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As long as I can remember, I have loved to read. It took no convincing for me to dive into a book and to only come up for air when I absolutely had to. I loved mysteries and fantasies, historical fiction and adventure stories all equally well. I also love to read and memorize poetry. This has been a love that I shared with my mother throughout my life. We lost her last week, just a few months past her 100th birthday. Thinking about all that she has meant to me, my memories of shared moments with books and poetry with her are some of my very favorite.
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A couple of months ago, I shared a shelf sitting bookstack with you on this post. I had so much fun making it and I kept thinking of different things that I could say on them. I still think these would be great gifts for people, especially if you know their favorite movie or song that you can take a quote from.
I asked my girls what they would want on their stacks if I made them one. Alicia immediately responded with this Harry Potter Quote, LOL! (Please read it with the appropriate Ron Weasley British accent!) "Not me, Not Hermione, YOU!"
It cracked me up so much, that of course I had to make her one!
The first set that I made was so simple with just an easy whitewash paint on the books. But, Harry Potter books called for something more! You can refer to my older post to see the basic directions, but here is what I did differently:
I love how this bookstack looks on my shelf in front of the Harry Potter books! I may have to make another one for Alicia because I want to keep this one, lol!
Now I'm off to work on a Christmas version of a bookstack! They are just so much fun!
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When my grandchildren come for a visit, one of the things they love is to have special breakfasts. My next to the oldest granddaughter loves smoothies or pancakes. Her next younger brother loves what we call "Eggs in a Nest." My husband calls them "Gashouse Eggs." There are various names, we've learned, for eggs fried in the middle of bread, which becomes toast and is great for soaking up the yolk. Plus, you get the extra bonus of having the crustless toast cut from the center of the bread.
The last time they were here, we were trying to decide if we wanted pancakes or eggs in a nest when it dawned on us that we could have Eggs in a Pancake Nest! Genius!
We also had some blueberries, so my granddaughter and I were wanting blueberry pancakes! So, we poured out pancake batter on a griddle and put blueberries on the part that was going to be cut out. In the photo below, you can see that I decided to have one Egg in a Pancake style and one totally blueberry style pancake. You can see how I applied the blueberries.
The result was great! The inner cut out pancake was filled with blueberries. So good!
Here was my plate pre-syrup! I almost didn't need syrup! (but I did use it, lol!)
So, go ahead and mix it up a bit! Your grandchildren (or children) will love it! Mine did!
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This post contains affiliate links. I will be compensated for purchases made through those links at no additional cost to you. We do not share your information with other sites. All views expressed are our own. Thank you for your support! Whenever I watch any baking shows on television, it always happens, I see them make something that I just have to try! So, when Anita brought me some beautiful blueberries, I knew that I wanted to make a French recipe called Clafoutis! A clafoutis is actually a type of custard that is baked with any fruit added that you can imagine. It reminds be of what we all a Dutch Puff Pancake, or a type of souffle, because it puffs up in the oven and is gorgeous, (but then it falls, lol). When we do a Dutch pancake, we add the fruit toppings after it comes out of the oven, but the fruit is baked right in a clafoutis. This recipe is surprisingly quick and easy to mix up! There will be lots of ooos and aahhs when it comes out of the oven. I added sugared blueberries and tiny strawberries to decorate the top. This recipe is definitely a great way to enjoy summer berries. One thing I did to enhance the blueberries was to use a couple of drops of lemon essential oil in the batter of the custard. Also to make the sugared berries, I rolled them in lemon juice and then in granulated sugar. Those touches of lemon worked so well to brighten up the flavors of the clafoutis! I purchase my oils from DoTerra. I trust their oils to be pure enough to use in my recipes. Here is the super simple recipe! You can substitute any fruit instead of blueberries. On the Summer Bake-Off that I was watching, someone made it using mangoes and someone else used marinated cherries. So, give it a try and tell me how you liked it! Just click the recipe and you will get a printable pdf file. Other blueberry recipes you will love:
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Helen Reynolds: Mother of six children , grandmother to eleven! I love to cook, craft and create things and I especially love doing that with my family, So, when my lawyer daughter, Lindsey, my artist daughter, Madalynn, and I came up with the idea of Hot Cocoa Bombs, this blog was born. Then, one more daughter, with her technical and science skills, plus creativity has joined in to round us out! Read more about us here! Archives
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