Texas

Log Cabin

 I hope that you enjoyed your Thanksgiving.  We spent ours with family in San Diego and had a wonderful time celebrating together.  As promised, here are some photos from our recent trip to Texas.  We were visiting family on a picture perfect piece of historic property built c. 1851.

I was up early every morning to photograph all the things that make you truly feel like you are in Texas.  Like these button-faced washtubs,

And of course, Longhorns.

The weather was cool enough for a sweater and the stars were dazzling at night.

We laughed, ate good food and left eager for our next visit.

Texas Red Berries

Texas Red Berries

Back home again after traveling for a few weeks and recovering from colds on our return home.  I am organizing all of our photos of trips to Yosemite and Texas and will post those soon.  We finally started feeling better today so we celebrated by making these Ricotta Blackberry Scones.  I added a bit of salt to the dough, but that is all they needed.  They were perfectly light, not too sweet and juicy with berries.  I made a quick syrup with the remaining berries by simmering them in a bit of water with sugar and a vanilla bean pod, until thick.  Then we spooned the sauce over the scones, added a scoop of vanilla ice cream and freshly whipped cream.  It was delicious.  The taste of Autumn in a bowl.