Saturday, February 16, 2013

Valentines!

The Family

I made my own meals this week no recipes.  First night was baked Zitti with four cheese sauce, mushrooms  garlic, fresh spinach and garlic and cheese sausage  .  Night two was Spaghetti with chicken, bacon and mushroom, tomato and parm cheese.  Then it was a lovely breakfast!  bacon eggs and English muffins.
I'm pondering making a cookbook gift with my recipes and photos.  who knows

Viola went home this week to become a service dog hopefully we will be able to follow her progress!


Valentines were made!

We made strawberry popcorn and it was delightful!





Tuesday, January 15, 2013

fun stuff

So we once again made some yummy popcorn, this time with candy apple coating..who knew!!

And then it was 50 degrees outside in January in Maine!!

 






Wednesday, January 9, 2013

uh oh!

seems people are reading and i'm not posting!  UhOh!    Here I am, we aren't off to a good start, nasty sickness going around the house.  But 2 days before the new year I ran for dog transport in the middle of the night in the middle of a snow storm to pick up 6 very stinky dogs in Kittery.  What a wild night.
Haylee was still awake waiting for the puppies when I arrived home after 1am.  

I brought 2 darlings puppies home with me fore the night and sent the rest off with Julie Damon of http://www.beaubuddyrescue.com/  One was ours to foster and the other was going to another kind soul  Well....Stormy Since he had no name and it was one helluva ride isn't leaving.
Weeee not exactly what I was planning...but he's a delight and so laid back!
So due to being sick I haven't gotten terribly motivates but we started this week off right.
I made meatballs on Sunday for meatball subs, Yum and we just ate the rest with spaghetti tonight.  I've cooked a chicken with a lovely paprika rub we have one of our own birds left.  Then I need to find the best deal on local chicken.


Paprika, sea salt, and Italian seasoning, a little olive oil rubbed on the bird first, I prefer coconut oil but I'm out.  The gravy was wonderful and I also roasted a head of garlic inside.

We had an attack on our duck Sally this past weekend, she got a terrible head wound.  I brought her inside because i was to be at a photoshoot just after this happened.  I expected we would loose her when we got home.  She was well, we cleaned her up and Tony stopped and talked to our friends at http://www.dehleranimalclinic.com/ and the recommended a sugar bandage, not much else to be done.  So we wrapped her in sugar and honey after consulting our friend Google.  Today 3 days later she is eating and drinking and even cleaning tonight.  We built her a box and she's staying in for a while at least until she starts quacking really loud!



Monday, December 31, 2012

This the end....

TWENTY TWELVE
Shall come to a close.  I've not blogged as much as I would like but what is new.  The holidays were wonderful , well really most of it has been wonderful, ups and downs and around the barns but mostly forward and even.  I'd like to see it that way for the 2013. 
I have dreams of compiling a cook book for holiday gifts next year,  We do allot of cooking and I think most of it is pretty good.  :) 
Then I'd like to be a better Fly baby and follow my fly lady better.
 Other wise there are no real resolutions, continue the way we are going and eat better, more organic and local, raise more of our own meat, and veggies, foster more wonderful dogs and help as many as we can.  More photography, do more of what I love. 
Mayzee our southern girl loves the snow!!!

I picked up this cutie in the snow storm the other day straight from North Carolina, he is getting used to the cold. 


Wednesday, December 26, 2012

way behind but i'll catch up

First T-shadow came

then Timmy, who will be next?

I made Grapefruit mimosas for Christmas from fresh squeezed grapefruits!  sooo yummy!!



Wednesday, October 24, 2012

blog slacker!!

Yup that's me!  We've been busy as always, the garden is almost put to bed, I've been shooting a tony of pictures and making pumpkin things in the kitchen!  Pumpkin muffins from this recipe.  Pumpkin muffins, pumpkin chocolate chip cookies too!  I think it might be time for a good ole fashion chocolate chip cookie as well.  I'm supposed to be doing the biggest looser at work, I'll probably be the biggest looser by not loosening any!  Plus if I loose that last 15 pounds that I can't seem to then my clothes that already are too big really wont fit...
Today I shall roast another chicken from our flock.  We will be raising two sets i believe next year.  I'm going to slather him with coconut oil.
our newest foster puppy BRODY

food coloring milk and something else experiment

Fall Zinnias 

Crazy lady and her camera

Princess!
I have plans for yummy granola bars and chicken soup before the week is out and I shall get the camera out!