Poetry Thursday

Rush
rushing
the time is here
the clock has chimed

I am waiting
to see your blue eyes
to feel your warmth
in a sweet embrace

Tick Tock

My heart is beating
my lungs are breathing
in my stomach butterflies
are singing

My love is not hiding
let me whisper
dark promises
worth repeating
in the moonlight

The clock keeps ticking
while I watch
out the window
for your return

My love is waiting


Waiting by Trisha Bartlett

Poetry Thursday

Standing among the clouds
soft whispering mist
swirling gracefully

A brisk autumn breeze
catches pieces of me

The wind becomes a hurricane
the pieces rush away

As the sun rises
the rosy colors blur
this secret world emerges

Below the clouds
the sharp uneven edges
cut into me
crimson seeps
circles surround me
the mist disappears silently
in the piercing sunlight

My pieces are distant
there are too many

lost

Broken from within

Here I finally see clearly
by the light of the day
the sun is hot unrelenting
burning my skin

I am spread too thin

Spread too Thin by Trisha Bartlett

6. A favourite thing:

Photo of the day challenge
6. A favourite thing:

Flowers

These two children

Today I decided to use more than one picture because I love flowers.

I hope you have a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.

5. 5 o’clock:

Photo of the day Challenge
5. 5 o’clock:

I spent my afternoon canning cream of mushroom soup. I found a really wonderful recipe here http://www.grouprecipes.com/36004/condensed-cream-of-mushroom-soup-substitute.html

Here is the recipe. For me it is a staple. Trust me you will never go back to the canned goop from the store.

Condensed Cream Of Mushroom Soup Substitute

• Time 10 minutes
• Serves 4

Ingredients

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• 1 tbsp. butter
• 3 tbsp. flour
• 1/2 cup any broth (I used a beef bouillon cube to make mine)
• 1/2 cup milk
• mushrooms, chopped and sauteed (how ever much you desire)
• salt and pepper to taste

How to make it

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• Melt butter in a saucepan over Med-Low heat.
• Stir in flour a little at a time until smooth, then remove from heat.
• Add broth and milk a little at a time, stirring to keep mixture smooth. Then, stir in mushrooms.
• Return to heat and bring sauce to a gentle boil; stir constantly until sauce thickens.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Notes: This sauce can be used as a substitute for CONDENSED Cream of Mushroom Soup. 
• Original recipe and other variations you can make can be found at http://www.recipezaar.com/278274

If you want to can cream of mushroom soup do not add the milk. I made a huge batch 16 tbsp of butter, 5 pounds or so of Mushrooms and so on. I put these in the pressure canner at 10 pounds of pressure for 45 minutes. It is important that you check with your instruction book because altitude does play an important part of canning.

Finally the picture of the day.

Look at all those lovely mushrooms in each one of those jars. This is a wonderful recipe whether you can it or just throw it in to a casserole. I hope you give it a try.

I hope you are having a wonderful day filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.

4. TV

Photo of the day for the Month of November

4. TV

This is a picture of my Craftsy Class on making a Couture Dress. Well, I used it to make a summer dress. As you can see in the picture I am on the last stretch of the dress, Hems. The truth is, between you and me of course, I used a different pattern which caused me to only kind of follow directions. So you guessed it my dress is not Couture. Oh well, maybe next time. Wow my explanation is getting really long. I love Craftsy http://www.craftsy.com/classes. You can learn a new skill from professionals. I will post my finished dressed.

 

I hope your day is filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.

3. Breakfast:

Photo of the day
3. Breakfast:

It's prune cake and coffee. Totally almost mostly healthy. There are prunes.

 

 

I hope your day is filled with love and laughter. Be well my friends.

2. Colour

Photo of the day
2. Colour

Chickens are so pretty.

I may have gone a little crazy chasing them.

I want chickens in every color.

 

When we start our own little homestead.

Maybe I can paint one of these silly birds.

 

I hope your day is filled with love and laughter. Be well my Friends.

1. Something beginning with ‘c’

Photo of the day
1. Something beginning with ‘c’

Officially I am in love with these two cows. Oh how I wish I could keep them in my back yard.

She loves to be pet right on that nose.

Of course she could just be begging for a treat. But I want to believe she likes me too.

 

I hope your day is filled with love and laughter. Be well my Friends.

Poetry Thursday

My Voice
my voice
echoes off the walls

I wonder if it has any weight at all

Is there sound
audible to all

My thoughts are loud
I hear the words
falling from my lips
all around me do not flinch

No replies
no movement

My Voice
my voice
louder I call

The reactions are there
anger is returned

No sweetness spared
punished am I
for my volume

This could have been avoided
had you answered
the first time


My Voice by Trisha Bartlett