The Last Week of November...

Hello everyone.. 

So happy to finally get back here.. 

It seems to be taking me longer and longer.. 

I am not sure why.. 

Usually I feel like I haven't much to offer on here so just keep putting it off. 

But here I am for tonight anyway.. 

We have had such weird weather here in New Brunswick this month.. 

Getting lots of snow.. 

I do not remember a November quite like this one before.. 

I think we are going to have a long winter but really we are Canadians and we just go with the flow... 

I have been pottering along.. 

\Doing a bit of this and that.. 

Bought some pears and made a cake.. 

It will be prettier next time as I think I would increase the cake recipe but it was different and tasty... 

The kitchen windowsill ....

A few herbs growing and putting the roots of some green onions in water.. 

They grow very well and get more out of them...

We so enjoyed having our grandsons for supper the other night.. 

Made them a loaf of bread.. 

The no knead recipe to the rescue once again!  smile.. 

And a couple of toppings.. 

Olive Tapenade and Herbal Cream Cheese... 

Salad and House Dressing along with Pasta with Broccoli and Lemon.. (sorry I forgot to take a pic) 

And... 

Carrot Cake...

We had a lovely evening... 

One morning we went for a drive out to the farm...

We were wanting to pick some greenery and such.. 

First stop as always was for coffee... 

Charlie usually gets a timbit donut for being such a good dog.. smile.. 

By the time we were almost to the farm the weather had turned .. 

We only got one bunch of branches with cones on them.. 

The roads were so bad that we had to turn around ....

We will go another day.... 

But a bowl of homemade soup was welcome when we got back home.. 

One of our faves... 

Julia Child's Leek and Potato Soup.. 

Christmas is soon going to be here and I am hoping to get a few things made..

  

How are you doing getting ready for Christmas? 

So many people have their trees up and houses all trimmed... 

I guess I need to get at it.. 

Perhaps tomorrow... smile.. 

Well this is not an inspired post for sure but it was nice to touch base with you all again... 

I need to get my act together and get a few pics taken.. 

I do get around to posting a pic on Instagram more often..

You can catch me HERE.. on there... 

Take care dear hearts and have a blessed week.. 

Thanks for dropping by and I look forward to hearing from you all.. 

God bless... 

xo

A Stormy Day here in New Brunswick...

Good Evening lovely people... 

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth.. 

So happy you dropped by.. 

We are in the midst of a storm here in New Brunswick.. 

The wind is blowing rather hard and snow is coming down.. 

It is to turn to rain later on tonight.. 

Typical March weather for Eastern Canada ... 

All is cozy and snug here on the home front, though.. 

Charlie likes to inspect it all and see how it's going out there.. 

Checks it all out and then wants back in.. 

Wondering on what is keeping me... grin.. 

I was in the pantry making some cookies.. 

We haven't had any around here since Christmas, I think.. 

I am saying that the weather made me do it.. grin.. 

In between house chores I was checking out some books I bought at the thrift stores this week.. 

Love the new cook book.. 

Miss Dahl's... 

She had a show on for awhile and I loved her vintage dishes and cooking style..  

I made her Spinach Barley Soup.. 

Oh my.. 

It was delicious!! 

Spinach barley soup

Recipe by Sophie Dahl from Miss Dahl's Voluptuous Delights

 

Serves 4-6

-3 tablespoons of olive oil

-1 onion, chopped

-2 large fresh sage leaves, chopped

-6 1/2 cups of vegetable stock

-6 cups of spinach, washed and chopped

-3/4 cup of pearl barley

-Salt and pepper

-1/2 cup of grated Parmesan

 

Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pan, put in the onion and sage leaves and cook on a low heat for about 5 minutes. While that's cooking, heat the stock in another pan. Stir the spinach into the onion mixture and cook for another few minutes. Pour in the hot stock and cook, covered, on a low heat for 10 minutes. Add the barley and leave it cooking for another half an hour or until the barley is soft. Season to taste. When it is ready, ladle into bowls and sprinkle the Parmesan on top.

I used chicken stock and did not add sage as I am not a sage lover... I used parsley and stirred the parm in the soup.. 

We had a lovely Caesar Salad in my new salad bowl for lunch..  

This afternoon I did up a tea towel that I picked up, too.. 

Hoping to do up a bunch of these... 

Terry worked outside blowing snow for awhile... 

I had bought myself a new wind chime from Amazon.. 

The one Dustin gave me has been beaten around a lot so I brought it in and ordered another one.. 

Terry put it outside our window last night and let us just say that we woke up quite often.. 

The wind was fierce..  

He said in the night.... 

" Something has got to change with that wind chime, Faye!"

grin.. 

So today he went out and put it around the corner.. 

Tonight we will see how that works.. grin.. 

Then he decided to have a break.. 

The paper and a race he had taped makes for a stormy afternoon.. 

And a few zzz's.. grin.. 

Charlie kept himself entertained at times.. 

I don't know what he thinks he sees out there.. 

He has to look under the dining room table and a tea trolley to see anything.. 

He give a few huffs every now and then.. 

One thing for sure is that he leaves a mess on the windows... 

Sometimes deer come and try to get some old apples that had fallen and so I think he is looking for them.. smile.. 

For supper I cooked a pork chop and a half.. 

I am not a meat eater and Charlie even gets half of my half.. grin. 

We also had baked potatoes.. 

Love love my potato baker.. 

Found it at a thrift store many years ago.. 

The potatoes taste just like oven baked but just a plug in instead of turning the big oven on.. 

A bit of coleslaw and pickles and that was supper.. 

Evening is here again... 

Time to light a bit of incense and make a cup of tea.. 

I am enjoying the sweet scent of these incense sticks I found at Chapters on half price.. They even came with it's own holder.. 

What a lovely smell.. 

I am thanking the Lord for the little cheque that finds it's way into my account now every month.. 

I am not a spender perse but sure enjoy these little finds.. smile.. 

Like this tea towel ... 

Right??? 

smile.. 

Thank you so much for visiting.. 

Sure have enjoyed your visit here on this stormy day.. 

Looking forward to hearing from you.. 

We need 2 more likes on the Face Book page to make 500.. 

(hint hint)  smile.. 

Take care and enjoy your sweet families and the last of these long evenings this week.. 

Time changes on the weekend and Spring is around the corner..

I will miss the long evenings, myself.. 

God is good ... 

xo

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