candles

In autumn when darkness comes early, out come the candles



some were gifts



some are scented



some are not



warm and welcoming



calming



inside and out

wild wild west

Enjoying a week in Fort Collins, Colorado with son #2 and his lovely wife.



To make it even more fun these friends from home came along
with us to visit their son #2 and his lovely wife in Denver.



family and really good friends can see more photos here

view flipcard

Have you checked out the new ways to display your blog?

Change is hard for me so I won't be changing anytime soon but
it is fun to view your favorite blogs in "flipcard" mode.

To view any blogspot blog in this mode just add
/view/flipcard to the end of the blog address.

here is a sample
{click on link below photo}

cornersofmylife.blogspot.com/view/flipcard

squash soup

An autumn/winter favorite that we make again and again every year.

Squash Soup
yields about 8-10 servings

1 large onion
6 medium carrots
3 Tbls butter
2 medium butternut squash (peeled and cubed)
7 cups chicken broth
2 tsp salt
1 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp pepper
chives

Slow cooker directions
In large frying pan, saute the onions and carrots in margarine for 10-15 minutes stirring occasionally.

Add to large slow cooker along with squash, broth, salt, thyme and pepper.



Cover and cook on low for 8 hours (until vegetables are tender). With immersion blender puree soup until smooth being extra careful not to burn yourself from "splashes". Garnish with chives if desired when serving.



Stove top directions
In soup kettle, saute the onions and carrots in margarine for 10 minutes stirring occasionally. Add squash, broth, salt, thyme and pepper; bring to a boil.

Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 30 minutes (until vegetables are tender). With immersion blender puree soup until smooth being extra careful not to burn yourself from "splashes". Garnish with chives if desired when serving.

some things never change

When my kids were little I loved when they would get a creative idea in their minds and spend the day trying to make it. Now that my son is grown I see he still does the same thing.



He and his football loving friends ordered real buffalo fur



and buffalo horns from an Indian reservation.



They spent hours working on this project.
I suppose the beer helped the creative process {?}.



Here they are ready to leave for the game.
{by the way these three are government engineers - scary?}



It was our pleasure to host these lovely young adults for they weekend as they were in town to attend the Buffalo Bills vs Philadelphia Eagles football game.





weekend photos

two punks

when Amanda shared this punk photo of baby Cedar



it reminded me that I had a similar photo of myself



yep -two punks
one happy, one not so much

we live in all we seek

road trip

We recently took a weekend road trip.



Does the book on tape give you a clue where we were headed?



Maybe the horse and carriage tour passing by?



How about the Headhouse farmers' market?



Yep - Philadelphia to visit these fun city dwellers
{son #1 pictured with his girlfriend on their roof-top deck}

family and really good friends can see more photos here

candy corn tree {repost}

1. Pick a few scraggy branches from your yard

2. Arrange them in a small, tall vase

3. Hot-glue kernels of candy corn in clumps of twos and
threes on the ends and the v's of the branches

4. Set the vase in a small bowl and fill
with the remaining candy corn



Warning: This makes it way too easy to over indulge in candy corn!

tomatoes, squash, and potatoes

Baked Tomatoes, Squash, and Potatoes



Ingredients
Serves 4-6
• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 3 small tomatoes, sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 1 medium yellow summer squash, sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 1 medium zucchini squash, sliced 1/4-inch thick
• 1 medium Yukon Gold potato, sliced 1/4-inch thick
• Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
• 1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
• 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan

Directions
1. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
2. Heat oil over medium and cook onion until tender and lightly golden, 6 to 8 minutes.
3. Arrange the onion on the bottom of a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Overlap tomato, squash, zucchini, and potato in rows on top of the onion.
4. Season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with thyme and Parmesan.
5. Bake uncovered for 45 minutes until golden.




From Whole Living, September 2011

slow loading blog

Lately I have had trouble loading a couple of blogs that I follow. I think it may be due to the blogHer ads on the top and side. More and more of those ads are java script videos and interactive links. They take a long time to load as they have to load video players and then use up quite a bit of memory.

One blog always gets this error, freezes and then I can't close it unless I open the task manager.



I tried opening it on another computer and it did the same thing.
I enjoy this blog and miss not being able to read it.

I was wondering if anyone else was having this problem with any blogs??