The stairs: before and after

After...

Before...

Well, more progress today. Why I didn't figure out that the stairs needed to be "wooded" I will never know. But now they are! It certainly looks very "plain Jane" at the moment. I will have to figure out some sort of decor.  We'll see what happens... 

Almost there... the progress I've made

Well, this is what my living room/dining room looks like this evening. There is much still to be done but progress is being made. Later I will show other views of the room, but tonight... well, I am exhausted!

It's "Rednesday"!

Cherry - Cranberry Topsy Turvy Cobbler for "Rednesday"

Cherry - Cranberry Topsy Turvy Cobbler

1/2 c. butter

1 c. sugar

1 c. flour

3/4 c. milk

1 Tbsp. baking powder

Nuts, optional

1 can of fruit pie filling of choice

1/2 - 1 c. dried cranberries

Melt butter in large casserole dish in a 325 degree oven. Mix batter ingredients together and pour over melted butter. Mix pie filling and cranberries in a medium size bowl. Pour on top of batter. Sprinkle with a little more sugar and if you like, cinnamon and nuts. Bake for about 45 minutes. Serve with Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream.

This is one of my childhood recipes. By the time I was nine I could whip this up with ease. I always thought it was so "modern" until I found almost the same identical recipe in my husband's grandmother's recipe file. It's so good. The cranberries were my idea and I love the tartness it adds.

This was fun, Sue. Your It's a Very Cherry World  blog is great!! It was a challenge for me to look for red in my home, but then remembered I had just made this cobbler. Perfect timing!

Time for a redo on the bookshelves

This may be like airing dirty laundry.. but I am getting ready to redo my bookshelves. Some of this did not originally go on the shelves... they're just there ready to be placed somewhere. I have some milk glass that I am considering putting in there. Also, I have two shelves to install that years back I had removed. The colors in the room are a light olive green and brown. The old National Geographics date back to the 1930's and I love them, but it's time to put them somewhere else. I would like to see a nice mixture of books, plates or vases... something of that nature. Suggestions?? And the deer head stays. I know. That's another subject.

Papaya - delicioso!

Papaya is one of our main crops. We grow papaya in Mexico all year round. While papaya is not one of the favored fruits of the U.S., it is catching on. It is great for digestive problems and if you are prone to bruising.

This is the way we serve papaya. It is peeled, the seeds removed and cut up into bite-size pieces. Fresh lime juice is squeezed on top of the papaya and some people like to sprinkle a little Tajin (pronounced ta-heeen) on top. My husband prefers sea salt. In our opinion papaya that is the color of a sweet potato is the best. Give it a try. You just might like it!