Happy Birthday My Love....

Happy Halloween Weekend everyone!....and a sweet, quiet Birthday wish to my Love...

We are blessed to share this birthday together...

I shall remember it always.

Hugs, Kathy.

ARE YOU GOING ?...

It's that time of year again.....

Are you going?
To the parade...

On THANKSGIVING DAY! ?...

In the Big Apple....

It's always been on my Bucket List....

Are you going?

Ever been?

I think about it every year this time....maybe next year.

Happy week!

xoxo~Kathy.

A RED SKY AND A RECIPE...

My Sailor Husband always says..."Red sky at morning, Sailor take warning"...he's right, we've a Rainy Saturday here in Michigan....

A cozy, INSIDE ...stay in your Jammies and BAKE day...

APPLE GLAZED COOKIES...

I'd be happy to share my recipe...

1/2 cup softened butter,

1 egg,

1 tesp. baking soda,

1/2 tesp. salt,

1 1/3 cup brown sugar,

2 cups flour,

1 tesp. cinnamon,

1/2 tesp. cloves,

1/4 tesp. nutmeg,

1 cup finely chopped and peeled apples,

1 cup raisens,

1 cup chopped walnuts,(optional),

1/4 cup milk.

Mix altogether...may need a little additional flour.

Bake @ 375 for approx. 10 min. til nicely browned.

COOL...then

GLAZE with :

1 1/2 cup powdered sugar,

1 Tabsp. softened butter,

1/2 tesp. vanilla,

2 1/2 Tabsp. milk, ............ I add a little cinnamon to my glaze too.

whip by hand and drizzel over cookies...

MMMMmmmmm...hard NOT to EAT the whole batch!

especially on a RAINY SATURDAY!

Let me know how you like em!

hugs, Kathy.

QUEEN...

Some days it's just good to be QUEEN !

Sparkly Tuesday to you ....

xoxo~Kathy.

Year of the Digits...

Jeanne d' Arc Living claimed 2010 the Year of the "Digit"....
Certainly have seen the numbers everywhere this year....
Painted my gourd and printed a Digit.

This candle pumpkin WAS orange....


Took my pumpkins to the "Pastel" beauty parlor this year...

very French...don't you think?

Let's hear it for the Fall Decorating!!!!!!
xoxo~Kathy.

AUTUMN LOVE AND LIFE...

Autumn love...

Some Basement love....Yes, I made the quilt a while back...fun.

LIFE is happening in our family for the next few days...

We're going to SHOW UP.

See you in a couple...

xoxo~Kathy

MUSINGS...

Summers last bloom...

A time when nature shares her gifts...



Finally being able to reach the leaves...

Blazing trees...

Leaves...bonfires...marshmallows...pumpkins...apples...cider...donuts...hayrides...crisp air...

AUTUMN... this one has been a charmer ...

xoxo~Kathy

A BOUNTIFUL DAY...

You've met my Fall Decorating helper...Autumn Annie.

Seems she's gotten herself all tied up over all this work I've loaded on her..( her words...)

So in the spirit of Fall and because I'm such a NICE person to work for....I put her in the car and took her for a ride to visit the "Farmers Market" in downtown Cadillac.

Give her a well deserved break ...as she put it.
I'm sure you all have a local Market loaded with the Earths Bounty...just waiting to be whipped up into the most delectable entrees ...and served on your beautiful fall tablescapes.

Our Market is held on Tuesdays and Fridays...until "Old Man Winter ' nudges his way in.

Sorry...didn't mean to say the W. word....ick.

Hope your weekend was FULL of FALL....

xoxo~Kathy.

BREAKING THE RULES...

I found this sweet lamp stand at a Garage sale this summer and just never could decide on the right shade for it...Then I remembered picking up this shade skeleton for another project and sat that on top....of course one thing leads to another....
This little pink hat was just perfect.....
Who says you can't have two lamps on a table?...

The trick is to use PINK lightbulbs....

Gives a dreamy glow to the room....I'm all about the dreamy.

Fun to think outside the box...and break a few rules!

Happy Friday sweeties!

AUTUMN...

A little fall in the house...

Saw the graduated book stacking in the latest Country Home Mag...

Gave that a try...

They topped theirs off with a stuffed chicken!..who stuffs those?

I opted for a pearlized pumpkin...

Painted and crackeled the leaves...
added ribbons to the pumpkie...

Always a challenge to Fallerize in whites and pastels...

I figure most anything can be painted...

Just a little of what's been keeping my hands and head busy.

xoxo~kathy.