William Castle • Chain Lasso • Raspberry Ice Cream • Raspberry Sherbet

William Castle • Concrete Salt Box • Grammie’s Light Rolls • Grammie’s Homemade Gumdrop Sugar Cookies

William Castle • Bread Knife Holder • Scout’s Pumpkin Breakfast Muffins • Scout’s Spicy Chicken Bacon Soup

William Castle • Wagon Rub Iron • Wendell’s Peanut Butter Doggy Biscuits

William Castle • Hammer Handles • Hot Biscuits with Bacon and Cheese

William Castle • Handy Andy • Water Trough • Honeydew Melon Ice

William Castle • Radiator Pail • Tamale Pie

William Castle • Letter Rack • Peach Apricot Crostata

William Castle • Sand Block • Devil’s Food • Seven Minute Frosting

William Castle • Handy Turn-Down Shelf • Mac-N-Cauliflower Cheese

William Castle • Leather Groover • Almond-Coated Chicken Breasts

William Castle • Rope Machine • Black Bean and Rice Salad

William Castle • Sawing Block • Barley Salad

Somehow Hopeful • William Castle • Chicken Coop and Feeder • Raspberries Chocolate and Cream • Chocolate Cups

William Castle • Making a Clevis • Pretzel-Crusted Chicken

William Castle • Plow Pole Repair • Crepes with Apples, Sugar and Rum

William Castle • Pie Pan Handle • Southern Pastry • Almond Pastry • Pecan Nut Pie Crust • Egg and Cream Pie Crust

William Castle • Homemade Pergola • Almond Chicken

William Castle • Hen’s Nests • Finnish Rye Bread

William Castle • Vegetable Bin • Bacon Wrapped Dates

William Castle • Mail Box Post • Black Bean Pumpkin Chili

It has been a different year this year, as my focus has been more on the house than on outside activities, though I still grew a garden and cut the hay. The reason is that our 1860s brick-built house has needed some work for some time, the boiler was on its last legs, most of the windows were rotten and those in the original part of the house were still single glazed. Added to that, the staircase was rotting at the bottom where it was resting on tile placed on soil and with the inefficiency of brick at keeping the heat in, there was plenty to do.