What do you do on Ascension Day when you are stuck inside with a sick kid? You do all things domestic. So today I continued with my "beefing up breakfast" obsession. I started with this. I used yogurt, blueberries and milk to make smoothies and then poured them into pops. A few hours later this. […]
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Granola
Since I’ve been thinking of breakfast lately I thought I would try out making some homemade granola. I’ve never done it but I know that it is supposed to be easy. It was. Here is the recipe I came up with: 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats1 cup of mixed nuts/seeds (I had some peanuts, […]
Pound Cake for Breakfast
Great minds think alike. My dear friend Dawn wrote a great breakfast post this morning. The very day I was going to post my breakfast pound cake recipe. I make this once in a while and it is nice for breakfast or tea time. I usually put it together the night before because it really tastes […]
Poetry Friday
Today is the first performance! In honor of that I give you Puck… FROM A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAMAct 5, Scene 1, Lines 365 -384 Puck prepares for the fairy blessings of the three weddings. The blessings will banish all threats to the lover’s happiness. Now the hungry lion roars,And the wolf behowls the moon;Whilst the […]
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Today was the opening performance of Shakespeare at the Cottage. A quiet moment of prayer before the curtain opens. Titania’s welcome Theseus, Hippolyta and Philostrate. Hermia, Egeus, Lysander and Demetrius Holding court Scene change courtesy of some fairies and hobgoblins. The players, Nick Bottom, Francis Flute, Starveling, Peter Quince, Snug and Snout Puck Music provided […]