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Syrup Festival

Had a great time at the Syrup Festival Saturday. I went with two very good friends. I had a blast. We shopped for new stuff and old stuff and I bought some of both. But, what I like best is what I paid the least for. I enjoy shopping for bargins. I can't wait for our next bargin hunt. I'm just afraid I will spend too much money trying to save money. ......know what I mean.
Didn't get any pictures on this adventure.

In the Pines, In the Pines

Cooks in the camp kitchen

Man's best friend

I think the were the one's that didn't burn.

Biscuits in the oven

Good old bacon frying. Sure smells good.

Hamburgers tonight. Wonder what they were going to eat if we didn't come? Hmm

A captive audience for the "Magic Man". They were relaxing after a long day on the trail.

"Just wake me up when supper is ready. Gotta catch a quick wink before that long trip home".

"Oh, my! Is this how food is supposed to taste when you are camping out?"

"Hay, little boy. This ride better not be as long as yesterday or I'm throwing this dude off."

"Everybody ready? The trail is getting cold. "

Camping with Friends

We had church services on Wednesday night.

We had some visitors at camp Wed. night for church.

One of our visitors, a preacher friend, preached a very heart searching message. We all enjoyed the preaching of God's word from this Godly man.

Our song leader did a great job.

The girls trying to be a statue, smelling the roses and just posing for pictures. Sweet grandchildren and beautiful roses. Isn't God wonderful!!

Camp Out

We all had a great time at the camp out/trail ride. I didn't get nearly enough pictures. We had gobs of food on the table, all prepared by different people.
There was a covered wagon there that some of us rode in while others rode horses.
One night we sat around the camp fire and listened to picking and singing.

Family Gathering

This peach cobbler cooked in the dutch oven was very good. It cooked in 20 minutes.
I melted a stick of butter in dutch oven over hot coals. I poured the batter over the butter and then spooned one large can sliced peaches over the batter. I sprinkled 1 cup of brown sugar over that and sprinkled with Cinnamon. The batter is 1 cup flour, 1 cup sugar, 2 tsp. baking powder, pinch of salt and 3/4 cup milk.

This is the beef tips before cooking. They were a little crowded but we were expecting a crowd.

Grandma stirred the beef tips right before they were done. Took them about 1 and 1/2 hours.
We cooked the biscuits in 14 in. oven on left and the beef tips on the bottom oven on right. The cobbler is in the top oven. Sorry, I didn't get more pictures of food after it was cooked because it always looks so good when the lid is removed.
This is the butter melting for the cobbler. That was my favorite dish of all.

Hungry squirrel

This hungry little squirrel just stayed there and ate while I was getting ready to cook. I took several pictures of him. James had put out some cracked corn for him and the birds.

Getting ready to cook beans in d/o

Sending smoke signal to all the other Indians that the cooking is about to begin.

Cooking Beans in Dutch Oven 2

The beans have been cooking for 4 hours and are finally ready to eat. I have had to stay with them all that time adding charcoal and stirring. Don't think I'll cook dry beans this way again.

Cooking Beans in Dutch Oven

The beans have been soaking all morning and are now ready to cook. I have some left over ham in them. Should be good.

Spring is Here 2010

I am so happy! Spring is in the air with the beauty God created. My favorite time of year. I took some pictures around the place to capture some of the beauty of Spring. Hope you enjoy.
We set out 3 short rows of tomatoes and a row of onion. Also, have lettuce and peppers planted. I can't wait to check on them every morning to see if they have grown. Our little bluebonnet patch seems to be at a standstill. The flowering peach tree has doubled in height since last year. The peaches are not edible but it is such a pretty tree. I would like to have a row of them along the drive.
The Irises have bloomed out a lot more since I took this picture. I will take pictures of the purple ones when they have more blooms on them. The yellow flower(cape jasmine) has more blooms than it has ever had.

Thanks for letting me share my excitement about Spring.

I hope to do some dutch oven cooking today and will have more posts on that subject. Wish me luck.

I went to plant farm yesterday and got these plants. I planted them in an old tub I had.

Piano Recital

We went to a Honors Recital, Sunday, to watch 2 of our grandchildren play the piano. They were chosen, among other students, to play in the Honors Recital for their accomplishments in piano.
All the students played exceptionally good. Of course our grandchildren's performance was very special to us.

Easter basket I fixed for my grandchildren

Using our new dutch oven cook table

We bought a cook table to use with our dutch ovens. I made cornbread today. It didn't turn out too good. I guess I didn't have enough coals on the bottom because it didn't brown. It also stuck. I put a cake pan in the bottom of dutch oven to cook the bread in. I must not have gotten the grease hot enough before I poured in my mix. We ate it though. I'll keep trying till I get it right.