Fall days...

Hello dearies... 

I am taking a break from the household chores and having a nice hot cup of coffee to get me motivated again and I thought I would drop a note here for you qll.. 

I had these pics uploaded from the other day but had not got back to them so here we are.. 

Just a little catch up on the last few days at the farm before we came back home.. 

Up above is a pic of Charlie in the back seat when we went for a little drive to view Albert County at it's finest... smile.. 

You just have to act like you are going to go in the car and he gets right antsy and wants to tag along.. 

Anyway.. 

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at the farm !! 

The grandsons love being there and decided they should all buy it and split it 5 ways for the future... grin... 

They sure fill a room when they are all there together.. 

So love those boys... 

Yes, I am just a typical grandma... smile.. 

I did get a couple of batches of pumpkin done up.. 

A few to sell and a few for my friend Pam... 

The leaves were particularly lovely this year, I think.. 

Hope these views don't bore you all... 

We had a good amount of tomatoes and so I did up several batches of a soup base that Carmen from Keepers of the Home showed us how to make... 

This is a rice dish that I made and from delicious !  

And here is the link for the recipe if you would like to try it.. 

Here..

We had a great Keepers of the Home meeting ... 

It was all about breads... 

Carmen made a cheese bread and a lovely eggplant spread.. 

And Faye made homemade tortillas... 

It was all wonderful.. 

I did an English Muffin bread recipe... 

I will try to recap all the recipes and such with you at a later post, perhaps.. 

This is a little inspiration photo I copied... 

I have a cupboard a bit like it in our bedroom full of quilts but I think I need to revamp it all.. 

Well I guess this is all for this afternoon.. 

Terry went up to the farm with Dustin to get a few things so I better make haste and get supper in the oven.. 

I made a meatloaf and want to make a potato puff to go along with it and a Caesar Salad... 

My friend gave me a recipe for Caesar dressing and I love it.. 

1 cup of mayo 

1 T. lemon juice 
1 tsp. mustard  (your fave) 

1 T. balsamic vinegar (I used white wine once) 

salt and pepper

Minced clove or two of fresh garlic

Parmesan cheese to suit 

I also added a splash of fish sauce and a pinch of red pepper flakes.. 

Whisk together and store in mason jar in the fridge.. 

You won't be buying anymore expensive salad dressing with this recipe.. 

I won't name the brand but you know which one I mean.. grin.. 

Well, have a great week my loves and please leave me a note.. 

I am starting my cleaning from the back door through.. 

I did the closet and laundry today.. 

This is going to be a slow progress, I am afraid.. smile.. 

God love ya all..

Celebration Dinner...

Hello everyone.. 

Hope you are all doing well... 

Just wanted to post some pics of our 44th Wedding Anniversary dinner as requested.. smile.. 

The first photo is what it looked like here in Maritime Canada on our anniversary day..  

These are the pics of the table..

Do you like the candle holders?

I bought these in Pa. a couple of years ago to sell in the shop. 

Someone came in and bought quite a few and told me that this is what she planned to do with them.. 

Needless to say I saved the rest for home here.. 

For a little centrepiece I took an old milk pitcher and put in a stem of hydrangea and put a little pip berry wreath on top.. 

We had a Caesar Salad first with homemade dressing... 

1/2 cup of mayo 

1/4 cup of milk

1/4 cup of Parmesan 

1/2 - 1 tsp. anchovy paste 

1 clove of garlic, chopped and smashed

squeeze of lemon 

pinch of red pepper flakes (opt.)

salt and pepper to taste

Whisk together well and let sit for flavors to blend for a bit.. 

This is just a top of the head recipe I use.. 

You may want to add more or less of some of the ingredients.. 

And then we had Seafood Pasta for the main dish.. 

I had thought we would have some garlic bread but decided we didn't need it.. 

I made a dessert but we passed on that, too.. 

Our drink was Mountain Dew.. smile.. 

Next week we hope to go to a special place for our Celebration Dinner..  

Well, girls that is all for tonight.. 

We had Keepers of the Home today so I will try and post about it at the first of the week.. 

It was a great day.. 

Thanks so much for all of your kind wishes .. 

We appreciate them so much.. 

There was even a special phone call from our sweet friends the Mayo Family in Wisconsin.. 

Their blog is HERE..

Thanks so much for calling, Lori.. 

It made my day.. 

Tomorrow is the Lord's Day and we are having potluck after church so I need to go and make a dish.. 

They are calling for bad weather once again so we are praying that it will hold off.. 

Take care, dear hearts...