A little of this and that

Ed has to do some traveling this week.

I always know what direction he is heading by 

what he packs.

If he's adding his boots,

he's heading out to cowboy country,

 in this case, Wyoming.

We are counting the days for many things this week.

For me it's counting 3 more work days.

I have received so many wonderful comments and 

well wishes from customers. Thank you, all.

For Elizabeth it's counting the days until she meets her

bouncing baby boy Backos face to face.

We can't wait.

It could be any day now.

Should I count how many pumpkin recipes I've made

in the past couple of weeks?

What's new at the pumpkin patch?

Pumpkin Chip Cookies

This is the perfect cookie if you are in need of some

chocolate and pumpkin therapy or any other combination.

I included a cup of milk chocolate chips and 

reduced the butterscotch chips to 1/2 cup and then

added a 1/2 cups of raisins.

Pumpkin Pie Bread

My friend, Julie, shared this recipe with me last year.

I must have needed more of a chocolate fix, I sprinkled some

mini chocolate chips that were lingering in the pantry, on the

top before I baked the loaves. 

It's a good combo.

Pumpkin bread is always moist 

and tastes like what fall would taste like.

November is a month of giving thanks

and counting our blessings great and small.

 Slow down and enjoy the days of November.

Until Next Time-

Q-T-Pies

I always look forward to the special 

time when my Quilt group gets Together.

Last night was a fall tradition. 

We meet at Cathy's

for our special chili dinner to celebrate her

Halloween birthday.

Here we are.  

It's a tradition to take a group picture.
Even though we were missing a couple of members

we still look pretty good.

Cute, in fact.

Besides dinner, dessert is a must.
Who was the Pie Diva tonight?
Can you find the apron?

Audrey was the Pie Diva this evening.

Audrey, the Diva of the Month!!

Audrey was thinking very traditional by bringing

Apple Pie, the ultimate American Pie.

There's probably as many ways to make this pie

as there are people who make pies.

Audrey choose to do hers with a crumb topping.
It was wonderful.

Because she is gluten intolerant, her crust was
gluten free.  It was very good.  You would never have
known that part was nontraditional.

It was a fun evening.

Quilting + Together + Pie

What more could you want.

Until Next Time-

Are you a Pumpkin Eater?

With the little ghosts and goblins at home

eating their haul, I took my pie pumpkins off the porch

and (add a ghoulish laugh) butchered them!!

 

No sense wasting perfectly good pumpkins

when there seems to be another shortage.

Peter, the Pumpkin Eater would be glad I was

so resourceful.

One of my families favorite pumpkin recipes is

Pumpkin Rolls.

These are a yeast bread, soft and yummy.

Not a lot of pumpkin taste, but it adds to the texture and color.

The fun part about making these is that

you make dough snakes and then

tie them in a knot.

Kids would think that was too much fun.

I'll send anyone the recipe if you're interested.

They're great with any meal, including Thanksgiving.

I put a bunch in the freeze.

But for now they're served with the soup of the week.

Roast Butternut Squash Soup.

Soup = less cooking time = more quilting time.

It's a good plan.

Until Next Time-