any day is a good day to live

each day i wake i'm groggy want to back to sleep
so i push myself up and before you know it i'm
glad to awake alive  and sipping my morning tea
in the garden the nice weather has that effect on me
i love watching my little plants growing and glistening
with dew ...i daydream about picking the first berry
tomatoe pepper etc. life is good
like the old saying "we reap what you sow"
i believe this in all things...

sorry for the delay computer issues

here is the clothespin hanger...any wire hanger  bend to shape
make a bag out of cotton (dryes quick) and a square neck opening fit hanger inside you can embellish or line it but this works fine and its super easy...

Lavender Shortbread cookies

Lavender Shortbread



3 Tbsp. fresh organic Lavender flowers


OR 1 1/2 Tbsp. dried organic Lavender flowers


1 cup butter


1/4 cup  cornstarch


1/2 cup icing sugar


1 1/2 cups flour




Set oven at 325° F.


Use food processor to blend chilled butter (not room temperature) plus Lavender flowers, icing sugar & cornstarch. Add half the flour amount
Pulse gently until roughly cut into a “crumbly” texture. Blend in remainder of flour until it “balls” into a smooth dough. Roll in a wax paper log like frozen cookie dough. CHILL 40 MINUTES.


Cut into 1/2 inch rings, bake on ungreased cookie sheet (i use parchment paper)
until just golden on the bottom. Aprox 20 minutes.
Cool before handling. Makes aprox 30. Store in tight tin.




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sharing recipes on a beautiful spring day

Lavender-Lemon Curd

1/2 cup of real butter


1¼ cup white sugar


2 lemons, rind & juice up to 1/2 cup


4 well beaten eggs


pinch of salt


1 TBSP dried lavender flowers or 3 TBSP fresh


Use a double boiler; bring water underneath to a boil then lower to simmer.


Place butter & sugar first in the top pot to melt together, and then add the rest of the ingredients.


Whisk gently until smooth and thickened.


Pour through a sieve over a heat proof bowl then spoon into two clean jam jars and cool. Keep refrigerated…about a week if you are lucky!

spring musings

the weather is perfect and still i'm waiting to plant
i love putting in all the veggies and flowers
hopefully next weekend??

its still alittle to cool. but i love the pink snow..

feels like summer

thank the lord spring has sprung
and its glorious the trees are
blooming white and pink
its so inspiring and beauty ,
you can feel the energy all
around you.
everything is colorful
and alive .

rain

rain rain go away..its been raining for two days and i know its great for my plants and garden soil but right about now i need a little sun. this is getting depressing and boring being stuck in the house and its cold.

but enough of the whining i'll just sew and blog....LOL.. and remember last Easter in Prague..