Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Where Did We Go? San Diego!

Mama Cora guessed it-we went to the coast.
The beautiful California Coast!
Did Mama Holli take her CAMERA?
SHE CERTAINLY DID!
Don those reading glasses
and
check out the snaps.
Balancing on Rocks


Playing in La Jolla


Hanging out on Coronado Island
A Visitor on Our Balcony
View from Our Balcony
To The Right
View From Our Balcony
To The Left
Watching A Wedding
You Guessed It....
From Our Balcony
Lying on the Beach
Watching the Waves
Watching the Planes
Making A College Visit
SDSU

Having Lunch
with
a
Hall Of Fame
Football Player


Staring at Rocks
(Do you see what I see?)
I see a SHARK
More Rocks
and ROCKS
and.......The Tidal Pools
to be continued in the
NEXT POST

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Where Did We Go?

Hmmmmm
Can you guess?
Stay Tuned to read about our
latest travel adventure!

Baby Doll Cradle Made New

Creating something new from something old 
is such fun!

We found this pine baby doll cradle at a resale shop.
My  daughter #1 paints some
lovely flowers on each end.
Mama Holli makes a mattress,
pillow and cover.
Just like new and ready for Gabby Goo
to tuck her baby dolls inside for nite nite!
Hopefully she won't try to put baby brother
in it instead!
She might try!


Monday, August 30, 2010

Last Scenes of Summer at Mama Holli's House


Homemade Strawberry
Shortcake
just
SCREAMS
SUMMER
Flowers Which I Planted From
Bulbs TWO Years Ago!
BLOOMING
for
the
FIRST
TIME
Baby Girl #2
Learning to Cook on The Grill
Watching my Yard
Turn
from
Mulch to FLOWERS!
MAGIC!
Ribs That Have Cooked
for
HOURS!
YUMMMMM
Views from my Kitchen Window
Birds DIVING
for
Berries
Summer Pie
MY OH MY
Watching The Birds
BEAUTIFUL

Need I say More?
Goodbye
Summer
See you in about 9 months!

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Flowers Please Stay!


School has started
The air has a different scent
The nights are cooler

I am not quite ready to surrender Summer
not ready to surrender the warm air
not ready to surrender the afternoon rain
not ready to surrender the flowers
oh how I Love my flowers









Thursday, August 19, 2010

The Palette



What a beautiful vintage palette
from
 The Graphics Fairy! 

A
Palette
Is
A
Work
of
ART
all
by 
itself

I love to stare at my daughter's palette
while she works.
It tells a story.
It has a clear beginning and end.
The paint dances and swirls
on the hard surface
aiding to create the masterpiece.
Looking at her palette helps me
to peek into her mind.
To see the story unfold
even before
the 
paint
reaches the canvas.




Thursday, August 5, 2010

Summer In Breckenridge

Oh How I Love
the
MOUNTAINS
in
the
SUMMER
fresh clean air
clear blue sky
crisp cool breeze

Love it!
I REALLY do!










Thursday, July 22, 2010

A Mama Bird

On My Front Door
I
Find


A
 Mama Bird
Builds
A
Nest

She Waits and Protects
She Waits and Protects


She Protects The Eggs
With All 
That 
She 
Is

A New Life Begins

We are all Mama Birds
We have the Responsibility
to
 Protect all Life

and
it 
is
truly
a
gift
to
 give
 life

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Mama Needed a BIG Dose of Vitamin D

And
Mama
Got
It
SUN
BEACH
SAND
AHHHHH

SAND ART
OURS


AND
THEIRS
SHELLING
DIGGING
BURYING

Sweet Baby Girl


Until next year....
Marco Island
Florida



Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Zach Heckendorf Plays At Red Rocks!

My Friend
Mama Kirsten
is 
OH
SO 
PROUD!
as
she
should 
be
ZACH
her
baby
boy
is 
PLAYING
AT 
RED ROCKS
THIS
WEEK

To Be 17
and
Playing 
at 
RED ROCKS
HUGE
BIG
GIGANTIC
watch
the video!


 

Monday, June 28, 2010

Something Is Fishy!

Mama Says
Something
Is
A
Little
Fishy

Baby Girl #2
Whipped This Dish Up!
Sh here is what she did....
She made a wonderful salsa
with these ingredients:
CHOP
Tomato
Cilantro
Mango
Purple Onion
Avocado
Jalapeno
DRIZZLE
 Lime juice
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
STIR
and
REFRIGERATE
then
Fire Up The Grill
GRILL
the
Salmon
DUMP
salsa
on
salmon
and
EAT

Thursday, June 24, 2010

The Girl Can Bake!

This
Little
Girl
of
Mine
CAN BAKE
I
tell
ya!
SHE REALLY
CAN BAKE!



She cooked up some good
old fashioned homemade custard
and
dumped it in a graham cracker crust
and 
loaded it with strawberries
YUM

Tree Drama

Just Some 
Friendly
Photos 
of
Trees
Shot

VERY 
DRAMATIC
and
EDGY
cuz
that's
how 
i
roll



Thursday, June 10, 2010

Eggplant Casserole With Italian Sausage


Is Your Mouth Watering Yet?
Well It Should Be!
I love this easy crowd pleaser!
The only hard part is keeping
the critters from snatching the
fried eggplant before I can load
it up in the casserole!

Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds of ground Italian sausage
1 eggplant
4 cups mozzarella cheese
8 cups gravy (spaghetti sauce)
1 cup flour
olive oil for frying
salt
1 cup milk

Peel the skin off the eggplant and slice in rounds about 1/4 inch thick.  Place slices on a kitchen towel in a single layer. Moderately salt each slice.  When the eggplant sweats (about 10 minutes) flip each slice over and repeat the process.  After the sweating is complete heat up about 1/2 cup of olive oil in a skillet on medium heat.  Dip each slice in milk and then flour and fry until slightly brown.  Drain on a paper towel.  Continue to fry all the eggplant adding new oil to the skillet when needed.  In a separate skillet brown and drain the sausage.  Add the gravy to the sausage.  I make my gravy from scratch and it is different each time.  A really good store bought brand is fine.  Now you are ready to assemble your casserole.  Spray a good size casserole dish and spread about 2 Tbl of gravy on the bottom.  Place a layer of fried eggplant on the sauce.  Next spread part of the sausage mixture on top of the eggplant.  Sprinkle the cheese on top of  the sausage.  Repeat the layers until all ingredients are used ending with the cheese on top.
Bake covered at 350 for about 45 minutes or until it bubbles. I usually take the cover off the last 10 minutes of cooking as I like me cheese a little crunchy on top! Serve it up with some salad and bread and you are good to go my friends!


Easy No Fail Ciabatta Bread


Look at this NICE Bread!
This recipe is from
my new Blogging Friend
Papa Steve
from
The Clean Team
The Best Carpet Cleaning Service
in the city of Denver!

It truly is a no-brainer recipe!
Go HERE
to get it!

Friday, June 4, 2010

Summertime Meal....Simple and Healthy

AHHHHH
Summer is Here
FINALLY!
Fire Up The Grill!
A simple but yummy meal
from
the grill!

Grilled Chicken
Salad
Bread