BLUEBERRY MUFFINS for "Tea In The Garden"

 Today with lower temperatures in the 80's

range it was perfect weather for another

"Tea In The Garden" and since I looked

at the extended forecast and saw that 

this weather will be short lived so I

decided  to take advantage of it.

We got some rain this week but 

truly, we could have used another

day's worth!

 

This recipe for Blueberry Muffins 

is here (click) however, I made a

different topping this time by mixing

 2 Tb flour,  3 Tb Sugar, 1 Tb chopped 

butter and 1/4 Tsp ground cinnamon. 

 I just put that on top of the muffins

 before I baked them.

I love old quilts....

These were the muffins when

they came out of the oven:

These particular

 blueberries

were huge.

I found my blue Daintee Ladyee

years ago in West Virginia.

You can see the branches of our giant

pussy willow in our front yard. I think

the size is unusual and it can be a

mess in the spring.

I hope your weekend is lovely.

"TEA IN THE GARDEN" with The Serenade of the Cicadas

Welcome to the heat of July!

Time for a "Tea In The Garden": 

I slipped out today and set up a "Tea In 

The Garden" because tomorrow it is

 supposed to be 99 degrees and then over

 100 degrees each of the days this weekend.

I have some wonderful little peach

tarts for you to try.  We stopped at a

peach orchard on the other side of the

Missouri River and bought a box of

their peaches.

I read the new Victoria yesterday while

waiting in the car for my husband.  It is

all about Scotland and so many castles

and gardens  are included.  There are

also some wonderful

recipes for fall with soups and salads.

I am sure we love music at our

"Tea In The Garden" so today we

are being serenaded by Cicadas

which are very loud bugs that make 

a sound I can hardly describe to you

except to say that it can not be ignored.

(Especially because there are many of

them making this noise at the same time)

click above to hear him sing!

So I looked behind me as I was taking 

photos and saw

that we have some company:

As you can see - we need rain badly.

I had already made 2 peach

 pies with most

of the peaches

yesterday (recipe)

and added some

strawberries too.  One of 

these pies went to our son and

family.

Please enjoy a tart and tea.

BUTTERFLIES, BEES AND DRAGONFLIES

 

PURPLES IN THE HOT JULY GARDEN

 Well, here we are in Missouri in very hot

 July with temps today close to 100 degrees.

  I think I'll stay inside but I did run out

 and take a few photos of the garden

 this morning:

 Yes, purple seems to be

 in charge

of color right now.

I have allowed some Queen Anne's

Lace in my garden in one area

so that I have

it for bouquets.

I hope you are staying cool.

OUT FOR A RIDE TO ROCHEPORT

 Down the road about 10+ miles is a little

community we drive through  sometimes.

  We haven't been out much so the other

 day we drove over.  This is a very tiny town with quite a few Bed and Breakfasts but not

 a lot to do.  It is beside the Missouri River but not with access to the river.  Biking seems to be a big thing as the Katy Trail comes into the little town.  

It was very quiet around town.  I did

appreciate the many flags on display.

The yellow house isn't a B & B but I

think it is cute.  One of the houses

has amazing flowers covering about

every inch of their yard with no lawn.

I just looked at the weather forecast

and it calls for 101 degrees the next

three days.  I think that means I will

be downstairs sewing tea cozies.  I 

sure got behind lately so I best get

going and enjoy the air conditioning!

JULY 4TH INDEPENDENCE DAY "Tea In The Garden"

 I am so happy to be posting on my

blog again.  After our recent bout with

Covid, my husband and I are determined

to enjoy our summer and spend some 

time relaxing.

We are out on our deck today and

there is one thing I can assure you of

which is "this is one very hot" 4th

of July.

I think these blue hydrangeas will

be glad to get into some air conditioning.

They did not look very happy out in

our backyard.

The 1776-1976 Bi-Centennial teapot

is really fun because we just happened

to be living in Virginia that year and

attended the Bi-Centennial celebration

at Yorktown.

I do not believe in erasing

history just because it wasn't

wonderful  You probably know

that Martha Washington had slaves.

I found this old vintage piece of "Old

Glory" toile on ebay and hemmed it

into a table topper.

One side of our deck gets the most

sun so we pull the shade down on 

that side.

I hope You had a lovely 4th of July!