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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife We love all our grandchildren and it's so nice that they like to come over and stay with us for a while. Alexis in the top photo is washing the dinner dishes and Olivia in the bottom photo is enjoying a tomato freshly picked from the garden. She also like sitting on the swing with grandpa. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Oregano is a staple in an Italian kitchen. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Hydrangeas are my favorite flower. Not only are the flowers beautiful, but they last a long time and easy to dry and keep all year in your house as a dried flower. I love the color of this one in the back of my yard. I have three different varieties. This is the most common one. I have one called Vanilla Strawberry and as soon as the color shows up on them I'll show you them. The newest one is called Little Quick Fire, it's a miniature one and red. But, it's new this year so didn't bloom yet. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is a good dish to make in the middle of the week when |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Zucchini patties are a staple as long as I |
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| Copyright by the Old School Housewife This recipe got *** from my family. It not only was delicious, |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Every year we try to do something fun for the whole family in the summer. Some years were missed for one reason or another but this year we went to Knobels Park. The first picture is a view from the top of the Ferris wheel. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Black Eyed Susans Frankie bought be today, the first picture I took with my new camera |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Flowers under my kitchen window |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife My Vanilla Strawberry Hydrangea |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Some more tomatoes peeking out from the vine |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Thanks to my wonderful husband, I'm back in the "blog" business. He bought me a new camera today and the Black-eyed Susans you see in the first picture. I have such a good husband. |
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| Sent to me by a friend Freedom isn't free. Someone has to pay for it. Thanks to God and all our veterans. We can't thank them enough. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This recipe came from AllRecipes.com. I didn't have fresh lemons so I used bottled lemon juice and it came out just as good as when I made it with fresh lemons. ZUCCINI COBBLER 8 cups peeled, cubed zucchini 2/3 c. lemon juice 1 c. white sugar 1 tspn. ground cinnamon 1/2 tspn ground nutmeg 4 c. all-purpose flour 2 c. white sugar 1 1/2 c. butter, chilled 1 tspn. ground cinnamon 1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook and stir zucchini and lemon juice until zucchini is tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Stir in 1 cup of sugar, 1 tspn. cinnamon and nutmeg and cook one minute more. Remove from heat and set aside. 2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a 10x15" baking dish. (I used a 10x11). In a large bowl, combine flour and 2 cups sugar. Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir 1/2 cup of butter mixture into zucchini mixture. Press half of the remaining butter mixture into bottom of prepared pan. Spread zucchini mixture over top of crust and sprinkle remaining butter mixture over zucchini. Sprinkle with 1 tspn. cinnamon. 3. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until top is golden. Serve warm or cold. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife We love tiki torches. They give atmosphere to the outside, especially near the pool area. |
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| Sent to me by a friend Babies are so beautiful, especially when they are laughing. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This recipe is courtesy of Sandra Lee of the Food Network Food Channel. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is one of the foods Marinda requested for her birthday dinner. It was really good. The only change I made was that it called for green onions and I didn't add them. Recipe to follow: |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Today we celebrated Marinda's 39th birthday, |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I love nature. I love seeing bumble bees buzz all around my flowers. I took these pictures in the spring and forgot I had them. It's hard to get a picture of a bee because they are so fast and active. But patience paid off and I got these pictures. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife These pretty young girls swimming in my pool are; niece, Caitlin in the red; granddaughter, Britney in the pink; and granddaughter, Alexis in the blue. This was taken last year and I just found it and thought it was cute. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife We went to Knoebel's today and it was really too hot to walk around, but we had a good time anyway. I know the kids did. My husband, my oldest daughter Shelly, and I only went on the train, the Ferris wheel and the haunted house ride but it the kids went on more. I packed a lunch and we got a picnic table and ate first, everyone was hungry then, then walked around. That was the first time I was there in about 15 years and it looked so much different then I remembered. Anyhow I took pictures but when I got home, something happened to my camera and I can't get it to come on even though I changed the batteries. Hopefully, I can find someone who can fix it and I can take the pictures off of it and show them. This top picture is from the 4th of July in my back yard. Hope you enjoyed your day. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is the "Super Moon". The weather man said it's called that because of the position it's in in relation to earth and it will only be seen twice a year. It was amazing sitting up there in the sky. We see the moon practically every night, borrowing there are no clouds but tonight it appeared much larger. I hope you had to chance to go out and see it in person. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I know, I'm showing a lot of flowers. I can't help it; I love flowers. I love all flowers, all colors and shapes and sizes, but marigolds are my husband's favorite, so every year we have to get some yellow and orange marigolds. The small ones in particular. They look so small when you plant them but they spread out and fill in empty spaces and that's when they looked their best. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife I love begonias; they are |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife The first cooked zucchini for this year was a stuffed zucchini. Frankie and I love it and ate the whole thing for supper. So, sorry, no leftovers. I don't have a written recipe for it so I'll just tell you how I made it. Stuffed Zucchini Cut a zucchini in half the long way and cut out the center leaving a 1/4" wall of the zucchini. Chop the scooped out zucchini and put it in a bowl. Add about half a chopped onion, 1 egg, about 1/2 cup breadcrumbs (depending on how big the zucchini is), hand full of grating cheese, salt and pepper and drizzle with canola or extra virgin olive oil. Mix it together and stuff it in the zucchini shells. Drizzle a little more oil on top and top it with grated parmesan cheese. Put them in a roasting pan and pour some water in the bottom, being careful not to put water on the zucchini, and bake in a 375 degree oven for about 45 minutes, or until the zucchini is tender. You can add different cheeses if you want to. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Everyone in my family loves home made blueberry muffins. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Here come the zucchini. Once they start, I'll get them every day. Only so much you can use, so I guess I'll be giving some away. I do have a lot of recipes for them though. I'll have to dig them out. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Nothing fancy; just good old strawberries and cream. It's cool, delicious and a healthy snack. Enjoy the simple pleasures of summer foods. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Remember when you were little and |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife The east side of the sky right after the storm on Monday night July 7th. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife The west side of the sky right after the storm on Monday night July 7th Did you ever notice how happy you are when you see the blue sky after the storm clouds clear out. You know it's there but during the storm you temporarily forget. That's how it is with God. He's always there even when the storm clouds of life darken your world. All you have to do is remember and reach out for Him. He's always there to help you through the storm. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is Alexis our second granddaughter. Sometimes we call her Lexi. She had the biggest most beautiful eyes when she was a baby. They still are beautiful. A friend of my once referred to her as the little girl with the dancing eyes. She loves cookies, singing and is very smart. When she graduates she wants to help people who have a hardship. She's kindhearted and loves God. We love Alexis. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is Britney, our oldest granddaughter. She's smart, beautiful, talented and loves to bake. She was one of the most beautiful little girls you'd ever want to see. She's going to make someone a very good wife and she will be a good mother too. We love Britney! |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife This is Olivia. She is our third and youngest granddaughter. She is quite a character. She loves to pose for pictures, her mother got her used to that from when she was a baby, even make videos. She's so smart, practically taught herself to read and she absolutely loves her cat, Peaches, her best friend. And Peaches loves her, you can tell that from the first picture. We love our Olivia. |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Britney's banana doughnut muffins are arranged to look like the flag and cherry limeade. |
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| Copyright by the Old School Housewife Shelly, Mike and Britney |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Grandpa and two granddaughters |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Olivia and her mama |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Blue and red smoke bombs |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Fireworks to cap off the night |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Olivia enjoying her time with Aunt Shelly |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Mike and Billy jamming |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Britney and grandpa |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife Red beet eggs |
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| Copyright by The Old School Housewife More fireworks, a lot of fun There was a lot more pictures, more food and more people in the evening, but I couldn't put them all on this post. Hope you had a wonderful day too. |
