Special dishes and tea sets

 A family member hosted a lovely bridal shower for her daughter and sent this photo showing the lovely dishes used for the table setting. The  mom had tons of teapots and china from the Paris flea markets when they lived there for a time.  They had fun putting them to use for this occasion.

Friday Art - Fiesta and Watercolour Tie Dye

 This is my 'Fiesta' ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") for Friday Art.  It is a piece I did over at Instagram back in February.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art for Fun Friday.

This is a watercolour 'tie dye' piece I did for an Instagram challenge in February.  

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Folklore art theme and Crustless Quiche

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date! The theme this week is 'Folklore' and here is my ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2"), I decided to do the Frog Prince from the fairy tale! It is an older piece to which I added a crown.

Also sharing this other ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") I did for this theme.

 

For the Dinner date, I made a crustless Cauliflower and Broccoli quiche based on a recipe shared by Denise.  It was delicious.  I will try different kinds, maybe a quiche lorraine next.

3 c broccoli florets

3 c cauliflower florets

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/4 tsp pepper

chopped parsley

6 eggs

1/2c Greek yogurt or sour cream

1 scallion chopped

1/2 - 1 c shredded cheese

Preheat oven to 350F

parboil broccoli and cauliflower (approx 10 mins)

season with salt pepper garlic powder

In a separate bowl whisk eggs and yogurt

add vegetables to a pie plate lined with parchment paper

Sprinkle scallions and cheese on top.  Pour egg mix on top, ensure veggies and cheese

are covered with this mix.  Bake 45 mins to one hour at 350F until the eggs are set and the top is slightly browned.

Wednesday Memes

 

Such is Life

 I was watching this video on Wagyu beef in Japan.  Food blogger Mark Weins visited Mizayaki cattle farm to learn more about this prized beef.  He learned that the cattle live in a clean, fresh air environment with good water, they are well fed with grass, hay, corn, wheat.  They have a stress free life, the stables are clean, the cattle is brushed frequently to increase blood flow.  

With all that I am thinking what lucky cattle, but not!  Right?  Their fate is to ultimately be killed and eaten at their prime.

Such is life.  

Beautiful gift

 Daughter L received these lovely orchids as a gift from a good friend a few weeks ago when she and her husband had a housewarming party for their friends.  

Preschool Work

 My nephew was asking for assistance with his 4 year old daughter's preschool work as pictured above!

I gave up early but if you read the instructions it makes more sense.  'Color the pictures. Sort by their word family'.  

This is the picture on the bottom left of the first photo. 

So the answer for this one is 'Fog' which goes with the 'Log' picture.

It seems dog below the log picture is wagging its tail so this photo goes with the fog picture.

This is too hard/confusing for preschool do you think? It sure stumped us!