Is your sugar lumpy?

      Mine sure is this time of year! Since I've been making plum jelly this week, and a cake, I've really gone through a lot of sugar! Every time I open a new bag, it is all clumped up! It stays like that, too, unless I do something to get the lumps out. Just had that on my mind!


      We finally got some rain today! Yay! We actually got a small shower the night I wrote my last post, and boy, was I glad! It's been so hot and humid, and I have to water the garden every day! I finally got another sprinkler to help with the job, but I still have to move it around a lot. I have some garden photos below.


      The hubs and I are sitting here, looking through our bird books trying to find a bird I've been seeing as I walk, the past few days. It is the most beautiful blue I have ever seen! It' solid blue with a gold beak. It doesn't even come close to looking like the bluebirds I see here! The hubs thinks it's a tropical bird that's in migration or migrated here for the summer. I'll let ya'll know if we find out what it is. It's hard to believe that today is June first! We have a couple of birthdays and an anniversary this month. We will be celebrating twenty-one years! It doesn't seem like it at all! Before we know it, it will be fall again! Stay cool! Ya'll have a great weekend! Blessings from Bama!

Another batch of plum jelly.

Lumpy sugar!

She's been a busy lady!

Cooling the cakes.

Not so pretty, but oh, so good!

I went out to the garden the other day and found the sunflower had hit the ground! I propped it against the fence, but it's looking puny. I tied the other sunflower to the fence post in hopes to save it from hitting the ground.

The yellow twine matches the sunflower.

Beautiful zucchini!

An eggplant!

See, it's an Ichiban eggplant!

I have decided that this is the Candy Roaster pumpkin I got from Lil Suburban Homestead. A blog on Wordpress I visit.

Tomatoes and basil, how you've grown! The animals in the background are enjoying the shade! They're usually not too far from me.

Look at those lovelies!

And these!

The mystery plant. Sorry it's fuzzy. Looks like a squash.

Another Candy Roaster.

The Candy Roaster at a distance. The corn and beans haven't come up yet. I wonder why?

See, no beans or corn.

Yummy, delicious blackberries! When I get enough, I'll make juice, then jelly.

Yay! I've got PECANS!

      Y'all don't know how happy that makes me! I thought all my Christmas cooking was not going to happen this year, but thanks to hubby and Local Joe's, we've got some. They won't last long either, and we'll have to go back and get some more. Local Joe's is on Hwy. 411 like you're going to Canoe Creek. If you live in Etowah county, you probably know where that is. Local Joe's sells locally harvested fruits, nuts, veggies and even homemade jams,fried pies etc. They also have barbeque pork and chicken. They will have specialty items during the holidays.It's not close to us either. Hubby had to drive a ways just to get them, but he was glad to do it since I made a Hummingbird cake for him today! It used two cups of chopped pecans! If anyone local is reading this, I will make these and other deserts for you during Christmas. Leave me a comment or email me for more information. Hummingbird cakes also have pineapple and bananas with cream cheese frosting. They are so good!
      I've got my great-niece, Yasmine, with me spending a few nights. She's a trip! She wouldn't take her nap, but she rested on the couch watching a video or two, old ones of Barney and Rugrats. I thought that would help her but she still got wild. It's so funny when she hasn' t had her nap because she acts like a different child! I just gave her a bath and brought her downstairs to watch another video with Uncle Randy and she no longer got fixed on the couch until she went to sleep. That quick! I love spending time with all of my great-nieces because they are growing up so quick and change every time I see them, which is every week or two. Christmas will be really fun with them this year since they are out of the baby stage. Well, it's getting late and these photos will take awhile to download, so I'll talk with y'all later. Blogger is still doing some weird things but I'm thankful for my new, and not so new followers. Blessings from Bama! Enjoy these photos and leave a comment if you wish.

Glad to get these!

You wouldn't believe how long it took me just to paint these two stips! Needless to say, I haven't finished yet. Also not finished here is the grout. Wow! When will that get done? Anyone want to come and help?

Do you use colored or white lights! I wanted white, but all of them didn't work and these did, so colored it is. I like the look.

Layers of Hummingbird cake cooling.

Yasmine "resting".

I haven't made a three layer cake in a year or two so this one is a little unbalanced.

This is the making of my version of California Pizza Kitchen's chicken pizza. Say that fast three times!

Right out of the oven! It was delicious and we ate the whole thing!

The shelf after. It's not pink!

The other shelf after.