Hamburg and Family

A day in Hamburg!

Last Saturday, my family and I drove from Berlin to another great german city---Hamburg. My niece Heidi lives there as does my nephew Niki. It was Heidi´s 30 birthday and that was reason enough to go visit and celebrate with her. It had been over 15 years since I had last been in Hamburg--wow has the city changed. And yes Berlin has cool stores, but here I found so many really cool stores that I need to go back soon!

a store just with spices.......ah next time I will take some home with me!

oh oh---a chef and baker´s dream store--and this one loaded with wilton supplies!!!! Now how is it, that my bag is not even bigger!!LOL----wait for the post on all the goodies I bought. We were sooo busy shopping, that I did not have a chance to take any pictures while in the store....next time!

a giant spider-----too cool

Will write a seperate post just about her!

Heidi turns 30! This was the main reason for spending the day in Hamburg!

We got everyone together. My sister, my nieces and nephew with partner, my brother in laws......How cool is that?

It is beginning to look a lot like spring!

Spring is in the air here in Germany---and even though we had a mild winter, everyone here is sooo ready for warmer days. Time to fire up that grill, sharpen those blades on the lawn mower and and and....... YEA! Can you tell I am excited? We have been working hard get I can start the planting of the flower boxes and move out all the plants. But for now I will be happy that I have come this far and I will most certainly enjoy it.

Will has made himself comfortable!

For now it is still our fire pit.....hopefully in May we can set up the pool.

See....my new compost bins? Money well spent!

Even the hostas are coming out of the winter hibernation!

Hello Everyone!

please forgive my absence---no exuse really except that life that just got a hold of me and took control! I have soo many ideas, thoughts and pictures that I would like to share with you all, so please be patient, I will return. In the mean time, stop by peanuts peanuts and lifeplus and see what my sister and niece are up to these days.

A Table of Books and Flowers

I will be hosting Book Club this month and so I thought to create a "bookish" style tablescape! This was the first design!

The napkin rings were a Christmas Gift!

Jodi gave me these beautiful flowers

Champagne Glasses from Mary(are the perfect glass to serve DC Cupcakes NewYears Eve Desert in)

My beautiful Rosental Dishes---can you believe they discontinued the pattern?! 

Happy Days and Happy Reading Everyone!

 Be sure to stop by Susan's for more wonderful tablescapes

Snickerdoodle Cupcakes

Wow, is really Sunday again? Time really does fly when you get older-and I am only 44! What is going to happen when I reach 80 I wonder?!!!

This New Recipe Sunday finds me in my kitchen, where I usually am--enjoying a cup of tea before the family wakes up and breaks into my perfect silence. The dark period is over and it is now light out early---yea so ready for spring to be here--looking forward to trying out some new bbq recipes!

But for today I would like to share with you another cupcake recipe form Martha Stewarts Cupcake Book. 

This week my taste testers got to enjoy Snickerdoodle Cupcakes!  You can find the recipe on line at marthastewart.com or if you are a lucky owner of her book ---page 138!

Happy Sunday Everyone! Have a great week and see you soon!

Cupcake Sunday

Hello Everyone and welcome to New Recipe Sunday! This weeks entry is all about the cupcake! As many of you know, I am baking my way through Martha Stewarsts Cupcakes... My taste testers picked the Tiramisu Cupcake for this week. 

 You can find the recipes at martha stewart.com

 

Still waiting for results from all my taste testers, but so far good results! 

Paul´s comment was "they are fluffy"

Adriana commented that she needed more than just one cupcake!

Light Shades of Pink

Last week Jodi stopped by and gave me these wonderful tulips---I have been enjoying them all week and now they are fully open and oh wow wonderful they smell.

Happy Pink Saturday Everyone!