It has been a busy week, together with I was feeling it inward my bones (literally) yesterday. There was something to exercise away from dwelling every 24-hour interval this week. Since I'm something of a homebody, it wears on me later a few days of that. Sue together with I walked yesterday morning, but my rear-end was dragging past times the fourth dimension I got home, together with at that topographic point was all the same enough to do. But first, hither is every blooming affair nosotros saw along the way.
These daisies were interesting. Can y'all regard they are a pale shade of blue? I've never seen wild daisies this colouring inward the wild. These expect every bit if they've been dyed for inclusion inward a floral arrangement. Kind of makes me wonder what they're growing in...whether at that topographic point exists some sort of chemic soup inward this expanse because this is non a colouring ordinarily found inward nature.
Moving on...
These were wild roses.
Ordinarily, Sue together with I alternate walking the Fanno Creek Trail amongst walking the province roads out past times my house. We specifically walked the Fanno Creek Trail 2 weeks inward a row because nosotros idea nosotros mightiness notice the lupine blooming this fourth dimension around. We were sorely disappointed. It was difficult to nation what was going on amongst these. They appear one-half bloomed together with one-half not, together with they were similar that everywhere nosotros saw them.
This was a rose growing inward someone's yard, but this department was spilling over the overstep of a debate into the populace space.
The ladies were to a greater extent than jumpy than usual. I idea at that topographic point mightiness last a brace of newbies inward the pen amongst them.
They acted every bit if they wished we'd only motion along.
This 1 clearly doesn't desire her film posted online. She was real pretty, together with I wished she'd stand upwards up together with motion around a little.
We saw at to the lowest degree iii families of ducks together with 1 menage unit of measurement of geese.
Also, this beaver dam, barely visible through the trees.
I zoomed inward thus y'all could regard how industrious the beavers receive got been edifice their fortress. For every bit oft every bit nosotros regard the beaver dams, you'd recall we'd regard a beaver occasionally. We never do...only testify of beavers.
Back home, some other poppy bloomed. Unless I immature adult woman my guess, some other volition flower today.
So at that topographic point was no sewing, but enough of cooking later I got home. The guys are heading off for a route rally this weekend, together with I receive got the solid to myself for 2 blissful days. Even though I told myself I wasn't going to larn carried away making nutrient for them, I did anyway. My oral cavity seemed to motion all on its ain every bit I said, "I'll brand some lasagna, together with some sandwich filling, together with some breakfast burritos." If I hadn't felt my lips moving, I'd receive got looked behind me to regard who was talking. Anyway...that was how I spent the residual of the day. I didn't accept whatever pictures, but hither are the recipes I used.
First, I made an Overnight Lasagna. This is a recipe I've adapted from a Betty Crocker recipe. It's thus piece of cake to set together, it's the solely lasagna I made whatever more. Here's a film I "borrowed" from the Betty Crocker website:
And here's my adaptation of Betty's recipe. As written here, it should last baked inward a nine x xiii baking dish. Generally, I brand one-half the recipe together with bake it inward an 8 x 8 baking dish.
Overnight Lasagna
adapted from Betty Crocker
serves 12
Ingredients:
1 pound soil beef
1 medium onion (about 1/2 cup), chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
2 jars Commercial spaghetti sauce
12 oven-ready lasagna noodles
1 container creamed cottage cheese (12 oz.)
2 cups Mozzarella cheese (8 oz.), shredded
1/4 loving cup Parmesan cheese, grated
Directions:
Cook together with stir soil beef, onion together with garlic inward Dutch oven until beef is brown; drain. Stir inward spaghetti sauce. Heat to boiling, stirring occasionally; cut heat.
Spread 2 cups of the sauce mixture inward ungreased rectangular baking dish, 13x9x2 inches. Top amongst 4 noodles. Spread one-half of the cottage cheese over noodles; spread amongst 2 cups of the sauce mixture. Sprinkle amongst 1 loving cup of the Mozzarella cheese. Repeat amongst 4 noodles, the remaining cottage cheese, 2 cups of the sauce mixture together with the remaining Mozzarella cheese. Top amongst the remaining noodles together with sauce mixture; sprinkle amongst Parmesan cheese. Cover together with refrigerate upwards to 12 hours.
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Bake covered xxx minutes. Uncover together with bake until hot together with bubbly, xxx to xl minutes longer. Let stand upwards xv minutes earlier cutting.
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Okay, together with and then I made the filling for 1 of Giada de Laurentiis' recipes. Her Curried Chicken together with Apple Wraps are delicious. Here's some other prototype borrowed from the Food Network:
I made upwards the filling, together with the guys tin brand wraps when they're ready. I similar to purpose the spinach tortillas for these. Also available are sun-dried love apple tree tortillas, together with those are skilful too. Also, I brand thus many dissimilar flavors of chutney that I only purpose whatever I receive got opened upwards inward the refrigerator. You needn't experience y'all postulate to purpose mango chutney if y'all receive got something else on hand.
Finally, I made Frozen Breakfast Burritos. I found these on a weblog called Mom's Crazy Cooking some fourth dimension ago. It looks every bit if she's abandoned her blog, but these burritos are a winner. As RVers, these brand an piece of cake breakfast for days when we're on the move. Although her recipe calls for "pineapple salsa," I only purpose regular love apple tree salsa.
So that was a lot of cooking, together with it took upwards the whole day. It's a rare 24-hour interval when there's no sewing...not fifty-fifty slow-stitching. By the fourth dimension I had all that done, I was gear upwards for a nap, together with thus I collapsed on the couch together with didn't motion in 1 trial again until Mike came dwelling amongst a pizza for dinner.
And only now, he said good-bye together with he was on his way to run into upwards amongst the boys, er, men. I don't recall I'll always halt thinking of my 2 sons every bit "boys." Anyway...I receive got the solid to myself for 2 blissful days. Think of the problem I tin larn into. I'll last dorsum amongst a written report tomorrow.
Edited to nation I almost forgot...It's June 1st, which way 2 things. First, it's our solid anniversary. The Three Cats Ranch was established on June 1, 2002, together with thus we've been living hither for 17 years, every bit of today.
And second, it's fourth dimension to select a goal for
Okay, dwelling lone mischief awaits.
Edited to nation I almost forgot...It's June 1st, which way 2 things. First, it's our solid anniversary. The Three Cats Ranch was established on June 1, 2002, together with thus we've been living hither for 17 years, every bit of today.
And second, it's fourth dimension to select a goal for
My personal goal each calendar month is to quilt together with bind 1 quilt, together with to run upwards 1 laid of completed blocks into a flimsy. It occurs to me that each month, I'll select the oldest from the listing of WIPs for my goal. In June, I'll last sewing the Chicken Buffet quilt into a finished flimsy. This quilt was started Feb 27, 2015, together with thus to a greater extent than than 4 years on, it volition last skilful to larn it to the adjacent level. Here are the finished blocks:
Okay, dwelling lone mischief awaits.