May 1st- organizing a cabinet and things from our walk

Hello everyone 

After church,  I asked a grandson to help me with a corner cabinet in our kitchen.  

It has a narrow door but it’s open all the way back to the corner.  

It will hold lots of stuff but it’s very easy to lose and forget about stuff too.  

I went through all the stuff he pulled out and then made a list to put on that door to help me remember what’s in there 

The cabinets are not full and that’s fine with me.  

I’m guessing some of y’all would like a JJ to help you with some hard to reach places too 😊

Later in the afternoon, I went for a walk and the two grandsons rode their bikes.

This business that is closed on weekends has a great parking lot for bike riding. The boys look a lot farther off in this picture than they really are.

 But it is a good size area that they can make loops on and you have to go up and down the entranceway.

They both burned off lots of silliness during our exercise outing. 

This is in the yard in a house several blocks from our house. I think the plant is called clematis and it blooms every spring. 

The first year it bloomed, I thought it was  silk flowers as I had never seen a real lavender flower  blooming like this.

In case you’re wondering, the side of this house faces the west. 

   

We stopped at the little free library in our neighborhood. We know the teacher that runs it and it is OK to take whichever books we want.
I’ve been reading the Benjamin Franklin book to two of the boys. I read the Paul Revere book and have started the book about John Hancock.

 They may be intended for children but they have lots of good history in them.

In our yard, several rhododendron bushes are in full bloom, above.

Below is a peony bush that will be blooming any day.

Terri

We had a heavy rain a few nights ago and it washed away almost all of the flowers on the bleeding heart plant.

 So it may have lasted more than a week, but not much more.

 They are very pretty plants though.

Happy May Day to everyone 

❤️ Rhonda 

BEDA - winding up

Sorry I missed several days of BEDA but my week went off track - 

Wednesday the youngest grandson chipped a tooth at school and was in quite a bit of pain and I just focused on his needs.  

Thursday my husband had an outpatient procedure done on his back and it was stressful but so far,  it’s seeming like it might be a success- it takes time to know for sure but we are thankful it went as well as  it did.  

So Friday,  I tired to catch up doing all the things I didn’t do Wednesday and Thursday.  I got a lot done but I also wore myself out.  

I’m pretty sure y’all can all relate……

So on to today

I’ve been looking for a good blueberry muffin recipe. I’ve tried several but they weren’t as good as I hoped.  Y

I baked this version from an older Betty Crocker cookbook this morning.  They were great! 

2 of them are streusel-less as one grandson said he didn’t like streusel 🤷🏻‍♀️

I made the recipe exactly as written except I used wild frozen blueberries and added more cinnamon to the streusel.  

We needed a few groceries so I went to Walmart this morning.

 I didn’t look at all the prices but I was shocked to see the cheapest eggs were $3.08 for 1 dozen and small watermelon were $8.47!

Thankfully we have 2 sources of home raised eggs.  

But I’m guessing all of you are seeing these shocking grocery price increases.  

We had a really nice treat  today that was free. 

My daughter entered a contest sponsored by a new local company that specializes in charcuterie type snacks and 6

She won a dozen snack cups.  

The cups were identical and I’ll try to list everything in 1 cup

Chocolate covered cashews and in shell pistachios on the bottom

A giant strawberry and 2 blueberries on a skewer

Giant grapes on another skewer

Mini Stroop waffle cookie

A flat pretzel cracker dipped in chocolate 

A salami rose

Long piece of cheese- maybe a mild cheddar?

A long pretzel and a twizzler

All 7 of us thought these were a very fun treat.  

This is not something I will buy but we live in a college town and I expect this business will do very well here.  

❤️ Rhonda