Receta Sunday with the Grumpy's 7.6.14
Another Sunday is here already. Are you ready to see what Grumpy and I have to share with you this week?
It seems kind of silly that I get excited about a turkey in our yard. We had turkeys in our yard all the time back home. However, these turkeys have baby chicks and this week we got a shot hence my excitement!
I'm pretty pleased with this photo - I took it through our glass door and Grumpy says we were about 40 yards from the birds. Turned out pretty good considering the circumstances!
We also have had some really hot and muggy weather. Here is Kitty Girl. The old girl flopped out on the deck all pooped from the heat and her hunting adventures. Recently she got a red squirrel! I wasn't home to see it (thank god) but Grumpy was pretty shocked that the she had it in her. I can't stand it when she brings a mouse home to show me. Seeing her bring a squirrel home would about kill me and freak me out at the same time. ha ha.
Meet TommyBoy Fat Cat. This cat belongs to Grumpy's dad and step-mom. We took a much needed short vacation and went to visit Grumpy's family up near Clayton, NY for the holiday. I could not seem to catch this cat in a great position in good lighting - every time he got in the sun, he wouldn't sit still for a second. I had to lighten this photo up quite a bit to be able to see him like you do here.
We went into Clayton for dinner on the 4th and while there were no fireworks there, we had dinner out on the river. Being on the river was probably the best part of the evening here because dinner was nothing to talk about. I was sad to have a not so great dining experience on our trip home because I would have loved to told you we found an awesome place to eat here. I did get some pretty great shots of the sunset on the St. Lawrence. Check out the water/sunset photos!
A walk down to the park brought us to this sight. Now that's an amazing and huge private yacht!
I even was lucky enough to get a shot of a ship coming through just near the end of the sunset.
The weekend did not come and go without me actually baking something. I saw my mother in law had some blueberries in the fridge and asked what she was planning to do with them. I thought muffins and then she thought coffeecake. Its been a while since I made my favorite blueberry coffeecake, so I went with that because she had all the ingredients for it.
It was so good :)
Blueberry Coffeecake
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 1 hour
- 1/4 cup stick butter, softened
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups fresh blueberries
- cooking spray
- 2 Tablespoons sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Beat margarine and cream cheese at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended; gradually add 1 cup sugar, beating well. Add egg; beat well.
Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife.
Combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into margarine
mixture. Stir in vanilla; fold in berries. Pour batter into a 9-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle over batter.
Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour; cool on a wire rack. Yield: 10 servings (serving size: 1 wedge)
I hope you and your family spent some great times together over this holiday weekend and left with great memories. I know it was good for Grumpy to get to spend some time with his. A part of the healing he needs go through with these latest events in our life. He is already on the road to feeling better and that only means it will be just a matter of time before he finds another job that he can love as much as this last one. Thanks for stopping by and see you next Sunday with hopefully some more awesome photos to share!