April 29, 2020

A CANOE/CAMPING TRIP DOWN THE BRAZOS, HIKING IN GEORGIA, QUARANTINE COOKING IN TEXAS...AND HELLO FROM CALIFORNIA


Hello all you Love Bugs out there....
I so hope this finds you well and happy at home....
I hope you have a garden of flowers, some books for the hours,
good health and lots of glorious love in your hearts....

Here is a look around the family this past week.....


One of our sons packed up his family and the dogs and
went on a canoe and camping trip down the Brazos river...
These kiddos know how to camp and be prepared for most anything......
that's Franz under the umbrella so as to protect him from the sun....


It's amazing how well they packed
to take food and camping supplies in three canoes.....


I think the dogs were enjoying this more than their people.....




A good weekend getaway idea where you are not around anyone
outside of your family......helps to break up the stay-at-home blues....

GEORGIA


Over in Atlanta, Miss M packed a picnic
and off they went for a beautiful hike in the woods...


This was a long hike and they enjoyed an entire afternoon
in sunshine and letting Piper run off some energy.....


Remember skipping rocks when you were a kid?

CALIFORNIA


The gorgeous California Lanai....


We were delighted with a Zoom call from the Cali kids...
we discussed the current situation..layoff's, the dilemma
of the country's shutdown and then played a fun
little brain teaser game....sure do miss these two...and Bo!

Here at Estelle's....it's the new normal continuation...
working from home....cooking and baking....
and doing a lot of porch sitting.....


I am rather enjoying comfort food basics....
here's what was on the menu this past week.......


Sunday morning Buttermilk Biscuits


Homemade Vegetable Beef Soup





Beer Bread


This may have been the BEST lunch I have served during the past
few months....


Chocolate Pudding

I sincerely hope you all are well and happy...
it's a long process.....it helps to stay connected to family and friends
through social media and frequent phone calls....
Can you believe we are heading into May?




5 comments:

  1. Wonderful to see people outside enjoying sunshine and fresh air. Oh wouldn't it be great to have myself a biscuit for lunch? Yes, you're giving me ideas. Tomato soup and biscuits...

    ReplyDelete
  2. Can almost smell that delicious soup cooking.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Wonderfulphotos of pure joy and happiness! And such great looking meals!
    I made a delicious soup the other day at the ranch! Froze the leftovers to eat next week but Louis Dean couldn't sleep and went out and defrosted the freezer - and spilled every last bit of the not solid frozen soup on the deck. I am still in mourning over it.....

    ReplyDelete
  4. your family posts are PURE DEE WONDERFUL! and every dog picture is so appreciated too!
    and to end with a spotlessly clean kitty! LOL!!! and the smell of homemade veggie soup! YAY!!! xoxo

    ReplyDelete

I so love receiving your thoughts and comments. I also hope you found something that made you smile.