Old Roses............

 It’s raining again today as I write this and we’ve had to get the wood stove going again even if it is June 10th! But at least these "Seven Sisters Roses" are cheering me up, even in this never ending gloomy weather.

We dug them from a county roadside before the county widened the road and the   grader removed them permanently, over 20 years ago. Now despite our goats, the neighbors cows and  one family member's attempts to remove them they still flourish, and bloom reliably every June.

 

Believed to be brought to this country from France around 1817, Seven Sisters  is a vigorous once-blooming climbing rose that is frequently found in old gardens and home sites throughout the southern United States. The effort that it took to transport them through the intervening miles, those early settlers have left their own testimony about the need for beauty in even the most rugged human existence.

 A rambler canes grow 15-20 feet long. The name origin is believed to come from the roses’ tendency to have multiple colors of flowers in a single cluster as the blooms change colors from deepest pink, to lighter pink, mauve and finally creamy white as they age,this suggested several roses growing together Hence, the name “Seven Sisters”

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The Adventures of Valerie & Grace.................

Today in the Adventures of Valerie & Grace, the girls discuss
the misadventures of weaning and how they got around it
(for the time being anyways....)

"Hey Val, isn't it great to be back with Mom? "
"You know,You almost cost us getting to stay with her by starting to accept that milk delivery system that lady kept putting in our mouths ---- I HEARD YOU SWALLOWING!" 
"But, Grace, I was sooooooooooo hungry."
"I know, I was too, but by my refusing she gave up, didn't she? and here we are, back with mom where we can eat any time we want!"
"I just hope she doesn't have a plan  "B" for us."

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The adventures of Valerie & Grace..................

In between raindrops and spring thunderstorms... the girls got to go out in the "big pasture'' with mom and the other goats.........knee deep in grass for the first time it didn't take them long to figure out what to do with it :)

"See how Mom does it  - open wide and pull."

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Fresh Cherry Cobbler

Fresh Cherry Cobbler

 

1 quart fresh Tart Cherries

1 cup sugar

2 1/2 Tablespoons Cornstarch (adjust as needed, our cherries tend to be quite juicy)

2 tsp. Almond flavoring

1 box yellow cake mix

2 Tablespoons melted butter

 

Wash and pit cherries. In sauce pan combine cherries and sugar heat just till juice starts to come out of them and get half a cup of juice and set aside, continue heating for five minutes till nice and juicy. Add cornstarch to cool juice you removed, stir well. Add to cherries and  cook ,stirring, for 1 minute or till starts to thicken. Remove from heat, stir in almond flavoring, pour into a 1.5 quart Pyrex bowl. Sprinkle top with HALF (see note) of the dry cake mix and drizzle with butter. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes till bubbly and slightly browned on top.

ENJOY alone or with Vanilla ice cream on top

 

**Note**

I usually double the recipe and  make two of these at once that way I can use my whole box of cake mix. Enjoy one for supper and share the other one with friends or family

 

And the winner is.........................

Penelope agreed to help us pick a winner for our contest

 

Congratulations to SUZANNE STAMOUR SIMMONS!!!!!