Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy this week for Nature Friday~~

We walk past this house a lot and they never weedwack around the rocks near the road and it always looks so messy.   Today, we notice the Vetch!

Mom forgot that she had saved these pictures so here they are~

The Wood Poppy was blooming awhile back. 

The Trout Lily was in bloom too - another yellow flower.   We have to walk a bit later to see the flowers open.

We notice a beautiful Geranium in this garden~

The Weigelia was in bloom~

Guess who we saw coming out of the pond!   Snappy!

At home, we have lots of color in our garden~

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Almost Wordless

 Summer is coming.  Who NEEDS ice cream?!  

Do you have a favorite flavor?  We've been eating Peanut Butter Cup and it is so yummy!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Sunday Walk on Monday

 Before we get into our walk, we have to congratulate those who chose my messy bangs look.  Juney was the one who inspired mom to do something about them when she mentioned lotion.  Mom spent hours on YouTube watching videos.  She saw on FB that lots of peeps with field bred English Cocker Spaniels like to leave the bangs long to gather them in a ponytail or make a braid, etc.   Not for me!  

These are mom's pretty new carding tools that she bought~

One of the videos suggested fluffing my head furs up and using thinning shears first so she didn't have so many furs to card.  

And now onto our fun walkies☺

Yesterday's weather wasn't bad.  We didn't have to deal with so much heat and humids and bugs in our faces~

This house has a beautiful garden out front.  We are not seeing a lot of Yarrow anymore but she had some and Coral Bells too!

Mom remembers having this plant a long time ago but she couldn't remember the name of it so she looked it up.    It's Japanese Spirea!

We saw a beautiful red Clematis~

 I saw graduation balloons!  

Happy Monday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Sunday Selfies

 Mom says that I'm still a work in progress.    Do you see the difference?

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Nature Friday

 We are joining Rosy today for Nature Friday~~

The Peonies are in full bloom!

The flower that mom is most excited about is the gorgeous Mountain Laurel, which is Connecticut's State Flower!

Happy Friday!

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Wordless Wednesday

Love ya lots♥

Duke

Tasty Tuesday

 Mom saw a Peanut Butter Muffin recipe on FB that sounded good to her so she decided to make it~

• ▢1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
• ▢1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
• ▢1/2 tsp. baking soda
• ▢1 tsp. salt
• ▢1 cup whole milk
• ▢1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• ▢1/2 cup granulated sugar
• ▢1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed
• ▢1/3 cup vegetable oil
• ▢2 large eggs, room temperature
• ▢1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract

• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large mixing bowl.
  1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled , 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/2 tsp. baking soda, 1 tsp. kosher salt
• In another bowl, whisk together the milk, peanut butter, sugars, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla.
  1 cup whole milk, 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 1/2 cup dark brown sugar, packed, 1/3 cup vegetable oil, 2 large eggs, room temperature, 1 Tbsp. pure vanilla extract
• Pour the wet ingredients into the dry, and fold just until no more flour pockets remain.
• 
  Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• Using a 2 Tbsp. cookie scoop, scoop the batter into prepared muffin tins, filling about ¾ of the way full. 
• Bake at 425°F for 5 minutes, then reduce the oven temperature down to 350°F and bake for another 11-13 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Try not to open the oven door multiple times to check. 
• Allow to cool in the muffin pan for 10 minutes then remove to a cooling rack. Serve warm and enjoy!
• Mom baked her muffins for 30 minutes as we have large muffin pans.
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  I thought the peanut butter muffins were delicious but mom said that she didn't think they were as flavorful as they could have been.  Oh well.............
• Happy Tuesday!
• Love ya lots♥
• Duke