Hello there everyone..
I promised an update of our Keepers Meeting that we had on Saturday..
We were really blessed to have it at one of their homes..
Thank you, Stephanie..
When I arrived early there were two happy faces to meet me..
Michelle arrived even earlier than I did...
The doorway was decorated so lovely for the Fall and coffee was all brewed... 
I had not been to Steph's new place yet and I fell in love with her prim decor..
Here is a little idea that I am going to copy..
(with her permission..)
I have an end cupboard like this and it is going to have a paint brush taken to it very soon.. smile..
The fire was lit and it was such a beautiful cool Fall day..
So cozy...
Breakfast was delicious as always...
We had eggs, bacon, toast, avocado, tomatoes and such...
We mashed up the avocado with onion, lemon juice and salt and pepper and put it on our toast with tomatoes. fried egg and bacon... ymmmm..
Oh and they loved the recipe for apple muffins that I found
I actually made 4 in the tin cans and wrapped with parchment..
They were fine but it was late so I finished the rest in a muffin tin..
It takes 30 minutes to cook the cans..
Make sure you use the flour they call for or at least whole wheat..
And the sauce cans are the 1 cup size...
Also.. I substituted the cherries for fresh cranberries as dried cherries are very expensive here...
After breakfast we had our lesson which was on the kitchen..
I guess I will do a 2 part post as I do not have time to put it all in today as we have to leave for church again in a bit...
So...
For today I will do the crafts and a couple of the recipes and finish tomorrow night if possible or soon..
OK?
After the lesson the first thing we made was this
Country Style Dried Fruit Garland...
This is what I was drying all of the fruit for...
The pear is in the middle...
Along with a bundle of bay leaves at the bottom and a homespun tie..
Then there is an orange on on side and an apple on the other...
Then a bundle of apples along with a another bundle of bay leaves...
Then a bundle of pear slices and a bundle of bay leaves...
Then these are all tied on a piece of jute with some branches at each end..
Not very complicated but takes time when you need to dry fruit..
Here are a few projects all finished..
Everyone enjoyed that one and then we did another craft but I will post that next time... smile....
I made preserves and took them so they could see and taste and perhaps win..
Here is a delicious apple preserve that I found
HERE..
Again I substituted fresh cranberries for cherries and it was still delicious.. 
I also found the idea for drying all of your peelings and apple cores for potpourris and for lining baskets..
This is a wonderful site if you like recipes and cool homemaking stuff...
And... another recipe that I made up to share with the girls ...
I found my Hot Mixed Pickle Recipe..
Thank you, dear Lord..
(It only took me a month) grin...
This made 11 quarts and I used half cider vinegar and half of my dandelion vinegar that I had made in the Spring..
I love the flavor of these and could eat quite a few at a sitting..
I will share that recipe tomorrow night, too..
Then I sliced up these zucchini ...
And sprinkled a bit of chive salt on them and dried them in the dehydrator...
Some of the girls loved them and a couple disliked them intensely.. grin..
They are a wonderful and go good with a homemade dip..
Much better for you then potato chips and you can buy a big package at Costco for a few dollars..
By the way...
I ate all of the Honey Crisp that I dehydrated...
Simply delicious..
We are hoping to get to that market again and they have some bruised baskets of Honey Crisp on sale ..
They will make lovely gift pantry idea if I will just leave them alone.. grin..
After we arrived back home we had some sweet company..
Sammi sure liked them...
Dustin and his Mom went wheeling with Terry and we stayed home and made Supper..
A truly blessed day..
I hope you come back and I will give you the rest of the recipes and go over the lesson a bit..
Praying you are having an awesome Lord's Day...
xo
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