My First Book Signing

This is the lady that has Sisters at the Crossing Tea Room in Blytheville.

This is Charlene of the Village

This is Sally of the Village

This is Will Mary's son he was so nice.

Author, Mary Engelbreit came to That Book Store in Blytheville to sign copies of her new book, Mary Engelbreit's Nursery Tails. And her Mary Days 2009 Calendar. Three of us Village Lady's went.

My Village Friend Frank

He is to modest to tell his story. I think he is super, how many 81 year old do you know that has jumped right in to modern technology? He has a ipod to and down loads music and story's for him and Cloody to listen to. Frank can blog with the best of them, check his blog out http://cloodyandfrank.blogspot.com. He is the one that got me in to my blog and helps me when I get stuck. Frank and Cloody are dear to The Bennie and I. This is just one of his many talents. I for got to ask at what age he was when he painted these pictures. I love this guy.

When these trees burn in a camp fire they smell sweet. They are Cypress

Apple's and more

He put a 1/2 cup of walnuts in with the raisins and no brandy.

His apple butter

We like to get our apple's from and old Flippen family orchard that has been in our family for a 100 years in Tennessee. The Bennie makes his apple butter and a pie from and old recipe that comes from ( The Diary of Gladys Taber Dec 1946 ) The recipe is call James L. Thomas Apple Pie. Pastry 1 package cream cheese 1/2 cup butter, one

cup of flour. Put cheese and butter out and let stand

until soft, then mix lightly into flour with finger tips

until blended, from ball and refrigerate for 20 min.,

roll out , for filling use 6 med tart apples 1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon cinnamon ,1/4 cup raisins, butter the

butter the size of a walnut and the juice of 1 lemon.

Slice apples ,mix with sugar, cinnamon, raisins,

butter pour lemon juice and 1 jigger of brandy(which

can be left out) put in crust with no top bake 350

until crusty and apples are tender.

I have been tagged

By http:// familyandflowers.blogspot.com

So the 7 things I love are

1. The Lord my God

2.My sleep number bed

3.The Bennie

4.My 3 children

5. My 6 grandchildren

6. My 2 great grandson and the one that will be here Feb 7th

7. All of my blogger friends

I now tag all of you guy's on my blog list,CloodyandFrank, ClarasCorner, Knittermag, Friendshiptea, Ramblingsfromanenglishgarden, Frontporchindiana, Teainmycup. And anyone that would like to join the fun.

Our trip to Reelfoot Lake

The Bennie did not do well fishing so that is all I will say about that. We had lots of fun sitting around the fire and toasting marshmallow and talking. There were three couples. Our Village friends Joe and Sherry and there daughter and husband. Joe got the only fish.

Sherry fixed the tea cups

A group of us Village Lady's had tea and cake at Sherry's house and we started telling story's about our youth. Sherry was serving us from her Grandma's tea set. She said when she was about 7 or 8 Grandma was having some Lady's over and she was helping bring the tea cups and saucers to the table and she did it one tea cup and saucer at a time. The little cup danced all over the saucer. Grandma went out side to cut flowers for the table and Sherry had a wonderful idea she went and got her glue and fixed these tea cups for Grandma. You guessed it she glued all of the cups to the saucer's. So when I saw this cup and sauce in the junk store I just had to buy it . I have not seen this before, the saucer has a deep in set and the cup sets down in the saucer . You can carry it and the cup stays put.