Fair Is Fair...Halloween In the Country

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A few days ago I posted on some beautiful Halloween decorations on Madison Avenue in New York City.  Whilst my new neck of the woods might not be as chic or sophisticated, I am happy to say we get to enjoy other aspects of  Halloween that maybe the kids in the city miss out on...like cows, and goats, and rides and a fun dinner with frosted green cupcakes at Nani Lindaraxa's house on the lake.

Usually we do this a couple of weekends earlier, but now with two babies in tow,  it  gets difficult sometimes to stick to a schedule.  We were late this year, but we did manage to sneak in an hour before closing and enjoy some of the fun things the Kinsey Family Farm in Gainesville Georgia has to offer right before Halloween.  This is where we buy our pumpkins and our Christmas tree.

Second place winner at the office pumpkin carving contest!

The Kinsey Family Farm

He was patiently waiting for us all along

Like the dogs of Madison Avenue, these goats come in all colors

...like black

and grey

...and white and brown

He definitely knew he was good looking

This is the funniest cow...she even mooos on cue!

Two handsome dudes!

That goat thinks he's already part of the family!

Riding through the farm

Checking out potential Xmas trees!

Green cupcakes with you-know-who trying to get in the act! 

 

 Check out my other blog, My Kitchen By The Lake, where I  share my new country life and lots of easy recipes and decorating ideas.

I do miss the city, terribly sometimes; but if I can't live there, this is definitely not bad for second best!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!



Last Post, Last Dance 2009...Happy New Year!

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Well here we are, another year and a new decade ahead.  Seems like 2000 was just a short time ago. 

When I was young, really young, years seemed to take an eternity.   Now that I'm not so young, they seem to fly by, ouch! I can't say that I'm sad to see this one over. It's been a tough year, financially and emotionally, for a lot of people, including me.  Just hang in there, this too shall pass....

Tomorrow I will celebrate New Year's with my four girls ( one two- legged and three four-legged) just like most people here in the United States.  We will cook a nice dinner, drink lots of champagne, and watch the crystal ball go down in Times Square.  That's the American side of the equation.  The other side of me, the Cuban side,  will fill a pail with water and throw it out the back door to bid farewell to all the bad things in the house.  I will not eat the twelve grapes that Cubans traditionally have at each stroke of midnight.  I have always hated that tradition and at my age, I'm entitled to skip it. 

On New Year's Day, I will make Eggs Benedict and Bloody Marys for brunch (my American side), but I will eat lentils for dinner for good luck, something which is observed not only in Spain, but throughout all of Latin America (very definitely my Cuban side). I will miss my bridge friends, and my beautiful dinner parties but I will be thankful and happy to have a wonderful family and friends who love and support me.  And ,oh yes, I will be thankful for this blog which has been so much fun and such a challenge at a time in my life when I thought I was done reinventing myself.

I leave you with one of the most beautiful tables I've seen decorated for New Years... by Carolyne Roehm, who else!

As I'm finishing this post, snow is beginning to fall in North Georgia...some things never cease to amaze me.  Happy New Year! 

New Sister Blog! My Kitchen By the Lake

Pin It I am starting a new sister blog for my new life at the lake. This will be a smaller blog, more community oriented, more casual, more country, more fun! There will be recipes there as well, but they will be more appropriate for that kind of life. Let's say there will be no tagines or souffles!

Please come visit http://mykitchenbythelake.blogspot.com and tell me what you think. Nothing is permanent there, just going with the flow. You might be interested in the pictures of the area after the flood.

Don't worry, Lindaraxa's Garden lives on!