Things I like Sept 28

Greetings!

Hello to all!  Hope you are enjoying fall. We have cooler temps in the mornings which is a treat, but still in top 90's in afternoon.

Here's a list of my likes for this week:

1. A Walk in the Park. Sunday I drove 10 miles so we could walk in a green park.  I know many of you from different parts of the planet have parks with grass and trees but in my area we have brown desert and rocks. UGH. I like trees.

Isn't this a beautiful spot? Brother and I walked about mile and a half which was so nice.

2.  Butternut Squash soup. I'm not a lover of vegetables or soup really, but I have been wanting to try this cause it just sounded good.  So, I did. In the Crock Pot! I'm really pushing fall, cooler temps, etc so I like the smell of this cooking for a few hours in the kitchen.  Another reason I finally made this soup is cause Safeway sells (and had on sale) already cut up cubes of the squash.  I'm hesitant to try to cut the hard squash.

It was sooo good! And, pretty easy to make. The recipe is at gimmesomeoven.com.  I just used half and half, a gala apple and chicken broth  instead of what's in the recipe cause that's what I had. I cooked mine 3.5 hours

3.   My new cake pan cover. I had this fabric for awhile waiting for the time to try this project.

 I have a favorite 9 inch cake pan (that I've had at least 10 years and it's still like new) which is not circular-it has two handles on the edge so it's oval.  Several times I've needed a cover.  It's my favorite cake pan so I just traced the edge and added 3 inches for folding over, a hem, and elastic. Love it. As I was storing it in the kitchen I realized I also  needed a cover for my favorite glass mixing bowl.  I attached this cover to the bowl to determine dimensions and realized it fits the bowl also! SCORE and done. My brother has difficulty handling aluminum foil  as covers on dishes, so this will be much easier. AND IT'S SO CUTE!

4.  A finished White Goose Christmas table topper. 

I don't have very much gold or yellow in my stash but I placed these fabrics together and thought someone might like these.  I think I have enough of the print to make another table topper in white, so we'll see if I can squeeze in another one.  This is 14 inches square. Very cheery.

5. A piece of heaven:

Yes. This speaks for itself.
 Mini individual cheesecakes.
 No cooking, no dishes, no soy.
No crust, so gluten free (ish).
Thank you.

Well, that's a glimpse in my life this week. At least the good stuff.  I've had some health issues for weeks and saw the doctor on Monday who ordered blood work again, so hope we can find the cause. Never a dull moment.
Just keep moving.

Please join us at LeeAnna's post: Not Afraid of Color for more "likes".  it's so fun and interesting.
Have a great week.
mary