WOW!

i woke up this morning...

forgot that an article about little 'ole me is to come out in the farm news

(a free publication that is delivered with the local paper)

TODAY!

i run to the computer...click on the link!

slowly i scroll down - almost afraid to see what i will find!

mostly i was frightened of the pictures!!! :)

TA DA ~ there is is!

or should i say --- there I am!

i like it!

i like that it is a wonderful tribute to the amazing women in my life.

my 2 grandma's and my fantastic mom, connie.

read it for yourself! and remember those who influence your life...

the link is over to your right --- under the 'check this out' tab!

spring wool...

who says wool cannot welcome spring??? personally, i love it year round...well, not to wear but as a texture in my home decorating! perhaps not the cable knit wool, but lovely 'smooth' wool that you find in slacks, skirts and jackets. it felts just as beautiful and creates pieces that say "spring is here"!

the 'toad-stool' to the left is my new favorite! the mushroom cap is a sleeve cap from a lightweight wool sweater..the other pieces are bits left over from other projects! this little
pillow will be hard to part with, but i cannot keep all my favorites~we would be over-run!

today is one of the first really nice spring days here in central iowa. the robins are hopping around and the sun is shining. granted we are covered up with mud and the yard is full of sticks but it will get cleaned up! right now, at this moment i revel in the sweetness of spring...and wish for you the same happiness.

bird nest cookies!

last night amanda and i created our spring-time speciality! bird nest cookies. i'm not certain which is her favorite --- helping to form the cookies, dipping them in coconut, adding the 'eggs' or eating the jelly beans!!! i do believe eating the jelly beans wins! she does love them. we made a double batch which filled a tin tray for our friends at prairieland herbs and gave us a plate full for ourselves! they did not last long...melanie came around once they were baked and ready to be tested!!! :)

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg yolk (reserve the white!)

1 cup flour

1 cup coconut

tad bitty bit of corn syrup

baby jelly beans...amanda's favorite is the starburst ones!!

cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add egg yolk. Mix in flour. simple so far!

shape into balls...dip in egg white then roll in coconut. place on cookie sheet. press a deep indention in center with finger. bake at 350* for about 10 minutes...just until cookie begins to brown. once cool dip jelly beans in syrup and place in the center of the nest.

ENJOY and share with a friend! what a wonderful promise of spring....