Sunday Quotes..... Sunny...warm

"Autumn is a second spring, where every leaf is a flower" 
                                                                                 Albert Camus

Pumpkin Pie Squares....Cloudy...cooler.rain overnight

A quick and easy recipe to satisfy your pumpkin cravings!

1 (15 oz.) can pumpkin
1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk
1 cup brown sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp. Maple flavoring
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. pumpkin pie spice
1 box yellow cake mix
1/4 cup butter or margarine (see note)

In large bowl beat eggs and sugar together, add pumpkin, milk, flavoring and spices, beat till smooth. Pour into a lightly greased 13 x 9 inch pan.
Sprinkle evenly with dry cake mix. Dot with butter.(Note: I use a frozen stick of butter and my hand-held grater for this, evenly distributes butter over top with very little mess!)
Bake in 350* oven for 30-35 minutes, center will just be set and a knife inserted  near center should come out clean, top will brown lightly.
Allow to cool to room temp and serve, or refrigerate and eat cold the next day. Some in our family like them warm, some cold, try 'em both and see which you prefer!!!

Farm adventures..cloudy...humid & hot

I put all the males out to pasture (well not Riley, of course.
 Who wants to handle him, this time of year?!).
 Paprika had never been in the same pen with older brother Mocha, so of course mid-air collisions were the way to get acquainted.
Since poor Java ( that's him in background) is not "vested" anymore, he saw no reason to join the fracas and did the wise thing - EAT.

Farm Adventures The Broody banty...........Sun...hotter...

Our bantam hen "Bossy Britches" proves the theory "If You Wait It Will Come".
Every day last week she sat in a different (empty) nest box, waiting for
someone to lay. You see I'd taken all her eggs these last few weeks as
I didn't know she had in mind to set AGAIN this year. And all my big
hens are molting, so nary an egg anywhere. But Banty's are a determined bunch and she kept at it till  I finally  begged a few eggs  from someone and put them under her. She happily excepted them and went to sitting faithfully...... but I'm starting to think she's getting too old for this sitting business, every day she gets up for a drink and dust bath like setting hens do, but then returns to an empty nest box "next door" to her nest.... When I find her such I carefully pick her up and set her on her eggs,  she clucks happily, snuggles down on them and acts 'eggstatic' to have 'found' a clutch of eggs...and stays faithfully in place till the next day.....when we go through the routine all over again! 

Could it be our Broody Banty has amnesia ??

     and here she is, in "If I don't acknowledge you, you won't notice me" mode.



Will she hatch this clutch in spite of the late date in the year and the amnestic wanderings? 
Stay tuned for details, and remember "Don't count your chickens before they hatch!"



Sunday Snippets & Snatches...Cooler..sunny

Rushing The Seasons

 

Have you every thought ~
in this sped up world,

We're always in a hurry

No matter what the Reason?

We rush to work, rush home

rush to post the latest gadget that we've bought

Why we even rush the seasons!

In Spring we post pics of red-ripe tomatoes

flip-flops, beaches and swimming gear

We say we sure wish summer would get here!

In Summer we post pics of  bonfires,

Pretty leaves and trees

and say "Hurry up Fall, Please"

In Fall we post pics of  mugs of cocoa

Blankets, scarves and snowmen, too

we say "Hurry up winter, do"

In winter we post pics of  green grass

bare feet,  and pretty flowers everywhere

We sure do hope spring was in the air!

 

So now, while it's hot
We say, "hurry up fall"
We need you, after all...........
But soon it'll be "get here spring",

so we can start

Rushing the seasons once again!

 

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