Herb Bouquet

We're having gorgeous

weather today!

I wish summer could be

in the low 70's

all summer long.

It seems for the first time in

YEARS

I am minding the heat.

I NEVER thought

I'd say that.

Well this morning I picked

herbs.

Greek Oregano and English Thyme.

Oh they smell so good.

I decided to hang them

from my light

fixture above my sink

so I can smell them as they dry.

I planted French Thyme, Rosemary

and Basil.

This season I didn't plant as much

as I would of liked.

With the house for sale I didn't want

to invest too much into

my garden.

So we planted two types of tomatoes

and a zucchini plant.

A few flowers and all my containers.

So I'm still enjoying some

gardening,

I've just done it simply this time.

I never thought how

time consuming

it is to have the house

for sale.

Hello my Darling!

Here she is!

She made her first debut yesterday!

Hello my darling rose,

welcome.

In her lovelines,

gorgeous pale pink color

and sweet smelling

way,

she has opened up.

But she's a little shy,

she was tucked

in between the leaves

and buds

who are still hiding.

I've waited for you all

winter long.

The meter reader person may

not like having to

move my rose bush in order

to read,

oh well, he just better

not hurt her!

Spring Brings a Smile

April was such a cold and rainy

month,

bone chilling some days with a

couple of

80 degree days.

But May has turned out to be a

GORGEOUS

month so far and everything is

either in bloom

or ready to explode

bleeding heart almost done

but so beautiful!

columbine in bloom now, love the colors

clematis in full bloom

you see my rose bush?

It's massive and loaded,

can't wait until they open

and smell the air

I can't believe how quicly this rose

bush has grown, it has

pale pink small roses,

it too is loaded with buds!

Tulips are just about done, but

right now I have tulips that are

about 3 feet tall and pink

in bloom,

they're from Holland,

my one brother-in-law

brought those back for me

they are my pride and joy!

I'll need to post those next time!

I take a walk almost

everyday around my yard

looking at the progress of

my flowers!

Love this time of year!

Hope you are too!

(although right now I'm dealing with

horrible allergies, the worst ever

and evidently I'm not the only one,

I guess you have to suffer to enjoy the

beauty that surrounds you)

Gluten Free Chocolate Cookie Pie (Chocolate Town Pie)

This pie is one of the easiest,

simplest pies to make,

that is,

unless you make it

Gluten Free.

I've made this pie for years,

and just

LOVE IT!

But now with my Gluten and Wheat

intolerance's

I've had to stop making some

things.

But, now with great GF flours

out there,

I can make my favorite desserts

again.

The hardest part is the crust!

What a nightmare.

The directions tell you to place dough

between parchment paper

and roll.

Easier said than done.

I'm rolling it out like I did when I made

regular pie crust,

well big mistake, you can't do that.

You have to GENTLY

roll it out,

barely pushing down otherwise it

just separates.

It takes a lot of patience to make

GF pie crusts,

but it is worth it in the end.

Now after rolling it out,

flip it onto your

pie dish

Oh  my, now I'm frustrated,

they also don't tell

you that this is going to happen,

why bother rolling it out?

So after some fixing up, squeezing

together, piecing it like

a puzzle

Voila!

Looks pretty, heh?

Then they tell you to fold over edges

and crimp,

HA! Yea right, I wasn't messing

with it after what

happened, so I took a fork and press

along the edge of the crust.

Pretty enough!

So the filling I made GF as well, not

a problem there.

Filled the crust and baked it and

this wonderful

chocolaty

heavenly

sweetness

came out,

YUM!

I was a very happy girl,

that's for sure!

So, I will attach the crust recipe for you

Pie Crust

(this is a pumpkin pie recipe but it has the crust recipe as well)

(I'm having some for breakfast can't help it)

Chocolate Town Pie:

9 in. unbaked pastry shell

1/2 cup of butter, softened

2 eggs

2 tsp vanilla (there are GF Vanilla extracts out there)

1 cup of sugar

1/2 flour or Gluten Free flour mix

1 cup of semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup of walnuts or any nuts

Prepare pastry shell, set aside. Heat oven to 350. In small mixer bowl cream butter, then add eggs and vanilla. In separate bowl combine flour and sugar and add to the

butter mixture. Stir in chips and nuts. Pour into your pastry

shell. Bake for 45-50 minutes or til brown.

Cool for one hour and serve warm.

You can serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

ENJOY!

Rain, Baking, Relaxing....

So it's one of those days,

rainy, cold, and windy.

Yesterday it was

80 degrees

and gorgeous, so I took

advantage of

that

but I knew that today I would

feel miserable.

My FM has flared up, not a

surprise

Fall and Spring wreak havoc

on that.

I love those times of the year

but my body

does not

So today, I am attempting

to make a pie

out of Gluten Free products

which I will

post later today whenever

I get it

done.

Making a pie today is an all day

affair when you

feel like I do.

The sun tried to come out

after it poured all morning

but now its dark

and dreary again,

welcome to

SPRING!

But I got laundry almost

done today,

we had our Open House this

past Sunday

and it turned out well,

that was stressful.

I will tell you the one benefit

to selling your

home,

you are FORCED to keep your

house clean and organized.

You just don't know when you'll

get a phone call

telling you

someone wants to

see your home!

YIKES!

But, we have been

disciplining ourselves

to keeping up with our home

every single day.

Otherwise it's not fun having

strangers walking through

your home,

I feel like my privacy is being

violated but I know it's

part of the process,

but I don't have

to like it.
I also got to reorganize
my closet
and swap out my winter
clothes.
I enjoy doing that because
I forget what I had
for the Spring/Summer
season so it's like
shopping in
my own closet every
season.
I bought a skirt
at JC Penney and have been
trying to find the right
top for it, mainly
because the color is so hard
to find
and who would of known
that I had two tops
already
that go great with it.
You see, like
shopping!
And the other great thing is
that I get to sort through my
things and decide
what to pitch, donate
or take to a consignment
shop. I have two
bags to take.
I need to stop shopping.
That is a goal that I
am setting
for myself.
Buy only what I NEED,
not what I want,
plus my closet is not a walk in as
some of you women
are blessed with,
so I have to be careful with
the space that I
have to work with.
(Yes I did NEED that skirt that I bought at Penney's)

On another note, I saw

this on a site, wish I

could remember where,

 I just love it

Isn't it  beautiful?

I'm trying to figure out if it's

a dresser at the end

of the bed or

one solid bed frame?

This would be great in a small space.

Well, just wanted to stop

in and say

hello!