Tuesday, May 24, 2011

RHUBARB MUFFINS

This morning I baked these wonderful rhubarb muffins. They turned out perfect. My rhubarb patch is just full of red stalks of delicious rhubarb, so I thought I would make these muffins. I have included the recipe below. You won't be disappointed!

Rhubarb Muffins
Rhubarb muffins............I did start out with a dozen hmmmmm I wonder where they went :)

Ingredients:

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups finely chopped rhubarb
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cardamon (if you have it)


Procedure:

Combine flour, soda, cinnamon, cardamon, and salt. In a separate bowl blend sugar with oil. Whisk in egg, buttermilk, and vanilla. Stir into dry ingredients along with rhubarb just until flour is incorporated. Spoon into greased or paper-lined muffin tins, filling 3/4 full, or spoon into 2 greased 8" x 4" loaf pans. Bake at 350F for 20-25 min for muffins, or 40-45 min for loaves, or until cake tester comes out clean. Let cool in pans 10 min before removing. Makes 18 muffins or 2 loaves. Per muffin: 215 calories, 3 g protein, 7 g fat, 35 g carbs.



Fresh Cut Lilacs from our farm
They smell absolutely wonderful!

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A VERY UNIQUE RESCUE

We have just had a very unique rescue performed at Olde Crow Primitives. Our little cat "Izzy" went up to the top of one of our 60 foot spruce trees and couldn't get down. We had to call a local tree service in with a bucket to get her down. We had tried everything to get her to come down on her own, and nothing worked. We figured she had been chased up there by another cat.
The poor little girl is safe and sound now and she hasn't stopped eating since being rescued.

The tallest spruce tree is the one that Izzy is at the top of.

I zoomed in but you still can't see her. She is inside of the yellow circle. You can see the shape of a cat if you look closely.

Picture of the truck with the braces out getting ready to go up.
On his way up!
Almost there
Picking "Izzy" from the branch
Coming down with "Izzy"
Handing "Izzy" over to my DH

Friday, May 13, 2011

Re Posting of MY NEW SEWING ROOM

This is a re-post from yesterday. I don't know what happened, but I do know that Blogger was unavailable and there was a message that they had to remove all the posts from yesterday temporarily to get things repaired.......whatever that meant. Anyway I am re-posting this. I know a couple of people left some nice comments, and I just want you to know that I didn't delete them or anything like that, it was Blogger. The Olde Salt Box and A Primitive Place Tammy, thank you for your nice comments about my sewing room. Anyway this is it! I still have to do the finishing touches and I am having a cutting table made for me by a friend. I will post more pictures when it is finished.
New sewing room 13 feet by 10 feet. I re-did one of the spare bedrooms. I haven't put the electrical covers on yet or done any finishing touches. Everyone kept asking me for pictures, so here it is so far. I painted the walls a caramel apple color and DH and I put in a new floor.
This is a braided rug that I got for the floor that will go in front of my cutting table.
DH took out the clothes rail and put in three shelves for my fabric, etc.
Hmmmm I am just wondering how long this cupboard will stay this neat and organized??????
My sweet little "Shorty" fast asleep. DH looked after her last week while I went to Cleveland, Ohio last Thursday and Friday to pick up parts for my sewing machine. She is a real Mummy's girl, but when I am gone, she is a Daddy's girl :)

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

POTLUCK SUPPER AND QUILTER'S GATHERING

Last night was one of our Quilter's Potluck Gatherings at Quilts and Calicos Quilt shop in Exeter. A great time was had by all. Lots of food, lots of fabric, lots of laughs and friendship.

DECISIONS, DECISIONS

STITCHING SOME REDWORK

PIECING A QUILT

SMILE FOR THE CAMERA

THE "MODERN" GIRLS DOING THE DISHES :)

PIECING A QUILT

HAVING A GREAT TIME

HAPPY TO BE SEWING!

CHECKING OUT EACH OTHERS WORK

BUSY AS BEES AND SEWING UP A STORM

CUTTING FABRIC

CUTTING FABRIC

THE FEAST

Friday, April 29, 2011

NEW FAMILY MEMBER HAS ARRIVED

This is our newest family member to move into "Olde Crow Primitives". His name is "Magic". He is a gift from a very good friend of mine. Due to personal circumstances, she could no longer keep Magic. I promised her I would give him a good home for the rest of his life. He is an appendix quarter horse gelding. He arrived last night and met "Dolly" our Clydesdale mare and I think that they are starting to accept one another. I am sure they will become good pasture friends. He settled in well and is adjusting to his new home.

Magic

Magic is checking out his new surroundings

Breakfast Time

Thursday, April 28, 2011

GIVEAWAY AT APP

Stitchery give away at A Primitive Place

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

NEW FAMILY MEMBER

There is going to be a new family member coming to live at OLDE CROW PRIMITIVES, but you will have to check back at the end of the week to see. I will be posting a picture of the new resident after he moves in.
Here is a hint: He has 4 legs :)

Monday, April 25, 2011

A BUSY WEEKEND!

This weekend was a busy one for myself and my husband. On Saturday, we attended his Family reunion and had a great time at that. Lots of good food and wine. My husband enjoyed seeing relatives that he hadn't seen for years. On Sunday, we were invited for Easter dinner at our friends house Paul and Gillian. We had a delicious turkey dinner with all the fixins and pumpkin crumble for desert. (My favorite) We had a great time.
Also, I posted a couple of pictures of a pincushion that Gillian made for me as a gift. She knows that I love pumpkins, so she made this for me. I just love it. You can tell that she put a lot of work into it. I am busy this week painting my sewing room. I'll be putting new flooring down too. Will post pictures of the end result.
Hand made pin chushion from my friend Gillian

Prim Pumpkin Pincushion handmade by Gillian

Hostess gift basket that I made up for Paul and Gillian with my home made preserves

Appetizers

Delicious Turkey dinner with all the trimmings

Beautiful table setting

Sunday, April 24, 2011

MORE HOMEMADE BREAD :)

Fresh homemade bread from scratch baked in my 1925 Findlay Oval wood burning  Cook stove.  No bread machines for me. I am making a batch of my homemade cream of Portabello Mushroom soup for lunch and we are having it with some slices of this bread. Am I making you hungry yet?

Homemade bread fresh baked this morning
My lovely "Primitive" cupboard keep handmade by my friend Pam

One of my Easter Rabbits

Friday, April 22, 2011

EASTER BLESSINGS

Easter Blessings to everyone this weekend.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

HOMEMADE BREAD FOR DH

Seeing that we still have snow on the ground and I can't work outside cleaning up my gardens, I decided to bake some homemade bread for DH's lunch. I also made some homemade cream of broccoli soup. We are out of firewood, and DH has gone back to the bush and collected some dry wood and he is outside splitting it now. We heat our old farmhouse with wood, and it is too cold to go without. We have been trying to conserve, but we did actually run out yesterday. So he will have a big surprise when I call him in for lunch. I just took it out of the oven 20 minutes ago and it is cooling on the rack. My kitchen smells wonderful :)

2 Loaves of homemade bread for DH

Monday, April 18, 2011

APRIL (SNOW) SHOWERS???

I love snow, but I think I have seen enough. It is April 18th, and this is what we got this morning.
I can't believe I was raking my flower beds last week, and now this. The poor daffodils are out and I  bet they wish they weren't.

More snow!
April 18th, 2011 It just keeps SNOWING!

Saturday, April 16, 2011

SEW-A-THON

Today we had a Sew-A-Thon at our friend Brenda's house. We were helping Brenda make some scarves for samples at Quilt Market in Salt Lake City, Utah that is taking place next month. This is one of her awesome patterns that she designed. Brenda will have a booth at Quilt Market this year for all of her quilting patterns. We all got together to help and we finished today around 3 p.m. A good job done. Our friend Shirley helped out also, but couldn't be here today for pictures as she was working in her Quilt store because our area was having a Quilters' shop tour. Brenda and her husband Rob, made us a delicious lunch with homemade cream of spinach soup, home made bread, homemade pizza, and a lovely desert.

Janet, Brenda, and Michelle

Linda and Michelle
Michelle and Mary
Mary and I and one of Rob's delicious homemade pizza's (We ate 2 of these)
Linda, Mary, Me, Rob, Michelle, and Sandy after enjoying a wonderful lunch
The finished product...... 53 scarves