Come Inside My Head, if You Dare…
Unfocused Photography Is My Specialty!
Some of my best work has been out of focus. I blame my hands that mysteriously shake when I try to do something important, like take a photo or paint my nails. Very annoying.
Children are not the only difficult subjects to photograph…
Good thing I have a day job 😉
The bunny is frozen this year…
My Granddaughter made this snowman last week. “You should have seen him right after she finished”, says my daughter, who doesn’t think to take a photo until 2-days after, when his head is already starting to shrink.
And then a warmish streak of weather came along and her snowman lost some weight, but he was still standing tall!
I wonder if he is still in the backyard.
If he’s gone, she better hustle and make another one from last night’s snow. Someone is going to have to hide the eggs if the bunny isn’t going to do it. She could actually make a snow bunny this time.
It just might work 😉
That’s right. Today, February 2nd, is the big day. Punxsutawney Phil, the official predictor of Spring, will make his annual appearance and declare 6 more weeks of winter. Or not.
I’m not going to go into the history of Groundhog Day, but if you’re curious you can visit the little rodent’s Club. Instead I will tell you a little family memory….
One year when our kids were middle school age, I decided to invent “Groundhog Pie”. Like Sheppard’s Pie, but using “groundhog meat”. It looked a lot worse than it tasted. When I cut into the crust and served the first piece, I was reminded of a childhood song that had “greasy gopher guts” in the lyrics.
They must have suspected it really wasn’t groundhog, yet everyone played along. Even my pickiest of eaters scarfed it up. These kids, who diligently removed each and every piece of onion or mushroom from their spaghetti, blindly ate groundhog pie. Go figure.
This was many years ago. I want to add the recipe to my cookbook, but I didn’t write it down in my cookbook notes. Maybe I hadn’t started the book yet. Regardless, I will let you in on what I do remember.
Groundhog Pie
Remove pie crusts from the fridge and allow them to warm to room temperature while preparing pie filling. Brown the meat in a large skillet until done. Drain and return to skillet, adding spinach, garlic and tomatoes. Stir together for 1 minute at low heat.
Line a pie pan with 1 crust, making it fit tightly to sides and bottom. Poke bottom a couple of times with a fork. Leave 1/4 to 1/2 inch of crust edge above the rim of pan. Add filling. Cover with top crust and pinch the bottom and top edges together to seal. Poke top crust a couple of times with fork.
Bake at 350° for about an hour.
You can also sprinkle cheese on the filling before covering with top crust if desired.
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