Arts in the Park

The 21st annual Arts in the Park was Saturday. It's a benefit for our library. The library also sells used books which looked to be very popular.

Mom and Donna came up for the day. I think it may be the fourth or fifth time they've come up for Arts in the Park. It was a beautiful sunny day!
I served a lunch of field green's salad and Ham/Cheese/Broccoli Rolls.

The rolls look really nice after baking and tasted great. Although, they were a lot of work and I'm not sure if I would make again.

Hunting Camp

Last Saturday Amie & I went to a "Fall Party" at a members only hunting camp.

Above is the bridge that we walked over to get to the beautiful woods pictured below.
Amie spotted the huge pile of animal droppings. What are they litter box trained?
I loved the bench. Although I don't think it's sound enough for an adult to sit on.

Only 35 minutes from our house & in all my years I've never been to this town before.

A few of the trophies mounted on the front of one of the cabins.

It was a great day in the woods. I want to go camping now! Camping, not hunting.

Morning Fog

Yesterday morning, on my drive to work, I pulled over to attempt a photo of the beautiful morning fog.

I took six photos on three different settings. I have so much to learn with this new camera. I had no idea the learning curve would be so large. Also, I started uploading the photos onto the blog in smaller files, the original photo file is very large. Hope the quality is not diminished.

Wordless Wednesday

Hot Banana Peppers Canned

From start to clean-up finish, three hours.

My eyes were burning, I must have sneezed 20 times.

Working with peppers inside is no easy deal.

Mick thanked me.

I won't eat anything even remotely hot.

I made pints and ended up with 13.

Per quart jar

- 1/2 teaspoon of Oregano (I used fresh from my garden.)

- 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper

- 4 cloves of garlic

- 2 teaspoons of salt

- 4 tablespoons of olive oil

- 1/2 & 1/2 water vinegar solution to fill jars

Let sit two weeks prior to eating.

High School Graduation Party

This party happened in late June. It was a hot Friday evening. Sean had a ball at the party, pun intended.

Kelsey, now a Cornell student with her proud parents.
The "this is your life" photo display. This was not the trend when our kids graduated.

Ke, she traveled the farthest to attend the party, with Dan.

Loved the cupcakes!

I bought the chicken cage at an Antique Show last month. It reminded me of the lobster cages from the New England states. I bought it at the start of the sale and the dealer held it for me until I left, two hours later. He told me he could have sold it three times over within that time. I brought it home and tried to hide it from Mick, with NO success. I'm sure he wishes I wasn't at the sale so early. Anyway, we are going to look for four old iron wheels for the bottom, put glass on the top and use if for a coffee table. I may have to sell it once it's transformed or change out one of our two current tables.