RECIPE - - -A POST SCRIP JUST FOR YOU

It is still Tuesday and I have been busy chasing webs from the corners and dusting around which is a hopeless task but a necessary one.   I decided I would bake some cranberry breads and they are in the oven right now.  So, in case  you are interested in a very, very old recipe....about sixty years....Minnie shared it and it turned out to be a favorite and a lovely little hostess gift.  It was always fun to send the folks home with a treat .

Cranberry Bread  ----Oven 325 degrees for  40 minutes.     I double the recipe and use loaf pans.

three cups of flour
1 cup of sugar
4 teaspoons of baking powder
1 teaspoon of salt
1 cup of cranberries cut in halves
1 teaspoon of lemon juice  or you can add the juice of two oranges.
1 egg
1 and 1/4 cup of milk.

Mix together and fill your tins and bake.  

You can add nuts if you like.  I like it plain. I like it warm.  I like it toasted.   I just like it.  Hope you will too.
Happy Thanksgiving  and Merry Christmas .

Hugs to all.

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Sheila's latest picture.   This lovely lady is very thoughtful and such fun.   She lives in Port Orchard and right now is probably planning her Thanksgiving Day menu as she does every year and invites friends in to share.  I was visiting up there last year and got to sit  at her table and I have to tell you it  was a banquet.   I met some lovely people and had such a good time.   My daughter Christine 's long time friend.   Sheila sent me the newspaper clipping of Christine's 'Woman of the Year' write up and it  was a lovely surprise to read that my daughter gave me credit for being a good example.  One of her memories was of the 'adopted families' we shared many a holiday meal with, and the times we volunteered to work at the school and the church.   A lifetime of memories comes to mind.   Know that volunteering begets a bouquet of love.   

The change of seasons.   What a novel picture.   Makes one appreciate  the change of seasons in our life.   Fall with it's glorious colors and the beauty of the very first snow fall.   

A truism.    Silence has a calming effect on our body and souls.    It isn't often that we hear it, but when we do we really appreciate the solitude.

A lovely picture of a seagull.     They fly into the Port by the hundreds and invite you to share their ocean.   They  love attention and love to be fed.   They have an ocean full of food, but they want your company and your treat.   It is such fun to watch them glide around the skies when the wind is blowing.  They seem to float.   They really are graceful birds and glide into a landing while the Pelican , another majestic bird, plops down like a dropped rock.   There is a huge field where they congregate and rest up before taking flight again.   

I have one eye open now that it is almost six a.m.   Reading at three a.m. is a good past time but it doesn't make for good dreams when you are reading about murder and mayhem.    I am reading a book titled "Basilica" by William D. Montalbando.  I picked it up a the Star of the Sea Catholic Church rummage sale room.    I don't think the priest would be happy with its contents.  How much is history, mystery and truth or imagination of the author is a mystery in itself.      

I'm off to have my coffee and wake up.    How lucky or unlucky you are to share my words so early in the day . . . wonder what I would write if I were really awake. . . smile!   I have chores to do, hopefully I will get some done today.   I have a tendency these days to play Scarlet and wait until tomorrow . . . doesn't catch the dust kitties that way.   I need to go shopping for some of the little tinfoil pans so I can make up some cranberry breads for the upcoming holiday.   I might even make some date and nut bread, one of my favorites.    But . . . the proverbial but . . . I may finish the novel and start in on one of those Clyde Cussler novels I found.   I may do it all.   How about you?  Are  you up to mischief today or are  you going to buckle down and get a few chores done?    Whatever you decide, be gracious, be a cheer leader and cheer your family and friends on today.   Give them a boost of spirit along with a hug or two.    And, it is good to be on the receiving end.   Hugs to all.

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Angie went fishing again.    I didn't hear if she caught anything though.   All I did hear was that she had fun in the sun and worked hard to try and catch a ling.   Check Angie out on Facebook as she has a little video of her dog Queso meeting her grand nephew , a little tiny guy who was up to the task. 

I wonder why it takes one so long to learn that lesson.    You are the only one who can walk your own path.  It is always nice to know you have family and friends in the background with love and hugs to spur you on....but, only you can walk your own path and choose the life you are satisfied with.  

ah those word problems;   mysteries. 

A new week starting, getting closer to Thanksgiving and decisions on when to shop, what to buy, how many are coming, who is bringing what  and is all the best dishes ready or do they need washing since you haven't used the good china for a year.   Time to make the list , baking items first , size of turkey second, what vegetables other than Hubbard squash which is now selling over two dollars a pound.   I guess we will go back to Bell squash, it is tasty enough.   Cranberry sauce vacillates between two for five dollars or a dollar and forty nine cents and it  'used' to be eighty nine cents. I know, you are sick and tired of my finding fault with prices, but I really don't like to be feeding into the greed that exists in our world.    It just is not 'fair' for some folks to make millions of dollars, like the athlete playing a game he loves,and a hard working man can't make enough to feed his family. A little injustice in life.    So that leads the mind set on hoping the athlete will help fill those little red kettles around town this holiday season and that hard working man will be in line for some food to feed his family.   I'd really like it better if the jobs were available and the poor man could get one and a decent wage and be strong and independent in his own right.    I can't think of a soul who likes to beg, borrow or steal when he can 'fend' for himself and stand tall.  All this rhetoric because of the raised prices of those that have against those who have not .    The managers probably go home with free food, the clerks with a rake off of a few cents and we the consumers pick up the tab for it all.   My, what would I do without my 'soap-box'. . . I hope you never find out.     SO. . . a good deed today and one every day as you fight the fight to live and let live.    Be kind, be gentle, be a person everyone looks up to.   Find reasons to share and care and keep some loose change in your pocket for those little red buckets outside the stores this holiday season.   It is good to be generous!  Hugs to all.

Hello!!

Of course there is . . . all we have to do is think about it;  look for it;  and be grateful that we have so  much to be thankful for.

A truism.    It is okay to acknowledge an actor who brought so much laughter and life to the screen and entertained u s over the ears... but, our soldiers give so much more and they deserve to be acknowledged and honored by each and everyone of us.  So light a candle for those who gave their lives;  others who gave their sight and limbs;  and those who retain the horrors of war within their minds.   Donating to the  Paralyzed Veterans or the Wounded Warriors doesn't seem to be much of a burden for us to participate in.   The VA should be doing a bigger and better job of caring for our veterans, and if we are sending more young men into harms way we should free them to do their job.   

I may have shown this picture before but it popped up again and is much to beautiful not to admire one more time.   This time it has a caption about 'snow in Oregon' ;  getting ready for the ski season and what better way to show a snowy mountain side.

So get out your skies , sleds, inner-tubes, heavy duty clothing and don't forget the mittens and plan a ski trip or two up into the mountains.    I wonder how they are doing in Nevada.   I hope the snow pack is a good one this  year.   

My trip over to the high school for the Christmas bazaar  was all I expected it to be.  The room was very warm, no air, and crowded both with lookers, some buyers,  and some booths had cards to hand out so you could order and they would do the work of delivering;  a good idea as it really saves time and money and energy in the long run.    There was one called "OtterBee's" Farm and Fungi and they had samples of  dried fruits dipped in chocolate that was very delicious.  They had packages of mixes for soups and other dishes.   Another was the Light House which had jars of jams and relishes and sauces that looked inviting.  Both on the internet so if you are looking for something a bit different , check it out.   I got in my walking exercise as there are two buildings to go through and when I came out to meet Pat at the car, I took a wrong turn and found myself in the back parking lot with a fence you couldn't open or climb to reach the front sidewalk, so, I had to walk all the way back around the building to the get to the street side.  We had parked across the street at the Church sale and walked over.  I had a chance to count my blessings as it was not raining.   So . . . go, count your blessings and enjoy the sights and sounds of  your holiday bazaars.    You will be sure to meet someone you haven't seen in awhile and you can get in a bear hug or two.   Hugs to all.

History

Hard to imagine that the Huge Harley David Company started out in this little cracker box.   Baby, look at them now!!

This is Mt . Rushmore before the faces were sculptured.   Someone had a good eye and knew just where to build a fabulous monument .

Reminds me of the day my son was showing me how to use the computer and told me to concentrate on  the screen and follow the words on it.  I wanted to be smart, bright and intelligent  and when he said "now hit the 'enter' key" which I couldn't find on the screen . . . he reached over and hit the key on the keyboard . . . I felt  so dumb . . . but it wasn't on the screen . . . how was I to know.   I know where it is now as well as the on and off button.   Now if I could get the computer to cooperate and not do such strange things we might  get along a little better.   Oh to be computer literate!!

I was sent an attachment of wonderful pictures of Iceland.  I put them into the picture library so I could put them on the blog but the computer change has created a problem we have not found an answer to as yet .   The picture comes up in the library as a brightly colored circle;  it doesn't convert back into a picture for me to show you.   Once in awhile one will open and I have no clue.   Just another bump in the computer lane.  Hope my expert can fix it, long distance.

The weekend is here to enjoy.   The weather is iffy but that is no biggy...smile.    The Christmas bazaars are at the school today.  Pat and I will probably go take a peek and see if there is some new artisans at work.   It is never to early to look.

Go, find a bazaar or two in your neck of the woods.    We do have to support our community.   Don't forget the good deed of the day;  make it two today .    If you see someone with a 'hang-dog' look, go over and give them a walk in hug and let them know the end of the world is not here.   It is a new weekend to spend your seconds as you like . . . make them all worth wild.    Those three little words make our world go around and around....."I love you." and I do!!   Hugs to all.