Making It In Massachusetts: October 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011

Some Fall In New England (it will be gone VERY soon)!!!

Walking my dog getting ready to explore the state forest near my home

me and the krumpet

My mom

Eggplant, gourds, pumpkins and everything FALL!

RED BLISS IN NEW ENGLAND

Tower Hill Botanic Gardens in Bolyston Mass

small view of small mountains

Me and the hubby

Me and my 15-year old SON! love him so much!!!

FALL ARRANGEMENT!!!
SO BEAUTIFUL

I love this photo although the quality is not great!

How Sweet It Is

A friend of mine passed along the food blog below:
HOW SWEET IT IS You may click it here directly, find them on Facebook or type it into your URL.
She was passing along the apple cider martini recipe to me (which I will be trying:)
while browsing through I found a recipe I knew I wanted to try and try RIGHT away!
ROASTED BUTTERNUT & SWEET POTATO WHOLE WHEAT LASAGNA
http://www.howsweeteats.com/2011/10/roasted-butternut-and-sweet-potato-whole-wheat-lasagna/

I will say it came out delicious BUT the 3 tablespoons of butter made it VERY greasy for my personal liking (not a huge butter fan) so, next time I make it (and make it again I will) I will use 1 tablespoon of oil olive instead and think it will be PERFECT! One could also reduce the butter down the one tablespoon easily! The sage was GREAT on it...browned up all on the top. This was a taste of fall in your mouth! Would make a GRAND side dish for THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Here are some of my personal photos. Oh, and I went to two store, could not find the NO boil lasagna so I got the boil type (more work but well worth it) mine was whole grain as well, other than that I followed the recipe exactly! ( I typically tweak them:)

THE DAY AFTER IT WAS SO MUCH BETTER, THE BUTTER SETTLED IT AND

IT DIDN'T TASTE AS GREASY.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

‎"In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different." ~ Coco Chanel

1. Always follow your dreams no matter what others may think of them.
2. Never forget your sense of style and design---change up accordingly.
3. Love REALLY hard and give your all, learn to walk away from people who don't give back to you (in a relationship).
4. Bursting for a burst of color? Do it!!!!!!
5. Always be different, always be YOU!!!!!!
XOXO

Lil Fall @ Home

At first I didn't think we would have great foliage but over this past weekend it REALLY popped around here! These are not the best of photos but a little taste of what's happening out @ my place.

1st two photos just tacky cling on for side window panes on front door

front engrance. I love my white pumpkins and which I purchased more of them!
The Two below are faux that my son carved a few years back!

While at the Tower Hill Botanic Garden over the weekend I purchased this AIR PLANT it was $25, a little more than I normally would have spent but it was so pretty and neat (never seen one before) plus we got in free using our local library .... which I help support w/a family membership and will do fundraising for them when needed. Always look to YOUR local public library for passes to museums, attractions, art exhibits and gardens!!!!!