Friday, May 10. 2024

It’s finally Friday and I am happy to link up with Andrea and Erika!

I had a really relaxing weekend last weekend and I wanted to show you a favorite from my happy place – my backyard and my two patios. I normally have this chair folded on my upper patio, but I brought it out to the yard on Sunday and it was divine. Here is mine if you are looking for a gift for yourself or for Father’s Day.

The sun coming through the trees is another favorite from the weekend!

Andrea made popovers recently and shared and I remembered that I had been on a popover journey a few years ago. I already had the pan and I thought it would go well with my Monday night dinner. I used an easier recipe than Andrea’s – less ingredients.

I sometimes forget how good and easy wraps are. I had a lunch alone when Erica was out this week.

I’m still plugging along on this cute book. I really want to get more in this series but they aren’t at my library. Every summer I do give myself some summer gifts for making it through another school year – lol. Maybe this will be my treat?

My high school friend and the author of Host It Notes, Beth, came over to meet EO and brought him a margarita! He loved it!

We had some photogenic moments this week…

We have a school playground behind our house and that is where our dogs get to walk. Tom taught EO to go down the slide!

I was listening to Mid Life Matters podcast which I believe Tanya recommended and they talked about an easy scone recipe.

I had all the ingredients so I thought why not? I would like to try a savory version with cheese next time maybe?

425 for 8-10 minutes

Mix one cup self-rising flour with a bit less than one cup heavy cream. Make it a crumbly texture. Add in the chocolate chips. Make the dough into a circle and flatten (I didn’t even need a rolling pin) and then cut like a pizza with your pizza cutter but separate the 8 triangles so they can bake.

They aren’t super sweet but I will definitely make them again!

What were your favorites this week?

I hope you had many!

Amy

12 thoughts on “Friday Favorites”

  1. We have two books by Julie Caplin in my library, but they are both translated and I prefer to read in English. They have the one you’re reading and one called The little bakery in Brooklyn!

    What’s a popover? I have a muffin pan, can you use that? The scones looked good, I will give the recipe to my baking daughter.

    Thank you for a nice post, I needed a break from work! (I work from home today, don’t worry.)

    Favorite this week? The weather was horrible, but still, I’m in the count down to summer and Florida! I love this time of year, when everything is in front of you!

    Have a great Friday! (I hope you have a lot of grace! :D)

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  2. Those scones sound yummy and so nice and easy to make! It sounds like you have had a wonderful week. I don’t think I’ve made popovers since middle or high school. One of my best friends and I were on a real popovers kick and made them just about weekly; adding things like cheese and chives to them too.

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  4. Your popovers and scones look delicious! I might try my hand at some kind of bread type treat this weekend. I have the ingredients right now as well, and I’m thinking I might try a cheesy jalapeno or cheese and olive combination. My favorite this week happened at work yesterday and I did not even mention it on today’s post: I wrapped up all of the huge event purchase orders, invoices, and finances that I spent on supplies yesterday at work. I worked with our accountant for this; I can’t tell you how relieved I am, and also that all of the money balanced! I was $0.27 over for last week for the weekly deposit; out of the $1 thousand something that I had in the registers, that is no big deal. !!!!! Happy Friday, my friend!

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  5. I think we are all craving a popover after seeing how good these look! I love that in between work and EO, you find time to read & even more, that you reward yourself after completing another school year! I walked on my treadmill twice this week and instead of watching something, I read on my tablet while listening to the book on audio from Spotify. This was a new favorite feeling like I was getting 2 things accomplished at once! Happy Mother’s Day and enjoy your weekend!

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  6. I bought a Yorkshire Pudding tin this week and can’t wait to try it. A bit like a popover but rounder and flatter. They are yummy when you fill them with a ground beef and gravy mixture. Eddie Otis is just cuter than ever.

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  8. Your backyard is gorgeous. I can see why it’s your happy place.
    Ahh! Popovers look similar to our Yorkshire Puddings. I love them on a roast dinner.
    It looks like EO is having great fun on the slide, what fun!
    Cheese scones are amazing, they never last long when I make a batch. Fruit scones are my favourite though.

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  9. Thanks for the shout out! I heard the ladies talk about the scones, but didn’t think to write down the “recipe.” So thanks for sharing! These look delicious. I’m putting the zero gravity chair on my “idea” list for Amazon. I think I would love it! Happy Mother’s Day!

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  11. Oh, the eyes!!! He has the cutest little face ever! When I was a kid, we had a huge slide (school playground equipment…long story), and our American Eskimo Spitz would climb the ladder and slide down the other side. She was such a smart dog, but I think most dogs are. And, the ones who don’t seem smart are probably the smartest of all because they get out of doing things!

    Have a wonderful weekend, Amy!

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