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We hosted a little Cowboy Campfire a few weeks back.
We enjoyed lots of cowpoke singing and dancing,
a licorice lasso contest,
our favorite four-legged friends,
and roasted marshmallows.
Welcome Autumn!
My friend Kathy made this for our homeschool mom get-together last year, and I made some for our Cowboy Campfire last night. The recipe is from good ‘ole Martha, and you can watch her making it online, which I think is hilarious. I don’t want to take the time to watch her when I can be getting it done in my own kitchen. But if you like to watch cooking, go for it.
Warm Apple Pie Spiced Cider
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 quarts apple cider
- 3 tablespoons firmly packed light-brown sugar
- 1 whole cinnamon stick, plus 6 for garnish
- 1 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- Pinch of ground cloves
- Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
- Pinch of salt
- 1/2 cup Calvados or other brandy (optional)
Directions
In a medium saucepan, whisk together cider, sugar, spices, and salt. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Remove from heat; pour in brandy, if desired. Remove cinnamon stick and transfer cider to a pitcher. Serve immediately, garnished with cinnamon sticks.
Yum yum yum yum yum! By the way, I’ve never used the brandy and it’s quite tasty!
(Serves 6…and yes, it’s okay to triple everything. Two cinnamon sticks might do in that case.)
When warm days
turn cool,
we find new beauty
in familiar places.
And in familiar faces.
As the seaons roll on, we are not unseated,
but find joy
in the change because we are confident in our
Who is
Farewell, beloved Ironbirds.
Though you brought us great joy
and excitement,
we shall kiss you fondly before your flight south.
We will watch for you overhead.
Return to us in spring.
–Sunlight on the face of a child of God
Before the leaves start falling, I’d better catch up on the last few blessings from summer.
Good friends joined us for our last week of summer vacation.
We made our final summer rainbow cake.
We unofficially kicked off our Lego club.
We crafted
and sketched
and made beautiful music together.
These friends are so dear to us we almost call them family. See the resemblance?
We spent this Labor Day
laboring (what a willing pack mule)
ahem…hiking to our favorite
waterfall.
For the first time, we ventured under the water
and to the top of the falls.
Well, some of us did.
The boys brought along their sketchbooks.
Brooke brought her smile.
I brought my love.
I love our family times together.
Seems I’m in good company.
If you’ve been following my garden this summer, you’ll know it’s our first try and we had high hopes. This is what our garden looks like now:
Tomatoes (see some stevia foreground center)
Pineapple Sage (MmmMmmMmm)
Cucumbers and Pumpkins
What a blessing this summer garden has been. If you look hard, you can even find some dirt under my fingernails. ~gasp~
My favorite part of gardening is harvesting the bounty.
