9/11/11 Ten Years and Millions of Tears

I know we are all praying for those who lost loved ones on 9/11/01.

Seeing the pictures of the children this year who were born after their fathers were killed is emotional. I wonder about how many unborn babies were killed that day too. I am sure there were women who were pregnant killed that day. We will never know.

And so , on this beautiful September Sunday, I again post those who were killed in NY.

I know BJ at Sweet Nothings did her post on Todd Beamer and those killed in Pa. And another on the Pentagon and the many who were killed there.

May they all rest in peace, and may their loved ones find comfort.

God Bless America.

We will never forget... Please click, and as you scroll through their names, say a prayer.

And...hug your loved ones.

I am joining The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday.

Apple Time & Amazon Gift Card Give Away!

The gremlins have been here today.  First, I tried to change my header and blogger wouldn't let me.  So I was HEAD er less for awhile.

Then Live Writer was being difficult.  BUT, finally, I shook it up and down and it worked! :)

Everyone who leaves a comment here today has a chance at a visit from the Fairy Hobmother.

Check out their site, www.appliancesonline.co.uk/blog/

I was the lucky one picked when I visited Joni's wonderful blog, Red Couch Recipes. 

The Hobmother gave me a 50 dollar Amazon gift card!

So good luck to you, and do let me know if you are the  winner!

It's apple picking time here on Long Island, and time to use my apple plates again!

Checked rim, green band, and a basket of apples in the middle!

They were purchased maybe 5 yrs ago at CTS in Rhode Island when I went to visit my friend.  Service for 12, how much you ask?

$15.00!  Not Spode , but cute for a yearly apple time table.

I used a deep green and white striped cloth.  It is a heavy almost canvas cotton I got in WalMart a few years ago for a dollar a yard.  I bought the bolt.

Rattan charger from Pfaltzgraff.com last summer, about 2.00 each, I used apple baskets, Michael's 50 cents,  to hold the napkins, a dark green and a Vera apple motif napkin.  I have had them for many years!

The red flatware is by Cambridge via CTS.

A green BEE glass and red glass mug by Aroroc for our apple cider, both from CTS.

Eaten apple scatters , and ceramic apple s and p's.

An apple basket for our bread...

and a wicker basket holds the crackers for our soup.

The centerpiece is a rustic cart filled with real apples, apple pics, and a few flowers.  Apple red votives and apple name cards, and that's it!

Some fresh APPLE crisp would be good for dessert!

Or maybe some apples dipped in chocolate, caramel, and sprinkled with nuts.

Applelicious!

Ok, now it's your chance to win!

Go check out the Fairy Hobmother...http://www.appliancesonline.co.uk/blog/

Make a wish, leave a comment here, and good luck!

I am joining Susan BNOTP  for Tablescape Thursday, Gollum for Foodie Friday, Diann for Thrifty Friday and  Ann On Sutton Place for Open House Thursday.

Thank you, Ladies for hosting!

I haven't picked my gift from Amazon.com yet, but I am having fun narrowing it down!

I appreciate you stopping by, see you this weekend for Seasonal Sunday at The Tablescapers, and On the Menu Monday at Yvonne's Stone Gable. 

Blue Skies, Thank the Lord!

Last weekend at this time we were being smacked around by Irene.  But, as I reported in my last post, we bid her good riddance with a funeral party!

Since she left town, the skies have been blue and the weather beautiful!

I took this shot from our beach. 

My 4 gkids enjoying their last weekend before school begins Tuesday.  I will miss having them out here at the beach.  I don't see them that often once school begins and they go back to their  home.

After a day of fun in the water, we attend Mass on the lawn.

Our very dear friend, just celebrated his anniversary of 50 years as a priest.

He has been there for us in the best of times and the worst, from the joy of Baptisms and weddings to the sorrow of funerals.  He is truly a wonderful person.

During his vacation, he says Mass under the blue skies with the Bay breeze at his back. 

The setting is very conducive to remembering to thank God for our blessings!

Here the "congregation" waits for Mass to start. 

I will miss the days at the beach with the kids...

But come Tuesday, I will sit on the front porch with my coffee and newspaper, and be very happy I am retired and don't have to leave here during September.  It is one of the most beautiful months in Southampton.

Some fresh blueberry apple muffins made by dh.

There are plenty, so please join me!

I am joining The Tablescaper for Seasonal Sunday, Stone Gable for On the Menu Monday, and Susan for Outdoor Wednesday.

Please come back for Tablescape Thursday.  The Fairy Hobmother will be picking someone who leaves a comment to visit and deliver a gift card!

Thanks for visiting and have a good week!

A Funeral Party~ And the Fairy Hobmother

She is dead...gone.  And I couldn't be happier!  She was a pain in the neck, disruptive, loud and downright mean, so she won't be missed.  No one will grieve for her, but she caused A LOT of grief! 

Good Riddance IRENE!!!

We are having a party to celebrate her demise.

I almost didn't post, but the power and phones are back! 

One thing I learned, keep that land line.  The cell phones required running the car to charge the battery, and it was hard to get a signal! 

Some places ran out of gas, and needed electric to pump anyway. 

It was a perfect time for the Fairy Hobmother to visit!

I was surprised when I was finally able to get back on line to see she had flown in!

I was gifted with a 50 dollar gift card to Amazon.com!  That definitely cheered me up.

The Fairy Hobmother wants to gift you too!

I am waiting for next week's post as so many are still without internet service.

  She will pick one person who comments on that post and pay a visit bearing gifts, so do come back! You could be the lucky winner! To make it more fun, when I get to 500 followers I will be doing a give away too!

Since it is till summer, and very summery I might add, I chose this floral tablecloth.  I got it a few years ago on ebay, 3 of them from a party rental place.  Very reasonable, and very colorful!

This pic is from a few years ago.

And here when my friend Susan, Savoring Time in the Kitchen, had a garden party.

 

Today...

Irene whipped the gardens, and the deer came to eat the roses, so I used a pot of impatiens, diamond frost and petunias for the centerpiece.

The dinner and soup are from Pottery Barn, and the salad is from Pfaltzgraff.  I liked how the edges all had different textures.

Green flatware from World Market.  Susan sent me some for my birthday and I completed the service for 12 afterwards.

Two place settings have a purple salad, 2 have yellow, as I only have 3 of each color.  They came in a box of four colors, for 2.99 at CTS, but part of the Circle of Friends group from Pfaltzgraff.

The purple cabbage bowls are from my friend Marigene , In the Middle of Nowhere.  We have been friends many years from a cooking forum, pre blogging.  Marigene is a great baker, I wish she would share more of her baking with us!

The napkins are linen towels from a huge Trash to Treasure sale they used have out here over 25 yrs ago.

Monogrammed H L.  Hobby Lobby?  I wish they would come to NY!

I used a green beaded napkin ring from CTS, I think they were .25 cents!

The picket fence candle holders I bought 11 years ago, cheap!

The pink glassware is by Gorham purchased at the Lenox outlet.

 

 

Since this is a party, we must have some food!

First we'll have Hurricane Salad.

Use everything you have in the frig so it doesn't go bad from lack of power!

Shrimp, chicken, fresh pineapple, the works!

 

For dessert, Carrot Cup Cakes, because I had a huge bag of carrots I had peeled and grated in the freezer .

I made some double deckers...

And some regular.

I used this recipe as I couldn't find the one I usually make.  It was pretty close!

Here.

 

I am joining LA for her End of Summer Party, although I will be resisting the push to do F'all Y'all , till late September!

Also, Susan for Tablescape Thursday, Gollum for Foodie Friday, Diann for Thrifty Friday, and Ann, On Sutton Place Open House Thursday.

Thanks for visiting, and do come back to see what I used my Fairy Hobmother gift card for, and a chance to win one yourself!

My prayers go out to all those suffering the aftermath of Irene, no power, floods, so much hardship. 

I want to thank all of you who emailed to see if we were ok out here on the east end of Long Island. I was touched by your concern! I haven't been able to visit, oh did I tell you we had a Hurricane? :)

Will You BEE Joining Me?

 

I hope so!  It was a BEE utiful day, so I set a place for you out in the garden.  We'll have Brunch.

The Bees are loving the Black Eyed Susan's!

The cloth is a piece of fabric I got for a dollar at Duralee.

I didn't hem it yet, I wasn't sure I would have enough to fit the table, but it did!

I used the bee yellow candle holder as a vase.  The lines reminded me of a skep.

I filled it with white pee gee hydrangea and some yellow portulaca.

You can see the BEE on the glasses, which were from CTS as were the candle holders, 1.29.

Ruffled yellow charger, CTS, 1.69

Black and white Spode plate, from Savers.  More info HERE.

Yellow cake/salad is by Pfaltzgraff , Circle of Friends pattern.  They came 4 to a box, yellow, purple, pink and green.  Less than a dollar each, pretty edge too!

Yellow Fiesta Flatware from Tues. Morning.

See how the bee's head pops up on the napkin ring?

Those were sent to me by sweet Diann at The Thrifty Groove.  They were from CTS.

Solid yellow napkin with a polka dot to match the plate.

If you have Bees, you need birds, and these Salt and Peppers are from Pier One. They are similar to the ones from Target that flew throughout blogland when Susan did a special event with them.  That was fun, something different than the same old, same old.  We should do something like that again.  Let's see, what is something most of us have and could have an adventure using?

I'll be thinking about it!

The yellow pitcher was my mom's.  So are the Susan's.  Before we sold her house, I dug some up to plant here.  They are flourishing all over the berm in the left of the pic.

There's  a gorgeous breeze today!

I will enjoy it.  Yesterday the earthquake, and the weekend IRENE may hit Long Island.  :(

I made individual cheese stratas for us.

They puff up so beautifully.

But it will deflate so you can dig in!  I have to have ketchup on mine!

My friend A., The Tablescaper, posted my recipe last week.   HERE 

I would just add to make sure when you cover it and place in the frig overnight, push the plastic wrap down so that all the bread is submerged in the egg, cheese mixture.

It heats up well in the microwave the next day too.

Use ham, broccoli, whatever you like!

A little something sweet to have with our coffee...

Some BEE hive sugar cookies.

See the little BEE trying to get it?  :)

Don't let it sting you!

Thanks for visiting!

I am joining

Susan for Tablescape Thursday

Open House at On Sutton Place

Diann for Thrifty Friday

Gollum for Foodie Friday