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| New Castle, NH 2:30pm |
My heart was pretty full all weekend. Near to bursting at times with joy. I guess I just need to say that I believe in God, I know I am His daughter, that He loves me and knows me better than anyone. I am so grateful to really know that. I have recognized His hand in my life so many times I can't number them. Because I feel this way, I try to be a good girl and live in a way that demonstrates my faith in Him and His eternal plan for all or us. I'm not trying to be preachy, I'm just sayin. It was a special weekend for our extended family and I think we all felt joyful. Dan and I also enjoyed having some wonderful guests with us in our home; they were a vital part of all the good stuff that happened.
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| Friends and Family after church |
On Sunday morning before church, I made some steel cut oatmeal for our guests. Actually, I started the oats the night before. This oatmeal is fantastic! Even if you don't like oatmeal and my husband does not, he liked this oatmeal. He ate it again today - it tastes great all week reheated (not pasty, gummy at all!) so make a big batch and enjoy. Here's what you do before you go to bed:
Steel Cut Oatmeal
In a large sauce pan melt one Tbl. of unsalted butter. Add one cup of steel cut oats and toast them on low for 5 minutes. Add 3 1/2 cups water and 1/2 tsp salt and bring to a boil. Turn heat off, cover with lid and leave as is on the stove top over night. In the morning add 1 cup whole milk (you can use any kind of milk but I'm a whole milk believer for this recipe and others). Stir well and heat until warm and creamy. I served this to our guests with maple syrup, almonds, walnuts, honey, and golden raisins for mix ins. This morning I took the leftover oatmeal out of the refrigerator, warmed it in the microwave and added real maple syrup and whole lightly salted toasted almonds. It was marvelous! I found this recipe a year ago on the food blog
asweetspoonful.com.
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| Right out of the refrigerator Monday morning - creamy, not gummy. |
On Saturday, we took our guests on a loop of the seacoast from our home midcoast, south to Newburyport MA, over to a daughter's home in their little village along the loop and up to Portsmouth NH, into Kittery ME and back home. I took a couple pictures along the way. After, at home, I took some photos of the nasturtiums still going crazy out by the pool, even growing up into the mountain laurel and one of my favorite annuals, gomphrena - so cheery and cheer!
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| Grandkids and bubbles - happiness. |
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| Can you see the house (doubled) in the bubble? |
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| New Castle NH |
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| Look at that color and cemetery on New Castle Island. You can see the Wentworth Hotel in the distance. |
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| I mentioned in another post that I wanted more nasturtiums; they wandered freely |
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| Nasturtiums climbing into the shrubs |
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| Gomphrena or Purple Globe Amaranth - cut and dry and it retains color and shape all year |
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