Mmmmmm.....Banana Bread!

I baked 2 loaves of banana bread last night....got to take a picture of the smaller one that was left this morning and decided to share my family recipe here. I remember the first time I made it for my family...I got ewww! what's that? Needless to say, they don't comment anymore as they are too busy stuffing their mouth full! This batch was sooo good! Moist and yummy! So if you have some extra over ripe bananas, you might want to give this recipe a try.

Banana Bread

2 1/2C flour 1 tsp baking powder
1/4lb butter 1 tsp baking soda
2 eggs 1 tsp vanilla
2 ripe bananas 1/2C sour cream
1 1/2C sugar

Cream butter. Add eggs, vanilla and sugar. Beat well. In a seperate bowl mix sour cream and bananas. Add flour mixture and sour cream alternating between the two. Pour into greased and floured loaf pans. Bake 15 min. @ 450 degrees, then 30 min @350 degrees.

Spring Is In The Air

It's a gorgeous day in Baltimore today almost 70 degrees. Who would have ever thought that just 5 days ago we were in the middle of a snowstorm. The snow is all gone...melted away and hopefully we won't see any more of the white stuff til next winter. The crocus have popped up through the ground and are blooming. I decided to take a picture to share the first signs of spring. This is the time of the year where I really get to itching to work in my flower beds and get them ready for the periennials to bloom and the annuals that I plant.

I have my work cut out for me this year though. We had a huge tree removed from the front yard and have decided to put a new large flower bed under the other existing tree in out there since grass won't grow there anyway. I'll take some before and after pictures as the work progresses.

Don't forget to set your clock forward tonight!

Easter Celebration at OFG

The etsy group that I belong to is also having an Easter celebration running concurrently with the Spring Celebration. I was able to paint 2 additional pieces to enter into that celebration. Be sure to stop by etsy and check out all that the OFG group has to offer. Just type OFGSC into your search box or click on the link button that I have added below to take you to the celebration item pages. Enjoy!

Winter In March!

We had our first significant snow here in Baltimore yesterday. We woke up to 2 inches on the ground. It had stopped snowing for a few hours but then started again later piling up to 6 inches total. Took a few pictures to share as this will probably be the biggest snowfall for us this year. I can smell spring right around the corner.

OFG Spring Celebration

The etsy group that I belong to is having a Spring Celebration to showcase the wonderful talent of it's members. Participation is open to every member and each artist can enter up to 4 enteries to showcase their talent. I have entered 2 different enteries in the celebration. Please be sure that if you visit etsy to type OFGSC into your search bar to see all that the OFG team has to offer or click the button I have added under etsy. Enjoy!

I'll never look at silverware the same again!

I found some spoons that I had undercoated black awhile back in my stash of treasures, so painted them up 2 different ways...They were so fun to paint, I can see I could become addicted to painting them!

OFG Swap

I belong to a prim group on etsy called Old Farmhouse Gathering, OFG for short, anyway, we are having a swap. We are all assigned partners so this is a one on one. I was lucky to get a really nice gal....have chatted with her on many occasions. She's a painter and loves prim. I painted her a nice large metal pocket with a prim bunny based on a design by Terrye French...she's one of my favorite designers. I wrapped the handle with fabric and placed cream pip berries inside...sure hope my prim gal partner likes it. Oh, and of course she's getting some of my favorite Easter chocolates!

Much Thanks....

To 2 fellow etsians who were kind enough to include my signs into their treasuries on Etsy. It's wonderful that other etsians would take the time to promote others. What a selfless act. I've included the links to their treasuries that they have created. They only stay active for a period of 2-3 days so be sure to hurry and check them out. Be sure to check out the curators shoppe too!

For those that don't know what an Etsy treasury is, it's like being the curator of a museum and you are putting things in that musuem to showcase. I say it's like window shopping without spending money because I always want everything that I include when I make a new treasury. So if you want to find out what an etsy treasury is all about click either links or the just visit Etsy and give it a look around. You never know, you just might find something that you have to acquire.

Enjoy....
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=43732

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=40795

Oops..the links aren't clickable but if you copy and paste into a new browser it should take you there.

My New Queen Signs

I made these "Queen" signs in honor of my BFF...otherwise known as "Queenie". Everytime I made a new one, I had to laugh at myself and think how true this one was. Each one is so fitting...so here's to you "Queenie"! LOL!

Joshua's Eagle Scout Ceremony

It's the weekend again and I decided to play with blogging again. Boy 7 months have gone by and I forgot all about my blog here. That's Josh on the left and his friend Alex on the right.

My son got his Eagle Scout award a few weeks back so I thought I would post some pictures to share. He's been in scouts since first grade. First cubscouts with Pack 485 and then boyscouts with Troop 485. He's done many things while in scouts, including going on 3 High Adventure trips. He went scuba diving in the Bahamas when he was 15, completing 19 underwater dives including night dives and a shark dive. He's traveled to the Pacific Northwest when he went hiking on Mt St. Helens and Mt Hood along with seeing Crater Lake and other points of interest in the Northwest. His last and final trip was as the crew leader on a canoeing trip leading 2 adults and 6 scouts through the Canadian wilderness in Quetico Provincial State Park for 8 days.

He has continued to go to scouts but now as an adult leader providing guidance and steering the younger scouts along their path to Eagle. My most proudest moments came not just at his Eagle ceremony, but when he thanked me for pushing him to get his Eagle. It was truly one of those "light bulb" moments.