Wordless Wednesday August 15, 2018

2018 Photo Project

Photo #207

 

What ever you do....do not drop the cake! 

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Once again on the road......

Alpen Glow on Mt Shasta

Once again we've worked hard and deserve a little break.

This time we are headed to Bend, Baker City and eventually

Portland, Oregon for a friends wedding.  

We will be gone for 8 days and I doubt I'll be doing a lot

of blogging. If I do....be pleasantly surprised.

Meanwhile have a great week !!!

 Road Work Ahead-Expect Delays...

Hwy 97 June 2012

Lemon Marmalade Extravaganza

When you have lemons ....make Marmalade!

(And use Meyer Lemons !)

A summer wedding prompted

 this marathon of Meyer Lemon Marmalade making 

The facts:

9 batches of marmalade to make 132 4 oz jars

Took 81 lemons= 9 lemons each batch

22.5 cups of sugar= 2.5 cups each batch

27 cups of water = 3 cups water each batch

We used the wonderful Pomona's Universal Pectin

and used only 5 or maybe 6 boxes total!

Follow their directions!!!

It's a wonderful pectin and I will never use any other.

and it really helps to have Chef Jay's kitchen available!

It took us a total of just 6.5 hours from start to finish

Notice please I am now allowing myself a beer! Whew!

Here's a photo of the marvelous pectin!

Used so little sugar compared to other

dextrose laden pectins- which made

our Marmalade much healthier and tastier.

So- where's the sunshine and lounging chairs????

Happy Weekend everyone!

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Those Perfect Shoes

Magpie #16

Looking in the closet

Searching in the dark

Where are those perfect shoes

For dancing in the park?

When did I wear them last

With my slinky black dress

Oh yes, we were at that spring wedding

That you attended under duress

You admitted it was perfect

Seeing two people so much in love

Sharing their star studded evening

With the moon shining brightly above

And so we danced that evening

Remembering our own special night

When we had a star studded evening

And everything was just right.

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Please check out Magpie Tales for more stories and poems

You can find Willow's link in the column to the right.

I have had great fun participating in this writers blog.

Thanks Willow!