These are our David Austin roses, "Gertrude Jekyll." I share pictures of them about every other year, mostly for posterity I think. 😉 They are really photogenic roses, and Mr. Forest Manor likes to take pictures of them. Plus, everything's just been extra pretty this spring, hasn't it? I can't recall when I've seen so many beautiful blooms everywhere, and I don't think our grass has ever looked this good.
Raise your hand if you like chocolate pudding. 😁 Maybe I should just ask who doesn't like chocolate pudding. We love it at our house. Oh, and just to clarify for folks across the pond, I'm referring to pudding as it is used in North America -- a custard served for dessert. A few years ago, I came across a recipe for microwave pudding, and it caught my interest. I ended up combining parts of two recipes I found online, and I've used this one with good results.
About 25 years ago, my sweet mom and I were shopping in our local Reading China -- oh how I still miss that store. You could find just about anything there, and it was usually good quality at a good price, too. Anyway, I happened to spot these boxed sets of dishes on an endcap, and I was immediately hooked. For our entire married life (which at that time was only about eight years) I had used the cheap modest stoneware dishes that I bought at K-Mart when I first moved out into my own apartment. I don't have any pictures of those dishes, but I thought they were very pretty at the time. We also had some dinner plates passed down from Hal's mom that came from the potteries in Seagrove, North Carolina.
When I was growing up, my mom used to make breakfast for dinner now and then. As an adult, I've always liked breakfast for dinner, and since the shelter-in-place order, we've had eggs more often than usual. For the first week, fresh meat was hard to find at our store, and we happened to have plenty of eggs on hand, so there you go. 😉 We do try not to overdo though, because we both have to be careful of our cholesterol. We just got a package of 24 eggs from Costco, so last night Mr. Forest Manor made us Egg McMuffins. He makes good Egg McMuffins because he worked at McDonald's one summer when he was in college. 😊
Hello Dear Ones! Has spring sprung at your place yet? We're having a beautiful spring here bloomwise, but it's still been pretty cold. Cold nights and windy days, for the most part. I'm very thankful for the profusion of spring color, though.🌷🌼
Hi everyone! I'm still around -- just haven't had time to put together a post. First things first; I'm so, so sorry that I haven't been by to visit my dear fellow blogging friends! I have to say that this situation is taking a little getting used to. 😉 I do love having Mr. Forest Manor here during the day, but... it certainly changes my schedule. I consider this a rehearsal for retirement; we're in training, I suppose. 😜 Anyhoo, with both of us here all the time, we're consuming an awful lot of food. Suffice it to say, I've probably gained back every pound I had lost last year. Sigh. At any rate, the kitchen is definitely getting a workout. I'm constantly thinking that I'm so thankful we had the re-model done in 2012, and I'm glad we gave careful thought to our new storage spaces, in addition to the new sink, stove, and dishwasher.
