Blooming Camellias

My Camellias are blooming. They are so pretty.

I pick them every chance I get & put them in the house. I also have the white ones. Sometime I think nature gets confused with the weather we have. Alot of my flowers are having a rebirth.

My Mandevilla has alot of buds on it.

It's That Time

It's that time again. It makes me sad to cover up the pool. The only good thing is I don't have to clean it although it was relaxing in a strange way to clean the pool. So we are closed until the end of April 2008.

Fall Flowers

Saturday was a beautiful day. I decided to clean the pool to get ready for closing it up. I was looking at all the flowers that were blooming.

My gardenias are blooming. I love the smell of them. It brings back memories of my childhood.

My Mama had a lot of Gardenia bushes. I would just smell & smell them such a sweet fragrance.

Look at the blue sky in the background. It looks like the tropics. I was trying to catch a little yellow butterfly on the purple flowers. I think I got him on another picture that I didn't blog.

The Wheels on the Hay Baler go Round & Round

This hay baler is over at Cotton Hall. Everytime I go by I say to myself "Self you should blog that" so today I did . The baler for some reason really intrigues me. I like the wheels. I think this is an ancient baler which I think gives it character. I happened to see a bale of hay nearby so I took a picture of it also.

Beauty and the Junk

Among all this junk there is beauty. These spider lilies popped up between the service poles we have at our shop. It goes to show there is beauty in everything.

Lasagne

I chose Lasagne for my recipe challenge. This is very easy. It is a quick version & always turns out well. It makes a lot so its a good thing to have for your family.

1- lb. Hamburger (or about 2 lbs if you want)

cook over medium heat brown & drain.

1 - Jar of prepared spaghetti sauce 30 oz.

(I use Prego traditional )

Heat meat & sauce. 5 min. (I like to let mine simmer a while if there is time.)

2. In a small bowl combine ricotta cheese & 1- egg, salt 1/2 tsp. Pepper 1/4 tsp. mix together.

3. Spoon 1 1/2 cups sauce into 13x9x2 baking dish.; top with half the uncooked lasagne, all

the ricotta mixture, 1 cup mozzarella, 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, 1 1/2 cups sauce, then remaining lasagne. Top with remaining sauce, mozzarella & parmesan. ( I don't go exactly by the 1 1/2 cups sometimes its a little over)

4. Cover tightly with foil. Bake in 350 oven 45 minutes. Remove foil; bake 15 min. longer until lightly browned. Let stand 15 minutes. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

Enjoy! ( You need about 9 to 10 Mueller's lasagne noodles ( 8 0z. ) Uncooked ) 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese divided sometime I use more cheese

1 cup parmesan divided (I use a little more) 1 Jar of prepared spaghetti sauce

1 Egg , 1/2 tsp. salt , 1/4 tsp. pepper 30 oz.

1 container (15 oz. ) ricotta cheese

We Have Pecans

We have pecans. We have alot of trouble when we have pecans. People seem to think because we have them they are entitled to have a free for all. People steal them when we leave work. The week-ends they load up. They drive up here like they have permission. We have people stop here to ask can they pick some pecans. I can't believe it! People we don't even know!

This is the Grand old pecan tree that I posted back in the summer. One of the shots today has spider webs which I thought looked spooky on this gloomy day.