Rose Prairie Quilts and Farm

I made some fudge this morning for the "man of the place". I have spoiled him with desserts but what he doesn't know is that I usually redo the recipe to be healthier or its one of my W.W. recipes. That is what this one is. I use to make the fudge my Mom made and it is higher in fats and calories, so when I found this one and tried it, it won out over my Moms. Plus it is a lot easier to make. What you need is;  10 oz. bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate chips, finely chopped  1 (14oz) can sweetened fat-free condensed milk  1/2 tsp. vanilla  a pinch of course salt You need to line a 8 x 8 pan with plastic wrap making sure at less 2 inches hang over the sides Combined the ingredients in a large heavy saucepan Heat mixture over a med-low heat. Stir until mixture is completely melted and smooth, approx. 5 min. Transfer fudge to prepared pan, spread evenly with rubber spatula. I sprinkle a little salt on top before I cover with plastic wrap. Refrigerate until firm,

The past couple of the days I have been taking time to get out in the garden and harvest veggies and checking on how everything was doing. Then there is "the girls". One of the older girls decided that she needed a new wardrobe. She has a twin in the group and this how she did look right before I left Beautiful hen isn't she, white, fluffy and very clean But I notice a few days last week all these white feathers around the hen yard and that the one I speak of was losing feathers. I did not take the time to take a photo but this is how she looks now, a week later Looks like I have been getting her ready for the stock pot.  They sure grow back fast. I can't wait to see how white and fluffy she'll get. Thank goodness they do not have a mirror in the hen house.  I do not think she would like the new look, thou a lot of older ladies like to get their "do's"  cut short,  if you know what I mean The cows are good, "the man of the place" has

This is a Jo Morton quilt done in her new line "Sweet Emilie". All those hourglass squares and then there are over 550 1 inch squares. Boy I am so glad it turned out as well as it did. The picture does not do it justice.  I started working on my "Beyond The Cherry Tree".   Oh heaven , the WIP list just keeps getting longer.  What am I going to do with myself One of these days I am going to figure out and post all that I have in WIP's. But to make me feel better, I will also put up what I have completed. Then maybe I can breath a little. Till next time Kat =^..^=

The Prairie Dog I forgot to show you this in my last post. They are so cute but I bet they have their own falsies too. This was the picture I was able to take with phone camera. There was a whole colony of them but could not get a good zoom shot. They really do bark like little dogs and they have short tails they wag. Reminded me of squirrels. Found this cartoon on another blog, thought it was cute.

Howdy y'all, My goal was to write each day I was in Colorado but between not being able excess the internet and being tried, it didn't happen. That way I could of gone into more detail, but I'll try not to make this too long, (ya right, since when). I was so tired each day from being very busy. And I thought I was busy here on the farm. It was a nice show and I met a lot of neat peoples. Some of those nice peoples were across from our booth, these ladies have a line of fabric with Moda, their line of fabric is call Sweetwater . I had taken a picture of their booth but it did not turn out for some reason. It was a really cute booth, I just love the color of their fabric. Then there was a shop from San Diego that was right up my alley, ALL APPLIQUE The name of the shop is called Amidon Quiltworks , it wasn't that they had really anything new, it was that the owner was very knowledgeable in the technique I like to use when appliqueing. She taught me a few new tricks and

OK I can share some photos that I took on the way here to Colorado. While driving through Kansas you pass by fields of corn, millet and sunflowers, you know how I love sunflowers so I try to take a photo of the field while driving past them. This is what I ended up with Now use your imagination and tell yourself "oh what beautiful flowers" Then we are plodding along and before we knew it (yeah right, 8 hours later) We are crossing over into Colorado. Of course I had to be like most tourist and stop to take a picture to document this historical occurrence. So that was yesterday, like I said yesterday we were pretty tired so that was about all we did. Today we went the Event Center for the Rocky Mountian Quilt Festival to see about when to set up and we lucked out and was able to start earlier than we thought. This was the first time that I have been present to help set-up the booth. I have in the past just shown up to work the booth the days of the show, boy there is a l

This is just a short post because it's late and we have been driving all day. I'm in Loveland Colorado for the Rocky Mountain Quilt Festival. This is the first time for me and I am looking forward to what the show will be like. If allowed I will have pictures tomorrow. Right now I am using my friends computer so I do not have access to my picture I took today I have always loved being in this part of Colorado. We plan on taking time to go to Estes Park. Now that is a gorgeous place. Will not have time to do any of the hikes but will have to get out and walk some in the park. Till next time Kat =^..^=