Easter Cookies

                                                  The non fattening kind. LOL

                                      Happy March my friends.

                           Spring is just around the corner now.

                                                     YIPEE!

                                             ***WARNING***

                                              Long post today.

                              So today I would like to show you

                     my latest cookies being sold at the gift shop. 

I took my batter and cooked up these shapes.

Iced and added silver nonpareils.

AKA silver beads.

Iced a little paw and added more

pink nonpareils. 

AKA pink beads.

Attached the paws to the body

to create my bunny butt cookie.

Isn't this just adorable!

Packaged up and ready to go.

Bob said I should have made more of these.

Guess he was right.

I think I only have one left.

Did the same for this cookie shape.

Decorated carrot cookie.

Again packaged for sale.

Finally this bunny head one.

Close up of the nonpareils.

(beads)

How fun to place these on a plate 

for your Easter decor!

Now for my Dancing Rabbit rug update.

I did opt for green grass.

Was actually thinking of just using 

a dark brown for dirt, but thought it would

just be too much brown.

Am outlining all of my bunnies

in an antique rose.

The background will comprise

of four different shades of this blue.

More of a colonial blue rather 

than a primitive color.

To see more of my rug completed,

dont forget to visit Saundra's blog

(Woodland Junction)

Also in other news.

Monday night I ended up in the ER.

My head ached all day...which was really odd,

since I thought my head was getting better.

Well one of our friends on Sunday

told me that some folks get a brain bleed

after hitting their head.

All day working, I thought about that 

and later in the evening,

Bob and I trekked up to the hospital.

Its about an hour ride one way.

Once inside I was the 4th person there.

They took my vitals,

blood and added an IV, in the event

they needed to in case of a brain bleed.

This scared me.

Well after the cat scan, which was like 

going into  a space tube. LOL

I bruised a nerve in my head.

It could take up to 3 months to heal.

Thankfully no brain bleed.

However was discovered I am getting 

arthritis in my neck. 

The doctor said it comes with old age.

5 hours later we were home,

and the ER was packed when I left.

Folks were even on gurneys outside every room.

In better news,

we finally got our new sign

for our antique store.

WOOHOO!

I love the dark blue background.

We had been waiting 6 weeks for this.

This was our sad old one 

after being taken down.

After 12 years of proudly bearing our name,

it had way too much water damage to it.

Some folks thought we had a fire,

however it was just water that had seeped in.

Plus the sun beating down all

those years does not help either.

Yesterday Bob brought home some Paczki's.

So if you are still reading this long post,

 Paczki's are Polish filled donuts.

Growing up it was a tradition

to have these the day before Lent.

Gramma B would make these for us.

Only hers were half the size.

She also only made prune and custard.

Now they come in so many flavors.

As you can see two were already missing.

We ate the 2 Cannoli ones first.

Left are Blueberry and Strawberry.

If you ever get the chance to eat one

of these, most bakeries only offer them

the week before Lent starts.

Tradition is that you fill your belly

upon these the day before Lent begins,

as you fasted the first day of Lent.

It is such a treat for us each year!

Easter Cookie Blessings To All!

Janice