Medallion Rose

Thank you Lord for the beauty that surrounds me!

I ❤️ Heuchera or Coral Bells

The weather has been beautiful here in lower Michigan...but we do need some rain.  I have been watering my Heuchera and other plants for over a week now.     I have about 40 different varieties of coral bells now.  I love them!

 

I ordered some Heuchera seeds last year from eBay but did not have any luck, has anyone else tried growing coral bells from seeds? If you did, please let me know how to get the seeds to grow!  Please!

Bad weather preparedness!

The weather people are predicting ice and some snow for tomorrow.  Then some high winds to hit...well we have been without power for a week before so Danny checked the generator today, the fuel, and we have enough groceries for a month.  Are you prepared?  

I plan to take down our Christmas tree and put away Christmas.

We live here (the little red house)in Michigan.  We shop in Battle Creek and in Kalamazoo.

 

The predicted storm has left many people hurting from Texas across the Midwest.  We are praying for the people in Texas that were hit by the tornados.  Be prepared and stay safe friends and family!

Coffee creamers

I love coffee and have since I was a little girl when my dad gave me half a cup coffee with 2 teaspoons of sugar and filled almost to the top with milk.  I continue to look for that perfect cup of coffee.  I first love the aroma of roasted coffee.  Even when I don't need to buy coffee, I will stop at Meijers at the coffee grinder and linger in the area just so I can smell that beautiful aroma.  We are creatures of habit so over the years we have purchased Folgers just like mom and dad then one day we got a cup of Maxwell...now we are hooked on Maxwell House.  

I like to have my crazy coffee in the morning while we do Bible study...crazy coffee is 1 T of coconut oil and a touch of butter blended with my hot fresh cup of coffee then I top it off with a couple of T of amaretto creamer.  Now I almost go into a panic when I can not purchase my creamer, I watch for it in every grocery store!  Where am I going with this you ask...well, I have came very close to running out before I found my next supply of amaretto creamer so I went on a search to see what I could do to make my own.  Pinterest lead me to many sites.  I picked out 2 recipes and I am trying them out.

I mixed one can of sweetened condensed milk, I half and half with 2 t of almond extract and 1 t I'd cherry extract and poured this mixture into my new bottle I found on the 40% off sale at Tractor Supply.   I then made a fresh pot of coffee and tried it out...not as good as my Amaretta creamer...so then I whipped up another batch but this time I used dry ingredients except for the extracts.

I used my blender...1 c sugar blended with the 2 t almond extract and 1 t cherry extract.  It clumped so I waited a short time and then added coffee creamer.  It smells good but I wanted to be able to sleep tonight so I am holding off that taste test until tomorrow...I will get back with you!

Love my new bottle and will continue to tweak the Amaretta creamer recipe.

Frosty, foggy Sunday morning

Evan spent the day with us today...Saturday...Dec 04, 2015.  A busy day going to Scrapaloo at Delton and then to Hobby Lobby in Battle Creek getting his Mommy's birthday present.

But what he loves to do is be outside.  We went for a walk down to the lake. 

Papa, Eistein, and Evan heading down to the lake.  The air has a chill and the sun is setting.

Climbing up the peak as we head back home.  We repeated climbing on the peak many times before we went in the house to have our supper.

Playing in the dirt is a big activity on our walks.

I am excited today, well, I am glad to see the sun!  I love the way the lake's color changes as the sky changes.  

We admire the houses around the lake that are all lite up with Christmas lights but we just put up the tree and get out the Christmas ornaments with our family history.  This old Santa is over 20 yrs old.  

 Thank you Lord Jesus for another beautiful day.  We pray for the survivors of The awful shooting in California during a Christmas party.  We pray for this country, please bless us and return those that are against us to their home countries.  Help us to defeat Satan and again make us a nation under God.