Blossom

reaching back

 

Also, here is a recipe for some delicious lemon morning muffins-

 

Lemon Muffins

2 cups of all purpose flour

1 teaspoon of baking powder

1/2 teaspoon of salt

1 whole lemon

1 teaspoon pure lemon extract

4 tablespoons of butter

2 whole eggs

1/2 cup of sugar

1 cup of milk

12 muffin cup muffin pan (1 dozen)

12 natural muffin wrappers

 

1. Grate the lemon rind into a small bowl using a small grater or planer and set aside.

2. Melt the butter over low heat, watching carefully, in a small saucepan and set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, mix together using a large whisk, the flour, salt, sugar and baking powder until thoroughly combined.

4. In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together the eggs( crack open in the bowl), milk, lemon extract, lemon zest, and a squeeze of half-a-lemon (or both halves if you like) and butter, very lightly, until just combined.

5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry and mix together with a wooden spoon to form the muffin batter.

6. Place muffin wrappers in mffin pan cups and carefully spoon muffin batter into the muffin cups.

7. Place the muffin pan in the oven at 325-350 degrees, depending on the heat of your oven, for about 25-30 minutes.

8. When the time has come to 25-30 minutes, take the muffins out of the oven and let cool. Then pick up when cool, serve and eat!

 

 

a smile

It is amazing what happiness our children bring into our lives.

Just their smiles can turn any kind of worrisome moment into a wash of joy and cover over a tremendous amount of worries.

I really love mothering.

Also-

I have been truly having a try at growing these little baby seeds. I am terribly persistent at having a determined effort. I aspire to grow my own little kitchen garden in the yard of my renter's habitat.

Forging on and now the return to my hectic studies for this semester.

I had wanted to put some pictures of the delicious chocolate muffins I made for breakfast and snack and also a picture of the fantastic shrimp lunch I prepared but I ate all the shrimp before the thought popped in my head. Oh well! They were delicious!

Juggle and pleasantries

My life is a great big juggling act, but I guess so is that of many other moms. I love to take my little girls out on an excursion in our town of Staten Island and the local children's museum is a favorite. There were little tubs of growing things and I just had another inspired thought while I was visiting there. I am trying to grow some things in my yard and I have started with the seeds on my kitchen counter or my kitchen laboratory.

Today, I ran with my children to the public library. Well, I don't really run, but I really hurried (in my mind anyway), because I had a few "presents" on hold waiting for me to come and get them. Books and videos. I love books even when I can't keep them because I get to view books I would like to buy later on Amazon or Ebay.

Speaking of books, I cannot get enough of the Japanese pattern books and my fingers keep pressing that purchase button. So hard to resist.

Anyway, here I end, because I have some very tasty readin' to get to....

Shout out to Kes.

Now I begin....

This is the beginning. Today, or should I say tonight, I have begun to start this blog, even though I am not sure where it will go. I have been very inspired by craft bloggers of whom their many blogs I have visited.And, the books whose writers have blogs that are just so cool. So, I thought, why not me? This is where I begin and Blossom.