My Thoughts

 It is a very blessed day here as it is Easter morning.  I am just starting my 1st cup of coffee and relaxing to the beautiful sounds outside.  Having mixed up the pancakes already I am waiting for Whitney to wake up so I can have a beautiful Easter brunch with her.  As I put the pancake batter together without even referencing a recipe I thought of my old recipe book and the cute little handwritten note that Whitney put on the pancake page so many years ago. Time flies by too quickly lately.  In a few short weeks, my last child will graduate high school and embark on a life of her own making.  It seems only yesterday my children were small children.  A line from Wordsworth whispers so often: "My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky: So was it when my life began; So is it now I am a man; So be it when I shall grow old, Or let me die! The Child is the father of the Man; And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by na...

as found in The Austin Chronicle.......... Snapdragon Brunch Cocktail In a "martini shaker", add: 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/4 cup peach Vodka, 2 Tab. brown sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Add 3-4 cubes of ice and shake well. Pour into a brown sugar rimmed martini glass ((or a wine glass)). Add a curl of orange peel or add cocktail cherries with a wedge of orange. I found this recipe in an Austin Chronicle article in 2007. If I can find my recipe, I will scan in and fully give credit .