Five-Card-GiVeAwAy!

Dear Reader,

April is just around the corner, and I think I will have another GiVeAwAy!   I sold these home-computer-made notecards for $1.00 each (Buy 5, get one free) at the Doo-Nanny, so, in my way of thinking, if you win 5, you get one free...hence, the reason there are SiX in the photo below:)

Each notecard with envelope is packaged individually in a little ziploc bag.

The inside of each card is blank.

Notecards measure 4.5 x 5.5 inches.

The backs have the title of the painting from which the notecard was created

along with other pertinent information:)

You may see the paintings from whence these come here.

These little notecards are not perfect, but they ARE cute:)

...if I do say so myself!

Have a lovely day!

-Mug

Oh....I reckon I should tell you how to enter:) 

Just comment below...The drawing will be 1 week from to day on April 6

A Package...A Package....!

Dear Reader,

I found a PaCkAgE in my mailbox last week!

And this is what was inside the outer wrapping:)

Pale yellow tissue with yellow ribbon...

And this sweet note with the -I'm sure handsewn- little rosette attached!

Notice the button (above) on the underside keeping it in place:)



And look what was inside!

A lovely handmade vintage apron made lovingly by some long-ago housewife:)

from 4Bushel Farmgal's all things vintage Etsy shoppe

I absolutely LoVe it!

Enter her next GiVeAwAy,

and maybe YOU will receive a lovely package in the mail!

Lug, Mug:)

P.S.  Thank you again, Farmgal!!!!

Back in the Land of Hatchechubbee!

Well, Dear Reader,

the "Chicks" and I had fun on our little sojourn to the Doo-Nanny in the Land of Seale,

but Mug and the remaining Parading Chicks are glad to be back in the Land of Hatchechubbee,

and we brought back with us a piece of folk art to greet visitors to our humble abode:)

                      

Have a lovely day!

-Mug

DOO-NANNY TIME!

Dear Reader,

     The Chicks and I are headed for the Doo-Nanny - just a hop, skip, and a jump down Highway 26 in the Land of Seale - this weekend.   My father and Butch Anthony started this annual Folk Art show back in the 1990's in the Land of Pittsview, and I have always attended but as a patron...this having my space for my own art is a new experience for me:)   Whether I sell anything or not, I'm excited!

Have a lovely weekend!

-Mug

New Chick Paintings .......

RAINY DAYS AND MONDAYS AGAIN!

This little Hatchechubbee Chick

 is running for cover as fast as her little red galoshes will carry her!

P.S.  We have some big raindrops in the Land of Hatchechubbe, do we not!?

WE THREE CHICKS

Pearl, Opal, and Ruby are the leaders and instigators of the widely known

(in some parts of the country) Hatchechubbee Chicks in Pearls club!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/ParadingChicks

Have a lovely day!

-Mug

CHICKEN TETRAZZINI for Supper Tonight!

Dear Reader,
     This is what we had for supper tonight (I know, I know ....most people today seem to say "dinner" for the nighttime meal, but I still say supper .....

CLASSIC CHICKEN TETRAZZINI

8 - 10 servings

 (freezes well)

12 oz. of vermicelli pasta

1/2 c. butter (I used Smart Balance Butter blend)

1/2 c. all purpose flour

4 c. milk (I used fat-free)

1/2 c. dry white wine

2 Tbs chicken bouillon granules

1 tsp seasoned pepper

2 c. grated parmesan cheese

4 c. diced cooked chicken

1 small jar sliced mushrooms, drained

3/4 c. slivered almonds (I didn't have any, so I omitted this)

4 stalks chopped celery (not in original recipe; I added this on my own.)

1. Preheat oven to 350 and prepare pasta according to pkg directions.

2.  Meanwhile, melt butter in Dutch oven over low heat;

whisk in flour until smooth and cook about 1 min. 

Gradually whisk in milk and wine.  Cook over medium heat,

whisking constantly for 8 to 10 minutes or until mixture bubbles and thickens. 

Whisk in bouillon granules, seasoned pepper, 1 cup Parmesan cheese, and chopped celery.

3.  Remove from heat; stir in diced chicken, mushrooms, and hot cooked pasta.

4.  spoon mixture into lightly greased 13 x 9 inch baking dish.

(I used 2 smaller oblong glass baking dishes and froze one for a future "supper".) 

Sprinkle with slivered almonds and remaining 1 c. Parmesan cheese.

5.  Bake at 350 for 35 minutes until bubbly and browned on top.

Enjoy!



Have a lovely suppertime!

-Mug

*recipe from Southern Living magazine (September 2010)

Aprons and Kerchiefs and the Ever-Present Pearls......

Dear Reader,
     It is time for the annual Spring-Cleaning Day at the Methodist church in the Land of Hatchechubbee, and the chicks are making their way down Highway 26 decked out in their aprons and kerchiefs and, of course, their seemingly ever-present pearls:)

Just last week they were headed down Highway 26

to the Friday Night Auction

at the Possum Trot in the Land of Seale

There really IS a Land of Seale, you know ....

just as there really is a Land of Hatchechubbee ....

And there really is a "Possum Trot where they hold an auction every-so-often on a Friday night:)

Have a lovely day in the Land of Wherever-You-Are!

-Mug