colors

chlorochrous--green 

"my backyard"


 croceate--saffron colored

coreopsis 


celadon--pale green

Endless Summer hydrangea 


coccineous--bright red 

knock out rose 


chrysochlorous--golden green, greenish gold

I don't remember the name of this plant.  The shape and color of the leaves add interest to the garden.  It does send up a spike of tiny white flowers--rather insignificant.  
See the bug?  



caesious--pale bluish or grayish green

willow 

I took all these photos while wandering around my yard earlier today with the exception of the first picture.  That was taken a couple weeks ago while exploring the woods behind my house.

It was fun to discover some new "C" words for colors.

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter is  "C." Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun!  


Thank you, Ms Jenny, for hostessing another round!

  
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Apple Cranberry Cobbler

My daughter and I made this dish for Thanksgiving dessert and it was oh so yummy!

INGREDIENTS:  (Measurements are approximate.  This fills an 11" diameter round 1¾ inch deep dish baker well.)
4 granny smith apples or other tart apples (I like McIntosh when I can get them.), thinly sliced

½ C heaping, fresh whole cranberries
1 orange-- zest and 1/3 C juice
1 lemon-- zest and ¼ C juice

spices--2 t cinnamon, ¼ t freshly grated nutmeg, ¼ t cardamom

¼ C white sugar
¼ C brown sugar

 
½ C pecans, slightly broken
butter
pie crust dough for one pie

sugar crystals (a few tablespoons)


DIRECTIONS: Into a bowl add the following:  
lemon juice
orange juice 
spices

sugars

orange and lemon zest

Cut cranberries in half and add to bowl.  Stir.

Add sliced apples and mix till apples are well coated.

Lightly butter a baking dish and spread the apple mixture into it.  Sprinkle with the nuts.

Dot with just a little bit of butter if you wish.  I used about 1 t.

Roll out the pie dough and cut with cookies cutters.  Dip the top of each into the sugar crystals and place on top of the apples.

Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes or however long it takes to very lightly brown the edges of the pie dough cookies.  

NOTES:  
1.  We made this dish for Thanksgiving by "intuition."  I re-made it today to get some measurements.  However, this is more of an idea than an actual recipe.  You can add ingredients in whatever proportion you like.

2.  I like to make a dessert of this nature less sweet especially if I'm going to eat it with ice cream.  The amount of sugar in this recipe is about right for me.  The dish is still a bit tart which I like.    You may wish to add more sugar.  This was delicious the next day for breakfast.  Yep.  We made a lot and there was some left over.   

3.  We used a clay baking dish on Thanksgiving and I used one today.  I like how the clay keeps the cobbler moist.


4.  I was inspired to make this by Rocky Mountain Woman's amazing Apple Cranberry Tart.  It's different from mine, but it was the inspiration.  She has wonderful photos and great directions, too!  So do go check it out!  One day, I'll make her tart, too! 

Alphabe-Thursday, hosted by Ms Jenny, is so much fun!  This week our letter  is "C."  Come visit others' submissions HERE and join in the fun! 


 
 photos by me  © 2013   all rights reserved

cats are cute

right?

right!

So we want to snap their portraits, natch.

Problem:  How do you get a cat to pose?

"What is it you are expecting of me?"  says Oliver  (to himself:  "If treats are involved, I may grace you with a cursory glance.")

"And now what?  We're very busy checking out the air flowing from this grate."  say Oliver and Earnest

"I have sites to see and smells to smell, but I will stop for a quick snap because I'm a very loving kitty," thinks Huck, the farm cat.

"Oh hi.  We're rather busy.  We were napping you see.  But we'll look up because we love you since you bring us catnip and lots of fun toys.  You play with us a lot, too."  say Bunkie and Tigra (my daughter's kitties)


And now I'll leave you with this very fun kitty, who is oh so charming--Simon's Cat

Link:
Simon's Cat

Cat Man Do  film (in case you can't watch it above)

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