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"Making my feet my friend" via Autumn Maple

Quote J M Barrie

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Pantone Palette 2017 Fall/Winter

It's time to start the closet re-organization.

Autumn Maple has caught my attention.

Bourbon Slush

9 cups water, divided
3 black tea bags (or 1 family size)
1/2 cup sugar
12 oz frozen lemonade concentrate
6 oz frozen orange juice concentrate
2 cups bourbon

ginger ale, chilled, for serving

In a small saucepan, bring 2 cups of water to a boil.  Add the tea bags and steep for 10 minutes.  Discard the bags.  Stir in the sugar until it dissolves.

In a large container, combine the sweet tea, lemonade and orange concentrates, 7 cups of water, and 2 cups of bourbon.  Place in freezer for a minimum of 6 hrs, but preferably overnight, until the slush is firm all the way through.

For serving: scoop slush into a tumbler, top with ginger ale, stir and serve with a straw.

Recipe doubles well.

Baptism Luncheon

On March 18, 1990, in honor of DD#4's baptism,  we hosted a celebratory luncheon after church.
16 adults and 12 children enjoyed the menu.

Honey Baked Ham
Peach Salad
Broccoli Salad
Steamed Carrots
Rolls

Frosted Banana Bundt Cake
Lemon Bars
Brownie Bars

Tea
Coffee

"Spending and Being Spent for Christ" was the title of Joe Morecraft's sermon expositing
 II Cor 12:11-19.  It is available online at SermonAudio.

We even have the baptism vows/charge on cassette.

What a blessing to be able to listen again to these.



PS  Still looking for more pictures of this event.

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Pink Yarrow

Working Pantone's 2017 Spring palette into established closet inventory is proving to be easier than I thought.

Last year I purchased this Columbia rain jacket and had already gotten lots of wear out of it, when I spied the color on this season's list.

Dressing daily for work is less of a chore when I pretend like I'm painting a portrait.

What do you think?

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Greenery - Pantone's 2017 Color of the Year found in my closet!

In keeping with the spirit of my fashion blogging, I'm hope to stay current by adopting fashionable colors;

and by utilizing items I already own.

Sometimes the newest styles dont suit my body type.

Hence, accessorizing with the palette becomes not just a way to organize but also a way to prioritize.

This Franklin Covey satchel has served me well over the past several years by keeping office documents organized.

Today I may empty it and use it in place of my everyday handbag.

How are you incorporating *Greenery* into your style?


PS  That's Madame Golovin painted by my mother, who was copying Elizabeth Vigee-LeBrun's work.

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Spring/Summer Palette

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It's time to re-organize the closet ~

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Color(s) of the year are Rose Quartz and Serenity are most fitting for me since we're expecting two grandchildren next month: a boy and a girl, both due on February 15, the birthday of DD#3.

Monkey Bread

Make ahead recipe ~

Grease and flour a large TUBE pan
(not a bundt pan)


In it, arrange 24-30 

  1-oz frozen Parker House rolls.



Mix together the following dry ingredients and sprinkle over the rolls:

1  3-3/4 oz butterscotch pudding mix (NON INSTANT)
1    cup brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
1 tsp cinnamon

Evenly distribute 1/2 cups chopped pecan over rolls.

Pour 1/2 cup melted butter over everything.

Allow bread to rise overnight (or 8 hrs).  No need to cover pan.

Later ~
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees and bake for 30 minutes.

Let pan rest for 5 minutes before turning out onto a large dish with a lip, so the sauce wont run over the edges.

There are never any leftovers of this holiday breakfast item.

Top Ten - Pumpkin

Aside from the proverbial jack-o-lantern use for pumpkins, I have found a host of ways to enjoy this plentiful autumn gourd.

After roasting and pureeing, here are the top ten ways I've enjoyed pumpkin and its flavoring ~ links, if available



1)  soup
     really easy to fix, and I generally leave out the milk/cream
2)  roasted seeds
     freeze well, and a treat to add to salads
3)  pie
     DD#4 prepared a noteworthy version this year
4)  bars
     bought some cookie bars at the grocery store this year
5)  cake
     bought one from my favorite bakery this year
6)  muffins
     received some as a gift this year
7)  cheesecake
     too easy to buy the Cheesecake Factory version at BJs
8)  frappe (pictured)
     low-calorie, nutritious meal replacement
9)  latte
     coffee, vanilla protein powder, and Torani pumpkin syrup
10) ice cream
      Turkey Hill brand tastes delicious alone or a la mode

PS  I use Libby's canned pumpkin mostly, but insist on freshly roasted, pureed for my soup.

PPS  Bonus link to DD#2's recipe for pumpkin bread  ;-)

The Chameleon

hews the hue from pith and peel
to sublimate the color wheel
refracted in sun-speckle drops
like lemon macaroons.  It sops
up the palate's palette cake
and engineers a prism break
above entablatures of trees
to slip into the backdrop frieze
and coalescent with the light
cleave itself from human sight.





Poem by Walter Ancarrow
Photo by Os Nakayama

Walking

From my view above, walking

the hall with the cat, she slightly leading,

her body sways a little with her stepping,

undulates, not like the track of an old river

seen from an airplane, sharply cut through the land,

nor a snake or earthworm---

which must exaggerate, side to side.

She makes a subtle, graceful sway.

I think of how that wide river of ungulates looks,

The elands, zebras, wildebeests, buffaloes,

seen from the airplane above,

in their Great Migration up the Serengeti.

The head does not sway, remains straightforward,

not so much in the hip or shoulder either,

with soft forward shift one leg to another,

but, living where the ribs are, that swing.

When I see that liquefaction

in my cat or in the hordes on TV,

I stare in wonder at how the four-legged ones

are made, how seen from above,

they move in that way by merely walking,

in a grace not only probably, but is.

                       

Mary Ellen Branan

   Bastrop,TX

Poetry Society of Texas A book of the year 2012 awards

p. 118, Derry Tutt Memorial Award

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Fall/Winter Palette ~

Mango Salsa

2 ripe mangoes, peeled and chopped

2 large yellow tomatoes, peeled and chopped

2 Tbs grated white onion

2 Tbs finely chopped red pepper

2 Tbs finely chopped red onion

1/4 cup chopped cilantro

2 tsp cumin

zest and juice from 1 lime

salt & pepper, to taste.

DD#3 developed this recipe in 2010 and I have served it with repeated success.

In addition to being a refreshing appetizer, this salsa pairs well with grilled or baked fish.

Vows: Church Membership

Vows for Admission of persons to Sealing Ordinances:

1.    Do you acknowledge yourselves to be sinners in the sight of God, justly deserving His displeasure, and without hope save in His sovereign mercy?

2.    Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God, and Savior of sinners, and do you receive and rest upon Him alone for salvation as He is offered in the Gospel?

3.    Do you now resolve and promise, in humble reliance upon the grace of the Holy Spirit, that you will endeavor to live as becomes the followers of Christ?

4.    Do you promise to support the Church in its worship and work to the best of your ability?

5.    Do you submit yourselves to the government and discipline of the Church, and promise to study its purity and peace?

On xx September 1979, I answered these questions affirmatively when I joined Chalcedon Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, GA.   I believe it was a transfer of church membership from St James Anglican Church, Atlanta, GA, where I was confirmed on 8 March 1970 (age 11y11m).

Daffodils

          I wandered lonely as a cloud
          That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
          When all at once I saw a crowd,
          A host, of golden daffodils;
          Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
          Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

          Continuous as the stars that shine
          And twinkle on the milky way,
          They stretched in never-ending line
          Along the margin of a bay:
          Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
          Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

          The waves beside them danced; but they
          Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
          A poet could not but be gay,
          In such a jocund company:
          I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
          What wealth the show to me had brought:

          For oft, when on my couch I lie
          In vacant or in pensive mood,
          They flash upon that inward eye
          Which is the bliss of solitude;
          And then my heart with pleasure fills,
          And dances with the daffodils.


William Wordsworth

Jehovah Tsidkenu

I once was a stranger to grace and to God, 
I knew not my danger, and felt not my load; 
Though friends spoke in rapture of Christ on the tree, 
Jehovah Tsidkenu was nothing to me. 

I oft read with pleasure, to soothe or engage, 
Isaiah's wild measure and John's simple page; 
But e'en when they pictured the blood sprinkled tree 
Jehovah Tsidkenu seemed nothing to me. 

Like tears from the daughters of Zion that roll, 
I wept when the waters went over His soul; 
Yet thought not that my sins had nailed to the tree 
Jehovah Tsidkenu - 'twas nothing to me. 

When free grace awoke me, by light from on high, 
Then legal fears shook me, I trembled to die; 
No refuge, no safety in self could I see-- 
Jehovah Tsidkenu my Savior must be. 

My terrors all vanished before the sweet name; 
My guilty fears banished, with boldness I came 
To drink at the fountain, life giving and free-- 
Jehovah Tsidkenu is all things to me. 

Jehovah Tsidkenu! My treasure and boast, 
Jehovah Tsidkenu! I ne'er can be lost; 
In Thee I shall conquer by flood and by field 
My cable, my anchor, my breastplate and shield! 

Even treading the valley, the shadow of death 
This watchword shall rally my faltering breath; 
For while from life's fever my God sets me free 
Jehovah Tsidkenu my death-song shall be. 

by Robert Murray McCheyne 
Scottish Presbyterian Minister 
1813-1843

(Tsidkenu is Hebrew for The Lord our Righteousness) 

Easter Hymn

Praise the Savior now and ever;
Praise Him, all beneath the skies;
Prostrate lying, suff’ring, dying
On the cross, a sacrifice.
Vict’ry gaining, life obtaining,
Now in glory He doth rise.

Man’s work faileth, Christ’s availeth;
He is all our righteousness;
He, our Savior, has forever
Set us free from dire distress.
Through His merit we inherit
Light and peace and happiness.

Sin’s bonds severed, we’re delivered,
Christ has bruised the serpent’s head;
Death no longer is the stronger,
Hell itself is captive led.
Christ has risen from death’s prison,
O’er the tomb He light has shed.

For His favor, praise forever,
Unto God the Father sing;
Praise the Savior, praise Him ever,
Son of God, our Lord and King.
Praise the Spirit, through Christ’s merit,
He doth us salvation bring.

Venantius Fortunatus

cir­ca 530-609

Music: Upp, Min Tun­ga
 Swed­ish Kor­al­bok, 1697

Lemon Curd Trifle with Fresh Berries

*Trifles and Truffles are easy to eat Delicious Delightful Delectable Treats

 * A trifle is an English treat
 It's tasty and it's very sweet
 It's made with cake and jam and cream
 So fattening it could split a seam.

 Frederick S. Goldstein Bobbye S. Goldstein

 Recipe Links
 http://hiddenart.xanga.com/2009/04/14/lemon-curd-trifle-with-fresh-berries/ http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/lemon-curd-trifle-with-fresh-berries-recipe.html