Sterling Silver Ear Wires

Just got out my jig and wire whacker and made up some sterling silver ear wires using half hard 20 gauge wire that I've had for over a decade. They're all nice and de-burred and hardened. Now I just have to made something with them.

New Pretty Pansies

I'm a real sucker for pansies, and they do so well here.
Here's a couple of new ones I couldn't resist. I may collect the seeds from these and see what they produce next year. When I've done this in the past, the results have been interesting and quite unpredictable.

Wordless Wednesday - the Furry Headrest

It's Pinker!

Before she left for college, my daughter decided that her hair wasn't pink enough and dyed it again. She's happy with the final result.

Easy Pot Roast Recipe

I made this last week when it was blizzarding out. It turned out perfect, as always. The meat was tender and moist and the carrots were wonderful. This is such a reliable recipe I thought I'd post it.

4 pounds of beef - this time I used boneless beef ribs, but any good beef for pot roast will work. I always look for a lacing of fat throughout the meat rather than completely lean since this ensures a moist roast. I cut off any thick fat.

1 jar of beef gravy - I always avoid any with MSG

2 pounds of carrots

onion if I have it

Place enough aluminum foil to be able to seal up over the contents in a glass baking dish about 12 x 9 x 2 inches or there abouts .
Place the beef in the pan, surround with carrots. Pour entire jar of gravy all over everything. Fold the foil over and seal. Bake at 300 degrees Fahrenheit for 4 hours.

The picture below is just before the foil was sealed up.



This also works well with potatoes. It fed our family of 3 for two nights.

Blizzarding in Denver

Right at this moment, Denver is getting dumped on. It looks like there's at least 10 inches on top of the trash can lid and it's still coming down hard.

We haven't seen hardly any precipitation in such a long time that this is actually needed. We are having the driest winter on record. I just hope this isn't a another barn roof breaking blizzard like we had a few years go.

Donny and the African Violet

When I bother to look after them, my african violets reward me well. I love the ruffly picotee edge on this one. Apparently so does Donovan.