Tomato & Roasted Red Pepper Soup

It's beginning to feel a lot like Autumn

a chill is in the air; 

with highs of seventy two, its time for sweaters and boots,

the perfect things to keep us warm and dry.

It's beginning to feel a lot like Autumn

soon the schools will start;

And we will be warming up, with some SOUP in our portable cups,

while we watch the football game...

{ GO BEAVS! }

The weather here in the Northwest has definitely shifted from summer to fall, almost overnight, which means SOUP is back on our menu! The first batch of the season was Tomato & Roasted Red Pepper Soup which I made last weekend when it was so stormy along with warm BLT sandwiches with fresh tomatoes from our garden. Since the soup recipe makes a lot I was able to freeze some, however, it tasted so good that we have already eaten all of the extra soup I put in the freezer. Looks like I will be making a new batch of soup very soon.

For the Tomato Roasted Red Pepper Soup recipe go here

Have a wonderful FALL Saturday!

Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake

I had some fresh blueberries that needed to be used last weekend so I decided to make this 

Blueberry Streusel Coffee Cake 

for our 

Saturday Morning Sweet Treat.

It was so good that we ate it for snacks and dessert too!

~ Happy Tuesday ~

Sunday Supper

A big Sunday Supper to refuel our HOOD to COAST runner. 

Congrats John!

MENU
Pork Chops
Orzo
Kale Salad
Black Bean & Mango Salad

DESSERT
Banana Sheet Cake 
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Pumpkin Pin Cushion { felted wool project }

Oh my, where has summer gone? 

It went by so fast. School started this week as well as the much needed rain and the leaves are even beginning to turn color. Fall is in the air and I am in the mood for soup and sewing. As for the soup, I have not made any just yet due to the hot weather we have had however I did get out all the fall projects that I want to make and chose this little 

Pumpkin Pin Cushion to work on first. 

I am done with all the embroidery now and am hoping to stitch it up later today. Once it is finished I will post some new pictures.

Happy Saturday!

the JOYS of Summer

the cows next door

backyard frogs

and lazy dogs

Happy Saturday!

* Happy 4th of July *

Have a Wonderful Day!

Dad's County Fair { birthday party }

Last Sunday our family gathered for a 
County Fair style Birthday Party 
for our Dad { AKA: County Fair Grand Marshal }

Snacks included mini corn dogs...

...homemade Caramel Corn and Kettle Corn...

 { We all agree we like Caramel Corn the best. }

...and lemonade served in mason jars.

I couldn't resist the cute plastic food trays and waxed paper liners. 

Single serving BBQ sauce to go with the oven fried chicken.

Fresh local Corn

Kosher style dill pickle spears.

I made 2 fruit pies { a blueberry and a strawberry } but unfortunately forgot to take pictures of either of them 

however 

I did get a photo of the fun hamburger cupcakes.

A fun summer birthday party for our
County Fair Grand Marshal!