Simply Red

2/28/11

Enjoying a Wedding with my Family

Is there any celebration as festive as a wedding? I enjoyed a trip to Mobile, Alabama this weekend with members of my family to see a cousin's daughter get married. The couple was so happy and the bride was beautiful.
We sipped champagne, and enjoyed a new favorite....chocolate covered BACON! Yes, it was delicious and no, I didn't eat just one piece.
The houses in old Mobile were decorated to the max with Mardi Gra decorations, and the Magnolia Manor was magnificent. Lovely boughs of flowers and ivy in the windows and over the doorways.
The bluegrass music was delightful during the wedding and the reception.

The happy couple.

We had a wonderful time!

2/3/11

Red Birds

Our Red birds are so lovely!

Energy rolled up in red feathers

attached to the branches of the tree

beside my windows.

They are fattening up,

and the cats get close, but never close enough :o)

They also love the red berries

from the Nandina bushes

next to the front porch.

12/4/10

Quince Jellies

My daddy had a huge quince tree in the garden behind his house, and they would fall and crack your head open while you picked the fruits off the ground. I love to fill a big bowl with them and smell the fragrance during Thanksgiving. Hardly anyone even knows what they are anymore.
Of course, years ago, backyard quince trees were common. People would cultivate them to harvest the fruit for cooking in pies or preserves. Inedible raw, and looking like a cross between a pear and a golden apple, quince cook up sweet, with a vibrant rose color and a floral aroma and flavor. These days you can still find an odd tree here and there in backyards of older houses, though chances are the owners don't know the culinary delights available in these hard yellow fruit.
I made some quince jelly today, and it is delicious and very pretty.

I think the jellies will make good gifts for my sisters and my brother.
We have all had the chance to be bonked on the head while picking up a quince or two with Daddy.

Christmas At Our House

We have got the decorations up for Christmas 2010 at our house and it looks pretty good!

The stockings are hung by the chimney with care...

11/2/10

Parades on MY BIRTHDAY...Cause I am special

This year there will be parades on my birthday, and my favorite Parade balloon is Underdog.

10/12/10

Bewitched By October

Who isn't Bewitched by October? The orange pumpkins, the candy corn, the scary movies on the Chiller Channel?

My sister and I just loved watching Samantha Stevens when we were younger, seemed so simple to wiggle your nose for any problem solver. Being a beauty didn't hurt either.