Working on sketching sheep for a project and remembered a book I haven’t looked at in years. “Henry Moore’s Sheep Sketchbook”. Dug out my copy and spent a rainy afternoon with an old friend and a cup of tea.
Looked it up on line to see if it is still in print and discovered that it was reissued as a paperback. (Also found a video about the reissue.)
Don’t know why I like sheep things but I do!
These and more are on a sheep page I made earlier.
We like to eat outside whenever we can in the summer. Our deck has a covered portion with a ceiling fan that makes most nights just right. And we use lots of candles! (Most have some sort of protection from the breeze created by the fan.)
Bananas get over ripe quickly in the summer. What to do? Make Banana Bread!
Add Saga cheese, Mellon and wine for a light summer supper!
Banana Bread
Stir together in one bowl:
2 cups flour (unsifted)
½ t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
½ t. salt
1 cup sugar
½ cut dried fruit
½ cup nuts
Combine in another bowl:
¾ cup mashed ripe banana
½ cup milk
1 egg
¼ cup melted butter
Add wet to dry and stir until just mixed
Pour into greased 5 x 9 loaf pan
Bake 1 hour at 350 F
Let cool 10 min then turn onto rack to finish cooling.
(I used dried cranberries and pecans today.)
A number of years ago I created a small book about Cooper, Fletcher, Bob and the Ball Machine. Came across it the other day.
My Mom, a.k.a., Movie Queen, died last month at 91. This is what prompted my transcribing the news clippings. While going through her papers today I came across the above note from my dad, Curtin Reinhardt to his Movie Queen.
To start at the beginning: Only in America… #1