T Stands For Croissant and A Recipe

 

Please join me for T at my dining room table today.

Yes, I am sharing another croissant for T this week.

 

I also have a recipe I will share with you.

 

Let's get my drink out of the way.  As you can see it's a diet Dr. Pepper.  As an aside, Dr Pepper was first used commercially in 1885, created in Waco, Texas by pharmacist Charles Alderton at Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store. It became nationally known when it was introduced at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair.

 

My plate includes

 

a bunch of red seedless grapes that were on sale,

 

my cheddar cheese croissant, and

 

my homemade potato salad.  

 

I'm going to share the recipe today.

Ingredients 

5 lbs potatoes (I used Yukon Gold) 

16 oz container sour cream

24 oz (1 16 oz and 1 8 oz) containers French onion dip 

2 16 oz cans whole black olives cut in thirds

1 dozen eggs, hard cooked and chopped

1 bunch scallions cut in 1/2 inch lengths (I used some from my herb garden)  

 

Instructions 

While potatoes are cooking, assemble the other five (5) ingredients. 

Mix well.  Refrigerate.

When potatoes are cooked, cut to size and refrigerate.  

Once cool, add to mix and stir.  Add salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy. 

Freeze extra portions.

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.  

 

 

 

 

   

If it's Sunday, it's Rocking Horses

 

I spent the day and evening celebrating a birthday party with a loved one.  Photos will come soon, I hope.  I realized I hadn't created a rocking horse post for Sunday.  Here it is nearly midnight and I'm scrambling.  I count lots of hearts and 11 rocking horses in the photo below.  

Bleubeard and I are also joining Nicole for Sunday in the Art Room or SITAR, and Gillena for Sunday Smiles.  

Unfortunately, I only have time to share one rocking horse today.

 

Using Photoshop, I darkened this photo.  I'll show more the rest of these next week.  At least I didn't lose any getting them off my camera.

 

This darling ceramic rocking horse sits at the base of a plant stand that now holds altered books and rocking horses.

 

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Autumn's colors

 

I had planned to show the rest of my herbs for Friday, but I have been bringing them inside all day so they won't freeze overnight.  I'm both literally and figuratively worn out.

Instead, today I'm joining my friend Mia of Craftartista.  Mia has chosen Beautiful World as her theme for October at Art Journal Journey.  Below is my next interpretation of her theme. 

It's obvious I named this Autumn's colors.  Details are below.

 

I began by adding various spray and shimmering mists to the 8.5 X 11 inch (21.59 X 27.94 cm) 110 lb cardstock.  I used colors that reflected autumn.  I included yellow, orange, pink, red, turquoise, and green.  I added the computer generated text I outlined in red and orange Posca pens.  Finally, I added the TH paper doll.

 

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T Stands For Lemons

 

I had intended an entirely different post today.  However, I accidentally deleted the photos from my camera.  No way to get them back, no matter what I tried.  Here it is nearly T time, so I had to think of something different. 

When life gives you lemons,

 

grab this mug.

 

I've shown you mine, now it's your turn to share your T entry this week.  The rules are extremely simple.  Your drink related post may be anything from a photo of a glass, cup, or mug, to an actual drink.  You may choose to share a sketch or a digital, hybrid, or traditional page in your scrapbook, art journal, or altered book, as I have done.  Maybe you'd prefer to share a tag, or wow us with your photography.  You might choose a postcard or decorated card.  You might even draw an image on a used tea bag.  Or perhaps you prefer to review a place you visited, a movie, or book.  It makes no difference as long as it's drink related.  And don't forget that the more unique and outside the box it is, the better we like it.  Please tie it back here, and please link only to your T post, not your entire blog.  When you link, Bleubeard, the T gang, and I will be by to visit.   Bleubeard would also like to remind you that your photos may be taken any time.   

 

 

If it's Sunday, it's Rocking Horses.

 

It's time to share a few more rocking horses.  Today Bleubeard and I are also joining Nicole for Sunday in the Art Room or SITAR, and Gillena for Sunday Smiles.  Bleubeard and I are sharing these rocking horses out of necessity.  

Even though it is in the high 80s F (31ish C) today, it won't be long until it will be time to bring my herbs inside.

 

This is the location where many of the herbs will live through the winter, so the books and rocking horses must find another area in which to live until spring arrives next year.

 

There are three wooden rockers, each different, and a ceramic composite rocker.

 

It never ceases to amaze me that there are no two alike.  Some may be similar, but not exactly the same 

 

(with the exception of the six tiny horses on clothes pins)

 

  and the three tiny buttons. 

 

But I digress.  Please enjoy the photos I took of these before they go elsewhere for winter.

 

 

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Haircut Day

 

Last week was haircut day.  Not for me, although I certainly need one, but for my herbs. 

Let's start on the far left and work our way from there.  I bought three lavender plants this year and have killed two of them already.  One is still surviving, but not thriving.

 

My very expensive lemon grass is wedged between two pots of oregano that I cut back. The lemon grass kept falling over due to our high winds, so I gave it a bit of help standing up.

 

The large beige pot holds thyme, which overwinters outside thanks to Erika's advice.  The dark brown pot to the right is lemon thyme.  Although it may not appear as such, it got a haircut, too.  The black pot in the center is thyme I purchased this year.

 

The two white pots on the right are rosemary.  The plant in the larger pot got the haircut.

 

The large white pot in back on the right is comfrey.

 

This is a better view of the comfrey.  The bee balm/bergamot that has overwintered two winters seems to have died.  I have no idea why.  It's sad.  In front are my chives before I used nearly half the bunch in a salad I made.  Another rosemary sits behind the chives.

 

As you can see, I cut a great deal of the sage.  All three pots (the two terracotta colors and the black) received drastic cuts, even though they don't look like I removed much.

 

The two white pots are milkweed which have never flowered.

 

I believe I will leave the rest for another day. Thanks for joining me in my herb garden.  I hope I didn't bore you.

And because I need a face, 

I give you the face of our blog, the charming and handsome Bleubeard hanging out with me in the basement studio.  Also, please join us at 

 

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