Bee Cupcake Practice

I was asked to make 60 cupcakes for a Relief Society activity later this month.  I wanted them to taste wonderful and have frosting that actually would keep its shape, so I did a practice few today.

I made a double dark chocolate truffle cupcake with a cream cheese whipped frosting.  I also did a soft vanilla cupcake (with the same frosting).  Both cupcakes taste awesome!  Better than I expected and way better than any box mix.  The chocolate ones are a bit expensive to make, but I had fun trying them.  

My frosting endeavor made me realize how practice makes perfect.  My first dozen cupcakes had beehive domes that tipped sideways and slowly fell off the cupcake.  How embarrassing!  I tried again and finally got the hang of filling in the beehive before pipping around it, thus giving it the support it needed.  It held high and strong!  Even with the topper inserted.  

Hooray for Practice. 

Now I just need to get these practice cupcakes out of my house so I don't indulge myself to all 2 dozen of them!  Time to drop off a tasty treat to someone.

The cupcakes I make for the event will have a yellow pretty design on the cupcake paper.  I'll post a picture of them in a couple weeks.

The Art of my Three Year Old's Hearts

This picture was a request from my daughters to their friend, asking if they could come over to play.

Amber drew it.  Jane labeled it for her.

We can Turn to Him

"Jesus was a being of flesh and spirit, but He yielded not to temptation.  We can turn to Him because He understands.  He understands the struggle, and He also understands how to win the struggle."

"As we endeavor day by day and week by week to follow the path of Christ, our spirit asserts its preeminence, the battle within subsides, and temptations cease to trouble."

D. Todd Christofferson

Captured Guinea Hens

 

They would run through our yard.

 

A flock of 20

 

One day four of them branched off and stayed here.

 

We ate one.

 

They are tough.

 

The other three joined our flock of roosters.

 

They would fly into the back trees each time we went outside.

 

Slept back there.

 

Always returning after breakfast was served, and would chase away the Roosters to get a share.

 

We had to borrow traps to get them penned.

 

Flighty and nervous birds.

 

What will we do with them now?

 

 

Rooster in the Wind

He blazes

autumn year round.

A sunset fox on hilltop

A red coonhound.

aspens in the fall

and tiger's taunting call.


An Aztec golden god.


His stance would warns us all.

Tread softly in his pastures

He respects not your enthrall.

Frozen Cactus

My songbirds are hiding. 

No words immerge.


The symbols of warmness

Have frozen my nerves. 




If you touched this plant- would the ice protect you from the prickle? 


Photo by:  Mt Home TX by Fran Lane on Texas Hill Country Facebook Page  Feb 23 2015

 

 

A Little Ice

We woke up today to the sound of my phone alerting me that there was no school due to ice. 

This is a Texas icicle. 

These beasties are huge enough to shut down the schools here in Marble Falls. 

Oh- The Terror of it!  Will we survive??

Here is a photo (above) that my friend posted on facebook- to show the ice and the reason why she doesn't have to drive her school bus today.   No those are not drops of water- those are icicles!  Real and even Frozen!

Of course I grew up in Wyoming.....

These are about 3 feet long, most likely as thick as bar stool legs and hanging off a two story home and are a normal sight all winter.

School was NOT cancelled on the day I took this picture.

Let's compare, just for fun:

Cancel School!!!!                                                                                                                                So What???