Last flowers of the year

About the only thing still blooming are the Glorious Daisy... love these!  The ornamental pepper, Black Pearl I'm going to bring indoors and try to keep it through the winter.  If I can get diamond frost make it through the winter the black pearl should be easy! (fingers-crossed)

Cleaning out the fridge again used a half jar of Prego over chicken breasts made a nice yummy meal... Baked in the oven was quick and easy

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Fresh Veggies....

I'm lucky enough to have a sis and BIL who put in a great veggie garden ever year.  The very wet spring and extreme heat later took a toll on parts of the garden but they still have a great harvest.  I stopped out to Bev and Dave's the other day and came home with some of the produce.  Beautiful lettuce, humongous sweet onions, green beans, a few tiny green peppers and cucumbers.  The making of a fantastic fresh salad!

My flowers and plants are doing well.  My first year with calla lily's..they shot up really fast.  Here's a small sampling of my favorites...

I transplanted an Annabelle hydrangea this spring..it is gorgeous

Louie's hair is growing in fast....

BTW, Happy Birthday Breener

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Happy St. Patrick's Day ...

Wishing everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day.  Remember, if you don't wear green today you may get pinched... so I know Carol won't be wearing green!!

Sharing some beautiful flowers, wish they were growing in my yard now.  The photos were taken by my cousin, Phil Lynch, who takes gorgeous shots.... all with a touch of green

This one is a favorite, so cute....

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Best Apple Crisp...

Just a quick break from my fall cupcakes.. with all the apples, I needed to make THE BEST APPLE CRISP recipe from all time.  The recipe is from none other than... BETTY CROCKER!!!

I really don't think you can beat this recipe, and of course make sure you double the topping.  You can find the recipe HERE..   I used Honey Crisp apples this time - usually I use the Granny Smith since I like a little tartness.  The Honey Crisp apples turned out very nice, it would really be a toss up as to which one I think is better.

A few photos of some of the last of my fall flowers...

Last but certainly not least...

Happy 2nd Anniversary Nick & Carrie

(my baby boy)

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Mysterious Wild Yellow Rose Bush....

I received an email from a friend who told me of a beautiful wild yellow rose bush in her front yard.  It mysteriously appeared about six years or so ago and has been growing and blooming every year.  I had been up to Kristy's home a few weeks ago taking some photos.. she has a beautiful shaded area of ferns and hosta that I wanted to take some photos.  Back to the wild yellow rose bush.. it was absolutely amazing.....

In doing a little research on wild rose bushes I came across this...

"Birds have perfect little mills of stomachs for grinding worms and seeds, but rose-hips are so thick and hard that it must take the birds days to digest them. The seeds inside are like little stones wrapped in spiny hairs, so they pass right through the birds unharmed, and are planted far away. In this way the wild rose has been scattered by birds over many parts of the northern world, from very cold countries almost to the hot tropics, and far up mountain sides. "

Kristy thinks this is how the rose bush came to be, and after reading up on it, I totally agree.  With a pure luck of nature, she had this gorgeous specimen to enjoy year after year!

Some other photos I took that day at Kristy's and my sister, Laurie ....

A few of Kristy's 4-legged babies....

"JAKE"

This little one was questioning just WHAT I was doing...

Such a sweet face.. but I think someone mentioned the name..... "Kathleen"

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