Skywatch Friday - Season 4 Episode 7

Black and white photograph, Chairs and Clouds, Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin-August 2009.

Chairs and clouds, August 2009, Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin.

8/26 Outdoor Wednesday #33

Here is a signaling system.

My husband and I found this abandoned railroad track in Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin.

Here is steel track abandoned.

This is an abandoned train depot.

All the above images were taken at Weyerhaeuser, Wisconsin-August, 2009.

Click here to see photographs featured on other sites with an Outdoor Wednesday theme at: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being our hostess.

Pink Saturday - August 22, 2009

My husband and I went to check out a lake nearby and discovered the low water level would make it impossible to access the lake without using tall boots or hip wadders. We determined that it would be just too gross for us to walk in all that mud. This outing turned into a photo shoot instead of a fishing excursion. I couldn't pass up this shot of a Pink flower hugging a boulder.

Happy Pink Saturday! If you want to participate post a Pink theme at: http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/. Thank you Beverly for being our hostess.

Sky Watch Friday #58

At the Fishing Hall of Fame-Hayward, Wisconsin, we climbed a steep stairway and then we were standing in the mouth of a muskie. Here is what it looked like from inside.

Click here to view photographs of skies from all over the world: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Skywatch Friday is hosted by Klaus with the help of Sandy, Ivar, Wren and Fishing Guy. If you would like to participate, skywatch begins each Thursday evening at 7:30 P.M., GMT.

8/19 - Outdoor Wednesday - #32

Our forest animals are popping up everywhere. We have black and grey squirrels running around daily but this is the first time we saw a white squirrel ever. John, my husband, named him/her Whiteeeeee. Notice its pink ears and eyes. John ran here and chased the white squirrel there until finally it posed in this tree. Whiteeeee must have known John was not going to give up.



Another time we were driving down a beautiful rural road when all of a sudden we saw Boo-Boo looking for a picnic basket. Boo-Boo decided not to cross the road. Instead Boo-Boo high tailed it into the green, green woods without a picnic basket. Poor Boo-Boo.

Last but not least, we saw this Blue Heron standing in a bay fishing. Why are they called Blue Heron's when they really are grey?

Our forest buddies are waving bye-bye for now.

Click here to see photographs featured on other sites with an Outdoor Wednesday theme at: http://asoutherndaydreamer.blogspot.com/. Thank you Susan for being our hostess.

Pink Saturday-August 15, 2009

Think I'll nibble on some Cherry Cookies and then prop my feet up while checking out other sites that has a Pink theme at: http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/.
Thank you Beverly for being our hostess.

I discovered this lovely Pink Zinnia planted in the gardens at the Fishing Hall of Fame, Hayward, Wisconsin. The black background was eye catching because it was smooth and rough textured. Shot was taken mid-afternoon during the heat of the day. Notice the small green leaf on the stem.

Cherry Cookies Recipe #17615

I found this recipe in my Great Grandmother's Recipe Box, per a recipe request.

by DiB's

25/min/10 min prep

3 dozen cookies (or so)

1 cup butter

1/2 cup sugar

1 pinch salt

2 1/2 cups flour

1 (1 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, drained and chopped rough

1. Pre-heat oven to 375 and grease well cookie sheets

2. Combine butter, sugar, vanilla, salt and flour.

3. Will be stiff.

4. Stir in chopped cherries.

5. Form into balls and place on sheets 2 inches apart.

6. Bake for 15 minutes. DO NOT LET BROWN.

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Read other comments. These are some suggestions I noted on my copy of this recipe:

Use 1 drop of red food color.

Add 1 or 2 teaspoons of Almond Extract.

Frost with cherry juice and powdered sugar or you could use melted chocolate instead.

How about pressing a Dove chocolate in the middle or a Hershey Cordial Kiss.

Use your imagination and be the creative cook that you are.

Thanks for visiting!

Sky Watch Friday #57

These cloud formations stopped me in my tracks. After pulling the car over to the side of a country road in Northern Wisconsin, I thought mmmmm do I have my camera. Yeppers it was with me. Yahoo! Here is my contribution to Sky Watch Friday.

Click here to view photographs of skies from all over the world: http://skyley.blogspot.com/. Skywatch Friday is hosted by Klaus with the help of Sandy, Ivar, Wren and Fishing Guy. If you would like to participate, skywatch begins each Thursday evening at 7:30 P.M., GMT.