Kidding around

Last week's bears heading out in their velvet bow ties.

Random craftiness

Last week flew by followed by a busy weekend. Spring is arriving fast these days. The hens have gone into high production after taking the winter off. The robins are back; and the deer are out in force eating the new grass and getting ready for babies. 

The baby goats are at a farm on the other side of the hill from us. They've had nine kids in the last four days. Mom and I went and fawned all over them. Drank goat's milk and ate far too much Dill Chevre while we were there.  By the time we had made it home we'd mentally redesigned the barn for goat housing and a small milking parlor.  It was a lovely afternoon with the goats but I think for now we'll be visiting them when we go to get fresh cheese. 

On Sunday we had Easter with friends and sat in the sun on the deck. It was glorious!

Friday List

view from the creek

What I've been doing/looking at lately

• Preparing for Flu season
• took the wet dog smell out of the house
• new favorite hat---- never falls off and keeps my ears warm
• Impossibly Easy breakfast ---- make sure the cat doesn't dig the sausage out
• English Muffin Bread
• Filderkraut Hillmar Cabbage - -- the seed books are coming
• Ditched the Fresh Step for Cedar fresh
• Grandma had a lot of imagination 

Gone to the birds

I think the rain may have melted my brain. I have crocheted a bird house. The original pin is shown below. I used up a skein of mystery acrylic brown thinking it would weather well. Besides birds are messy; I'm hoping the brown will hide the poo. It's hung under cover on my side porch, right under a half finished Swallow nest

                                                              Source: madamebarry.tumblr.com via Dancing on Pinterest

Do more, Stare less

Pinterest is not and obsession as long as I use my pins. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Source: healthyrecipesblogs.com via Dancing on Pinterest

Greek Yogurt Biscuits

I made these as part of Mother's Day breakfast. I rarely make biscuits; being a descendant of peasant stock and not wishing to resemble a biscuit. But it was Mother's Day so I tested it out. It's fabulous! The yogurt, regular non- greek works too, seems to act as insurance against the absent minded cook. I over mixed and over browned a batch and it still turned out moist and delicious. Yippee.  They are especially good with Apricot Jam.

I also used the Crustless Broccoli Quiche recipe. I added some bacon in with the broccoli. No reason to go overboard with the healthy stuff.

For these and other recipes go to: Healthy Recipes Blog