Beef Stew

Doesn't this look like great ingredients for beef stew. It all came out of my garden this year. Root crops seemed to do the best for some reason.

Here is the recipe:

1 pkg. stew seasoning

2 lbs. beef stew meat

3 Tbsp. flour

2Tbsp. oil 3 cups water

5 cups cut up veggies

1. coat beef with flour. heat oil in skillet. Add beef; cook until browned on all sides.

2. put all ingredients in crock pot & let cook all day

This recipe works great with wild game to. The first year we where married we had an old elk in the freezer. That meat needed to simmer all day, so it would be tender enough to chew!

Cosmos

I've always liked Cosmos.

Here are some I planted this year.

"How would you like to own a universe? This will probably never happen but you can grow a plant which produces "showy flowers" in an "orderly arrangement of cosmic proportions". Cosmos is the flower you should grow. Spanish priest grew cosmos in their mission gardens in Mexico. The evenly placed petals led them to christen the flower "Cosmos," the Greek word for harmony or ordered universe.

Wedding Bliss

My nephew KP & his beautifull bride Taylor where married this weekend.

It's so strange that the little kids I used to tote around are growing up. It doesn't seem like that much time has gone by. Yes, that means I'm getting old.

I got a friend,Jan to go along with me. We loaded up my green Blazer & hit the road. over 700 miles to our destination, from Ralston, Wyoming to Echo, Oregon.

WE got to the Pendelton Woolen Mills just in time to take a tour & see how they make the beautiful blankets. We also bought big bags of remnants with plans of making our own creations.

We made it to my sister Susans Friday afternoon & got busy with wedding preparations.

We decorated with grapes & roses grown on the farm & they where married in the hay field over looking the vineyard. It was gorgeous!

Afterwards we feasted on prime rib & roasted pork. Delicious!

The party went on into the wee hours of the morning with a Bonn fire & music to dance the night away.

It was so nice to spend time with my family in Oregon & was hard to leave the next morning. I wish someone could move Wyoming closer to Oregon!

Sweet Corn

I harvested my patch of sweet corn this week.

Now it is all bagged up & in the freezer.

I love eating plump, juicy corn from the garden all winter long!

I Love Sunflowers!

It's proven, sunflowers make people happy. Their sunny yellow faces pointing to the sky bring on warm fuzzy feelings.

These are the sunflowers I planted in my garden this spring.

I remember the first ones I planted years ago. We had remodeled an old log cabin in Cody. it was the very first house we owned & I have very fond memories of my cute little cabin.

It had a large yard with tree's & bushes. I planted a row of sunflowers along the front fence.

We had a good Friend Lupe, who was always joking around. He said I was never going to get any seed's out of those sunflowers, so early one morning he snuck over and tied a small bag of sunflower seeds to one of the plants.

When I looked out that morning, I wondered what on earth that was dangling from my flowers!

Apron Swap

Look at what I got in the mail today.
What fun!

This was a fantasy vacation apron swap & I wanted to go to the beach.

Melinda @ http://melindasfabricfancies.blogspot.com made this cute apron & goodies for me & I love it!

She sent me a Delicious sounding recipe for Bahama Mama's. It says to make them while on the deck of your snorkeling boat, with reggae music playing & drink with your feet in the water and the sun on your face.

Yes, she has it down. Anybody care to join me?

Thanks so much Melinda!

Mysterious visitor winner

First a great big Thank you to My sister Paula @ http://www.onarainynight.blogspot.com

She was the mysterious visitor

And the winner is Melissa @

http://learning4him.blogspot.com

I hope you enjoy your necklace Melissa!

I've got other beaded jewelry on my Etsy

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5059591

Take a look and thanks for participating in my contest!