Wordless Wednesday

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Happy Mothers Day Sunday

Mother's Day is all about love and sharing and appreciation...

and today,

warmest thoughts are about you

a woman who shares so much

of herself with others

and whose life shows so clearly

the wonderful meaning

of love

Happy Mother's Day

My Mother was a wonderful cook.  She would stay in the kitchen for hours. She took great pride in making all her meals delectable.  When my husband and I were dating she made sure her famous 5 flavor pound cake was always available on the week-ends after football games and dates. 
She has been in Heaven since December 12, 1990, and in her honor I'm going to share her recipe with

you.  She topped the cake with a chocolate fudge boiled icing.

My Moms 5 Flavor Pound Cake

2 sticks butter

1/2 cup veg. shortening

3 cups sugar

5 eggs well beaten

3 cups All-purpose flour (don't sub.)

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup milk

1 teaspoon of  the following flavorings:

coconut

rum

butter

lemon

vanilla

Cream butter & shortening & sugar until light & fluffy.  Add eggs

which have been beaten until lemon colored.  Combine flour & baking

powder.  Add cream  mixture alternating with milk.  Stir in flavoring.

Pour mixture into greased tube-pan.  Bake at 325 degrees for

1 1/2 hours or until done.

Icing is optional



Wordless Wednesday

A Fish Tale

My writing teacher challenged us to write a story as if our pet was telling it.  This is my true story, and Alexandra is the "Little face with long blonde hair."

A Fishy Tale

It was a special day when I saw two of the funniest faces peering in at us. I was living with a group of fish in a holding tank at Walmart Fish Center. One of the faces is smaller than the other one, with big blue eyes and surrounded by long blonde hair. I hear her say,

“But Nana that’s the prettiest one of them all. Her flesh is more golden than all the rest.” The face she called nana exclaimed

“She cost five dollars! Why can’t you get one that cost one or two dollars, because it will probably die in a week; and we’ll be flushing it down the potty.” How dare her! She’s already planning my funeral. Little golden hair begged,

“Please, please, please Nana.” Thank goodness she won out, and I was rescued from all the other fins. Rescuing could be dangerous. The rescue net ran me around and around the tank. I was afraid my golden flesh would be cut or bruised. If that would have happened, I might have been thrown back. Thankfully my rescue was successful. I was placed in a plastic bag with some water, and then placed in my new owners little hand.

We finally got to a big place they called home. They had bought me a new water-home with decorations so I wouldn’t get bored. They called me Fishy. Wouldn’t you think they would have been a little more original? Something like Goldie would have been nice.

At my new home there’s a bigger face with short dark hair. He’s always approaching my home calling,

“Fishy, Fishy,” and dropping flakes in my house. Boy, do they taste good! Now when I see his big hand coming my way I go to the surface and take it right out of his fingers. See I’m not only strong enough to survive, but I’m smart also. The pretty little face with the long blonde hair and big blue eyes moved away. I was sad and missed her sorely. That was six years ago, and I’m still in my home. I guess I showed them.

Wordless Wednesday

Decided to give this a try with Leigh Ashley





{one} what was your first job?

babysitting

{two} have you ever seen a stand up comedian?
yes, a member of our church.


{three} when was the last time you played mini golf?

when we vacationed at Myrtle Beach.

{four} what was the last picture you took?

Pictures of a t-shirt quilt I just finished for one of my granddaughters.

{five} burnt food: yes or no?

No, not recently.

{six} if you have a pocket full of change, what do you do with it?

Try to save the quarters and dimes.


{seven} can you touch your tongue to your nose?

No way, but I had an aunt that could.


{eight} do you scrapbook?

I've tried to, but it's so time consuming.


{nine} do you buy lottery tickets?

I've never bought one, but received one on a Christmas gift once.

{ten} do you prefer to be in front of the camera or behind it?

Behind it.