t.r.o.u.b.l.e.

here i am dear friends...i am at my sister-in-laws house on her computer to write to all of you. my computer got a virus on tuesday morning, may 24th. and i have been down and depressed ever since. i even took teddy one morning and went back to bed. i sure am missing all of you. i should be back up and running by next week and i can't wait. thank you so much for all your kind comments about whiskey sour, teddy and dande. keep thinking GOOD THOUGHTS. hope to be back soon. sending love to you all, kary and teddy xxx

Waiting

Whiskey Sour, Teddy and Dandegirl....all waiting for daddy to come HOME.

Rain At Farmhouse Kitchen

we're NOT in the garden today....

and Teddy is not one bit happy about it...

we were all set for a picnic...but not today.

Strawberry Sunshine Preserves

strawberry season is in full swing around here so i decided it was time to make my STRAWBERRY SUNSHINE JAM...

the market had rhubarb too...and cherries...

i just added a couple of stalks of the rhubarb right into my strawberries...

Red Blossom Strawberries...how cute is that ?

i got out my mom's red plaid recipe box... what a treasure...

i have an aunt who lives up in santa cruz on a produce farm...we call her Gog and this is her recipe for rhubarb jam...

here is the recipe card for my mom's Strawberry Sunshine Preserves.....

i just sliced up about 2 cups of strawberries and added in a couple stalks of rhubarb...

added one cup of sugar and the juice of one lemon...crushing the berries and rhubarb with a spoon and let it simmer for 8 to 10 minutes...

poured it into a dish and put some in a tiny glass to taste... it's good....

and set it in the sun...i let it go for 2 days...bringing it in at night...the jam gets really clear and just slightly thickened...

i put the jam in my swanky swig juice glasses...covered them with cupcake papers and tied them with string... i have been seeing the cupcake tops on jam around the internet but mom always covered hers with the cupcake papers... if you look real close you can see who got in on the jam making....whiskey sour... this jam keeps for about a week in the fridge and is good on english muffins, toast or scones...or even on ice cream... happy jam making.

In My Garden This Morning

this morning my berries and cream rose...

this rose is called night owl....see the little ladybug...

more of my berries and cream roses...

columbine

sweet peas

teddy

delphiniums

sorbet johnny-jump-ups

sunning in his favorite spot

sweet peas on my trellis

tony my blue jays bird bath

In Farmhouse Kitchen On Tuesday Morning

do you see her ? if you look close you can see just the tips of Dande's ears in the basket...it's the kindling basket...and YES...that radio is ancient...i have an ipod...i really do...but i LOVE playing that old radio...

i needlepointed this in high school...and my I LIKE list is pretty much the same today as it was then...

some of my cookbooks....that SILVER PALATE GOOD TIMES on the top of the pile has been worked over but good...it actually is in pieces...

more cookbooks...

the cookbook missing the spine behind the peep is julia child...completely worn off...

my kitchen sink this morning...

memorial day menu at farmhouse kitchen on my chalkboard....

getting a few things out for the memorial day bbq...

looking for inspiration in an old issue of Cottage Style...it's sitting on my old trunk from Vermont...

there he is...... the BIG GUY....whiskey sour in his favorite place....getting his morning sun....in Farmhouse Kitchen

Around the Farmhouse

i haven't posted in so long i almost forgot how....i don't know what happened to me...just busy i guess.... or lazy is more like it....anyway we got the birdhouse up...and this morning somebody pecked a hole in the front and moved right in ...

i got these white snowball cosmos the other day and they are really putting on a show...

do you see him...there in the foxglove....they haven't bloomed yet...but Teddy just LOVES his garden...

there he is on his lawn...the little toy used to be a ball...he has shredded that pretty good...

looks like we will have a nice little crop of my seek-no-further apples this year...the little tree is covered in blossoms...Teddy LOVES those apples too.

we have the "mommy and poppy" chairs all set up for SUMMER. we love to sit there and watch Teddy play...

just look at that "show stance"...with the tail up in the "full shrimp curl" as we call it....

that's his favorite spot sunning in the late afternoon in mommy's sweet peas...

mr. Handsome...with his firepop toy....

my sweet teddy boy....

jaz at http://octoberfarm.blogspot.com/ made pulled pork sandwiches and homemade rolls the other day...it looked so good i had to make it too....

as you can see....the sandwiches were a BIG HIT around here...i just simmered a pork shoulder that had been rubbed with a dry rub seasoning...seared it off...filled the pot with beer and beef stock and let is go in the over at 275 for 4 hours. served the sandwiches with the coleslaw...just like octoberfarm....
guess who LOVES pulled pork ? Teddy.