Lynn Carson Harris

Sporting New School Shoes

It seems like summer just flew by but here we are at the end of summer vacation. This is our last weekend before the start of school. I took Miss P shopping for some new school shoes this week.  She loves the Mary Janes. They are just what she wanted. She also got some sneakers for gym.

This week we also went to open house at school, met her teacher, found her locker, and learned some school rules.

She had a few play dates with friends.

 

This weekend the weather has turned crispy. It is sweater time and the leaves are falling. I guess we really can start to think about going back to school.

I have also been making back to school plans for myself now that all of the children will be in school. I'll be teaching some art classes at the Chelsea Center for the Arts. I'll be the visual arts teacher for the Arts go Round program and will also be teaching the Youngest Artist series.  So, if you are local and have little ones looking for some art experience please sign them up. I think we'll have a lot of fun.  In the future I hope to teach some needlework and quilting classes there as well. 

Maybe I should get some cute new Mary Janes too.

Beach Ball Bonanza

 

Here it is. Pieced and pressed.

I chose the circle design because it made me think of beach balls on a summer day. With fall fast approaching, this quilt is a reminder of the bright colorful days of summer.

The Pear Experiments - Pear Ice Cream!

Last night in an effort to use up the last of the pears we remade the Italian Pear Cake. This time we added cinnamon and chocolate chips - a brilliant addition if I do say so myself. 

With last week's peach ice cream fresh on our minds we thought we'd try pear ice cream with the cake. D used the same recipe but substituted pears.

Have you ever had pear ice cream? It was DELICIOUS!

I don't think he measured anything but the basic recipe is something like this:

1 cup cream
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup fruit (I think he used more pear than this)
1/8 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup sugar

Mix the ingredients with a blender and then pour into the frozen ice cream maker, ours is similar to this but smaller. Churn until frozen.

The ice cream was surprisingly pear flavored.
Really.
It was excellent. We had to eat the ice cream quickly so I don't have a photo of that. But trust me, it was good.
I have some pears set aside in the fridge for another batch!