Country Herb Spread

8 oz pkg. cream cheese softened
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh chives, chopped
1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
1 clove garlic, pressed

Combine all ingredients and stir until well blended.  Serve with crackers. Makes 1 1/2 cups.

For variety omit chives and dill and add one teaspoon fresh oregano and 1/2 teaspoon each fresh thyme, basil and marjoram.

Potholders

Use up pieces of scrap material and make some potholders.  Make some using small squares or rectangle pieces also.

Guess what time of year it is?!?! Christmas in July

Jar Lid Ornament

Candy Cane Puffs

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup powdered sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
8 ounce package white chocolate ships
1/2 cup peppermint candies crushed

Combine flour and salt then set aside.  Blend together butter and sugar, beat in egg and extracts.  Mix into flour mixture on low speed.  Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill for 1 hour.
Roll dough into walnut size balls and place on lightly greased baking sheets.  Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.  Cool.  Melt white chocolate chips in a double boiler.  Dip the cooled cookies into melted chocolate then roll into the crushed peppermint candies.  Set on wax paper to harden.  Makes about 4 dozen.

2011 Christmas Gift

My boss got this for me for Christmas along with some tea bags from a place that makes tea locally.

Kinda neat

I took this one evening last summer.

Random shots

My niece saw this deer and baby the other night we she stayed over so we got a shot.
Our dog with his friends.  The mama cat showed up at our house over a year ago and it sleeps with the dog.  Back in April she had the babies in his dog house.

The flowers are the Evening Primroses and they spin open about 8 p.m. at night and smell heavenly.  During the day those flowers are done with.  Amazing to just stand and watch them spin open.  Seeds drop and the next year you have more and more.