It's All Good Stuff....

Along with enjoying a Great smelling candle

because of the cooler temps at night and in the morning....

I'm also in the mood to bake.  I've been wanting to try

making a Rhubarb pie and went looking for a recipe.

My Mom gave me this cookbook years ago and I pull 

it out as a trusted reference when I want to try something

~Homey~

 Some of you may even have this cookbook.

I'd love to know if you do and what recipe you enjoy making.

 I was a little surprised to find this recipe....

for some reason it just struck me funny that the

Amish being of German descent 

would have a French recipe....

sounded like a good one and French is so "in" right now

Why not with my pie!

 So I assembled all my ingredients 

 and  it's now in the oven....

Yum....whole house candle au naturale!

See my little "confiture" dish in the back?  I just picked it up 

the other day when I got my Summer Boardwalk candle.

It was at Williams Sonoma clearanced for $4.99 from $19.00.

At the register they took off another 20% and I got it for 

$4.49....it holds my butter.  But as you know it is

confiture [ˈkɒnfɪˌtjʊə]

           n (Cookery) a confection, preserve of fruit, etc.

[from French, from Old French confire to prepare, from Latin conficere to produce

I still enjoy it for my butter....real butter?   Yep!

 I also pulled out my crockpot this morning and after

I put my Country Style Pork Ribs on the grill to help

seal in the juices, I put them in and sliced some onion and added

a few more seasonings and ....

 about 6:30 tonight

(that's when my Guy gets Home)

they will be so tender and Good

they will fall off the bone

You can almost taste them right now can't you?

Yep....I know you can!

Wish I could share the smells in my Home right now!

Just sayin'!

Then to finish things off for the perfect 

Summer Evening meal....

Fresh Corn on the Cob and Garden Tomato from our 

local Farm Market down the road....

Oh....Hold on....

Just one second!

 My Pie is done!

Smells Wonderful....

Hope it tastes good too!

What's on your dinner table tonight??

My husband was on vacation last week.  We spent the majority 

of the first part of the week working on the shed.  Hopefully in

 the not to distant future I will be able to show you a

completed shed.  I must say it is looking so

  cute good right now and I, for one,  am 

getting so excited for it to be completed.  One the heat

has made it so difficult to muster up the energy 

to even work on it and two....

It is a much needed addition to our backyard!

But, on Thursday and Friday we got some much needed rain.

Downpours actually for at least (almost anyway) 24 hrs

non~stop.  So my husband and I took a road trip up to 

see our Hillary and we took her out to lunch and then we came 

Home thru Amish Country.

Even with all the rain we had a good time.  We stopped at a 

couple of vegetable stands at some Amish homes.  My husband 

had to do the purchasing as I was blocked in with J~channel for the 

much needed shed.  But, I didn't mind too much because of the downpour.

By the time we reached this Amish Home the rain

had let up alot and I did get out and go into the bakery. 

We purchased some cheese bread, pop corn (un~popped),

a homemade candy bar (which I still haven't eaten), and a

pumpkin cookie sandwich....that we shared on the ride Home.

(Google image)

Surprisingly, I didn't even think to take out my camera while

my husband was at the 2 stands we stopped at.  Just as well, 

as you all know they don't like to have their picture taken.  But, I 

did watch from the car.  The first stop a young girl came out to help

my husband.  She had on a black prayer cap 

(which I just found out means she's single),

a coat that looked like it was made of wool

(it was chilly that day with the rain),

and a dress that went about mid~calf or so....

and she was barefoot!  I thought that was so cute!

My husband said she was a very friendly girl and 

probably would have talked with him as long as he wanted.

She had held out her hands and asked him if he could guess 

what she was doing today and he said, "You are peeling beets!"

She was amazed that he knew.  He told her that the stain would last for a

few days and is hard to get off. 

 She said, "That's okay, red is my favorite color!"

We guessed her to be about 14 yrs old.

If only our non~Amish kids were that joyful!

The second Amish stand a young boy ran out to help.

I had to laugh, because he had a plastic grocery sack over

his straw hat to protect it from the rain.  He too was in a coat 

and was also barefoot.  My husband said he was very knowledgeable

about his produce.  We guess him to be about 12 yrs old or so.  

He could name the heirloom tomatoes and that impressed my 

husband.  I remember their yard being so pretty and not a weed

in their garden that ran along the driveway.  Their neighbors were

"English" and I have to say, an old fashioned push mower was

in the Amish yard and their yard was kept so nice....

not so much for their "English" neighbors!

The Amish Bakery was having a fish fry this past Saturday.

I would have loved to have gone.  It was open to the public

and all donations were going to help pay hospital bills.  

"Mary" said that there were alot of babies in the hospital

this past winter and the money was needed to help with the bills.

I can only imagine the turn out of buggies.  

What a sight that would have been!

One last thing:  While we were in the bakery that day, both

my husband and I came out and said boy it sure was dark in there.

It was about 6:00 p.m. and raining, but we had forgotten

they don't use electric!  Kind of funny how use to things we become!

Hope you all are in Good Health and are making Happy Homes!

As Always, Thanks for stopping by!

Our Sunday Drive....

Last Sunday we moved our daughter into her first apartment in her college town. On the way Home I asked my husband to take the back roads. I like to see the Amish farms, they keep them so clean and I have always been infatuated with them. I will not lie, I do like to peek at the Amish people too.

Why they are so fascinating, I don't know. Maybe because of the unknown.

Anyway, we were driving along and not really seeing any action. No buggies, no little children playing outside...nothing really. Just their beautiful homes and beautiful gardens. Then all of a sudden we came upon one Amish farm and there had to have been at least 30 buggies all in one area. Not a person to be seen. The house wasn't all that big and we wondered where all the people could be. You can kind of see some of the buggy tops in this picture below.

I must say, it's hard to do a drive by picture taking when your trying not to be noticed.
So you'll just have to picture it in your head.

Of course, I made my husband turn back and go by one more time, no I'm not a stalker! But, this time maybe 12 or so Amish women were walking from the barn to the house. It was such a neat sight! They were all dressed alike, in black dresses and pristine white aprons. I believe they had on black caps too. They seemed to be in two's. No children, no men....just these women. I really wanted to get a picture, but my other daughter was embarrassed. I guess, it would have been a bit awkward....almost stalkerish I admit. But, I've never seen anything like it before! I am guessing they were in the barn, probably for their service and it was time to get the Sunday meal ready for the others.

But, I do wonder....How do they know which buggie is theirs?