Monday, July 31, 2017

...Over the Weekend...

...my birthday was celebrated...
...and carrot cake was made...(Scout's idea I'm sure )...
...I can't say for sure about the recipe...but based on a printout I happened to see...I think it was this one from Love & Lemons...I'll try and confirm that for you...
...and the 'icing' is not the one from the recipe...
...and it's kind of a funny story...it's my vegan whipped cream topping...which is just the coconut cream from the top of a can of full fat coconut milk mixed with powdered sugar...
...and as we only had one can of coconut milk...that was all the cream they had for topping the cake...but it wound up being the perfect amount for this moist and delicious cake...

...wishing you a lovely start to your week!

Saturday, July 29, 2017

...one more day...one more year...

...my birthday started off...as it often does...with a flower delivery...

...and I must say that the florist really outdid himself this year...this is just about the most spectacular bouquet of flowers I've ever seen...
...it smells heavenly...especially these variegated roses...so pretty...
...then after my boys spoiled me all day long...and took me to a favorite Mexican restaurant (betchya didn't see that one coming...Wink)...

...it was time to open some pressies...

...a pretty white ruffled-y skirt from Scout and Our Girl...so sweet...and totally something I would have chosen for myself...
...and then the Man's present...was so well wrapped...ahem!...that I needed a little help opening it...HA!...
...he was taking the photos...and he didn't get a very good one of the trio of antique prints that he got from England...and had framed locally...
...and finally...my BIG present...a configurable ladder...I'd been wanting one since we borrowed one from a friend in WV...it converts from a straight ladder to a step ladder that two people can stand on...very handy for when you need another hand aat the top of a ladder...and then it can also be used at all different heights even on stairs...

...so another day passes ...and another year...

~Have a lovely day!

Friday, July 28, 2017

...Friday Favorites...

...y'all already know that Trader Joe's is one of my favorite vegan shopping sites...

...so whenever I'm close to one...I usually try to stop and shop...just a little bit...
...this is what I made it out of the store with this time...

Organic Broccoli
Vegan Chocolate Chips
Vegan Cheese - y'all saw it in action yesterday...
Beefless Crumbles
Smart Dogs
Firm Tofu
a couple of organic Bananas
High protein tofu
Coconut Milk
Raspberry Sparkling Water
...a lemonade from France I thought Scout and Our Girl might like...
and an organic onion

...do you have a Trader Joe's near you?

~Have a lovely day!

Thursday, July 27, 2017

...W.I.A.Y ...

Breakfast - vegan biscuit and sausage gravy
Lunch - T.L.T. Sandwich...the last of the yellow Romas from Mom's...lettuce...vegenaise...and Tofu...
...my very first tree ripened peach of the season...YUM...

Snack - Peach
Dinner was just kind of a throw together affair...I had some leftover pasta sauce...and some Gardein crumbles...
...then I made some toast with some Vegan Cheese from Trader Joe's...(I'll show you that 'haul' tomorrow)...
...my first time trying this cheese...it melts pretty realistically...
...and tastes pretty yummy...
...then I spooned my 'sauce' over my toasted cheese...it was good...

Dinner - toasted cheese, vegan 'meat' spaghetti sauce...

...what did you eat yesterday?

~Have a lovely day!

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

...W.I.P. Wednesday...

...one soft and silky spiral bed sock is finished...
...the toe pattern is super easy...just several rows of decreases...and then you thread the working yarn through the remaining stitches and pull it closed...so you have this little circular tip...
...and a closeup of the pattern...

...what's in your workbasket?...

~Have a lovely day!

Tuesday, July 25, 2017

...Gifted Veg...

...y'all are probably getting pretty used to seeing this...

...one of our gardeners left us this...pretty typical stuff...
...but this time...these delicacies were included...

...fresh mint, sage, and oregano...nice!
...nothing to do but get busy breaking beans...

~Have a lovely day!

Monday, July 24, 2017

...Birthday SDA Food Haul...

...y'all know how my birthday celebration can stretch over days or even weeks...

...as she often does...Mom took me to her local SDA store to get a few consumables for my birthday...

...y'all know that I love this type of present...there's Sausage and burger TVP...two kinds of stevia...plain and vanilla...and some veggie scallops...Our Girl wanted to do a Low-Country-Boil...and this was the closest thing we could find to vegan seafood...

...the two gingery things are not for me...they're for my sweet sissie...and Scout will take them to her next time he flies...so sort of a spoiler...

...and finally some shiny new white cotton dish towels...

...so...totally perfect...Thanks Mom!

~Have a lovely day!

Saturday, July 22, 2017

...Dinner and a Movie. ...

...so dinner was Bryanna's Breast of Tofu, fried cabbage, Grandma's Mashed, and peas...so pretty boring...

...and the movie was my pick...and I chose 'Ladies in Lavender'...so you know what it's about...it's just a movie about some people...HA!...I thought it was good...Scout spent most of it looking at his phone...so I'm guessing it's not his kind of movie...

...what have you been watching lately?...

~Have a lovely weekend!

Friday, July 21, 2017

...Pool Time...

...no summertime visit to Mom's is complete without a little pool time...

...I love to take stop action photos of people suspended above the water...
...but the reality is that they are soon underneath it...
...we had a lovely lazy afternoon...just floating around the pool...talking about whatever came into our heads...

~Have a lovely day!

Thursday, July 20, 2017

...W.I.A.Y. ...at Mom's...

Breakfast - a HUGE vegan biscuit smothered in TVP sausage gravy...around the table filled with family...what could be better...
Lunch - Tomatoes THREE ways...the yellow Romas are from the SDA store...who knew there even were yellow Romas...the green ones are from Mom's garden...perfectly fried...and then a mug of tomato soup with Ritz crackers...'cause that's how I roll...
...Mom's ancient apple tree...started by Daddy from a twig he got from the old homeplace...so it's about as old as Mom's house...but loaded with apples this year...
...so I picked one for a snack...you can almost see a leaf stuck to the side...
...'cause when I brought it in to wash it off...it made a green spot on the apple...
...it didn't affect the taste any though......BEST apples ever...

Snack - Heirloom Apple
Dinner - Tomatoes and cucumbers, corn on the cob, vegan coleslaw, veg baked beans, and a baked potato with BBQ sauce...

...what did you eat yesterday?...

~Have a lovely day!

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

...a visit with Grandma...

...I had such a nice visit with Grandma...we worked the crossword...

...and thanks to Mom for the photos!
...my 101 year old Grandma is so smart...the only ones she really didn't get were the songs...I'm not sure she knows who Mariah Carey is...maybe the Osmonds one from years ago...
...we had such a good time...

~Have a lovely day!

Tuesday, July 18, 2017

...We are here...

...this is the gorgeous view from my Mom's house...

...I asked her what the knob across the river was called...and she said she'd lived there all these years and didn't know...

...so of course I had to search the interwebs for it...and it's...drumroll please...Mill Knob...go figure...

~Have a lovely day!

Monday, July 17, 2017

...Over the Weekend...

...I had to drop some things off at Goodwill...so...you know what that means...

...the $3.75 haul includes:
...a 25¢ white mug...
...a 50¢ cookie scoop to replace the one Scout broke scooping too stiff dough...
...and a 50¢ white plate...
...three 50¢ wide mouth Mason jars...
...and this old pint milk bottle...
...for $1...

...what have you thrifted lately?...

~Have a lovely day!