French's Onions Green Bean Casserole Recipe

Bliss

 

Poppy and the Pumpkin

 Queen Luckyl gifted me this beautiful well=made dress.  Huli dolls gifted me this awesome light up pumpkin.

Poppy Does Halloween

 

Bespoke & Blythe is responsible for her finery including her fabulous mask and treat bag.

Another Henry

 And the pumpkin.

October Sunset

 Red sky at night, sailors' delight.

Shrimp Fra Diavolo

 https://recipecenter.stopandshop.com/recipes/237039/shrimp-fra-diavolo

Pasta with Ricotta and Lemon

 https://recipecenter.stopandshop.com/recipes/237021/one-pot-pasta-with-ricotta-and-lemon

Henry and the Pumpkin

 The King said that this is "a perfect picture". Look at how Henry's eyes glow.

During the Day

 

All Hallow's Eve is Coming

 The fog is rolling in.  The pumpkin is glistening with rain. Soon, soon.  Soon the ghosts will come.

Bliss

 Bliss is a purple Beryl. Soom created her as part of their 20th Anniversary Celebration.  Her jewelry is citrine, labradorite, and vintage hand painted butterfly wings.  Her petticoat is vintage.  Her skirt is a floral silk charmeuse trimmed with vintage French ribbon.  Her top skirt is burnout velvet.  In purple, of course.

You probably cannot see that she has vintage butterfly wing fasciners on her velvet skirt.

She does have black horns. The magnets have not been installed in them yet.

Bliss is doing the Ophelia with the black and orange fabric to satisfy Queen Luckyl's lust for a Halloween Beryl.

Houston All Systems are Go

 The purple Soom Beryl has arrived today.  Soom has upped its game in the packaging arena. Here is Bliss encapsulated safely for outer space travel.

If you look very carefully, you can see that her nose is red.  The King says she is a drinker.  He said, "Or you need to be careful. She might have Covid."

She was painted by Soom and will have Soom eyes. The paint and the eyes appear to be perfect and beautiful.

A Mighty Fine Apple Pie

 If I do say so, myself.

I used a mixture of Empire, Cortland, and Pink Lady apples.  They were looking so beautiful this year that I just could not resist.

2 teaspoons of sugar.  A dash of cinnamon. Pillsbury refrigerated crust.  Bake at 350 covered with tin foil for 40 minutes.  Uncover and bake 20 more minutes.  Internal temperature should be 195 degrees when it is done.

BOB WELCH - Sentimental Lady (Original Promo Video)

Heart Of The Night

Journey - Don't Stop Believin' (Live 1981: Escape Tour - 2022 HD Remaster)

Huli

 A Huli minimee on the newer Soom Super Gem female body.

Dancing Dolls

 Here is the Dream Valley Happy cake person, Weeener, and the DD=Anne person grooving the afternoonn away.  Thank you Queen Arekushia for the little DD-Anne person!

Poppy in Pink

 This is a silk dress that I made for Poppy.  It has a tulle underskirt attached.

Peach Melba

 We made it like this and it was delicious.

Fresh peach slices sauteed in butter

Fresh raspberries

A little bit of vanilla ice cream

A drizzle of Peach Schnapps

Cerulean and Friend

 Cerulean the blue Sard and his purple four-footed little friend.

Boz Scaggs - Look What You've Done To Me

Yetta the Supreme Beryl

 Thanks to Queen Fishcake and lots of sewing on my part, Yetta has a new gown.  No expense or effort was spared on the trim. You cannot see it in the pictures, but the lace is vintage with a shimmery metallic silver sparkle.

The boat hat was a gift from many years ago from Queen Candygears.  Yetta's make up is Queen Christy.

Tabouleh

 Middle Eastern and refreshingly delicious on a hot summer's day.  I use brown rice as a twist.

1 pint brown rice (from the Chinese restaurant)

1 bunch fresh parsley

1 large fresh tomato

fresh minced onion sliced to taste

juice from 3 fresh lemons

drizzle of olive oil

Chop fine and mix everything up. Serve with Utz potato chips for crunch.

SophyMolly

 SophyMolly is Russian.  SophyMolly can be found here:

https://boosty.to/sophymolly

My Dog

 

The Front

 

Wonderland

 View the Vogue article on Kirsty Mitchell Photography here:

https://vimeo.com/725678502

The Colors of Summer

 It is Summer here in Little Cow Harbor.  Each day is more glorious than the last.

CandyKitten's Eyes

 Purchase the beautiful CandyKitten eyes here:

http://codename-croft.com/candykittensemporium/index.html

Upside Down

 

Happy

 Happy people tended to live in a land with its own happy culture and rules and language.  They could be utterly baffled by the notion that someone might feel otherwise, and were often incapable of noticing it at all.

- Julie Anne Long

The people in Little Cow Harbor are happy. 

We had company over.  Our company said, "There is something wrong with everyone here."  The King said, "Oh? And what is that?"  Our company said, "Everyone here is happy."  The King laughed and said, "Well, they have nothing to be sad about."

Sammi

 Sammi is a Soom Sammi Luts Zuzu.  She is from the queendom of Queen Fishcake. Thank you so much, oh so generous Queen!

Kitten in the Sun

 Queen Luckyl wanted to know what the kittens do all day long.  The answer is: nothing.  And they do it well.

"How beautiful it is to do nothing and to rest afterwards."

Wisteria

 In 2022 in Little Cow Harbor the wisteria cascades down the old oak trees.  Here is the view from the back patio. You might want to click on the picture to enlarge it.

Naked and Bald

 Here is Weeener naked and bald...

http://www.christyjohnson.me/irisshell/2010/09/commission-soom-ai-winnie-dee.html

Mouse Concert

 The Spring weather here has been so lovely.  Weeener, Pickle, and Ellie enjoyed a Mouse Concert.  They marveled at how talented the mouse is.

Fit for a Queen

 

Fall On Me (2011 Remaster)

Musical Mouse

 

Brett Young - Like I Loved You (Official Music Video)

Amyy

Thanks to Queen Fishcake I have this beauty living with me in Little Cow Harbor.  Her name is Amyy, and yes, she is a Soom Beryl.

Karon

 

Sentimental Lady

Stevie Nicks - Seven Wonders - American Horror Story Coven

So long ago
Certain place
Certain time
You touched my hand
On the way
On the way down to Emmeline

But if our paths never cross
Well, you know I'm sorry, but

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's edge

So it's hard to find
Someone with that kind of intensity
You touched my hand, I played it cool
And you reached out your hand to me

But if our paths never cross
Well, no, I'm not sorry, but

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's edge

So long ago
It's a certain time
It's a certain place
You touched my hand and you smiled
All the way back you held out your hand
If I hope and if I pray
Ooh it might work out someday

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end (I'll make a path there)
I'll never live to match the beauty again
(You'll never live to see the beauty, the beauty, that same same beauty)

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
(Oh well if I hope and I pray, well, maybe it might work out some day)

My Heart

 In the desert

I saw a creature, naked, bestial,

Who, squatting upon the ground,

Held his heart in his hands,

And ate of it.

I said, "Is it good, friend?"

"It is bitter---bitter," he answered;

"But I  like it

Because it is bitter

And because it is my heart."

                      ---Stephen Crane

Outlander Theme

I have been watching Outlander.  I cannot figure out whether I like the series or whether I am just so in love with this song.

Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye

Billow and breeze, islands and seas
Mountains of rain and sun 
All that was good, all that was fair
All that was me is gone

Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass be I?
Merry of soul, she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye

I Melt With You

Kindness

 Each smallest act of kindness reverberates across great distances and spans of time, affecting lives unknown to the one whose generous spirit was the source of this good echo, because kindness is passed on and grows each time it is passed, until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage years later and far away.

                            - This Momentous Day, H.R. White

May 2022 be a year of great kindness.