Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Lemon Cake and Pansies

Well if you haven't forgotten me here I am again. So much to say and yet so little time to say it I suppose.  I've been popping in here and there to visit you but I have woefully neglected my own writing.  That signals time for a change in my mind.  I seem to have backed myself into the corner of 
saying yes to way too many projects and I am feeling a bit the worse for wear because of it.   That feeling of being overwhelmed and overbooked has finally made me sit down and re prioritize. I will be giving up some things I like in favor of some things I love, this blog being one of the things I love.
Triple Lemon Blueberry cake made by sweet hubby for my birthday!
 I suppose turning 58 last week triggered some of those deep thoughts.  Fifty-eight!  I spent the day with a dear friend who I have known since I was first married. (We had the best day, Coffee, estate sales, lunch, junking, ending with ice cream!) At one point I turned to her and said, did you ever think we would be this old? We discussed it for a while, decided we didn't feel old and that is what mattered and continued our adventure. Still, a little thought about where we are going in life is warranted every once in a while.
Find the recipe HERE
 The cake was made by my darling husband to celebrate my birthday, it certainly made getting a year older much sweeter! It's one of my favorites. If chocolate isn't on the menu, I want lemon :)
 I got these violas and pansies on clearance at the grocery store.  Searching my generous stash of "junque" in the basement I found an old tin baking mold that I knew I would never use and it had a slightly rusty patina that appealed to me. I poked some drainage holes in the bottom and popped my pansies inside.  
They are topping the tiered plate holder that I use for fruit on my counter top.  The morning sun lit them so beautifully I had to share :)

So that is the quick update. More to come I swear! (You know you are in trouble when your daughter texts "I demand a new blog post!")


11 comments:

  1. I love lemon, too! (and chocolate, of course!)

    Happy birthday! It is amazing to have children the age you are in your head, isn't it? :) I know this from experience!

    Glad to see you will be blogging regularly again!

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  2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Sounds like you had a nice day celebrating with your friend. That lemon cake looks divine and what a sweet hubby to make it for you. 58 is young! I'm in my early 60's...WOW..
    warmly,
    deb

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  3. Happy Birthday Girl! Sometimes birthday do have a way of making us stop and think. My best friend and I have been friends since elementary school. Pretty regularly we wonder how we could be this old. And she's a Gigi now!

    Your cake looks amazingly delicious, by the way. :)

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  4. Don't think about the numbers, think about how you feel. (which is sometimes worse!)

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  5. oooohhhh! That cake looks and sounds wonderful Kathy! It sounds like you had a wonderful birthday. I think it is great to stop and look were we are heading in our life at different stages...

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  6. Yummy cake and pretty pansies! Love them both!

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  7. ...love the flowers...and the cake looks so amazing...must try it.
    Have a good weekend....xoxo

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  8. Oh my I am jealous that your hubby would make you a cake! I adore things made with lemon and this looks divine! Happy Birthday! I just turned 59 in March so I know where you are coming from on your thoughts. It really is a matter of how you feel inside isn't it. Sounds like you had a perfect day with your friend. Love the pansies and violas in the baking tin- great idea!

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  9. Happy belated birthday Kathy! Wishing you a wonderful year ahead!

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  10. I am so far behind and trying to catch up. Again! Loved your words about priorities. I'm caught up in the busy-ness of life and must let some things go to do the things I love. I need to get back to blogging, too. Belated birthday wishes (and hugs) to you, dear friend! Your cake looks delicious. Love what you did with your pansies, too. Such a simple thing that adds such fun to life.
    ~Adrienne~

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  11. Hi Kathy,
    Enjoyed looking at your blog. Love your Fall decorations. Its a beautiful time of the year. I always press a lot of leaves, I feel like I should save some because they are amazing.
    I see you like England. do you follow the Susan Branch blog or have any of her books? Her book Falling in love with the English countryside is such a nice book. Makes me want to go to England, such History there.
    Maybe I had to much coffee, better go now.
    Nancy Jo

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