Here is a sad story with a happy ending..so stick with me.
I went to the grocery store. They had white peaches…RIPE AROMATIC white peaches on sale. I grabbed 13 of them, one for everyone in the house. I mean, who can resist a perfectly ripe peach?
I rarely buy fresh fruit like that. Honestly we can’t afford it. The peaches cost me 12.95. Yeah..just under a dollar each. But they were ripe. right?

Yep, you read that right. Oh my, they are sooo good. We used to make them at the tea room that we owned and they would sell out almost as soon as we took them out of the oven. The aroma just took over the dining area!
  Still haveing computer problems, now both of our computers are down, so here I sit at the library! Is that dedication or what?  Unfortunatly I can’t upload photos so most of my blogging will be without illustration..
2 c flour
1/2 c sugar
1/4 c packed brown sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3/4 c milk
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Muffins for breakfast are a luxury in this day and age. We do eat breakfast here, due in part I think, to a somewhat slower lifestyle but I know that often a poptart and a gulped down glass of milk or coffee is the breakfast of necessity.
There is something about a steaming muffin fresh from the oven that takes us all back to grandmother’s farm kitchen (even if grandmother lived in a condo her whole life). Muffins are in the same memory file as aprons, red gingham and creamy butter. The thing is that it really takes …read more

I don’t know that there is a nicer fruit than a really fresh, really tree ripened peach. I am not talking about the crisp tasteless objects that are showing up in the grocery stores right now, I am talking about the fruit that you grab from the fruit stand basket, and drive one handed while you eat it because you can’t wait until you are home and the whole car smells like a peach orchard and the juice is smearing your makeup and the steering wheel is sticky and you hope you dont see anyone you know …read more