Friday Funny

 

Cooking Thursday

We have fairly frequent potlucks at our church. Several months ago, following the potluck, there were a bunch of people waiting to see who had brought a particular dish because it was so good.  This included a few guys which is unusual.  We figured out who brought it, and got the recipe!  I made it and it may be the easiest recipe I've made - perfect for a potluck, and as I told you, it's very good!

Raspberry Fluff

16 ounces thawed Cool Whip
32 ounces Vanilla Yogurt
1 large package (6 ounce) Vanilla Pudding (dry mix)
1 bag frozen raspberries (or other fruit of your choice)

Stir together the Cool Whip and Yogurt, then stir in the pudding mix.
Add frozen raspberries and stir.
Refrigerate overnight or for several hours before serving.

Wordless Wednesday

 

A little more fun in Dearborn

We visited Henry Ford's home in Dearborn. Unfortunately, it's being renovated so you can't go inside. But, visitors are free to walk the yard and gardens, which even at this time of year are beautiful. 

Henry and Clara Ford built this home and moved into it in 1915.

This is the front and side of the home with patio you can't see in this photo.

We walked to the side yard where we found this doorway dug into the side of a hill. It turned out to be a boat house. Another opening was dug on the other side which opens to the river.

Look what was above the door...   It was a wood chuck!

There were also several geese in the area.

Looking up at the house from the boat house.

The back of the house and back yard.

The Rogue River runs behind the house

A walled garden on the other side of the house.  There were all kinds of roses growing here, so it will soon be a beautiful spot!

A statue of Henry and Clara Ford.

We really enjoyed wandering around the home and yard and hope to return someday to tour the interior.

I'm back!

Bob and I took a short trip to Dearborn, Michigan to visit the Henry Ford Museum.  Last year we were there to see Greenfield Village with Alaina and Ruby, but didn't have time for the museum, so we decided we needed to go back for some museum time.

Dearborn is about 2 1/2 hours from our house, on the other side of the state. We saw this semi along the way and it was so cute!

We checked into our hotel and decided to walk the 3/4 mile to the restaurant to enjoy the city streets.  It's fun to see the different buildings.

We ate at Ford's Garage, a place we were at last year. It's all decorated with old cars and car things, and the burgers are fantastic!

Here we are the next morning, ready to take on the museum. This is like no other museum I've been to and is an all day adventure.

One of the first things we saw was a bunch of presidential cars. The top one was Franklin Roosevelts, bottom right was Theodore Roosevelts carriage and the bottom left was the car JFK was in when he was assasinated.

Thomas Edison was a good friend of Henry Ford, and signed his name in the cement when the museum was being built.

George Washingtons camp bed and camp box.

Rosa Parks bus

Benedict Arnold letter

We had lunch in an old diner that was moved into the museum from New Jersey.

This is a Stradivarius violin that was owned by Henry Ford. He could play it, but played it in the style of a fiddle.

This is the chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was assasinated.

This is Edgar Allen Poe's writing table.

One of many beautiful old cars.

A few items I remember that made me feel very old!   :)

Another classic!

These are just a few of so many interesting things that we saw. We greatly enjoyed our visit here.

 

Wordless Wednesday

I'm taking a little break for the rest of the week. Bob and I are taking a short getaway, which I'll tell you about next week.  See you soon!

A day at the park

 Last week we were scheduled to watch Cassie and Connor, so Heather and Andrew could go to a wedding. Unfortunately, Andrew's Dad ended up in the hospital so Andrew had to be with him and they couldn't go. We decided to have a fun day anyway, and went with the kids and Heather to a park we'd never visited before. It's on the Grand River, so it's beautiful, but had great places for the kids to play too.

Connor was in grand spirits.

We put Grandpa in the back seat with the kids. He's the biggest kid, really!

Grandpa and Cassie

Heather and I with Connor

Looking at the river

This is just one of 3 play areas

The boardwalk next to the river

Such a pretty place to walk!

The kids liked the play area more than the river.   :)

We all had a great time!

Mothers Day!

It was Mothers Day in the U.S. today. My girls and their families came over for supper on Saturday so we could celebrate.

They told me they were coming, and not to worry about anything - they would have it all.  And they did!  We had such a lovely meal!

Look at this - Pasta Alfredo, Pasta with tomato sauce, chicken, meatballs, garlic knots, salad and drinks.  It was delicious!

The kids enjoyed it too.

After supper, we spent some time outside; the kids had fun playing, the adults wandered and checked out the Spring garden.

We took some Mothers Day pictures.  Me with my grandkids, and me with my daughters.

Then we took some of the girls; Heather with Connor and Cassie, and Laura with Alaina and Ruby.

This is the cutest little crocheted cactus, that Heather gave me because I can't keep plants alive in the house.  :)   The card is a picture Cassie drew of her family and the little blue things are flowers. I also got a gift card to use to by a planter for the porch.

And then more food!  This dessert was scrumptious.

On Sunday, we had a nice service at church, and after lunch Bob and I went for a hike at a local park.

This park used to have a resort on the property where people would come by train from Chicago to enjoy in the early 1900's. This house was the owners home and it's been restored. Today, a few volunteers had it open so people could come in and see it.

It was a beautiful place.

After touring the house, we hiked in the woods.

Woods, streams, a pond - it was a lovely walk.

We came upon this tree that had fallen and the roots were exposed.

We ended at this little river before walking back to our car. 

We had a call from our son Andy in KY in the evening.  It was a very nice Mother's Day and I'm so thankful for each of my kids and grandkids.