Beautiful Keweenaw, Michigan

Our lonely cabin is waiting for us.

Our driveway

Ice breaking - Lake Superior
Our neighbor took these pictures today.

Cedar Bay Beach - Lake Superior - 46 degrees today

Clay Arts by Nina

This is one of Nina's classes with Eckerd College, held at the St Pete Arts Center. Her first project was making a tea set using the pinch pot method. "Boy, was that a pain"!

However doing the sgriffito work on the outside was fun. (that's the design work) And for once - Nina found a glaze that did exactly what it looks like in the picture!

Then soft slabs - that's the leaf piece and the face on the mirror came from the other soft slab that Nina broke. We rolled slabs then put them over an assortment of shaped objects, spoons, bowls, small baskets. All the "stuff" was bunched together and the slab placed on it to dry. Then you work with the shaped slab to create something - hence the leaf.

Then came the coil project and that had to be 16 inches high or wide, so you can see Nina choose wide for this one. Nina did do a tall one too, but it came out of the glaze process looking like a black piece with bird poop on it!!! So no picture of that one-.-And the mirror, well seems since Nina broke several pieces during the process - more than anyone else in the class - very appropriate to make slabs and intentionally break them for her project!!!...........Too much fun!!!!!!

Unseasonably Cool -Windy and Below Normal Temparatures - H-68/L-48

Bananas & Mulberries

Cheeseburger by Chef "K"

Flan & Pecan Cookie

Banana Rum Raisin Bread Recipe

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter1 cup raisin soaked in 2 tbs. rum

3/4 cup brown sugar
2 eggs, beaten

1 tsp vanilla

3 big or 4 small overripe bananas ( mashed)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. In a separate bowl, cream together butter and brown sugar. Stir in eggs, vanilla, and mashed bananas until well blended. Stir banana mixture and raisins into flour mixture; stir just to moisten. Pour batter into prepared loaf pan.
Bake in preheated oven for 60 to 65 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the loaf comes out clean. Let bread cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack.

Cabbage Roll Soup Recipe

16 Cabbage leaves, blanched in boiling water for 1 to 2 minutes until soft for wrapping,

16 Onion greens blanched in boiling water for 10 seconds until soft, for wrapping, 6 cups Chicken Broth, Shitake mushrooms 10 to 12 slices of dried mushroom (optional)

Filling:
Ground pork 1 lb
Chopped onion ½ cup
Water chestnut 1 small can (chopped)
Salt ½ teaspoon
Black pepper ½ teaspoon

Mix all the ingredients to a smooth mixture. Set aside. To make each cabbage roll, place a tablespoon of filling along one edge of a blanched cabbage leaf. Fold the leaf over the filling, then fold in the sides and roll up tightly. Tie the roll securely with a blanched onion green. Bring the chicken broth to a boil over high heat, put in mushrooms. Add the cabbage rolls and return to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and simmer for 10 to 15 minutes until cooked. Remove from the heat.

My Mother's Recipe

Fresh Cut Flowers

From our garden
Amaryllis

Bird of Paradise

Cloudy, Hot, and Humid

Key Lime Meringue Cookies

Pecan Cookies

Key Lime Cookies

Dinner by Chef "K": Top Sirloin w/shallot & wine sauce, fingerling potatoes, vegetables

Carrot Cake Recipe

Pecan candies

4 eggs, 1-1/4 cups vegetable oil, 1-1/2 cups sugar, 2 teaspoons vanilla, 2 cups All-Purpose flour, 2 teasppons baking soda, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 2 teaspoons cinnnamon, 3 cups grated carrots, 1 cup chopped pecans, or walnuts (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. . .............or 2 small pans.

2. In a large bowl, beat together eggs, oil, white sugar and vanilla. Mix in flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.

Stir in carrots. Fold in pecans. Pour into prepared pan.

Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

FROSTING: 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened, 8 ounces cream cheese, softened, 1-1/2 cups confectioner's sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 20-25 pecan candies (optional).

To Make Frosting: In a medium bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, confectioners' sugar, and vanilla. Beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy. Frost the cooled cake.

Happy April Fool

Hydrangeas

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Stuffed French Bread Rolls
Playing with Food