Sarah Smile :o)

That is just what Sarah at Cottage Garden Studios makes me do! Sarah is a PHENOMENAL artist who I personally think, is going to give Boynton some pretty stiff competition. I met Sarah during this wonderful, One World One Heart Magic Carpet Ride. Sarah creates the most incredible drawings ( talk about a gift!)

When I saw Sarah's work I knew that I had to have one of her Scottish Terrier drawings. I am now proud to say that I personally own this treasure:

 

Look at the detail! I swear she modeled this after Gussy Dog, but then every scottie dug mother feels that way when they see a drawing or painting of their furbaby

 

Everything smiles in Sarah's drawings....even the BEES are smiling!
SO PLEASE RUN, DO NOT WALK over to Sarah's site,
www.CottageGardenStudios.com

 

Now I just wanted to take a moment to remind you all of two things:

First, One World, One Heart will be ending in just TWO DAYS! Whew!
It seems as though it just started. I can;t tell you how happy I am to have been visited by so many wonderful bloggers, from all over the world. If you have not been following this event , you have a lot of miles to travel in a short period........so hop to it.

 

Second, this weekend is the annual 13th Annual GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT

 

This is one of my personal favorite things to do mid winter.I have seen dozens of juncos all morning here in our backyard.



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It's a fun activity for families and with all of us suffering from cabin fever in the Northeast, it is a great way to spend the weekend!
So do as our resident red is doing here and just plant yourself in a room with a great wiew and gaze into the yard!

Happy Birding!!!

I am SOOOOOO behind on posts !!!

As you can tell I am in the garden, trying to savor the sweet rewards of Spring. Roses never look or smell as good as they do, the first few weeks in Spring ~ I guess after a long sleep they have reason to look smashing :o)



We are just about ready to start the second half of the backyard project. If you look at where the old posts are you will see waaaaaaaaaay in the back, the first transplanted grapevine...our missiion......to become true winos ~LOL...seriously, this is the year of the berry and the grape. Pretty soon our mulberry trees will be weeping tears( errrrrrr make that berries ) of joy.



Chipotle-Mulberry Sauce:

1/4 cup red raspberry vinegar
1 large clove garlic, minced
1 cup crushed mulberries
1 chipotle in adobo, minced

In a sauce pan, combine the vinegar, garlic, mulberries, and chipotle and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and cook, uncovered, for 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and puree if you want a smoother sauce. This will be intensely purple!

Use to glaze the chicken or ribs, but if you do them on the grill watch carefully because the sauce is sticky and will burn quickly.

Makes about 1/2 cup

Let's see, what else? Well, they make an awesome cobbler, but mush up a bit too much for a pie unless you mix them with rhubarb or peaches or maybe even apples. Well, that's my opinion, anyway, my Grandpa would argue, he loved mulberry pie. If you do make it, be sure to cook and thicken the mulberry filling before filling the shell so the crust doesn't get too soggy.

I also think they'd make a pretty lavender colored ice cream, and might be good if pureed and strained and added to lemonade.
Credit for this smashing recipe given to ANNIE at:http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/cooking/msg0415122012507.html
Now Gussy dog........GET OUT OF THOSE BERRIES!!!!

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven(Ecclesiastes 3:1)

It's time to garden.........like most of you who live for gardening, I have been chomping at the bit to sink my hands into the soil! Pouring over all of those delicious catalogs in winter paid off. I was able to finally find some fabulous Italian garlic. Yes I know, best to plant in the fall, but procrastinating is one of my other favorite things to do in spare time :o)