freeze turkey or chicken in portions that are wrapped first in the skin of the bird and then put in freezer bags and freeze.. 
When you reheat in the over be sure to add some broth and cover.. 
It was very moist..

We still have zucchini so I am trying to make more breads like I posted a time or two ago.. 
I keep giving them away.. smile..  
I love making that recipe because you can do 2 breads each with chocolate chips, nuts or raisins..
Terry keeps encouraging me to make more.. grin.. 

This is what we woke up to this morning.. 

Very slushy snow.. 
And tonight the wind is whistling for sure.. 
Last weekend our province was hit with a huge wind storm and some people went for days without hydro.. 
We were fortunate that ours was only off for 3 hours.. 

Winter is on it's way here in Eastern Canada.. 
Not my favourite season for sure.. 

Rolling along... 
Enjoying my geraniums from Summer ... 
Do you bring your's in for the winter?  

Another little fall chore was drying a few pears... 

We will eat some of them but really I dry them for crafts.. 
I get about 3 slices per pear for crafts and then we enjoy the rest for a treat.... 

This was some packages I made a few years ago.. 
I have these ones glued on tea dyed luggage tags but I couldn't find my spray glue or glitter.. sigh.. 
Must be down in my workshop... 
I will try to finish them next week.. 

Rambline along here.. 
This is a bit of a page from a book I was reading.. 
I sent it to Shonda.. 
She is thinking of putting a tall tree in her vestibule as it reaches to the second floor... 
Isn't the author's description just so lovely and old fashioned  Christmas like?  
The author's name is Rosemunde Pilcher and she is one of my go to authors that I sometimes just need to read.. 
She is not a spiritual writer but she is an old fashioned home like author that I love.. 
I do not agree with everything she writes but love her descriptions of home and family.. 
Do you read any of her books?  
I love her short stories best.. 
The Blue Bedroom for example.. 
The one above is Coming Home..

Christmas is not too far away so am trying to get some ideas together.. 

Terry bought me a lovely thick steno pad from Staples.. 
It is so thick.. 
I love it.. 
You know me and my notebooks.. 
I decided to put a pretty cover on it.. 
Just glued a pretty page from Country Living UK on the cover with a glue stick then a swipe of sealer with a sponge brush... 
I am making a few journals for gifts which I will share when they come together.. 
Love paper crafting.. 


We are still rolling along.. grin.. 
I was tidying up the fridge yesterday and found a jar of green beans that I had fermented... 

Oh my goodness!!!  
Are they delicious or what?? 
Oh I wish I had done a lot of them but was not sure of the recipe.. 
Will be doing many more next summer, Lord willing.. 

Oh and one more food idea.. 
Sorry about so many ... smile.. 
But you will love me for this one.. 
Terry does.. lol.. 

Just looks like a pan of Rice Crispy Squares, eh?  
Wrong... 
These are the best Rice Crispy Square you will ever eat.. 
The difference is browned butter and salt.. 
Yup!  
Makes all the difference!  
Thanks to Smitten Kitchen for the recipe.. 


Perhaps you have been making them for ages but I just found the recipe.. 

Well, my dears I guess this is it for this time.. 

Hopefully, I will start posting some Christmas stuff.. 
Trying to get inspired so I can really enjoy the season.. 
I am not a person who puts the decor up before the first of December but I love making and doing for it all..
What are your plans.. Anything exciting?  
Would love to hear from you all.. 

Tomorrow is the Lord's Day once again.. 
Last week the hydro was out in Salisbury so church was cancelled.. 
There is a wind tonight but nothing like last week.. 
Looking forward to the service.. 

This is a pic I posted on Instagram last week..  

Romans 16:1 - 2
 16 Phoebe, a dear Christian woman from the town of Cenchreae, will be coming to see you soon. She has worked hard in the church there. Receive her as your sister in the Lord, giving her a warm Christian welcome. Help her in every way you can, for she has helped many in their needs, including me. Tell Priscilla and Aquila hello. They have been my fellow workers in the affairs of Christ Jesus. In fact, they risked their lives for me, and I am not the only one who is thankful to them; so are all the Gentile churches.

Can you imagine being referred to in the Bible as a "dear Christian woman".... She must have been a wonderful soul.... 


Thank you so much for visiting and I look forward to reading your sweet notes.. 

Welcome to the new followers of the blog here and on Face Book.. 
So glad to have you.. 

Also for  the sweet emails... 
I am wondering if some of you are having problems getting your email post? 
Please let me know if you are ... 
Thanks and God bless..  

15 comments:

  1. Faye, everything looks so delicious. I'm curious to know what crafts you make out of your pears? Tree hangings?
    We have had a lot of wind here in Gaspe also. We only lost power for 3 hrs. last week.
    We don't have any snow yet, but it is coming. Take care..Thelma.

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  2. Beautiful photos. My husband and I were in New Brunswick for a few days last month. It was beautiful!

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  3. Hello Faye, I love the picture of your Mom and stepdad! They look so happy. I can just imagine how they like to come to your house for lunch or dinner. I am thinking of Christmas, also! I am not like I used to be. I could handle anything but not anymore!!!!! Love your dried pears with the heavy glitter on them . And your carrots look devine! Our plans are to go to Kimberly and Todd's house (right here in our town) for Thanksgiving. They are wonderful cooks and we all take something. I am very excited!And I know two grandkids that will be home from college! Then there is our 4 yr. old other grandson! I am going to hug them and hug them!

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  4. Always such a joy to visit your blog and be inspired with your amazing recipes and decor tips. I loved the look of the dried pear embellishing a parcel, beautiful. I have made a start on making gifts and decor but won't be decorating until after 1st Dec.

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  5. So lovely to see all the things you are doing. Your days must be so full.
    I love Rosamunde Pilcher too, and wonder if you have read Winter Solstice? It's a book that you can just 'live inside'. I need to read it every Winter!

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  6. Everything looks wonderful! The soup, the rice treats...just everything. I haven't read Rosamunde Pilcher but I now have her on my library list. The dried pear gift tag is adorable.

    Grace & Peace,
    Pam

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  7. I love the notebook. I am a notebook gal too. Great picture of your mom and stepdad. We haven't had any snow yet. God bless.

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  8. Wow, so much yummy food there, Faye. You have snow already??? It only seems like yesterday when your warm weather started. Still I always love seeing your snow photos as we don't have snow in our part of Australia.

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  9. Busy busy I love it, it’s my life as well never a dull moment......would love the recipe for your succhinni bread, I have one zucchini left I’d love to make some for gifts......
    Blessings
    Rhonda

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    1. Hello. I posted the recipe on the post of September 16, About three or four posts back. Large batch zucchini breads. Let me know if you can't find it . Xo

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  10. You are so creative with the food. Please tell us how to dry the pears. I have only one zuchinni left in the frig. It really needs using. Thanks for writing us.

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    1. Hi. I just slice them from to to bottom long ways and dehydrate till dry! Good luck!

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  11. Oh Faye, thank you for sharing all of this. I have been working on my ladie's Bible study, it's on "never too old" type thing....and this, your example of "keeping busy" is so part of it. I am actually going to use the quote you had up top now. Love everything you do! Blessings

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  12. You are always so busy, making yummy things. Terry surely is a blessed man!

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