Pretty~~~Baking!!!~~~Etc.

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THIS  HOUSE  LOOK!

I think I am going to have to go up and knock on that door, and tell them, that their house is amazing!  :-)

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We all love Esther Williams' movies, yes?  Did you know that Turner Classic Movies is doing a tribute to her?  TCM pays tribute to legendary film star and swimmer Esther Williams with a 24-hour marathon of films beginning Thursday, June 13 at 8pm ET. And running till about 8pm Friday, June 14th.

I love it!  Her films are such a Joy.  Even after all these years.  The color.  The clothes.  The sets.  The extravaganzas.  The hair.  The fun.  :-)))))

  

First Peony...

I had one bottle of Mead, from my liquor store...  I wasn't too happy.  It was a bit too sweet, or something.  Thought that was the end of my Mead experience.

But!  Read of a local guy, who is making his own Mead.  His company is called The Helderberg Meadworks.  Look at that label!!!  How cool is that, hu?

Click here please, to go to his web site.

Whooo-hooooo...  I hope to have a bottle of his Mead, with which to Celebrate Mid Summer Night's Eve!!!

Poor little Daisys, got knocked down by the rain...

Tues. afternoon, I made my first Almond Pecan Bread.  Which is made in a bunt pan!  It is still cooling, and then I have to glaze it.  Oh I so hope it comes out, tasting good.

Later this evening, I'll take some over next door.  My daughter-in-law is Gluten Free and Sugar Free and Lactose Free, and Juicing too.  And of course, since "Gabe" liked my Paelo Bananan Bread, I have to have him try it too. !!!!

I hope, I hope, I hope it works!  If so, will show pics, in my  next post.

Yes, the poor little Daisys got knocked down, by this rain...

Out front.....  Too much purple in the Wave Peonies.  But pretty colors, in the Begonias.

These just won't quit.  And they make a pretty vignette, with the wild Queen Ann's Lace in front of them.

The 'spent' Poppy...

"Who wants to feed that to your kids?"~~~plus other stuff

Wondering if you can *see* my New Hair Style?  :-)  I never can get a pic, to show what I see in the mirror, but.  Anyway, I had Patricia cut it very short, on the right side.  And I've been letting, from the (right side) part, to the ends,  grow for a while.  Since it was layered very short, for the "Judi Dench" look, it's taking a long time to sort-of-grow-out.  But by now, with 1 side cut short and the left side growing, it actually looks like a *new* hair style.  :-)

And all I do is blow dry with a big, round brush.  The left side of my hair always wants to flip-up.  So, I like to go-with-it.  And I'm happy with the look.  :-)

We 3 families share one lawn mower, here on "The Compound."  The other day when our daughter-in-law was cutting our grass, it began to SMOKE!  Eeeek!  Something wrong!  Ask "Pop" (aka "Uncle A.", aka "Dad")

Seems there was an oil problem.  Which took some "babying," to get fixed.  "Pop," son, and 2 youngest "Grands" had *fun* with getting it working again.  :-)  Son and "Pop" worked...  "Grands" watched... "Nana" kept "Grands" from getting into-the-"gunk"!  ,-)

(This Juice looked a bit pink, due to strawberries and etc., in it.  :-))

From: "Greenpoint" A Schenectady Gazette community blog...  Ideas on greener living

""Why are you growing potatoes when potatoes are so cheap?" a friend once asked, and the answer is that potatoes are good at absorbing whatever pesticides they are grown in, and that commercial potatoes are also run through a fungicide bath before being bagged.  Who wants to feed that  to your kids?"

IS it POSSIBLE??????????????

(One blossom fell off...)

Saturday, we both woke up nice and early and got an early start.  Went out to store to get a bigger pot, for the beautiful Tuberous Begonias we got, for the front step.  

They had expensive ones, at the Garden Shop, so we went elsewhere....  And found one, not so expensive.  -grin-

It gives the beautiful Tuberous Begonias, more room to grow!  We always have them here, on the edge of the front step.  The spot is less sunny, and they thrive there.

(First of his "Old Roses" to blossom...) 

He planted in front.  We had gotten PINK Wave Petunias, for on the patio.  He planted them, too.  I puttered and pottered around, sweeping up potting soil which had fallen and etc., etc.   

(Checking out the frogs , in the pond...)

THEN, I began to WEED in his front perennial garden!  ME!  I weeded!!!!!  Walked around in the garden and pulled up rogue weeds.  Cut 'em off if I couldn't pull them up.  IT WAS AMAZING!!! 

(*BK*)

I have so much more energy and get-up-and-go!!!  I've been saying it's a residual effect of the Prednisone I had to take, when sick.  But by now...  A week later....  Doesn't seem that much P., can still be in my system.  So maybe, it is the Healthy Eating Effect!  Which those who Juice and etc., tell of?!?!?!? 

(One big frog, so far...)

I hadn't though of this possibility (due to Healthy Eating) before.  As I have said, people who push Juicing and Healthy Eating SAY that they began to feel better...  Doing it.  But these claims sound kind of "far fetched."

So one does not want to believe too much hype.  I just wanted to remain arthritis pain free and know I am eating in a more healthy way.  But wow!  If Healthy Eating really is giving me more pep, I'll take it!!!!!!!!!!!

Flowers~~~Food~~~What is it?~~~Yummmmmm

Just a tiny bit, of Sunnyside Gardens Nursery.

  They provide old Radio Flyer wagons, to pull with you, and put your flowers in, and take to the check-out.  And to your car.  They are so cute!

You can get garden decorations there too.  Like these 2 Gnomes.

What they are, I do not know.  But I HAD to take a picture of them!!!!

Remember the Poppy bud...?

And here is the Poppy.  We are sad though, since we had a lot of them, and many seem to not have made it.  -sigh-

Another before-Juicing...

"Uncle A." made his from-scratch Spaghetti and Meatballs and Sausage again.  Yummmmm....  He makes his own sauce, using organically grown, canned tomatoes.  And the meatballs are from grass fed  beef.  With the *bread crumbs* being of my G/F Pretzel Sticks, ground up into a crumb mixture, so I can eat the Meatballs.  The hot Sausage is made from organically grown chicken.

I don't eat the Hot Sausage but it gives a nice "extra" taste to the sauce, from simmering in the sauce pan.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!   DEEEEEEEELICIOUS!  And makes 2 meals.

On the Paleo "Auntie" thing....  Agave is a form of sugar replacement which is written of and sold, at the Healthy Eating store.  It's from Mexico but is guaranteed organically grown.  I have yet to bake with the Agave.  But I will.... 

Actually, so far, I really love the effect of Honey, as a sugar substitute in my decaf.  I know!  I know!  Honey is sweet, sweet, sweet.  But it's more natural than the sugar we buy in the grocery store. 

Frog Rescue 101 ,-)

Silly frogs get into the pool.  "Uncle A." has to rescue them. 

The pool is still filling up with water.  When water level reaches the spout holes (???), he can turn the pump on, and the skimmer will start working.  The water will circulate.  He can add chlorine and etc.

You never completely drain a Gunnite Pool.  It's a form of cement and... You leave some water in it, all winter.  Due to a small cover mishap this year, the water level was way down this spring.  I took a pic, just because it's unique.

No only am I enjoying baking Paleo, for myself, I'm baking regular Muffins for "Uncle A." too.  I found a basic muffin recipe, which one can change by additions.  Added organic blueberries.  Think next time, I'll add less blueberries!!!  -grin-  And put a dollop of Lemon Curd into each muffin.  So there is a *surprise,* when he bites into them. 

Gals like my Dear Friend Joyce, at Octoberfarm blog, love to cook/bake.  Joyce, I am actually learning to love baking too!!!!!!  It is like a Brand New Thing, to me.  The enjoyment of it, I mean.  I've baked all my married life.  But now...  But now...  But now...  It is fun!!!!!!!!!  

Lunch.   To be juiced.  We only Juice one meal a day.  In that meal, we consume so many more fruits and veggies, than we'd ever eat regularly.  

Perhaps that's just us.  Perhaps you eat all the recommended fruits/veggies a day.  We don't.  Now we do.

Plus we chew, at breakfast and dinner.  Often having a salad, with dinner.

-sigh-  We intended to bring home lots of pink Wave Petunias, with some purple.  But when they came out, they all look mostly purple.  -pout-  So, we got some very PINK ones, for sure, to add.  Still have to plant them...

Dear Granddaughter Emma, whose pic I used the other day...  Out the window pic...  Cause I still don't like to show face pics, of "Grands" in school.  Well last evening we went next door, to CONGRATULATE Emma (finishing 9th grade) and Jake (finishing 7th grade) for winning School Work Awards!  

They both got Awards, and Jake got 6 Top Subjects!  Whooo-hooo..

Emma had some news for us.  :-)  She has a new boyfriend.  (Yes, I asked her if I could put this in my blog, and she gave me permission, to do so.)  He goes to a different school.  But they attend the same Church and are in the Church Youth Group.  Naturally her parents and his parents, know each other.  We look forward to meeting him, this summer. 

Yes, I am a "goosey-goosey," to get so excited about this.  But it's part of growing up, part of kid's growing up, and a nice part.  Especially when two nice kids can spend time together.

Thank you Emma, for letting me post this.  :-))))))))))  You know your 'Nana' loves-you-to-pieces.