Happy Mother's Day! And a really great "healthy" dip recipe!

Happy Saturday morning to you all! I don't think I've ever gone this long without blogging so you can probably guess it's just that I've been busy with lots of things~~not that I haven't been thinking of you all! I've got quite a few projects going on and as mentioned in my previous post, school is wrapping up in six weeks and our wonderful school district fills it with many fun events even though NY State tests are taking place too. I look forward to Summer vacation and having the kids home. We enjoy being home together. I love not having to wake them up in the dark when I know they are still sleepy and send them off. SO many days I just want to let them stay home :) but I know I can't and off they go on the bus.

We are getting our gardens ready. This is an endless job but one we enjoy. My husband enlarged our beds and tomorrow we are planning to head out further east here on Long Island to enjoy a Mother's Day breakfast and do some plant shopping. This has become my Mother's Day tradition, and I love it. We have a few favorite nurseries, and I am hoping and praying that they will have the selection of hanging baskets that they did last year. Also, my husband and I love to ride around and see other people's homes because since he built our house we haven't completely finished our front landscaping, and he also still has to put in a walkway. He wants to do a colonial brick path leading to my front porch. It should be a nice day. I am really looking forward to it.

Yesterday, I heard from a good friend of mine who was going to a cinco de Mayo party at her job ,and she requested a recipe of mine that she wanted to bring as her "dish". This is not "my" recipe; it was passed on to me from my neighbor several years back and since I have made it many times it's been a a family and friend favorite. I wanted to pass it on cause with so many of my blogger friends committing to eat healthy, this is a great snack and a healthy one too!

TEXAS CAVIAR

In a great big bowl, combine:

1 can of corn (drained)

1 can of black beans (drained, rinsed and patted dry)

1 or 2 avocados peeled and chopped

1 tomato cut into small pieces

1 onion cut into small pieces

1/4 cup of red wine vinegar

1/4 cup of oil

1 tsp garlic powder

Let it sit in your fridge for awhile then enjoy it on Frito "scoops" chips! It's addicting!

Besides the gardening, the school stuff and the Girl Scouts , I have been crafting. I will take the time this weekend to photograph the little things I've been doing. I picked up these cute felt farm animal cutouts, and I blanket stitched them onto some material I had for pillows. I just have to stuff and sew it up. I've also been rearranging a few things around the homestead here!

My trip to Colonial Lexington & Concord and Salem really inspired me, and I've been digging out some items I had from my Mom's house that she had in the 1970's when Colonial decorating was big. I think my house is a combo country/prim/americana and colonial. There should be a name for that!

Have a wonderful Mother's Day~~whether you are a Mom to your children or pets that are just like children (I know mine are), enjoy your day!