Smokey Days!

We woke up this morning to a thick haze of smoke. We don't know of any fires close so this must be smoke that has come up from the fire in southern Utah.

If you click on the picture you can barely see the stacks of the Hunter Plant in the background.

I can usually see Cedar Mountain from this view.

This is where I look for Window Blind and the Swell.

I'm pretty much confined to the house today. Smoke is the very worst thing to kick up my asthma. All of us are hoping they can get these fires out soon. Especially those that have homes in it's path.
I guess I can watch the first round of the U.S. Open, do more laundry and read some more Georgette Heyer. I have been revisiting some of her books that I read many years ago that were not among my personal favorites. I guess as a girl of seventeen and eighteen I didn't appreciate a heroine of 25 or 26. I am currently reading Bath Tangle. I have finished The Nonesuch, The Corinthian and The Masqueraders and found that I can appreciate them much more as an adult woman in my middle years.
I thought that I would be canning tomatoes at this time of year but alas, while I was in Idaho a foraging deer discovered my lovely vines weighed down with ripening tomatoes. I was not aware until this year that deer would eat tomatoes (even green ones). My vines have been stripped. Phil and Marilyn have had the same problem but were able to save a few which they have generously shared with us. Well, I still have my zucchini.

I just want to tell Zack that we love him and will be praying for his success in the mission field.

On the Farm!

Alan's new farm hands.

Morgan, Leah, Hannah, Jonas and Maren.

Hannah taking a turn driving.

We love tractors.

A beautiful prospect.

Cooking, Cleaning and Stuff

Tennyson made us this delicious salad the other day. We've been trying to eat more fruits and vegetables at our house. The tomatoes are from Lizzy's garden.

Whitney got a chance to cook at the Shurtliff's house.


The Green River melons are here, Banner loves them.

Tennyson cleaned her room and look what she found!

My collection of Lion House cookbooks is almost complete. I think I am only missing Lion House Weddings. I have the original Lion House, Lion House Lite, Lion House International, Lion House Entertaining, Lion House Desserts and Lion House Christmas.

This is the recipe for Cabbage Rolls or Burgers that Les wanted a long time ago. Start with a pound and a 1/2 of ground beef. Cook until brown. Drain.

Add salt.

Pepper.

One medium onion, diced.

One or two carrots, peeled and grated.

One small head of cabbage or 3/4 of a large, sliced thinly.

Cook until vegetables are tender with the meat.

One recipe of Lion House Dinner Rolls. This will make 32 rolls. If you don't want to make your own dough you can use Rhodes Rolls, thawed. I can make the dough in about 2 and 1/2 hours so it isn't really any faster to use frozen roll dough. It takes at least that much time to thaw them.
What I'm really saying is make your own dough, it's good practice.

I divide the dough in half. Each half will make 16 rolls. You should have pieces of dough about this size.

Roll each piece of dough out until flat and round.

Put a heaping spoonful of filling on the dough.

Fold the edges closed.

Put on a greased cookie sheet with the folded edges down.

Let the dough raise for at least and hour.

Bake at 375 degrees for 13-15 minutes.

Serve while they are hot. This is a family favorite at our house.