Life really can be a picnic!

Everyone loves a picnic! This blog is about some of the things I love the most, and the term "picnic" just about covers them all. First of all, a picnic has to include food; simple food that is easy to fix. Next, you need someplace fun or different to visit; a nice, peaceful location. And of course, you always need to take along a good book to read and a well-used quilt to spread everything out on. So, there you have it! Easy recipes, good books, fun quilts along with some interesting, down-to-earth places to visit. You can even take your family or a friend or two if you want.



Sunday, September 11, 2011

An apple a day. . . .

"A perfect parent is a person with excellent child-rearing theories and no actual children." --Dave Barry


wooded area near Silver Lake


Silver Lake



On the Saturday of Labor Day weekend we took a drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon.  We were hoping for some fishing and some peace and quiet.  We got neither, but the scenery was beautiful.




This quilt was so much fun to make.  It is from a pattern by Out on a Limb.  The designer did hers in red, yellow and green.  I went with all blue and white.  I love the flowers in the opposite corners.  It is the perfect size to use on a table or as a wall hanging.











Stealing Jake is a good book.  I guess you could call it a western, Christian, romance.  That is if you consider Illinois the west.  None the less, I enjoyed it.





Are you ready for apple season?  This recipe is so great.  You can use it as a dip for apples, topping for ice cream, or poured over popcorn for carmel corn.  Thanks to my friend, Dana, for sharing this with me.



Carmel
(From my friend Dana Cooper)

2 cups brown sugar                             1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 cube butter                                       2 tsp. vanilla
1 cup white Karo syrup

Bring brown sugar, butter and syrup to a boil; remove from heat and add condensed milk.  Boil 3 minutes (a boil that cannot be stirred down).  Remove from heat, add vanilla and stir.  Serve warm over sliced apples or dip whole apples and make caramel apples.  You can also boil the carmel until it reaches the softball stage and make regular caramels.




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