Scenes from My Weekend

This morning I got up and made these acorn adorned cupcakes after seeing them on someone else's blog. I wish I could remember which blog it was, but the name escapes me. The person who inspired me made vanilla cupcakes and dyed them blue. I made chocolate-I'm not a big fan of food colouring as I am allergic to some of it.

I made 3 dozen and called up my best friend to tell her I had some to share with her. I was befuddled when she didn't come tearing over to get them-usually the offer of something yummy gets an immediate response. Hours and several message later, her husband phoned for directions to a favourite dollar store (they were out walking their puppy on the dikes) and I asked them to stop by on their way home for treats. The cupcakes got rave reviews. *grins*

Right after I finished making cupcakes, we took these from our organic garden...

and added some of this...



And created a bit of this...

...by accident-that's what happens when you multi-task!
And eventually ended up with this...

27 jars of pickled beets! I think that will get us through the winter! My hands are now a lovely shade of day-glo pink, a colour I was sure was not found in nature, but apparently it is!

I have to tell you that my husband cleaned up the massacre in the kitchen. That man is the best worker bee I know-he can make a kitchen sparkle even better than I can. He took the whole stove top apart, wiped down walls and cupboards, mopped the floor...you'd never know we'd canned today! I think he missed his calling-he should have been the guy who cleans up crime scenes!

Lastly, I leave you with this:

Did you ever know there were so many pretty shades of green? This was today's pickin's from our garden. If mother nature isn't the best artist!