Cherry Clafoutis Recipe

I saw the recipe in the Down East Magazine and knew we needed to try it. I had heard of a clafoutis in the distant past, but don't think I ever made one. My family (Hubby and AA) love fresh cherries and we love trying new recipes in our cast iron skillet, so this was perfect.
Comments from them: Hubby said it wasn't a dessert to him (I did add the confectionery sugar and a scoop of vanilla ice cream) and AA said she liked cake better! So, not making this again! It is not very sweet and our cherries, even though fresh, seemed ripe, but not sweet (from grocery store). I enjoyed it, but of course, I love baked goods. The batter resembled popover batter, thin, and it did bake nicely with the custard type center (and it does deflate very quickly!). 

Dessert on E-E's Sepia Rose china by Johann Haviland:

With ice cream!

Down East magazine and recipe:

Onto the next cooking experiment!

Eagle Harbor PGA Jr Practice and the RAIN! 05/30/17

Joy and I met up with Ford and AA at the Eagle Harbor golf course to watch the PGA Jr. Team practice on Tuesday (after AA's piano lesson with Jesse). Soon, the golf team was on the patio with Coach Bryan due to the storm. It rained hard! We finally left while it was still raining and got soaked! 

Team completing games while Coach talks about rules.

We went home and heated up dinner in between power outages/flickering lights. Around our area, many trees were down, surprised at all the damage.
Wednesday morning, Joy headed back to Okeechobee and we are back to our regular school routine until next week.

Remembering Memorial Day - Family Day at Leaa and Jesse's

The family met up for a day together, lunch and most of us spent time on the beach. First we enjoyed a huge lunch of fried chicken, potato salad, fruit, macaroni and cheese, tossed salad, BBQ beans and desserts of cookies, brownies and key lime pie. Lots of food and drinks! We all headed to the beach, while Werner, Ford, Justin and Joy stayed in the air conditioning (Justin walked over a little later to the beach). Cathy, Marsha, Carl, Christa and Stu, Leaa and Jesse, Jordan and Nicole plus all the kids enjoyed a cool breeze and the ocean water and waves. It was a record hot day, so the ocean water temperature provided a slightly cool breeze. With the low tide, there was plenty of beach room for everyone. Mila holding the road crossing safety flag tall! 

Enjoying the walk to the Treasure Beach boardwalk:

Jordan packed the wagon!

Leaa and her Mom:

We all had a nice family visit with Nana Joy, thank you to all who brought food, plus Justin's homemade pickles - he grew the cucumbers and canned the pickles! Text Messages:

What a wonderful day with everyone. Great to see Joy. She's an awesome lady. Thanks to Leaa and Jess for everything and a great place for us all to get together. Thank everyone for the treats and tasty food. Loved seeing all the kids. Have a great summer ahead. See you all soon. Love, Cathy and Werner 

From Marsha: It was good to see everyone. Good food good friends and family. We are blessed. Thanks for hosting this gathering Leaa and Jesse! Glad we got to see Joy!

NFJG Orange Park Open - At Fleming Island Golf Course

AA played in the two day NFJG event "The Orange Park Open" at the Fleming Island Golf course; with only one other girl, a first timer, Greyson Kindig, age 12, from St. Augustine (near route 206).
AA played the front nine with Ms. Penny and scored a 39 on Friday. Saturday, round 1, came and she scored a 45 with a first hole double bogey. Day two, was just as hot and Nana Joy and I walked it to watch our favorite junior golfer. AA had a wonderful round, tied with the lowest score of the day for the Foundation Group - Tyler Mawhinney also had a 37 for round 2.

Walking with her Daddy Caddie:

Scoring table with Jody:

Group photo of Foundation Boys and Girls with United We Stand Flag, local charity to support First Responders of 911:

Foundation Boys - Winner Tyler!

Mr. Glenn announcing the winners:

Pointing to low round of the day!

From Jack Aschenbach's Newsletter:
Our Foundation Tour in round two absolutely lite it up!! 10 out of the 11 players improved their score over round one by 2-15 strokes with Grayson Kindig turning things around improving by 15 shots. Way to go Grayson!
Starting on the back nine, twelve time champion Alyzabeth Morgan would birdie the 17th hole to shoot the low round of the day, tied with the Foundation Boys Champion. She would shoot her lowest
tournament round of 37. Dang! This girl is getting good!!
First round leader Matthew French would start his day in fine fashion with a birdie at the first hole (10th) to distance himself and go up three strokes over Tyler Mawhinney, but French would double the second hole and Mawhinney would birdie the third hole to then tie for the lead. The tournament winner was up in the air, as it could end up being any ones tournament. A double bogey at the 13th for French and a birdie by Mawhinney at the par-3 15th would be all that Mawhinney needed to secure his first win on the NFJG TOUR. French, however would apply a last minute charge by sinking a birdie on the final hole, which ended in a victory lap around the green with great emotion. Mawhinney, cool and calm would sink the par putt for the win and a tie for the low round of the day. Ruth would shoot a final score of 38 and French 39. Emmet Kuhlenkamp would also fire a nice 38.
I hope when these boys and girls are playing top level college golf and the PGA/LPGA Tours they remember their start on the NFJG TOUR.

After the golfing, we headed home and jumped in the pool. It was a bit crowded so headed back to the house and Carolyn arrived with our dinner of pizza and salad!

Carolyn and AA back from the pool!

Sunday is done!

Finally Rain! Plus Golfing and Nana!

We finally had enough rain to soak into the ground from Monday through Wednesday evening.

Needed the rain!

AA played golf with Lauren Waidner, Lauren Miller and Sara May on Thursday.

I borrowed this photo from Kilee's Mom Kelly; Grand #1 Kilee earned AB Honor Roll all year!

With school nearing to an end, we have our teacher year-end gifts.
A DQ gift card with a saying about being a "COOL" teacher, a mint herb plant with how much the teacher "MINT" to AA and a gift card; and last, to her AMAZING 4th Grade teacher, Mrs. Rainer, an amazon gift card.

Friday, we went to OPE to see the finished projects of AA from her ES class: a story board on China, a story board on a new country, Eagle Island and a display of the Great Wall of China in combination with a miniature golf game layout. The Arts Invasion also made several art projects from bottle caps.

ES Class:

Great Wall of China and miniature golf:

New Country - Eagle Island:

Nana Joy arrived Friday afternoon, we baked dinner (chicken and potatoes) and stopped in the River House for a drink.
On Saturday, while AA was playing NFJG's round 1, Joy and I shopped. I found some tops and a skort at Goodwill and new sandals at Beall's and Ross. Yeah for me!! I always find what I am looking for when I shop with Joy.

Next up is Memorial Day weekend and round 2 of AA's two-day NFJG Tournament.

SJRPP Retiree Social - Monday May 22nd

Occasionally, we invite our (Ford's and mine) SJRPP retiree group to socialize at the River House.
We enjoy seeing each other as we do not attend the weekly Thursday lunch retiree meet-up (on the Northside of Jacksonville). Good seeing Bill, Harold and Belinda, Larry Gochnour and Kerri, Tim Drury and daughter Sydney, Alan Page and my hubby Ford!

Always a good time with these folks!

Sunday Eagle Harbor PGA Junior Team Scramble Win!

The weekend when by quickly, with the WPOA Annual Meeting on Saturday (we provided the hotdog cooker and hotdogs), then a swim closer to dinner time (made a shrimp, lemon, garlic and stir-fry zucchini, fresh corn and arugula over linguini - pretty good!).
On Sunday, AA played with her Eagle Harbor PGA Jr. Team at Sawgrass, Ponte Vedra. It does't count as an official match, so everyone was a little more relaxed. EH Team Blue won, so AA said it would have been good if it counted!

The team along with Coach Bryan's son Nate (he played with AA):

And a few odd photos of Ginger to add from the weekend. Ginger is growing, so now she can drink from the middle bowl on the fountain!

AA loves to cuddle with her puppy!

This is Profound.....

I post too much on Facebook; too often and too many people ("friends") read it. So here on our little obscure blog, sometimes I share something that I want to keep, to read again. To understand.

Roughly 41,149 Americans committed suicide in 2013 — making it the 10th leading cause of death in the country, according to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

From Rich Larson: It's Not What You Think - On the death of Chris Cornell.

"If it’s allowed to fester, depression is stronger than wisdom. Depression is insidious and tenacious. Depression can get to anybody. It can make you feel like an old man at 27. It can make you feel lost as a child at 52."

You can read the entire story here:
https://thefirsttenwords.wordpress.com/2017/05/20/its-not-what-you-think/

May is Winding Down (and school too).

You can tell when school is nearing the end - field trips, fun days at the school, end of year parties! I think there are 12 school days left! AA continues to earn high marks - all A's again.
AA's week has changed a bit, now on days she doesn't golf, we jump in the pool. She has not had a #NFJG tournament in two weeks, very strange for us; next one is at Fleming Island GC. Here's an accounting of our fun this past week.
Tuesday - AA went to her piano lesson with Jesse, her next song she is practicing is her favorite Christmas hymn, Oh Come All Ye Faithful. Then she went to her EH PGA Jr. Team practice. I had the monthly WPOA Board meeting.
Wednesday - AA golfed with Lauren, then we headed to the River House with cousin Carolyn and Kayla. It was good getting to know Kayla better, didn't realize she has been visiting every year for 10 years! She's all grown up! We took a "picnic dinner" of chicken salad sliders and pimento cheese sliders, along with caprese on a skewer, chips, popcorn. We had music and great weather.

AA getting in some fun!

Too many of AA being goofy!

The "serious pose".

Thursday - AA had her semi-annual dentist appointment with good results. Her 12-year molars are coming in, and no cavities! She will need braces and he wants to wait until her 12-year old molars are completely in. Then AA went to her PGA Jr. Team practice and we all ate Talon's Ahi Tuna salad - so good!!
Friday - AA golfed with Penny, it is getting hot in the low 90's this week, so back to hydrating and fruit snacks while she plays. They played the Fleming Island Golf Course as the Eagle Harbor was busy with a members only tournament. They were running late finishing, so instead of cooking, they brought home a Santioni's pizza (local on Fleming Island/Highway 17).
Next up on the agenda is Chinese lesson on Saturday morning then we will attend (I participate as Board Secretary) the WPOA Annual Member Meeting and have a lunch social afterwards.