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I am going to start taking the weekends off from this blog. I love making this blog but it can be time consuming, so weekends will be the time I take off and by Monday morning, there I will be typing and uploading photos (after I drop the kids off to school and walk the dog). Have a great weekend! katy
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I really love all the old doors around here. This is one that I walked by and knew that I would return to take a photo. This morning I did return and placed the sunflowers in the rusty mailbox before I took the photo. I wonder if anyone will walk past this door today and notice them.
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I love all the different doors around here on the abandon houses. They look so old to me and I know they were once used often and now remain closed.
I like to take photos of them so that they aren't forgotten. I like that the mailbox seems to have aged in the same tones so that it matches the door, a faithful friend.
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As I make this blog I have to pass by the photos in my computer library. This photo made me realize that the days of taking photos of the kids on Jason's shoulders are a thing of the past. Each kid for about two years of their lives spent it up on his shoulders when we went out. They no longer get tired and I guess are too old now. Well at least I still have the photos.
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On the way to the kid's swimming lesson we pass by this Laundromat. Their signs crack me up. They have so many signs and there are only two washing machines inside.
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One thing I love to do is change recipes. I have my favorite cookbooks and I try their recipes and then change them or combine ideas from different books to come up with my own recipes. So if you are in the mood to bake and want to sit back with a cup of tea or whatever drink you fancy this is a good recipe for that, my kids love them.
**note: These muffins are not very sweet so if you need to satisfy a sweet tooth you could add 1/2 cup more of white sugar or spread some jam and butter on when they are finished.
Zucchini Muffins
* Preheat oven to 350 for states 170 for europe
In the first bowl(larger of the two) put;
3/4 cup of vegetable oil
3 eggs
3/4 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
In second bowl combine;
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 1/2 cups white flour
2 teaspoons of baking soda
1 teaspoon of baking powder
1 teaspoon of allspice
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
**shred 2 cups of zucchini and set aside
1. Beat first bowl of ingredients together so they are well mixed, then fold in the zucchini.
2. Hand whisk dry ingredients together, fold into wet mixture until just well blended.
3. Pour into muffin tin, (makes 12 muffins) butter tin if it is not a stick-free tin.
3 and 1/2. Optional; I slice 12 thin zucchini rounds then use scissors and cut little hearts and lay them on top of them muffins.
4. Bake at 350 for States or at 170 for Europe should take about 30 minutes (check with whatever you have available, example a bamboo skewer) insert this in center of one the muffins and it should come out clean if they are ready.
5. Let them cool a little in the tin then remove and let them completely cool down on a rack.
6. Sit back relax and eat a muffin.
P.S. This recipe I based on the original Zucchini Bread recipe from 'The Silver Palate Cookbook', I just changed a few things.
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This morning I met up with a good friend for coffee. On my way to meet her I saw this door covered with all of theses ads. I thought, this might be an interesting photo. As I took the photo I was thinking things like, "I wonder whose door this is?", "Do they mind that people tack on these ads", "It must be so old" , and "Look at those lion knockers (obviously talking to myself) perfect for the size of this door". What made me laugh is that when I went home and put it onto the computer I notice for the first time the graffiti at the bottom of the door. How did I not notice LOVE YOU in bright yellow?! Hope this starts you're week off right, like it did mine.
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When walking the streets around this time, is is hard not to notice the delicate shadows that fall from our neighbor's gates. Each design is different and makes me appreciate all the unknown artists out there.
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This is how I remember the Azores and the reason (besides good friends) that I love going back . It could be quiet and calm but there could also be such a fierce wind that would cut across the island and manage to wrap around you, making you rethink your foothold.
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I took this photo 3 years ago. We lived in the Azores at the time. I would have to wake the kids up bright and early before the sun came up so that they could catch the bus. They were the first kids to be picked up on the 30 minute route. As always our mornings were chaotic, finding hats, missing a book, ending with the race down to the bus stop underneath the stars. This morning when I returned I sat down, as always, in the kitchen drinking my coffee. Then as the sun started to fill the morning with light I noticed that Jazz, sometime amidst the chaos had wrote this on the kitchen door window, never mentioning it to anyone. I sat there feeling silently happy for both of them, who right now were sitting side by side on the old school bus, where I knew they had seen the sunrise together.
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This restaurant looked inviting to me. I love the slightly mismatched collection of plants outside. One can only imagine what was going on inside. I'm pretty sure my friends and family would all be game to find out.
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I was thinking about two people, who mean a great deal to me, today. Two incredible moms both facing challenges that involve the heart. One a sister and the other a best friend forever. They both sometimes second guess themselves, as we all do when we are faced with the tough decisions that come with being a parent. I know if they could see the women I see when I look at them, they would be humbled as I am.
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I asked Wyatt to take a photo of me in front of this house. I love the green color and the grapes hanging up above. Best of all I love the "crop photo option" when I noticed afterwards the outfit I chosen to wear wasn't the most flattering.
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Continuing on our walk we passed by this shop. It has been closed down for quite sometime now. I can imagine that there used to be a lot of kids sitting on the stairs out front after they had finished choosing the best looking treat. I know I would have been a repeat customer.
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I am working a a blanket right now for my nephew. I didn't want to disappointed anyone that had decided to check out this blog today, that there was nothing new to share, so I took a photo of these roses for those of you who took the time out to visit here. Kt
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Jasmine ran down to the ocean and I caught this photo of her before she turned around and said "Isn't it beautiful!"
**note: She has her shoes on her hands, you know how it is, you hit the sand the shoes come off your feet and you're in too much of a hurry to be close to the ocean to set them down.
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I know we see sunsets all the time but they never make me look only once.
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I realize how true that saying is that when you have kids you get some of your childhood back. This is me around Jasmine's age, with my favorite guinea pig, Schatz, which means sweetheart in German)
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This is a little shop in Paris. When the store was open the owners would spread rose petals all over the ground in front of their shop. Now that is something I do, when our roses are on their last leg, I take the petals and spread them over the walkway leading up to our door.
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