Staying Warm!

Have been looking through many of my older photos  ( on the external hard drive)  looking for ones to post on my blog.  I am not going out much to take photos right now, but will make up for it when we get to Mexico.    This is 2 of many cats--Bubble ( orange long haired ) and Lucifer ( the black cat of course).  Each of them had a littermate that we adopted at the same time--Bubble & Squeak/ Lucifer & Gabriel!

I Wish I had Smell-o-vision--Again!

I posted this recipe a few years ago, but I think it deserved another  post!  I just put it together in the slowcooker for supper tonight.   It's definitely is winter around here( they are predicting 40's here this coming week though); there's a crispness in the air ; the woodstove is going and I've gotten out the crockpot! Am making Autumn Harvest Pork Loin & it smells heavenly! The ingredients sound like a weird combination, but it is delicious......

1 c. apple cider or apple juice

1 1/2-2 lb. pork loin

salt

pepper

2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled & sliced

1 1/2 whole butternut squashes, peeled & cubed *

1/2 c. brown sugar

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. dried thyme

1/4 tsp. dried sage

Heat cider in a hot skillet. Sear pork loin on all sides in cider. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper on all sides. Place in slow cooker, along with juices. Combine apples, and squash. Sprinkle with brown sugar and herbs. Stir. Place around pork loin. Cover and cook on low 5-6 hours. Remove pork from cooker. Let stand 10-15 minutes. Slice into 1/2" slices. Serve topped with apples and squash.

* I use a bag of frozen cubed butternut squash

Enjoy again!
If you made it after the last time I posted it, let me know!

Sunrise

spend the early morning with me watching the sunrise on Isla Mujeres!

A Few of our Daily Visitors

Driving out the driveway a few days ago I saw quite a few turkeys on the edge of the trees

They scooted right into the trees as I drove by!

One brave soul decided to cross the driveway--they tend to stay in their flock & nor go out on their own--maybe he was leading the rest!

 

Snowy days

 I love the play of the light on the snow and the trees in these photos--this is our driveway

 Driving between Goshen & Litchfield--there are still some unpaved roads! 

A look along Milton Road

New Month, New Year!

The 1st 3 photos were taken on the same day --2/8/2012.  I go out & walk a few miles every morning starting at sunrise when we are on Isla.  Alan likes to sleep in so this gets me out of his hair!

I walk down the malecon along the Caribbean side of the island--I love that it keeps getting longer!

Every day the sunrise is different!

My photo  processed by Caribe on Canvas

One of my favorite photos from last years trip--enhanced by Caribe on Canvas!  I have this blown up  & hanging in my bedroom!  I hope I get some good shots this year & can get a few more made.

Our Precious Dog, Rafe--RIP

Yesterday we put our wonderful dog, Rafe to sleep.  He's been sick for some time--having diabetes, lyme disease and a host of other problems.  Over the last month he has steadily gone down hill & this week he couldn't get up the 3 stairs to get in the house--and then couldn't get to the back door.  Mind you he weighed just over 100 pounds so it's not like we could pick him up.

Alan & I are heartbroken--he was  definitely a mamma's boy and by my side whenever I was home!  He always greeted Alan when he got home from work like it as the best thing to happen to him all day!

I don't think a week went by without me taking photos of him--I even had taken some yesterday morning before we had decided to put him down.  This  one of him with his best bud, Squeak was one of my all time favorites!  I hope that Squeak was waiting for him at the Rainbow Bridge!
If you'd like to see more photos from over the 10+ years of his life, just put "Rafe" in the search box in the upper left hand corner of the page--I didn't realize how many posts I had done about him!