Moments in our days..

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Hello everyone.. 

Welcome to the Blessed Hearth today.. 

This seems to be a very busy time of year, eh? 

I finished my taxes today.. 

Thank you, dear Lord..

I am always so relieved to accomplish this dreaded task.. smile.. 

Now, I feel like I can get on with some fun stuff.. 

We are having a Keepers of the Home meeting on Saturday so today I prepared a few things in between adding figures.. 

I thought I would just share some pics of our last few days.. 

One day we went to the cottage and did a few things.. 

Terry took some measurements for the shop.. 

Then we found another violet stash.. grin.. 

I believe I have enough now.. 

Then on another we had the company of two wee boys.. 

We took them to their fave food place..

They enjoyed teaching Grandma some French words and teasing Grandpa.. 

They were telling him he was slow like chicken little.. grin.. 

Their sweet mama was out celebrating a big birthday.. 

smile.. 

Happy Birthday, dear Veronique.. 

We also went for a day trip to the Fundy National Park which is on the Bay of Fundy, also.. 

We always start our little trips with coffee and we share a cinnamon raisin bagel.. 

There are some lovely old homes, farms and such.. 

On our way back home there was a young moose on the side of the road.. 

I am terrified of moose.. 

My sweet hubby knows this and when I grabbed my camera he did not say anything.. 

He knew that I thought it was a deer.. 

After I took the above pic he tells me that it is a moose.. 

Needless to say there were no more photos.. grin.. 

He knew it was a moose because of the big ears.. 

When it started running across the road I realized the difference, too.. smile.. 

A little time spent at the farm with a nice meal of 

Broccoli and Beef ... 

Recipe HERE... 

It is a weight watchers one and very good..

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I am so pleased there has not been any more spam although I wish I didn't have to control the comment section.. 

Please take care.. 

Hugs.. 

Oh.. if anyone would like to attend our meeting please email me at houseofhenry@hotmail.com  

We would love to have you.. 

Little Happenings...

Good Evening my dears... 

Did you think that I had forsaken you?  smile.. 

I had a small problem with my camera .. 

The last time I did a post I set my camera on the table beside me and proceeded to spill half of my cup of tea on it.. Yikes.. 

I shook it out and dried it the best I could but by morning it stopped working.. 

To make a long story short my dear friend Pam advised me to put it in a box or bag of rice.. 

Which I did and thank the good Lord it is now working 100%... smile...

So.. if this little accident happens to you.. 

Whether a camera or phone just pop it right away into a zip lock bag of rice ... 

It only took a couple of days...

So.. I am back... smile..

I just thought I would once again share some pics of my days.. 

Terry and I headed out early this morning for another little trip to Fredericton.. 

There was a lot of fog..

Kinda pretty, though, eh?  

And in the last few days we have been in a genuine pickle.. grin..

These are Sweet Garlic Dills.. 

Every one's favorite except for me..

I love sour pickles.. 

Oh.. remember the sour pickles I tried.. 

I LOVE them... 

I shared the recipe HERE..

They do taste like Gram's...

This is the Reversing Falls Bridge in the fog early this morning..

Can you see it? 

Terry planted lots of tomatoes and brought some down over the weekend.. 

We have our garden at home.. 

There is not enough room to grow much except herbs here at the cottage..

I am trying out a new recipe that I concocted.. 

Green Tomato and Ginger Chow.. 

I hope it will work out.. 

I'll let you know in a week or so...

The ginger has to do it's work in the pickle for awhile..

More fog.

I noticed several trees whose leaves have already changed their color..sigh...

I don't want Summer to leave us yet.. smile.. 

Don't you love fresh tomatoes?

I hope to make some nice fresh tomato and basil soup maybe tomorrow.. yummy... 

The recipe for that is HERE..

Except instead of using canned tomatoes I use fresh ones..

OK?

We have these signs along our highways...

Do you?  

I am terrified of the moose.. 

They are huge and can demolish a car in a flash... 

These pickles are for sandwiches... 

We made some Sweet Dill ones last year for the first time and my friend Janelle's husband tried them out and loved them.. 

So... we made a bunch.... 

By the time we headed back to St. Martins the fog was pretty well cleared off..

The lovely St. John River.. 

Then it poured rain.. We could hardly see to drive.. 

Talk about change of weather.. 

All in one day... smile.. 

Terry has been craving this meal so I decided to make it ...

Again... grin.. 

Rice and Stir fry...

What have you sweet ladies been up to? 

I know I am a bit boring these last few weeks with the pickle thing but Lord willing it will mostly be over this week..

I am planning on being in the Art in the Park at the Fundy Trail on Sunday.. 

It is the only show I do all year and my Mom and Step Father are coming down for the weekend to go to it, too..

I sell pickles, jams and jellies, fudge, salves, crafts and other homemade goodies.. 

It is fun...

Then next Friday night the Keepers are hopefully coming for their over niter.. Sept. 7th..

And.... then in a couple of weeks is my closing sale... Sept. 23rd..

Then homeward bound.. 

It has been a glorious Summer.. 

September in St. Martins is wonderful... 

Wind, rain, fog and huge waves..

What more could a somber weather girl ask for?  grin... 

Thanks for visiting.. 

As always I love having you and hearing from you all.. 

Don't forget that I try and reply to each comment so come back and check if you like... smile..

May the Lord richly bless you and your sweet families..