Fruity Drinks For A Scrumptious Sunday

Happy Sunday to all!!

Scrumptious Sunday is having a Fruity Drink Edition just in time for the warm, sunny days of late Spring and of Summer, so you can follow the link to more great refreshing recipes.

The first three recipes are non-alcoholic which I prefer, especially when we are drinking outdoors, under the hot sun, however you can easily add your favorite alcohol to these. Rum goes well with fruits and sweets. Champagne would go great with the Orange Sparkler (skip the ice). You can add a touch of honey if you want a bit more sweetness.

Virgin Pina Colada Smoothie (Non-Alcoholic)
1 Cup Coconut Yogurt
1 Cup Pineapple Juice
2 Tbsp. Coconut (baking section)
***(OR replace juice and coconut with Pineapple-Coconut juice if it is available in your area)
1 Frozen Banana, sliced

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Makes about 2 glasses or 1 giant pineapple as pictured.

Virgin Strawberry Sunrise Smoothie
(Non-Alcoholic)
1 Cup Vanilla or Vanilla Honey Yogurt
1 Cup Frozen Strawberries
1 Frozen Banana, sliced
1/2 Cup Orange Juice
1 Dash of Vanilla Extract (optional)

Put all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth. Makes 2 large glasses.


Virgin Orange Mango Sparkler (Non-Alcoholic)
1 Cup Orange Juice
1 Kiwi, peeled & quartered
1/2 Mango, peeled & sliced
Sparkling Mineral Water OR Sparkling Apple Cider

Put juice and fruit in blender and blend until smooth. Pour over ice and add enough sparkling water to fill glasses. Makes 2-4 large glasses depending on how much ice and sparkling water you add.

I cannot take credit for the following recipe. I found both the photo and the recipe on Flickr's public files. This one comes to us from Italy. I haven't tried it out, but I know what each of the ingredients tastes like and you can trust me that it will be GOOD.

Oh My Darling Clementine (Alcoholic)
Franciacorta brut rose, chilled (12.5% vol.)
or other sparkling rose if you cannot find
Clementine Juice
Mandarin Liqueur

You can make this drink to taste with as little or as much alcohol as you prefer.

Apron Poll Closes In Just Hours. Don't Miss Out!

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Only HOURS left to make your voice heard in my fun, informal poll about aprons, so don't miss out. Head to the top of this blog and cast your vote. It is located between the Erma Bombeck quote and the top post. Have fun!
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Life Gives Lemons; I Make More Than Lemonade

Life gave me lemons and I'm making a whole lot more than just lemonade. Lemons are so versatile and can be used in both sweet and savory dishes. I'm getting started by giving you a few facts -- well it's Thursday so -- I'm giving you 13 facts, but who's counting? The good folks at Thursday Thirteen have lots of reading material with hundreds of participants.

1. Meyer lemons were discovered in 1908 by Frank Meyer.
2. They are believed to be a mix between lemons and either oranges or mandarins.
3. If you gently roll a lemon on your counter, it will give you more juice.
4. Lemons are an excellent source of ascorbic acid which prevents scurvy.
5. Use lemon juice as a flavoring to reduce the need for salt.
   
6. Lemon trees can produce fruit year round.
7. A healthy, adult tree can produce 500-600 pounds of lemons each year.
8. Lemon groves were planted in California when the 49ers were willing to pay large sums of money for lemons to prevent scurvy while working in the gold mines.
9. The high levels of Vitamin C found in lemons and other citrus fruits have been shown to prevent cancers, especially colon, stomach, mouth and larynx by neutralizing free radicals.
10. Lemons are high in fiber, vitamin C, vitamin B6, calcium, potassium, copper, thiamin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, iron and magnesium.
11. Lemons can help in losing weight and should be used minimally if attempting to gain weight.
12. According to research presented at the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, the inability to identify the smell of lemons is one of the predictors of Alzheimer's disease.
13. According to that research a "ten smell odor identification system" which includes the lemon has been found to be a better predictor of the disease than the brain and memory imaging tests used as the standard.

Now here's a fun video to help wish you a Happy Thursday!
Some of the cute faces she makes remind me of Shirley Temple.

Pithoi Stored Oil, Wine And Grain In Biblical Times

These large, Greek ceramic vessels are called Pithoi and were used in Biblical times to store oil, wine and grains.
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This is the last day to make your voice heard in my fun, informal poll about aprons, so don't miss out. Head to the top of this blog and cast your vote. It is located between the Erma Bombeck quote and the top post. Have fun!
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Jams, Jellies And Curds, Oh My! It's A Round Up!

If you are interested in learning more about Jams and Conserves, Jellies, Marmalade, Curds and Butters, Chutneys, Pickles, Relishes and Preserves, then the Putting Up Round Up will work for you and you can also read about the basics from the Preserving Interview With Rosie.

Rosie of Rosie Bakes A Peace Of Cake (no, that's not a typo), and Pixie of You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato are publishing the Putting Up round up of all the participating foodie bloggers on May 21.

You will find lots of photos with jars of the delicious preserves, recipes and even techniques to fine tune your own endeavors.

And don't miss my own authentic, French gourmet banana jam recipe.

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If you haven't yet participated in my fun, informal poll about aprons, time is running out, so be sure to have your voice heard! It is located at the top between the Erma Bombeck quote and the top post.
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Buñuelos -- Traditional Mexican Fiesta Dessert

I don't make these at home, but I've had them at Mexican Fiestas and even American County Fairs since here in California we have such a very large and growing Mexican population. When done well, they are very good and light. At school, one of our son's teachers taught the children to make an easy version by using a regular store-bought tortilla and just a bit of butter and oil in a frying pan. It's obviously not the same, but it tasted great, the kids loved it and it's something that even they can make anytime (some of them are now even making it in the microwave with just the sugar and cinnamon. It's a further degradation of the original, but it is safe, faster and easier for them.)

Mexican Desserts and Drinks
by Socorro Munoz Kimble & Irma Serrano Noriega

Recipe Ingredients:
3 cups flour, sifted twice
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tbsp salt
1 tbsp sugar
2 eggs
3/4 cup milk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
oil for frying

Recipe Instructions:
In a large bowl, mix flour, baking powder and salt. In a small bowl, beat one tbsp sugar, eggs and butter. Stir in milk. Add milk mixture to flour. If dough is too dry, add a few more drops of milk. Knead dough until it is very smooth. Shape into 20 balls. Cover and let stand for 30 minutes. Heat oil one-inch deep in large skillet to 360 F. Roll each ball out on a lightly-floured board into very thin six-inch circle. Fry buñuelos until golden brown, turning once. Drain on absorbent towels. Sprinkle with sugar-cinnamon topping while warm, or drizzle with syrups. These can be frozen. Wrap separately in freezer bags. Defrost and place in a 350 F. oven for a few minutes to crisp. (20 fritter)

This post is entered in the Scrumptious Sunday Mexican Edition. Be sure to visit for more Mexican recipes.

Happy Sunday
and
Happy Cooking To All!
:-) Joy

Joy Of Desserts Received Two More Awards :-)

I'm so blessed to have all of you giving me awards for this blog. This time, Tarta Sacher of Mil Postres (1000 Desserts) gave two lovely awards. The first is the Yummy Blog Award which is particularly fitting for a dessert blog. The second is an award of love. The rough English translation is "Love me. When I deserve it the least is when I need it the most."

Thank you so very much, Tarta Sacher! Your blog friendship is so appreciated.

If you haven't yet visited Tarta Sacher's dessert blog, you are missing out on lovely pictures, great recipes and inspiration. She is a very friendly person who takes the time to reply to her international readers. I think it is so important to frequent and support blogs written by good, wholesome, kind and talented bloggers. Mil Postres is one of my favorite blogs and I take the time to read it even though it is in a language I do not speak. You can use her translator too!

The Yummy Blog Award, I give to the following:
Phe/MOM/menon (also the round-up creator of Art You Eat)
My Raw Journey (a new blog about a new journey into all natural, all organic foods -- i.e. real food -- but raw is brand new to me, so I look forward to being educated with brand new post entries.)
I will take it Lord (a Christian blog with yummy photos and a yummy blog design)
64 Sq. Ft. Kitchen (her new kitchen is bigger now. This Algerian woman writes mostly in English with recipes in both English and French.)
In My Life (Paola shares her passion for food, art, and the Netherlands. It's written in English.)

The "Love Me" award, I give to the following:
Sunflower Faith (Twinkle Mom has a new blog home for her musings about faith, family and friends)
Writing In Faith (beautiful photography and thoughtful writing)
Grace Today (Christian blog to encourage us)
The Journey Begins With One Step (I just discovered this blog and also her My Raw Journey. Take a look at Nicole's paintings in the sidebar too.)
4urpets (My friend Kathy might need some extra love right about now because she gave up on her brand new Empty Nest blog.)

Thank goodness there wasn't a rule about awarding to at least 10 fabulous bloggers for each award! More awards to be given out soon ... I'm still catching up. :-)

Now it's your turn. Don't forget to be proud of your award, blog about it and display it in your sidebar. Be sure to link to me and link to the bloggers you award it to. Let all of us know as soon as you've posted so that we can all come visit you. :-)

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If you haven't participated in my fun and informal poll about aprons, be sure to do it in the next few days before it ends. (It's at the top, between the Erma Bombeck quote and the top post.)

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Have a great week-end, everyone!

Thursday's Thirteen Delectable Desserts

Watch out! It's a drooling zone!
These desserts all come from Flickr's public files.

Did you enjoy? Don't forget to leave me a comment!
Happy Thursday to all!
For more entries be sure to visit Thursday 13.

Take Fine Flour And Bake Twelve Cakes With It

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It's National Wear Your Apron Day

It's a little known fact that in the United States, the first Monday after mother's day is National Wear Your Apron Day. I have fond memories of wearing aprons when I was a child, both at school and at home. I had many styles similar to the one worn by the little girl in the picture above and some with long sleeves. Some were longer and looked more like a pretty dress.

Aprons are making a comeback. Some are even falling in love with vintage aprons all over again.

Do you like aprons? Do you wear aprons?

I have several, but my favorites are a man's blue check I had given my dad for when he barbecued and a pink one with "I love my mommy" which my newborn son gave to me when he took his paternal Gran Dee by the hand and went shopping for my very first mother's day gift. There's also a gold lame for Christmas or special occasions with matching oven mitts, also given to me by my mother-in-law.

The more I wear my aprons, the more I like them and it makes me wonder why they ever went out of style.

I'm curious to know what you think about aprons and whether you wear them. ;-) Does it work for you? Leave me a comment and/or vote with my informal poll. It's at the top of the page just below the Erma Bombeck quote.

Happy Mother's Day! This Takes The Cake!

It's Mother's Day here in the United States and I share a bit of 21st. century silent film humor with all of you. Happy Mother's Day to all of the moms of the world!

The Spice Of Life -- Let Spices Be Wafted Abroad

If you have ever been to a spice market, you know how powerful the scents are. Oh it is so good ... Similar to going to a flower market.
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Have a great Wednesday!

Fruit Pies -- It's Mostly In The Presentation

Even before we put food in our mouths, our brains have already made up about 90 percent of their minds whether or not they will like something. Smell has something to do with it, but what matters most of all is looks or the presentation.

So today I am sharing with you
some photos from Flickr's public files to show you how important presentation is and to give you some inspiration for easy fruit pies to use this summer's bounty. For my own Strawberry Cream Pie, click here.

Would you want to eat these? It's really quite easy and only requires a bit of patience to align the fruits. Basically they are all the same: the shell, the cream and the fruit, but look at all the variations simply because of the artistry of the designs. You'll never bring the same pie to a potluck twice!

These beautiful presentations will work for you too! Just by assembling fruit, you will get all the oohs and aahs every time.

For this week's theme, if you want to know what does NOT work for me, it is corn syrup! It is highly dangerous and studies have even linked it to DEATH!! Read my DOESN'T Work For Me Wednesday post to find out more, and I have two much healthier and tastier options too.

This post is entered in Mercedes' Scrumptious Sunday. Be sure to see everybody else's pies!
This post is entered in Works For Me Wednesday. Be sure to see everybody else's tips.

And The Winners Are ...

I love to have problems like this one. I have to give this award to 10 bloggers whom I love "this much," but I love more than 10 bloggers! Well, I have 3 more awards in the wings so this is only the first set of 10 wonderful bloggers!

I hope you all like awards and will be accepting it. It is good for you and the bloggers you love too.

Here are the 10 bloggers I love. Go visit them and let them know I sent you. You'll be discovering new sites, making new friends, having fun and learning something new. I think that's what it's all about. ENJOY!!

1. Canela's Kitchen. Gloria has become a bloggy friend. She is sweet, informative, fun, has great food, great stories and great photos;
2. Mil Postres. Torta Sacher was a bloggy friend of Gloria and has now become my bloggy friend too. I admire her blog daily. My eyes and brain get excited and I salivate just reading the recipes and looking at the photos. Remember to use her Babel Fish Translator if you don't know Spanish;
3. Culinarty. Lore of Natural Cuisine has moved her blog to Culinarty, so be sure to change your blog reader link and go take a look at her great new design. The content will be the same kind of fantastic recipes from salads to desserts. She writes from Romania in both English and her native language.
4. 4urpets. You already know my real life friend and former neighbor, Kathy. I really do love her "this much!" She is warm and friendly and wise. She ALWAYS makes me laugh and I can't help but be happy when she is around. Most of her personality shows through when she blogs about her three Chihuahuas so you'll get a great idea of who she is: a generally wonderful, good-hearted person who enjoys life and doesn't worry about what others might think because life is too short not to enjoy it to the fullest. She also has a second blog at The Empty Nest;
5. 3 Sides Of Crazy. Tamy and I seem to have a lot of little things and interests in common. She blogs about all sorts of things like cooking, her home and barn, faith and more. You won't get bored. If you enjoyed my post about the first American cookbook and antique recipes, you'll like her series on an old 1917 cookbook she found. She calls the series Tuesday's Romance of Cookery and Housekeeping.
6. Texas Tanya. As A Parent The Days Are Long ... But The Years Are Short. Isn't that the truth? Tanya writes a slice of life blog about her family. She is entertaining, educational and takes great photos of her family's outings and routine. I just love her blog!
7. Grace Today. Grace is a fellow Californian and has been a kind and faithful bloggy friend welcoming me and my new blog to the Blogger platform. She was one of my very first readers and it is great to "know" her.
8. yay pie! Like e.e. cummings and my own 10 year old son, ames has an aversion to upper case letters! She has a nice blog with recipes, household advise, quilts and crafts, etc. It's fun, you'll like it. She is also a fan of antique recipes. Look for her Martha Washington's Cherry Bread and Butter Pudding recipe.
   
9. Erin Craig. I met Erin through Works For Me Wednesday, but we became bloggy friends thanks to my friend Kathy at 4urpets. She is a professional photographer and loves her gorgeous dogs. She's been under the weather lately, but take a look at her archives and you'll see how beautiful it is on her blog and how it's worth putting her on your blog reader!
   
10. Tad Cronn. Never talk about religion and politics, but Tad has taken on both with his blog. It's conservative and the liberals get upset with him because he's right and they're gauche! But I love him "this much" and so do conservative sites like Salon, Michelle Malkin and Melanie Morgan who link to him and have quoted him. I encourage you to go visit his blog regularly.
    

I love all of you this much!!
ENJOY!!

Now it's your turn for each of you to award 10 more blogs (that's 100 blogs total!! :-)) Let me know when you have so we can come by and take a look.

~~ Have a great week-end!! ~~

Every Good Tree Bears Good Fruit

That verse is so true, that I just had to share it. Matthew says it several times and so does Luke. The people I have met through life have proven this verse to me time and again.

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Pound Cake Dessert And A Slice Of History Too

STRAWBERRY SEASON IS HERE!!! And I'm excited to tell you about a dessert I served my family this week-end because it not only received rave reviews, but it can be made with lots of variations.

I made it from scratch, but if you want to take shortcuts, it could easily be made using store-bought items. I combined a pound cake with ice cream, strawberries and a couple of rolled wafers from Europe. EASY!

For the pound cake, I experimented with a very old recipe. Perhaps I should even say an antique recipe! Hold on to your seats, now -- this recipe is from a cookbook published in ... 1796 ... when America was very young indeed! It worked out beautifully.

It's a traditional pound cake recipe where you use a pound of each ingredient. It's a bit different from today's recipes because it makes a lot, there is no baking powder (I don't think it was invented yet) and there is no milk. In many of today's pound cake recipes, you'll find that they ask for 1 cup of milk, but it increases your baking time to about one hour! If you don't add any milk, your baking time is a fast 15 minutes and that's really good for today's busy lifestyles and expensive utility bills.

But if even that is too much work for you, then Sara Lee will be happy to come to your rescue. The same is true for the ice cream. Our son loves to crank the handle of our ice cream makers (we have 2!) so it's not a chore, but if that's not for you, I'm sure there's a half gallon of ice cream in your freezer. Instant presto, Pound Cake a la Mode!

I have been desperately waiting for strawberry season to arrive this year. For the last several weeks the grocery stores have been teasing me with unripe strawberries, but at long last, my local farmer's market had the most amazing strawberries. They smelled so good. They were so huge and so juicy too. It's going to be a great year for strawberries!

For the variations, just use different fruits, or a fruit sauce or jam, add some whipped cream, use a lemon pound cake or a chiffon or sponge cake. You can use different flavors of ice cream or cookies instead of the wafers. I can picture so many variations and I hope it's inspiring you too.

Here's the recipe from the 1796 cookbook. It's the first American cookbook and was written by Amelia Simmons. In it's day, it was a best seller and was shamelessly plagiarized and "compiled" by numerous authors. You can see a review of this cookbook here.

Amelia Simmons'
First American Pound Cake
1 pound sugar
1 pound butter
1 pound flour
1 pound eggs (about 10 eggs)
Flavoring to taste
Spices to taste
Watch it well. It will bake in a slow oven in 15 minutes.

Now how easy is that and don't you love the directions to this cake? She doesn't insult your intelligence telling you to sift, crack the egg, mix or anything. It's very easy to halve, quarter or even double this recipe and I know I won't forget it either, because it's one pound for each ingredient and it's called Pound Cake. :-)

It works for me so I'll be entering this post in Works For Me Wednesday too!

Raisins From Biblical Days To Television Days

Thirteen Facts About Raisins

1. Raisins are cholesterol-free;
2. Low in sodium;
3. Fat-free;
4. Rich source of antioxidants;
5. Four pounds of fresh grapes produce one pound of raisins;
6. Raisin juice is a pure extract of raisins;
7. It is a natural substitute for preservatives;
   
8. It sweetens and colors natural baking goods;
9. It can be used as a sugar substitute;
10. Raisin paste is used in fillings for fine confections;
11. Raisin paste inhibits molds;
12. Raisin paste also extends shelf-life;
13. Enhances flavor.

Just for fun,
here is a California Raisins commercial
with Ray Charles on the piano and singing.

Yummy Nutella Rewards Buyers With Freebies

Nutella is oh so yummy! It was created in Italy during World War II by Pietro Ferrero, a pastry maker and founder of the Ferrero company (it's the filling in Ferrero Rocher!) when chocolate was scarce so the inventor added 13% ground hazelnuts to stretch out the chocolate. I have been eating it since I was a child in Paris, but it has been available in the U.S. on the East Coast since the 80's and for the last 10+ years we can now buy it at just about any grocery store nationwide. I love to spread it on crepes, French or sandwich bread, or even a tortilla. You can also add it to all sorts of desserts calling for chocolate or use it as hot chocolate sauce over ice cream. Or scoop it with fresh strawberries, use it as frosting for a cake or cupcakes. It's very versatile! It's really good!

As an added bonus to this goodness, Nutella is currently giving us the consumers several freebies which works for me! Here's the scoop: Get a T-shirt made from 100% heavyweight, pre-shrunk cotton with 2 gold seals from the jar; 4 spreaders with a hand-painted handle and a stainless steel spreader with 4 gold seals; or a set of two over-sized 16 oz. ceramic cappuccino mugs for ice cream, dessert, chili, soup or your favorite hot beverage with 6 gold seals. Just click here for the details and order form. They even pay for the shipping, it will only cost you one postage stamp to mail in the seals and form!

Have you tried Nutella?
Do you LOVE it as much as I do?

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Four Awards In Four Days, And A Tag Too

Wow! You are all so kind and generous with the awards and tags you are giving me. I am SO appreciative! You are the best blog readers anyone could possibly want and I am so glad I have been able to provide you with something you enjoy so much.

I Love You All This Much!


You All Make My Day!


I Think You're Tops!


I'm So Glad To Have Such EXCELLENT Readers!

These are all wonderful awards and I thank you for thinking of me!

Twinkle Mom at Sunflower Faith gave me the beautiful You Make My Day Award and my third Excellent Award. I love seeing Twinkle Mom stop by here and even when I'm on somebody else's blog, I always read her comments because she has very good ideas and is very encouraging. If you like Christian blogs, hers is a must read. You'll learn a lot too. She has an incredible post about Christianity and Oprah Winfrey so don't miss it!

Kathy at 4urpets and The Empty Nest gave me the I Love You This Much Award. It's fairly new in the blogosphere and I think it's a very cute award, don't you? Kathy's pet blog is all about her three Chihuahuas and pet humor. Her other blog is all about her own life and memories. Kathy will make you laugh. Go see why she put a Poinsettia plant and a towel on her head, or check out the dog fashions my son knitted at school. He was supposed to knit a bookmark, but he thought Chihuahua scarves and head wraps would be much more practical.

Tartasacher at Mil Postres (Sacher Cake at Thousand Desserts) gave me the Premio Arte Y Pico Primavera Award. I know you like desserts and you'll like her blog too! Now it is in Spanish, but fear not if you can't read Spanish. Just do what I do and use the Alta Vista Babel Fish Translator located right on her site. It translates fairly well and you'll be able to understand almost everything. Besides, pictures are worth a thousand words in any language. You can comment in Spanish or French and she knows a little bit of English too!

Gloria at Canela's Kitchen tagged me for another Six Word Memoir. Her blog is bilingual with both English and Spanish. I discovered Tartasacher thanks to her and you might want to visit the people in her blogroll because she has excellent picks. Her blog as I mentioned in a previous post is excellent as well. She is high on my reading list.

So now I have the very difficult task of awarding 40 blog awards and 5 tags!!! And that's after I've already awarded a previous 40 blog awards and 5 tags!! I'm in Blog Heaven, because I think it is wonderful to be able to make so many people happy and to be able to recommend so many wonderful blogs to all of you. I take this task seriously and don't want to send you to less than excellent blogs just because I have the joy of receiving so many awards in so short a time. I also want to make sure you are not going to be overwhelmed with too many other blogs to visit all on the same day, so for both your sake and mine, I will spread out my blog love over the next several days. I do hope you will not just read my posts, but that you will actually go visit these wonderful people to see if they blogs are your cup of tea.

Here are the 5 people I am tagging, so that gives you 7 blogs to visit today in addition to all the others on your blogreaders! You didn't have anything else to do today, right? :-)

Tag! You're It!
~ Mercedes AKA Meridith at Mercedes Rules loves to participate in memes or carnivals. She has even created two of her own. I participate in her Scrumptious Sunday whenever it is a dessert edition.

~ Beloved Mama has a great Christian blog with a really cool banner head and blog theme. She's even having a giveaway this week just for all of us! She's very friendly and prayerful.

~ Grace at Grace Today also has a Christian blog. Take a look at her blogroll. I've found several good blogs there to add to my reader.

~ Faith, Love, Hope is a Christian Mommy blog. She posts about her whole family and you should see her gorgeous 91-year old great-great-grandma! She has a picture of 5 generations of women in her beautiful family.

~ Amy Deanne of The 160 Acre Woods just started a new food blog called The Dutch Oven. She is also one of the contributing writers at The PMS Club. All three are worth your time.

The rules for the tag are to tag at least 5 more people via a comment on their blog and a post on yours with a link to the person who tagged you too. Once you've posted, you let the person who tagged you know about it.

And now to add to this long post, here is MY SIX-WORD MEMOIR. If you want to see my first 6-word memoir, click here.

1. Fun
2. Prayerful