flower child

The real deal!!!

COUNTRY FRENCH APPLE CRESCENT

COUNTRY FRENCH APPLE CRESCENT DESSERT
2 tbsp. sugar
3/4 tsp. cinnamon
8 oz. can crescent rolls (refrigerated)
1 lg. apple (Ida Red or other baking apple), peeled, cored, and cut into 8 slices
SAUCE:
1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. whipping cream
1 tbsp. almond extract
1 egg
1/2 c. sliced almonds (optional)
Cinnamon
Heat oven to 375 degrees. In small bowl, combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon; blend well. Separate dough into 8 triangles; sprinkle sugar mixture evenly over each. Gently press sugar mixture into each triangle. Tuck in edges around apple slice. Roll up, starting at wide end, roll to opposite point. Seal all seams. Place, tip side down, in ungreased 9 inch pie pan, placing long side of 7 filled crescents around outside edge of dish and 1 in center. bake at 375 degrees for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.
In small bowl, using wire whisk, combine 1/2 cup sugar, whipping cream, almond extract, and egg until well blended. Spoon sauce mixture evenly over partially baked rolls. Sprinkle with almonds and cinnamon. Bake an additional 13 to 18 minutes or until deep golden brown. Cover top of pan with foil during last 5 minutes of baking time if necessary to prevent excessive browning. Serve warm. Great with ice cream.

Kelly Nieto

It is an imperative to see/hear the story of this amazing woman who was a staunch atheist for most of her life. http://en.gloria.tv/?K Warning the emotional content is extreme!!

jpr's approval 5 stars.

optical illusions at sea

delightful!

"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."  Oscar Wilde

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2MJcBIipvY

florals

jpr: Okay! Its been about 6 generations since i've seen these everywhere. Same time back when all the wives where pregnant?

Mobile Shed Racing

Another unusual English sport.  Top record speed, 88 mph.  And these people once ruled an empire.

Another Important Holiday.

Nature-lovers are shedding their clothes and heading outside to mark World Naked Gardening Day. The event is celebrated on the first Saturday of May each year and encourages free-spirited gardeners to embrace nature in the nude.  Excuse me, got to get changed and plant some grass.

smurf rally in france

3500 smurfs in one place.....blue space

World’s most expensive dessert

Frozen Haute Chocolate is sold at a staggering $25,000 per order. The dessert is made from a blend of 28 finest cocoas from all around the world and is served in a goblet lined with edible gold. Additionally, Frozen Haute Chocolate is topped with whipped cream, more gold and a side of La Madeline au Truffle from Knipschildt Chocolatier, which sells for $2,600 per pound. An 18K gold bracelet with a carat’s worth of diamonds that rests at the base of the goblet and a gold spoon set with white and chocolate-colored diamonds are also given to its consumer as souvenirs.

My furnace....part III

All hail thou incarnate chassis, the raised next generation. Welcome, may thee be as kind as your ancestor. Cost $3054 USD

My furnace......part II

Oh evil and merciless fate, who through thou cruel employ did raise the envious gremlin from the bowels of the earth to fail my loyal friend.

RIP ole faithful servant.

My furnace.....part I

one can always admire a thing.....to truly love a thing is as rare as the object itself....I love my furnace

For its unfailing performance is the envy of the combustion for heating world

Camping North of The Artic Circle

Beautiful but burrrrrrrr.

New Year's Day in my backyard

this chritmass octave there has been dense fog, suny 60s, all day rain, high winds, ice storms, and snow fall

New Year's Eve in my back yard

Ice and snow not fog as for christmass eve

Venti Adoramus Dominum

A traditional Irish Christmas Hymn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19VsSO8IoH4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd5t2AtcDEY

christmass punch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBBNsv3qcHA

jpr: This is close to Mary Ann's punch. No cool-aid but sweet tea. Me thinks she added a tube of frozen grape juice!  Miss her and her holiday table.

About that hobby horse

Dancing in the rain

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Busy woman