BELLA K ROSE: September 2018

9/14/2018

Baskets Of Edibles

Yep, that's my tiny little garden in the spot back by the fence. Each year the hovering trees grow bigger eliminating desperately needed sun to grow big productive vegetables. Oh well, I'm thinking of making a huge family garden at my daughter's home next year. She has the much needed sun and space to produce huge baskets of edibles.

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The grape vine has the perfect spot to keep producing tasty grapes, as well as being a great place to sit and chill.

love this painting

waiting for the cabbage heads to get a larger.

Last year we had maybe ten plums total!!! The Italian plum tree, about 20 years old, was planted as a bare root. Its ferocious plum producing capabilities are truly a blessing, and the plums are delicious! As you can see, this year its loaded!

fading Hydrangeas...

showing off its autumn color

Choke berries

birds go coo coo for them!!!

HARVEST GREETINGS

9/11/2018

SOUR CREAM BANANA BREAD

This is a family favorite recipe!!!
Warm, moist and flavorful......
yum yum!!!

I discovered the recipe in a Pillsbury cookbook years ago, I've been using it ever since. Sometimes, I change it up by adding raisins.

I think the sour cream gives to its moist texture.

Add some nuts (optional)

I added walnuts

Lightly mix the batter

making a double batch saves time....

freeze the rest......make sure ya label it!!!

Put the batter in a greased loaf pan

and...

bake 350 degrees

approx 50-60 minutes

yummi

9/07/2018

Coronado Island

What a surprise it was, to find out that Hubby and I would be spending part of my birthday, with an amazing stay at the historical red roof hotel...

Hotel Del Coronado!!!

Our room was nothing short of stunning, in the Ocean Towers.

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY

We had, what was the best brunch, EVER!!!

Seriously, I highly recommend it. But make sure you build up an appetite, its an amazing spread, with everything you could possibly imagine, including an all you want champagne, bloody mary and candy bar.