Mmmmmm GOOD!!!

Recipe from my Gram, passed down.

71/2 quarts salted water
cleaned chicken
package of parsnips (about 5)
2 medium turnips (yellow would be a treat)
carrots..can't have too many
3 or 4 stalks of celery (I left it out this time)
dill dill and more dill
flat leaf parsley...2 bunches is good
1 medium onion

boil water
cut onion into quarters and stuff into chicken
tie up chicken so onions stay 'in'
peel and slice parsnips
peel and thinly slice turnips
peel and slice carrots
slice (otherwise missing) celery
cut stems off of dill and parsley, rough cut

Carefully place chicken in boiling water
Skim off all the 'debris' from the chicken...this may take a few minutes
dump in parsnips, turnips, carrots first
'layering', then dump in the celery, dill and parsley

Cover and simmer for 2 hours. Let rest for 1/2 hour...remove the chicken!
Make thin egg noodles and enjoy!!!

Wordless Wednesday

“This morning I saw the country from my window a long time before sunrise, with nothing but the morning star, which looked very big.’

'The Starry Night'
Saint-Remy, France, 1889
Vincent Van Gogh

Wordless Wednesday

Banner, with loving signatures for the JDRF, RI Branch Office

'Walk for a Cure'
Roger Williams Park, October 16, 2011

Wordless Wednesday

This one is for Yo Mama...here's to a mighty gorgeous Autumn!!
(Miss Seven-Striper and Lilley-hope and Yo Mama)
Schartner Farms, RI

Walk for a Cure

Edward Lilley

The Rhode Isalnd Branch of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, or JDRF, will hold it's annual 'Walk for a Cure', in the ever beautiful Roger Williams Park on Sunday, October 16th. As a family we have been raising money for JDRF for the past 7 years. We are humbled by the generous hearts who have supported us over these years to help us raise over $40,000! Edward was diagnosed with Type 1 or Juvenile Diabetes when he was 12 1/2. Our lives changed on a dime that day. With the support of the outstanding community we have met through JDRF, we have great hope for the future with leaps forward in cutting edge technology from the pump, continuous glucose monitor, and the up and coming technology of the artificial pancreas. (I am just skimming the surface!)

Edward graduates from college in December and has done an awesome, exemplary, most excellent job of managing his daily health care, while away from home. This is no small task. Type 1 diabetes is 24/7. His Dad and I are proud beyond words.

Here is a link to Edward's personal fund raising page.