April Showers Bring May Morels!

For anyone familiar with the taste of morel mushrooms, it doesn't get any better than this - we found three morel mushrooms growing in our very own yard this last weekend! We had them for dinner on Tuesday. Yummy! We love them so much, that tomorrow we are driving out to Muscoda, Wisconsin which proclaims itself the "Morel Mushroom Capital of the World" for their weekend Morel Festival. It is our first time there for this event and we cannot wait to experience it. Of course, between that and the first major flea market of the season on Sunday leaves me with very little art studio time this weekend.

My blog redesign will be taking place within the next few weeks, so watch for that. I cannot wait! I've been experimenting with my new Quickutz Revolution (which I absolutely love, by the way). Unfortunately, Quickutz has announced (this week) that they are discontinuing the Revolution and coming out with a new die cut machine called the Epic. Good grief. Don't worry, Cuttlebug fans, I still love my Bug, but find that the Revolution works a little easier on some dies than the Bug, but that just means that they complement each other well. I really love the magnetic plate on the Revolution and the machine works really smoothly. The buzz on the chats is about a new 12" die machine, but I don't feel the need for that as I don't do scrapbooking besides digital, and I try to limit the size to 6x6 or 8x8. 12x12 is just too huge for my storage abilities. I am still selling my Spellbinders machine (see info below), so if anyone is interested, let me know. My next step is listing it on eBay. There are so many people that swear by their Spellbinder machine. I did not like it, but that's me. This arts and crafts thing is very personal!

Enjoy,
-Roberta

Warmer days

Now that Spring is officially here, Summer is not far behind. Memorial Day is right around the corner for us - it seems early this year being that it will be on May 25th. I so need a day off of work. I have no plans for that weekend yet, but this weekend is of course Mother's Day, so Marc's Mom is coming for dinner. If the weather permits, we will grill & eat outside. We grilled the other day, but have not eaten out on the patio yet this year. The following weekend is the Morel Mushroom Festival in Muscoda. We hope to go out there to check it out. We've not been to that before, but as we love Morels, we want to go and see what their festival is like. This tiny town calls itself the Morel Mushroom capital of the world. How cool is that? LOL! No, seriously, if you've never tried a morel mushroom, you do not know what you're missing - they are absolutely delicious! I used to forage for them in the woods with my Father when I was young in the spring time. They are hard to find, but worth the time to look for them. They sell them in Muscoda, so we do not have to tromp through the woods looking for them. They can be expensive, so we will see what they cost there. I've been told by a gentleman that I work with who's familiar with the morel hunting & the fesitval that the weather we've been having is ideal for the mushrooms, so we should have a good crop this year. Wonderful! I will keep you posted and I'll post photos too (as long as I remember to bring the camera - my memory's been haywire lately). I just love the daffodils in bloom right now. They are so beautiful. I have planted more and more of them these past few years after I first planted tulips when we moved here several years ago only to find that the deer just love to munch the tulips to the ground. They don't touch the daffodils. We have so many deer here, it's crazy, since I live in the city.

Enjoy,
-Roberta