Morels!!!!

Aside from the privacy living in the woods provides, we also get the added benefit of finding morels every Spring.  These delectable little gems pop up usually after a couple of days of extremely warm temperatures which we had last Sunday.... up to 82 that day.  Then the picking begins!!!!

Aren't they gorgeous!!!!

One of the tricks is getting to them before the neighbors that live in the 'hood behind and beside us.  For some reason when it comes to picking morels, they have a hard time seeing those No Trespassing signs!!!

This week was also my birthday, April 14th, so have had a busy but fun week spending time with Chris and my parents.  My folks gave me an early birthday gift a couple of months ago of a great set of cookware.  The stuff we had been using was in pretty bad shape and has now been turned over to the scrap yard!!!!

Chris surprised me with a Kindle!!!!!  I was so excited, have been thinking about getting one, but I also love seeing books on a shelf too.  It will certainly come in handy for times when we travel or are away from home, which isn't that often, but looking forward to playing with that a bit today.

Yesterday we spent most of the day with my parents (Butch and Nancy).  Was a great day to have lunch out and do some shopping, as the weather was gloomy and spat rain most of the day.  We took them to one of our new favorite restaurants, Coldwater Cafe in Tipp City Ohio.  They have a great lunch and dinner menu and the desserts are made from scratch and out of this world!!!!

This was my dessert, a delicious Coconut Cake with real whipped cream!

Chris stuck with his traditional English Tea Cake, that is drenched in the richest, buttery sauce you can imagine.

Since my folks had not been to Coldwater before, I encouraged Mom to try the five layer, yes five, Carrot Cake with white chocolate cream cheese icing.  Don't let her size fool you, she ate the whole thing!!!!  (Just kidding.... my Dad had a few bites, I had a couple, and then she took half of it home.)

Had a most enjoyable time, and even had time to visit an antique store or two and a huge gallery, that unfortunately was mostly pottery from one artist.

I did have time to visit my favorite Thrift Store this week, and found this.......

She's a bit androgynous, but I think she'll work out great for photography scarves and a display piece at shows.  Any suggestions for a name?

Have a great rest of the weekend!!!!!  Peace!  Kent