A Little More Bakin'

Gentle Friends,  Sunday rolled around just as wet as Saturday...  the weather was not going not to deter us...so it was up, out and off to early Mass (the rain kept away most of the folks we generally see,  the 8:00 am Mass usually has about 50 or so people but, this past wet Sunday there were only about 20 with a couple of late stragglers)  ...then is was off to breakfast and back home again.

I was still in the baking mood so I whipped up this treat....

 "Southern Pecan Pound Cake"  I found the recipe HERE on The Country Cook Blog, 

cooling on a wire rack.....

... after making a pot of tea, the cake had cooled enough to cut and was just delicious!!  I love pound cake and I think that the pecan is just about the most perfect nut there is, so together they make a really super duper cake!!!!!

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks again for stopping by, do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Rainy Day Treat

Gentle friends, it was a wet weekend and after our running around Saturday morning

 ...we headed home...

... I got a wild hair and felt like some shortbread and tea.....  so I hauled out the "Spring Flowers" pan and whipped up some, then made a pot of delicious Vanilla/Lavender tea, settled in with a movie on the tube and watched the rain pour down all afternoon........

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Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Soft Lovely Day

Gentle Friends, we're enjoying some lovely "liquid sunshine" for the next few days....

... this was taken a couple of hours ago here at work.....  no washing the car this weekend!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Chocolate

Gentle Friends, a little back story...one of Rico's many jobs where he works is to acquire corporate presents and things...after a bit of research into some high end chocolates here in the city he decided on a really nice one called Recchiuti Confections.  They have only two stores - one in Dog Patch (an  up and coming area in the City) and one at the Ferry Building... we chose...

 ... the Ferry Building... after finding parking we walked along the Embarcadero  

there were some great views of Bay Bridge and Treasure Island... the weather was really lovely as it was still a few hours before the rain started... 

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 .... inside the store the back wall is covered with drawings and descriptions of the chocolates they make....and in the front the glass topped counter ....

 has plates full of all the different chocolate pieces that were available on Saturday...the store is not big, but full of beautifully filled and beribboned boxes of all sorts of treats...

 ... one of the seasonal things that was in stock were the Key Lime Pears.  We got a dozen boxes of "Red Wine Pairing" chocolates and then it was my turn. 

 Now you know me - if I'm going to drag my cookies all they way downtown 

I'm gonna need some sort of treat!!!

I looked around and was going for the Key Lime pears but then spotted some Orange Peel, 

and I do love orange peel........

... so a box of the stuff came home with me!!  It is some really delicious stuff and I am savouring each piece!

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That's about it for today sports fans, there are so many other chocolate places we should visit, but that's for other days in the future.  Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, here's where I left off last night on Santa's Village... 

... I tried quite a few motifs in the corners, starting with just lines against lines, that looked a bit on the raw side, then I tried trees, bells, stars...and the hearts seem to fit - at least for me they work and I'm the one to please...only three more cottages........

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Sorry the post is on the  late side,m but I've had no Internet either at home or at work all day...... how could we function before the computer........... Thanks for stopping by, dos top again!!

Take care,

edgar

Thrifty Thursday

Gentle Friends, although there were no "local" estate sales, I was till able to find some fun stuff at the Consignment and thrift stores.....

 ... a couple of Victorian Oyster Plates, three great pieces of Heisey, a couple of pieces of transferware and some fun DVD's....

 ... it's so hard to take a photo of glass so here's a better shot of the glass pieces... and...

... and a much better shot of the oyster plates.  I was really surprised to find these, when I bought them they still had wire plate hangers on them and were quite dusty, so they have been unused and on the someones wall for years. 

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by dos stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

Rip-it Rip-it Rip-it

Gentle Friends,  I've been having a time with the frog.....

.... stitching and froging large portions of the border and corners at least twice - I just can't get to something I like and that seems to fit the "Village"...  I think last night I hit on something, a little on the simple side - but - I'll see and live with it for a few days.....

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by!!

Take care,

edgar