BLESSING & MORE BLESSING.....

Blessings & more blessing

over take me.....

Blessing #1

Yesterday Mickey & Ron harvested more honey but this time it was Ron's AND MICKEY'S. Mickey's first crop......getting honey the first year is very good and quite a blessing. It doesn't always happen. He got a little over 2 gallons and let me tell you, it tastes yummy!!!


By the way, you may have noticed they moved this "operation" into the garage from the storage barn this time. That was to be able to close the door and get further away from Mickey's hive and bees. Mickey did not get stung this time. Yeah!!

Here is our mother load. 5 quarts, 1 pint and 9 assorted little bottles.

Thank you Lord, and thanks to Mickey's "girls" for being such good producers.

Now he has to bed them down for the winter.

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Blessing #2

My sweet, dear friend, Leigh Ann outdid herself again and blessed me with

this adorable, precious clothes pen bag made out of one of Elle's sweet dresses.

How absolutely adorable it this???????

Here is the back side with the little string belt tie tacked in the back. Made by Leigh Ann's own hands and something that sweet, little Elle had worn.......well I'm about bursting with pride.

Here it is hanging on the line with some towels..........BUT

I think it's far to precious to use like that so I think it should hang here on this little shelf in our guest room with other lovelies I've gotten from sweet blogging friends.

What do you all think?:

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Blessing #3

I recently made a new church friend, Kathy, when I was asked by her to accompany her to go pray for a friend of hers who was dying of lung cancer. I knew her casually from church but we found out we actually lived in the same neighborhood and she and I have been walking some together and talking on the phone. Tuesday evening she and her husband came over so our husbands could meet. Kathy has a little side business of flower decorating and arranging and she blessed us with

This lovely arrangement of fresh flowers in a wicker vase from her yard.

Here is another overhead shot. This is still blessing us on our dining room table. I am amazed that she cannot only grow all these lovelies but arrange them so beautifully.

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Blessing #4

We were given these lovely purple and green bell peppers and tomato by a neighbor.

I looked on the internet and got this yummy relish recipe that was just delicious.


Here is the recipe: Bell Peppers Lemonly Dressed and Cumin-esque

This versatile recipe will add pizzazz to virtually any dish. You'll have some dressing left over.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup, plus 1 T, extra virgin olive oil, divided
2 red or purple bell peppers, thinly sliced
2 green or yellow bell peppers, thinly sliced
1/4 C freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 1 large lemon)
2 T minced parsley
1 t ground cumin
1 t honey
1 garlic clove, minced
1/4 C finely chopped scallions or red-onion
1/2 t salt
1/4 t freshly ground black pepper

Instructions:
1. Heat 1 T oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add peppers; saute', stirring until slightly soft, about 3 minutes. Let cool.

2. Combine remaining oil, lemon juice, parsley, cumin, honey and garlic in a large jar. With the lid tightly screwed on, shake the jar vigorously until oil and lemon juice have combined and thickened.

3. Toss peppers and scallions with about half the vinaigrette in a large bowl. Add salt and pepper. Cover; refrigerate 1 hour. Serves 4

Nutritional Information
Per serving: 200 calories, 16g fat, 1g protein, 9g carbs, 2g fiber, 150mg sodium.

Recipe adapted from Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables.