Friday, June 1, 2012

Forever Memories

Matilda and Larry have a special friend.
He reads books to Matilda while she is visiting us,
and
his name is Greysac.The mellow dragon.
Greysac is the biggest hand held puppet I have ever seen.
The interesting thing is,
these three are a trio now.....
I can only imagine the most wonderful books that they will
discover, love, hike through, learn from,
and make forever memories with.
From the left:
Greysac, Matilda & Larry
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Have a wonderful day.
Love you.
Me



Thursday, May 31, 2012

Slow Moments

I was going to start today by complaining about time.
Maybe finding a quote, by someone famous
about how time slips away from us unexpectedly.
But after thinking about it,
we are are all experiencing the same thing.
Perhaps that is why I always have a camera?
I catch moments to relive later.
May I relive a few here today?
On Monday I went to work with Larry.
We flew to Amarillo, TX,
where we unloaded a truck full of food
for a customer who was opening a new restaurant.
{note, Screaming Man came with me}
After the unload,
Larry took me to Cadillac Ranch.
I was amazed and thrilled.
Larry tried the perspective thing.....
it did not work very well.
{you have to love him for trying}
I LOVED the cars in a row....
This idiot {forgive me, but he was an idiot}
 was swinging a golf club from the top of a car
while his friend took pictures.
Nice of him to dress up for the occasion.
This experience was wonderful for me.
Line, texture, color....
it took my breath away in the most unusual way.
Screaming Man at Cadillac Ranch.
Screaming Man had a tantrum when it was time to leave.
{he really just fell in the dirt.I did not want to leave either.}
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Larry and I took a stinky day and made it fun,
by stopping for a few moments at the Ranch.
Maybe we all can slow things down by making a few moments of our day special?
It is up to you to make a few moments slow and special.
I know that you can do it.
Love you.
Me

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

J'aime Des Pains de Chocolat
A recipe
This is one thing that I make, that tastes like France.
Please do not ask me where the recipe came from.
A magazine years ago.(20 years) Who can remember?
Twenty years ago, the girls were not interested
when I made anything that was labeled a "muffin"......
Today is different.
I deliver muffins to my precious family
and
they enjoy the left overs with a smile.
I hope you enjoy......
French Chocolate Muffins
Ingredients
2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa(Ghirardelli Cocoa is the best for this recipe)
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs
1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
DIRECTIONS
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
In another bowl, whisk in the eggs, sour cream, water, milk, oil and vanilla.
Stir into dry ingredients just till moistened.
Fold in chocolate chips.
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Fill paper lined muffin cups two thirds full.
Bake at 325 degrees for 20-25 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clean.
Cool for 5 minutes before removing to wire racks.
makes 24 of my favorite muffins.
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Have a lovely day.
Love you.
Me