A Perfect Fall Weekend!
Nicole and I whisking the grands (after their soccer games) off for an Afternoon of backroads photography...playgrounds and parks.
The colours are creeping in now...everything is beautiful!
Yeah it was kind of like that! And soon we are headed to the Orchard for Pumpkins. Ended the day with Home-Made Ginger-Molasses Cookies
(...recipe to follow....)
Sunday...very slow and laid back.
Brought in some of the Morning Glory Seed Pods to dry...and there are hundreds still out there to bring in later.
Which becomes this next year...and there are plenty to share.
And pruned the Bayberry Bushes and Roses.
And trying my hand at rooting the cuttings this year. Pinterest says it works. We will see.
Also weeded and tidied the border and trimmed back my variegated Ivy that was slowly eating my boulders and Seiseki stone. A little looks charming...but this had enveloped everything kind of like kudzu.
Trimmings, I am also rooting in water to sprig and pot later.
Started that new Warhol book "The Trip" by Debbie Davis...about his Coast to Coast Adventure in the 1960's from New York to California.
And finally managed to start my second Impressionist Canvas which will eventually be "Early Evening Skies (with Lilies) on the Pond" A work in progress...just beginning with the sky that will be filpped to create the illusion of reflections.
More as it emerges.
And, as I promised...
Grandma Rose's Ginger Spiced Molasses Cookies
1 1/2 cup of flour.
1 stick of butter
1 whole egg.
1 tsp. ginger (ground)
1 tsp. cinnamon.
1 tsp. cloves (ground)
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup Blackstrap Molasses.
1/2 tsp. baking powder.
pinch salt.
2 tablespoons milk.
Mix together and drop by rounded tablespoon full on a baking sheet.
Sprinkle tops with sanding sugar.
Bake for 15 -18 minutes at 350 degrees.
Cool before removing from pan.
Enjoy!
(this dough freezes well)
Soon to call it an evening...French Wine and Cheese tasting next weekend!
More anon...
