#314 Fog in the Woods

Our mornings have turned cold with fog. I loved the way this oak tree stood out in our tall evergreens.

As long as I had the camera with me, I snapped one of our pond.

#313 A Keeper! (Both the recipe & the hubby)

For years I have complained about no one baking me a HOMEMADE birthday cake. Today is my birthday. I got home from work yesterday and smelled something cooking in the kitchen. I yelled out, "It doesnt' smell like birthday cake to me!"

Jack was cooking dinner and had onions going in a skillet. So he made dinner and the evening passed as usual.

This morning I got up...took my sweet time upstairs messing around with just about everything I touched. Then I came downstairs and yelled out, "It smells like matches burning!" Jack replied he had lit a fire.

Again, I took my time getting into the kitchen. FINALLY, the phone rang and I entered the kitchen to find a THREE LAYER birthday cake and voltive candles lit!

Jack had made the cake yesterday. The onions were to cover the smells of the cake. It is a spice cake with chopped prunes and cream cheese frosting.

He has never baked before. He found a recipe in the newspaper and went with it. Evidently he had to call Kari for help then a neighbor for another tip.

I know it isn't just the fact that he made the cake for me, or the fact that I had cake for breakfast...but this was the best cake EVER!

So the recipe is a keeper and Jack needs to be cloned. He amazes me.

He even took photos to "chronicle" his first baking attempt! (Maybe I can get him to go back to France if I promise him some classes in French cooking!)

MMMmmmmm
As I was eating it, he informed me that there are 450 calories in a serving and 16 servings to the cake! Guess I'll be walking today!

#312 More of the show...

When you spend an entire year working on quilts to go into a show, it stands to reason that you could post photos of that show for a week or more! Not to mention I was one of the co-chairwomen of the show this year. No one wanted to chair the event and I'd done it for too many years to count, three others had done it for a couple of years so we decided to join forces and split up the work. It paid off. We not only had a great show, but we found a chairman and co-chairman for next year's show!

This was one of my favorites. Quilter Fran always makes something fun.

Quilter Mary took her granddaughter's favorite pants and put them into a quilt. How fun is that?! Then named it Miranda's Pants.

We all made beautiful quilted purses this year and filled them with all sorts of goodies. This is a shot of the raffle table. Nope...I didn't win a thing but a lot of other people sure took home the prizes.

Found Quiche Photos

Okay, I told y'all the quiche was pretty. I had dumped the photos in the wrong folder so I went in search of them and here they are! Mom, I promise to send the recipe ASAP.

#310-311 The making of a quilt show

This years Art Quilt Challenge was based on a book called "Under the Stars". It was about a local pioneer. Here are the six quilts. Mine is the upper left.

Josh's quilt.

Kai's quilt.

More photos to follow......I'm off to work!

#309 Quilt Show - Finally Here!

This is how the show begins....an empty gymnasium.

This is how it ends up. Full of quilts, fabric, demonstrations, vendors, and good food. It is weekend that I just hate to see end.
The Material Girls of Shady Cove, Oregon are incredible women. Tomorrow I'll post some photos of the quilts we donate to the hospital and the raffle baskets we make to raise money for the nonprofit of the year that we select. I might just also share my stash I bought... not that I needed any more fabric...but I'm addicted.

#308 Mmmmm Mmmmm Good

Well, Cussword!! I had two of the most beautiful photos of a quiche I made and somehow, I deleted them. DUH!

Just imagine a golden brown quiche here.....MMmmm. It was so good, I can't wait to make the recipe again. And when I do, I'll SAVE the photos before deleting them from my camera.

Anyway, I made it from a recipe in the newspaper. (Yes, we still have a newspaper in our town.) I made it thinking we would be arriving home late on Friday from the set up of our quilt show and it would be easy to heat up. I was right. It was just as tasty the 2nd night as the night I made it.