Another week in January...

Good Evening my dears.. 

Hope you had a great weekend.. 

Another week has rolled past in January.. 

I think the days seem longer, don't you?  

I am so enjoying this month.. 

The storms have not been horrendous yet and I love the evenings.. 

During the summer my husband does not know enough to come inside.. He is out there until after dark most days working and it makes me feel guilty being inside and not accomplishing much.. 

The winter is different because we have supper and then just relax.. 

I can enjoy myself because there is no guilt.. lol... 

Anyway, during the day I do try to accomplish a few chores and January always means marmalade.. 

Clementine Marmalade.. 

It takes a bit of fussing but it is worth the effort.. 

The recipe is HERE..

Then the other day I did this fun thing.. 

When I had my shop I made up some lights with little homespun rags tied between them.. I found them and decided they would provide some extra light for reading when I go to bed.. 

Love them.. 

Then as always we have soup... 

Home made turkey stock and lots of veggies.. 

The summer savoury isn't added yet.. 

Soooo good!! 

We here in New Brunswick have had some beautiful days.. 

Lovely light white snow along with some lovely sunny days.. 

So pretty.. 

I finally finished my little owl bunting.. 

Just a little touch of homemade for the winter.. 

I know it is kind of simple but with the lights it is a nice change during the evenings.. 

This hangs on the edge of the mantel.. 

Another little owl.. 

I made this a year or two ago.. 

On with the show.. smile.. 

The last while I have been trying to perfect a few basic recipes.. 

This was this weeks project.. 

Scones.. 

Let's say that I am getting there.. 

Just a few more tries... smile.. 

Sunday night supper.. 

We are so enjoying the canned green beans and mustard pickles.. 

Trying to make sure we are using up the food we put up for Winter.. 

And then there is Charlie.. 

Penny was asking about Charlie.. He is doing fine.. 

Thank you for asking, dear.. 

He goes with us where ever we go.. 

He seems to know we are going away before we do.. 

We go get ready and when we come into the Family Room he is prancing around waiting.. grin.. 

He's a good dog.. No, really!!  

Trevor was here with Joel yesterday.. 

They had been to the woodlot and dropped by.. 

Trev does everything he can to make friends with Charlie but no hope.. 

The dear lad just smiles when Charlie growls and chews at him and says he is a good dog!  

I think I would give up but he just keeps trying.. smile.. 

I had just taken a banana bread out of the oven and they had no breakfast or lunch.. 

So.. we fried up some eggs and instead of toast they had banana bread.. smile.. 

Love having the kids drop by.. 

Life is good..

And God is good.. 

All of the time..  

Take care my friends and thanks so much for your visit.. 

Oh here is the link for the banana bread.. 

So fast and so easy.. 

I posted about making the bread Here..

God bless.. xo

A Sunday Night Supper..

Good Morning, dear hearts.. 

What a beautiful day here in Eastern Canada.. 

Did you notice the deer in the blue dawn of the morning??.. 

The one with the injured leg is there that I posted about HERE... .. 

He is doing fine although his leg is stiff from the ankle down.. 

His friends left him once but came back for him while he finished eating something out there.. Must have been apples.. smile.. 

He finally left with them.. 

I think he winked at me on his way past the window.. grin.. 

Just posting our Sunday night Supper.. 

Notice my new wee gravy boats from the Thrift store.. 

Along with a couple of Wedgwood type glasses.. 

Supper was grilled chops, mashed potatoes, gravy, my homemade sauerkraut, salad and a parsley dressing.. 

Dessert was Pumpkin and Raisin Cake with Caramel Icing.. 

 Here is the recipe for the cake.. 

It is from my Mennonite cookbook.. 

More Food That Really Schmecks.. 

Edna Staebler from 1979.

It is a St. Patrick's  day dessert she says.. 

Laurie Bennett's Pumpkin Ring.. 

1/3 cup of shortening 

1 1/3 cups of sugar 

1 egg

1 cup of pumpkin 

1 2/3 cup of cake flour 

1/4 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. soda 

3/4 tsp. salt 

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. clovcs

1/3 cup water 

1/3 cup chopped nuts

2/3 cup raisins.. 

Cream the shortening and sugar.. Stir in egg and pumpkin.. Mix together the dry ingredients and add alternately with water. Stir nuts and raisins in by hand.. (I just used a cup of raisins) ..

Pour into a greased tube pan and bake at 350 degrees F. for 40 to 50 minutes.. 

She says this cake is as light as an Irish Mist.. 

The Irish in me loves that.. grin.. 

Now.. 

The icing was out of this world  good... 

When we were across to Maine last month I picked up a little package that you add to icing... 

It was made by you know the cake mixes that start with a D. 

Sorry, I can't remember.. smile.. 

Anyway, I just mixed up a batch of icing and added it.. 

Terry loved it so I had to hide the cake... grin..

This is a short post.. 

I made a nice long one last night and lost the whole thing.. 

I couldn't get it to publish so left the page and it disappeared.. 

So annoying.. 

Oh well... 

Here is the short version and I will try to do another tomorrow.. 

How is that? 

Thanks for visiting my friends and thank you for your lovely comments and emails.. 

So appreciate them.. 

When a blogger gets comments then they think they had better do another posting..smile

So happy you liked Faye's pantry.. 

We will try to do another one when she prepares it for Spring.. 

We had to postpone our Keepers Meeting due to weather but will do it hopefully in 2 weeks.. 

God bless.