Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I had no intentions of being gone from the blogging world for this long. It's been weird cause I so enjoy writing and sharing my little world here in Oklahoma. It started with me trying to get the house in order for my daughter and the grandsons who were coming to visit the 3rd of January. They came and things changed. First they were going to be here for 6 days but that changed to 2 weeks. Boy were we excited since we hadn't seen them in months and Grandpa aka "the man of the place" hadn't in almost a year. Seeing how they live in California and only I have been able to go out there to visit this past year.  Then with a new job and finding a home to purchase, we have had the boys to ourselves while my daughter and her partner take care of it all back in California. But it has been many, many, many years since my kids were 20 months, let alone 2 at the same time. Grandma has been able to keep up with them but boy by the time they go to bed this

I realize it's been too long since I last posted and it wasn't something I plan this mini vacation but I did want to take a moment to wish  everyone the best for the holidays. So here's to a very  Merry Christmas  And I'll be writing more soon so thank you for sticking with me during this dry spell I have been in.  I will explain more in the next time I write.

I have had an abundance of vegetables this years so I have been doing a lot of canning, freezing and drying of my bounty. But in addition to that I have been busy surfing the web looking for new recipes to try. Most have been very good but every now and then I've made one that is just awful no matter what I change.  This recipe I questioned but I was looking for one that I could use up some of the last of the zucchini. I've made bread, muffins, casseroles, baked it, fried it, steamed and saute. But I hadn't tried a soup that was mainly zucchini and not just the side veggie. What also peaked my interest was that it also used pears. Heaven knows I have a ton (ok just 165 lbs) of them at the moment waiting to be put up. Found this recipe at the Food Network website. I can find some really good ones at that site, one of the many I visit. Here is the page for you who can access it http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/40-a-day/pear-and-zucchini-soup-recipe/index.htm

It has been a very busy past couple of weeks for me so I haven't been online much. The weather has been too gorgeous to be in the house but with the harvest almost completed I have had to be in some. But here are some beautiful scenes from around the farm. Hope you enjoy.

This month on my Get-R-Done list was to get the binding on at least one of my Christmas quilts so that is my plan for today. I decided to do the plaid scrappy one because I just love this one and looking forward to seeing it out for the holidays this year. Especially since I started this quilt almost 2 years ago. I was looking back to see where I had pictures and that's when I realize how long. It seemed like just last year that I did this quilt and posted how I went about making it here I'm a hand quilter but I now know that I'll make far more quilts than I can quilt. So when I need to have one of my favorites machine quilted, I like it to look similar to one that was hand done. I know it won't look exactly like it's hand quilted but close is good. Decided to have this one done in a pattern called a Baptist or Methodist Fan. I've quilted this pattern myself and it's one of my favorites plus I like how it looks on this quilt. Doesn&

It has been a few weeks since I can say that I am able to enjoy a little sewing. So I think I'll finish the Crazy Cat  I have all the crazy stitching done, now all needed is to sew it together. Besides a little sewing, I think I'll enjoy a little reading on the back porch and take in the beauty of fall.

Our anniversary was this week and for this years trip we went out to the pan handle or "no man's land" here in Oklahoma. I have never been out there. So we decided we were going to visit some of the State Parks, seeing how the government shutdown closed the National Parks and wildlife refuges. I found it amazing the diversity of ecoregions that are here in this state. When I moved here from California my impression of Oklahoma was that of what I had learn from about the Dust Bowl. It nothing like that, especially where I live. It's called Green Country for a reason. But traveling around the Northwestern part of the state reminded me of other states, which are nearby like New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Utah, Wyoming and Nebraska.    So here are a pictures of Gloss Mountains, The Little Sahara, The Great Salt Plains, Dinosaur tracks out in Black Mesa, Boiling Springs and a couple historical site, 101 Ranch and the last sod house built by a homesteader in O