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Happy new year!!!

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Merry Christmas & happy holidays!
Hope your holiday is merry & bright...

happy halloween!

happy valentine's day!

from:  Love 'n Fresh

happy 4th!

(Leslie Caron ~ An American in Paris)

hello valentine!

"Can I shower you with all the beauty of my creation, cherish you with wonderful music, caress you with delicious food, adore you with heavenly scents, embrace you with my mountains, forests, streams and oceans?”
God teases as the night caresses us and we retire into bliss."
(from science of mind magazine)

Enjoy everything you Love today!

happy 200th birthday, mr. abraham lincoln

Today is the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth so I thought I'd post some of the interesting facts I found while perusing various Lincoln websites and blogs earlier this week...

* Lincoln had a dog named Fido
* Lincoln was 6’4”, the tallest president
* Lincoln was the first President born outside of the thirteen colonies
* Lincoln kept letters, bills, and notes in his stovepipe hat
* Lincoln’s son Robert Todd Lincoln was present for the dedication of the Lincoln memorial
* A girl by the name of Grace Bedell suggested to Lincoln he grow his beard
* Lincoln’s favorite poem was Mortality by William Knox
* Lincoln’s favorite dessert was White Almond Cake
* Lincoln, Nebraska was named after Abraham Lincoln
* Lincoln’s mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln, died of milk poisoning
* Lincoln was fatally shot while wearing a coat made by Brooks Brothers with the words "One Country, One Destiny" embroidered in its lining
* Lincoln died on April 15th (tax day)
* Lincoln loved the works of Edgar Allan Poe

I also learned that there's a PBS special, "Stealing Lincoln's Body", which airs Monday the 16th at 9pm... it looks fascinating.  Studio Macbeth, a digital illustration and animation group, went to great lengths to re-create moving images of Mr. Lincoln for the special and judging by this, they did an amazing job.  Here's a trailer for the show and an excerpt from the History channel website: 

"Before Lincoln finally came to rest in a steel-and-concrete-
reinforced underground vault in Springfield, the president's body was repeatedly exhumed and moved, his coffin frequently opened. In 1876, eleven years after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, a band of Chicago counterfeiters plotted to steal Lincoln's body and hold it for ransom. Their plan was to demand $200,000 and the release of the gang's master engraver, who was in prison in Illinois. The Secret Service--recently formed to deal with the country's ballooning counterfeiting problem--
infiltrated the gang with an informer. It also set in motion a cringe-inducing chain of events in which a group of well-
intentioned, self-appointed guardians took it upon themselves
to protect Lincoln's remains by any means necessary. This strange story of Lincoln at un-rest reveals how important this man was to so many, and our reluctance to let such a beloved and visionary leader go."

And then there's this...

“A. Lincoln Cookbook: A Cookbook of Epic Portions”,
which contains 623 modern and historic recipes, as well as cool photos and lots of Lincoln food lore - and a very clever front cover!!!  Apparently, Lincoln was a popular dinner guest in the homes of Springfield residents and knew that charming the lady of the house would help ensure continued invitations.  He became know for complimenting many of his dinner hostesses on their cakes, claiming each one to be the “best cake I have ever eaten.”  Hey wait a minute...what about the White Almond Cake?  I got that from the official Lincoln Bicentennial dot gov website.  Oh my.  Well, Mary Todd may have been the only one who knew what his favorite was for sure... this recipe from the book was previously printed in
The Ladies’ Home Journal of May 1923....

Mary Todd’s Pecan Cake
1 cup butter
2 cups sugar
6 eggs, separated
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 pound pecan pieces
1 pound raisins, chopped
1 cup orange juice
1/2 nutmeg seed, grated
Cream butter lightly and cream in the sugar. Beat egg yolks until frothy and add to sugar mixture.
Combine flour, baking powder and baking soda. Dredge nuts and raisins in 1/4 cup of flour mixture.
Alternately add orange juice and flour mixture to sugar mixture. Beat well. Add pecans and raisins.
Add nutmeg.
Beat egg whites until stiff and fold into batter. Pour into greased and floured pan (tube or fluted) or two
smaller round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees 50-60 minutes.
Makes 12 servings. 

it's baby new year!

Not really, but what a cutie pie!  (...and I love the little oatmeal-colored hat from this etsy shop).   Hope you're all off to a great new year... I've been working on a new project and some new designs, which I'll post tomorrow... (or maybe even later tonight if I can!)  Until then, enjoy your weekend and all the possibilities of this bright new year!

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