Finally!

It's been a crazy couple of weeks and I am just now getting back to the award that Lisa gave me well over a week ago. Needless to say, I have had time to ponder this well and now have my recipients ready for the Brillante Weblog Award.

1. Judy @ My Front Porch

Judy has a beautiful blog. She writes about her life in British Columbia and her travels, which have taken her far from BC...most recently to Manitoba. She is a wife, a mother, a grandmother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, and she invites her readers to join her for coffee and some rollkuchen or apple pie squares any day.

2. Christi @ Charm & Grace Cottage

Christi is an artist and a thinker who hails from Alabama. Her art is shared, her life is shared, her beautiful world is shared. You'll love visiting her lovely cottage and taking tours of the local gardens or to see what project she's been working on.

3. La Tea Dah (aka LaDonna)@ Gracious Hospitality has a mountain retreat where even rustic living does not prevent her from sharing afternoon tea with her family and friends. What wonderful photos she takes and if you can waltz past one of her recipes without taking a second look, you're making a big mistake.

(Dear, Judy, Christi, and LaDonna, I hope that you don't find this before I've had the chance to pop in and tell you myself. I'm post-dating this one for an ungodly hour of the morning. ;> )


These are the rules:

1. Please put the logo on your blog.
2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.
3. You must nominate 7 fellow bloggers for this award. (As you can see, once again, I've broken the rules.)
4. Add links to the recipients.
5. Leave a comment so the recipients know they have received an award.

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Thunderstorms have been rolling around us all day long since just after we awoke this morning. When one can't be on the computer, one bakes blueberry muffins. These are Alice's recipe, which are named, appropriately enough, Maine Blueberry Muffins. We found the wild berries freshly picked and selling for $3.50 a pint. They were beautifully picked, nary a stick nor a leaf among them.





I did add a crunchy topping:

* 1/2 cup sugar
* 1/3 cup flour
* 1/2 tsp cinnamon
* 1/4 cup butter

Crumb together and place on top of batter before baking.

I've also been working on a few more projects off and on all day. I hope to share them with you Monday if I can get a few posts done ahead. Sunday begins our time with my grandmother. Perhaps Nan will be willing to come and spend some afternoons here, too, so that I can work on my own projects from time to time. I don't think I'll be too happy being an entire month from my own home, if I can't get back to putter about.(Fortunately, we all live in the same town.) Besides, the poor cat will go nuts!

Have a wonderful Friday, everyone!