Dear Log Cabin friends:

November Greetings from The Log Cabin 2009

Can it be November already - and the holidays just around the corner? Time moves too quickly - or I'm just slower :-).
Yesterday we attended the LAST Farmers Market on Old Cheney Rd. Oh, how I will miss that weekly simple country pleasure. I love seeing all the garden produce. I buy what I don't grow. Yesterday the unusual item I bought was cheddar cauliflower. Yes, it is a pale orange color. The vendor says it has more beta-carotene & a slight cheesy flavor so I bought 2 heads, one for us and one for daughter's table. It's just eye candy walking around seeing the produce, the stems of berries & wreaths, grass fed beef, crisp apples & even pottery, all local.
Thanksgiving - we celebrate the bounty & beauty of the natural world, the warmth of hearth &
home, family & friends, and the tradition for sharing all that makes life more meaningful. We offer our thanks for the earth's abundance this year & prayers for cold winter days which will soon be upon us.

Some of my favorite blessings in November:
Of course, Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday of the year, with family gathered around
My aunts 96th birthday in November
Pumpkins and gourds of all kinds
Fresh apples off my tree, baked apples & warm apple crisp
Home baked bread & black bean soup
Pumpkin Pie, cinnamon and cloves
Fun fall antique & craft shows, and simmering potpourri on my stove
And the groups that meet here this month & I always look forward to.

Another November favorite - a fall arrangement on my long farm table -
a simple country pleasure

What are your favorite blessings for the month of November? And what are you thankful for? Think about it. It's a month of blessings indeed. Twila , The Log Cabin

Come ye thankful people come, Raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in, Ere the winter storms begin. -Alford

CARAMEL APPLE CAKE
This recipe was brought to appliqué group by Joan T. We all raved over it & asked it if could be added to the newsletter. This is fabulous! Thanks Joan.

1 ½ c. vegetable oil 1 tsp. soda
3 eggs 1 tsp. salt
2 c. sugar 1 ½ c. chopped pecans
2 tsp. vanilla 3 c. peeled & diced apples
3 c. flour
Combine oil, eggs, sugar & vanilla. Mix until well blended. Combine flour, soda, & salt & add to the egg mixture. Beat with mixer until completely blended., Fold in apples & pecans. The batter will be quite stiff. Spoon batter into a well greased & floured bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour & 20 minutes. Leave in pan until completely cool, then invert onto a cake plate. Top with caramel topping.
CARAMEL TOPPING
1 /2 C. butter Mix all ingredients & bring to a slow rolling boil. Cook for
1 /4 c. milk 3 minutes. Let sauce rest for 5 minutes. Drizzle over cake.
1 /2 c. packed brown sugar (use all or part of the caramel topping - very sweet)

We sell these bowls in the shop

NOVEMBER CALENDAR (read carefully & make note)

Nov. 14 - OPEN to public - Log Cabin open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Nov. 16 - Newbies Woolkeepers, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Refreshments - Carole D. & Karla E.
Nov. 17 - Applique # 2 meets, 6:30 -8:30 p.m. Refreshments - Mary Jo
Nov. 18 - Applique # 3 meets, 6:30 -8:30 p.m.- Refreshments - Sue W.
Nov. 19 - Applique # 1 meets, 6:30 -8:30 p.m. Refreshments - Sandy L.
Nov. 20 - UFO (unfinished wool objects) 12:30-3:30 p.m.
Nov. 23 - Oldies Woolkeepers, 6:30-8:30 p.m. - Refreshments - Pat W.
Nov. 24 - Log Cabin Herbs Study Group, 6:30 -8:30 p.m. (separate letter)
Nov. 26 - HAVE A BOUNTIFUL & WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING!

Dec. 14 - Mon. eve., CHRISTMAS PARTY, Roca Com. Center for Log Cabin Wool groups. 6:30pm
Dec. 16 - Applique # 3, 6:30 -8:30 p.m.
Dec. 17 - Applique # 1 , 6:30 -8:30 p.m.
Dec. 18 - UFO
Dec. 30 - Applique # 2 - 6:30-8:30 p.m.
A mid December letter will be sent out with follow up dates. If you have questions please call me at 402-792-3178 or email at : logcabin-cabinkeeper@windstream.net

NOTES: I will be open for a few hours on Nov. 14. (9-2) I'll have some Christmas items, a couple old cupboards, wonderful mustard Christmas lights for mantle or tree, etc. that I'll be adding to the shop following a buying trip.
UFO - is for unfinished wool items only - a time to finish up projects & visit with others & see what they are working on. We will meet in November & December. Come join us.

CHRISTMAS PARTY - FOR The Log Cabin wool groups - Soup supper on Dec. 14, at the Roca Community Building (behind Roca Bed & Breakfast). Wear your mitten nametag from last year. We're going green, so bring your own soup bowl, utensils, small plate, & coffee cup. And all the projects you've worked on in 2009 (except BOM) for show & tell. If you have questions call or email me.

December there will be no Newbies or Oldies Woolkeepers meeting because of Christmas party on the 14th.
Herbs group will NOT meet in December since its just 2 days before Christmas.

The old wagon & burning bush at end of lane

(Open by designated hours or appointment) (402)792-3178

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