How Hungry Are You?

 

I'm Not Drunk I'm Cooking is the new cookbook, released, just in time for the holidays! Every recipe is one that you would be proud to bring to the dinner table for family and friends! That's what this cookbook is all about, family and friends. 

Please read with an Alabama accent! "Mema" set the table and the traditions that guide this collection of sit down and eat some foods that taste like home story. Using what is in the pantry and your culinary imagination is what stirs this pot!

Most important, the book is written because of family and close friends. The people that have always been there for you.  MayKay shared their stories and their thoughts behind the dishes. 

Yes, I giggled my way through this cookbook. The dishes and the stories have the right amount of humor mixed with love and caring.

Just think, across from each other, Fried Deviled Eggs and Mashed Potatoes with Crispy Potato skins! How can you beat that? Six different green beans dishes to pass for the Christmas dinner! 

Fried Breakfast Corn! Ever tried it? Buy the cookbook on Amazon and hold on to your pants! This recipe book is a lot of fun!

A picture is worth a thousand words and this photo says it all! 
Family, support, caring and love.

I really enjoy this unique chef's take on life! I love you MayKay and I am very proud of your cookbook. 

https://www.amazon.com/Im-Not-Drunk-Cooking

The next sixty days of holiday gatherings, you need this book, it is packed with affordable, delicious and easy dishes to take to pass at all the parties. 

I'm hungry!

Tooling Around The County

Face it folks, when the countryside looks like this, tooling around the county gets five stars!

When I crest this hill I see the two Manitous almost touching!

Big clouds, big field and land, it's all about the land. 

Looking over South Lake Leelanau.

Our mountain ranges. 

Fields and sky. 

All of the blues.

The creek took a turn!

Love the reflection. 

Winter rye at the corner farm. 

Such great photo ops! 

 

Swede Rd

The corner farmer is quickly getting his corn in before the weather turns. Get it? The corner farmer!!

Steve's corner! He loves this right hand turn on his way home. 

On the way to Cynthia's house. 

We have the most beautiful Maple Trees on our road. 

Old and ancient, around the barn they grow. 

Framing the landscape.

Rolling with the colors on this beautiful fall day. 

Big sky.

Big views.

Catching the barn red against the foliage. 

Lucky to live in the neighborhood. 

 

Life Is Never Boring In The Holler

So, my oldest son and his wife brought Steve and I worn out whiskey barrel chairs for the fun of it. We thought they would be good on the front porch, here in the Holler.

Next thing you know, Steve repaired them and had them recovered. They are really comfortable and are a hoot! Not that I have any room for more furniture but I sure do think they're cool. 

I am now a proud mama of a forty year old! Where in the heck did forty years go? It was just yesterday that I was snuggling this kid!

Then my main squeeze went and turned sixty six years old, I call him "Flip Flop" for short.  

I ran over to Omena Cut Flowers and bought him Dahlias for his birthday. Her Dahlias are spectacular!!

My son and his husband ran the Chicago Marathon on Sunday. Wearing their medals on the flight home got them a first class seat!!

Steve down loaded the app so we could watch the progress on his phone. We just about banged heads watching Garen come around the last bend of the race, we were so excited! 

I have told you about my little daughter-in-law in other blogs but this time she takes the cake, literally! She wrote and published a cookbook. You can buy it on Amazon!!

So that's my week in a wrap! 

 

Sad To Say, Marshall Passed Away

 

Marshall Raymond O’Shaughnessy, 63, of Jacksonville Florida passed away on September 24, 2021. He was born January 19, 1958 in Pontiac Michigan, the son of Marshall F and Barbara Ann (Schaub) O’Shaughnessy. Marshall fought the battle with Schizophrenia for most of his life. The most important thing to remember about Marshall is that he sang and played guitar and could perform “Bell Bottom Blues” better than Eric Clapton. He is survived by his sister, Mary Ann (Steve Scott) O’Shaughnessy, his brothers John M. (Sita) and Mark P. O’Shaughnessy. His brother, Morgan M. (Ana) O’Shaughnessy preceded him in death. There are no memorial services at this time. Just hum a few bars of “Bell Bottom Blues” in his memory.