Showing posts with label castle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label castle. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 13, 2019

Next: The Castle!!

Even though I've been talking about my France Castle workshop for a while now, it's not happening till Sept 5 and we're really gearing up for it now!


Bordeaux, France
I'll be joined first in Bordeaux (for 5 days) by 6 in my group (you know who you are!!) so we can get over jet lag and do some sightseeing (and wine tasting!).  Then we head over to Castle Marouatte about an hour from there, to meet up with 8 more in our group.  Our Castle host is Miles Copeland III, music and entertainment producer, and I'm told he knows how to show folks a great time!


This is what my dining room looks like for now, as I plop down items I don't want to forget...just so I can pull some back out later, when I realize it won't all fit. (it never gets easier!)

WIFI permitting, I shall post photos from our trip while we're gone.  Wish you were coming!




Helen xoxo


Next overseas workshop is VENICE IN APRIL 2020
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Monday, June 18, 2018

A Recipe from the Past & a Castle in 2019!

(Be sure to read all the way to the bottom for a castle surprise!)

Yesterday, I looked through my many newspaper clippings for recipes for an upcoming dinner party. I stumbled upon some that had belonged to my mother-in-law (from 1970...almost 50 years ago!) and got a kick out of reading through them.  Here's one, just as a For Example:

The Graham Cracker Cake sounds easy enough to try!  
GRAHAM CRACKER CAKE

1 lb. box graham crackers, crushed fine.

4 eggs
2 c. sugar
2 c. pecans, chopped
2 c. raisins
1 c. milk
1/4 lb butter
1 Tbsp vanilla flavoring

Cream butter and sugar. Add milk and flavoring. Add crackers, raisins and pecans. Mix well.  Bake in well-greased cake pan for 1 hr or until done at 350 degrees.

My most astute readers will have noticed that, although the eggs show up in the list of ingredients, it doesn't mention WHEN to add them.  :)  

When would YOU add those 4 eggs??!!

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And listen to this...in 2019, I'm teaching at a castle in France!
And YOU can come with me!
Early Bird fees apply!
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Non-painting spouses are also invited!  Yay!




If 2018 is a better travel time for you, I still have 2 spots open in both my France and Venice workshops! You could even do them back-to-back!

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