Wordless Wednesday

It's Apple Season!

My sister and her husband have two apple trees in their yard that are just loaded with apples! So she invited us to come and pick as many as we wanted. Free apples just for the pickin'? I'm there!

 

So many good things can be made from apples but one of my favorites (right behind apple crisp) is Apple Bread. It's easy and quick and never lasts very long at this house! 

 

I started with an apple peeler although you wouldn't need one since the recipe only calls for 2 cups of chopped apples.

 

 

Since I was also going to make apple crisp I pulled out the peeler.

 

 

 

Mix all the ingredients together and put in a bread pan.

 

 

 

Then add the extra special touch--a sugar cinnamon topping.

 

 

Pop in the oven and hope that time passes quickly as you smell the aroma! 

 Look at that finished product.

 

 

Wish I could cut you a slice!

Instead, I'll share the recipe so you can go make your own.

 

 

 

Apple Bread

 

1/2 cup veg. oil

1 cup sugar

2 T milk

2 cups flour

2 cups chopped apples

1 t baking soda

1/2 t salt

1 t vanilla

2 eggs

 

Cream the eggs, sugar and oil. Add the vanilla. Mix your dry ingredients and add them to the egg/sugar mixture. Add the milk and apples.

Put in a greased bread pan.

 

Topping

 

1 T melted butter

2 T brown sugar

2 T white sugar

1 T flour

1 t cinnamon

 

Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325. 

 I used small bread pans so my bread didn't take quite that long to bake.

 

Enjoy!

 

Wordless Wednesday

Out of the Mouths of Babes or At Least Tweens

My granddaughters had some friends over on Saturday. The weather was so nice they decided to get out the sidewalk chalk. They were all busy doing their own thing when I overheard this conversation.

 

"Emily, what are you drawing?"

 "Oh...uh... it looked better in my mind."

 I'm not sure what she was drawing but I love her response!! So many times I've tried different crafts that didn't turn out quite the way they looked in my mind!  She didn't seem bothered by it at all and my granddaughters accepted her answer and kept drawing. Oh to be so young and wise!

Uh Oh, Grandma's Gonna Snap!

As you know I am practicing a lot with my camera and different lenses. As you may or may not know, I make and sell awesome skin care products. As you also know, I have three adorable grandchildren that like to visit and play with toys here. On most visits the toys get picked up. But once in awhile they don't. Look what happened when the toys + grandma's camera met up!

 

 

 

 

Gathered From The Garden has aromatherapy lotions.

 

 

 

We also have products for the guys.

 

 

 

 

Our fun little lotion favors are perfect for shower gifts, stocking stuffers or when you just need a little something.

 

 

 

Our Flip Flop Foot Cream is intensive therapy for feet.

 

 

 

Push Up Lotions are great for traveling because they aren't liquid.

 

 

 

Our most popular item:  Goat Milk and Honey Lotion.  My personal favorite  Raspberry Lemonade.

 

Guess it's time to put the dolls away. I forgot how much fun it is to dress up Barbie dolls! I'll have to get the girls over soon and play Barbies with them.  (This time, I'll snap pictures of the grandkids.)

 

When was the last time you played with some toys?

 



In Remembrance of 911

I Am So Much More...

 

Pretty much says it all.