Knitting Dragonflies

I had to work on Valentines day, but my husband cooked up some great cobbler! I thought I would share his recipe and send some berry good love to you! Berry Good Cobbler 2 cups fresh blueberries 1 cup fresh blackberries 1 cup fresh raspberries 1 t vanilla 1/2 lemon juiced 1 cup natural sugar 4 T flour 1 T butter 1 3/4 cup white flour + 1/4 whole wheat flour 4 t baking powder 6 T sugar 5 T butter (yes the real thing) 1 1/4 cup milk 2 T sugar several pinches cinnamon Grease an 8 inch square baking dish. Place the berries into the dish and mix with vanilla and lemon juice. Sprinkle with 1 cup of sugar and 4 T flour, toss very lightly. Stir in the T of melted butter. Set aside. In a bowl, stir together the white and whole wheat flour, baking powder, and 6 T sugar. Cut in the 5 T of butter using a fork. Make a well in the center and quickly stir in the milk. Mix until just moistened, The batter should be very thick, like a wet dough. Let this rest fo

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During the grey rainy days of winter here. I have found one of the best activities that chases the blues away is spinning. With not much energy to think about a big project, spinning is a mindless, and rewarding activity. Here is my girlfriend spinning, this is her first try on a wheel. She is a master at the spindle. So it was no surprise that in one day she spun about 4 oz of a mixed batt up. Spinning with her hat made of spindle spun. Before After This came out beautiful!! I’m working on spinning some persimmon roving from Paradise Fibers. I actually got a lace shawl out of the corner of my closet and started on it again. Get your knitting needles out and get going. Technorati Tags: spinning , spin , spinning wheel