Friendship Tea Time

Hello everyone,

Every teacup and saucer have a story. 

This teacup was given to me by a special friend.

When her father passed away, she inherited four 

vintage teacups that belonged to her late mother.  

I am so honored to be the new owner
 of this beautiful cup and saucer, and the
other three tea cups I will show you in
upcoming Tea Time posts.
They are fabulous.

This teacup was made in Japan. I love 

lusterware porcelain china, and I have

several lusterware teacups and saucers.

The romantic look of this beautiful teacup with a rose

inside the cup and a long strand of pearls pouring over 

the side onto the saucer.  The vintage crochet doily

was a gift.  We are still in the dark part of Winter,

and I love the frosted pine cones and my

little fir tree wrapped in burlap.

I found a little thought that matters.

Resolve to do a little reading every day, 

if it is but a single sentence.  If you

gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make

itself felt at the end of the year.

Horace Mann

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I hope you are having a delightful weekend.

I am.

Joyously.

Betty 

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Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It
Love of Home for Sunday at Home

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes

Savory Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup

Hello everyone, 

 Does this table setting look familiar?  

Yes, it is. I posted a Winter Soup tablescape

a couple of days ago. Go Here,

 And today I'm

posting my recipe for Savory Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup.

The ingredients on the breadboard are so colorful and healthy.

I serve this hearty soup with French bread covered with

Garlic and Parmesan cheese.

The barley is rinsed, and the parsley is
freshly picked from the herb garden. 

Fresh green onions and spices are ready to add to 

the crock pot.

This recipe yields 8 to10 servings.

Today I took my daughter and family

 some soup and bread so she could sit and watch football 

playoffs without having to get up and cook dinner. 

 I also froze a quart of soup for our dinner on another rainy Winter Eve. 

PRINT RECIPE

Savory Crock Pot Beef Barley Soup

by My Cozy Corner 

Easy recipe to cook in a Crock Pot. 

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 pounds boneless lean beef, cubed
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 3 (10.5 ounce) cans beef broth
• 6 cups water
• 4 stalks chopped celery
• 6 chopped carrots
• 6 chopped green onions
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 cup barley
• 1 teaspoon dried thyme

Instructions

In the skillet over medium heat, saute the beef in the oil for 5 minutes, or until browned. Stir in the salt, pepper and garlic powder and place seasoned meat in the crock pot. Add the broth, water, celery, carrots, green onions, parsley, and barley. Cover and cook on low setting for 6 to 8 hours, or until the vegetables and barley are tender. Add the thyme just before serving.

Details

Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 8-hour Total time: 8- hour 10 mins 
Yield: 8 to 10 servings

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Thank you for visiting, and I hope 

you enjoy the soup as much as

my family does.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to;

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It
Love of Home for Sunday at Home

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes

Winter Soup Tablescape

Hello everyone, 

It's raining again this week, and the forecast is for rain 

until late next week. During the rainy days 

I love having a crock pot of Winter soup cooking on low

all day long. I can serve soup for lunch or dinner.

The Green Cabbage Leaf bowls are perfect for soup.

The white square plate can hold a delicious slice of

French bread covered with garlic and Parmesan cheese. 

The little green Vintage glasses hold a beverage and one is used 

as a vase for fresh oregano, I picked from my herb garden.

This spot is where we love to eat our lunch or snacks.

The island divides the kitchen from the dining room.

Being retired for ten years, I  sometimes wonder

 how other retirees plan menus. Do you eat breakfast, 

lunch, and dinner? Do you have dessert in the evening?

Every day this island is a busy place. 

The Keurig coffee maker is on

the right side of the table setting. I prepare

afternoon snacks, and I serve buffet dinners 

from the island at family celebrations.  

You can see the back counter is my baking center. 

For handy reference, my collection 

of celebrity cookbooks stored next to the counter.

I love my kitchen and on rainy days

I am busy preparing goodies to share with you

and my family.

Bistro napkins completely cover the lap. 

 Black handled flatware, and black napkin rings 

add a casual look to my farmhouse kitchen tablescape. 

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Thank you for visiting today.

I would love to hear how you 

spend your retirement days.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to:

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It
Love of Home for Sunday at Home

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes

Yay! We had Snow.

Hello everyone,

This is the first snow since December 2013. It started

around seven in the morning and started raining at nine.

I walked outside in my PJ's and snapped these photos.

The angels are covered with the fluffy snow and 

I use the picnic table to gauge the amount of

snow falling in two hours. 

I haven't cleaned the garden yet. Hopefully,

 I can get outside sometime in the next couple of weeks and

clean up the grape vines and plant some bulbs. 

The garden decor is so beautiful covered with snow.

The blue bench is covered with snow, 

but a hint of blue paint is still showing through the snow.

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Later this week I'm going to be making some
 Beef Barley Soup to enjoy this weekend.
The drought is over in North California
for this year. It has been raining
for over four months steadily.
Thank you for visiting
Joyously,
Betty
Linking to

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It
Love of Home for Sunday at Home

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes

Easy Crock Pot Turkey Chili

Hello everyone,

Welcome to My Cozy Corner. This is my first post for

the new year. Hubby and I had a quiet New Year's

day. I made Turkey Chili instead of Black Eyed Peas.

Hopefully, the beans will bring us much good

luck in the months to come.

This Turkey Chili is so easy and delicious.

I changed the recipe a little bit because we had some 

leftover turkey from Christmas dinner.  And I wanted to

use it up.

I have two jars of salsa in my photo.  I could have added

more beans and used some of the extra sauce for liquid.

Or I could use Chicken broth.

I added one jar of salsa verde to the beans in my crock pot.

My granddaughters know I love tea towels, so for Christmas

they bought me this cute tea towel.

"Whisk me away" with a whisk on the bottom

of the tea towel. I love it.

Add Salt and Pepper, chopped onion and garlic powder.

The tea towel under the partridge in a pear tree is another

tea towel they gave me. 

One of my granddaughters is a Vegan, so I spooned out

a bowl for her before I added the chopped turkey.

I added the turkey leftover from Christmas dinner. 

Turkey hamburger is delicious also.

Put into the Crock Pot and turn on high. 

Stir occasionally until heated completely. 

This recipe is so easy and so delicious on a cold

wintery night. Serve with warm french bread and

a fresh tossed green salad and dinner is done.

Crock Pot Turkey Chili

4 cans cannellini beans or add more cans of beans for a larger quantity. 1 jar green salsa 1 pound package ground turkey or chopped fresh turkey.  1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder 1/2 cup, chopped onion Instructions Brown turkey in frying pan adding salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion. Place all ingredients in crock pot and cook on high.  When ready to serve turn on warm. Details Prep time: 30 mins Cook time: 30 mins Total time: 1-hour Yield: 6 servings

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Thanks for visiting today and I hope you are safe and warm

during this rainy weekend.

Joyously,

Betty 

Linking to:

Rustic and Refined for Dishing It and Dishing It

 The Dedicated House for Make it Pretty Monday 

Amaze Me Monday at Dwellings-The Heart of Your Home
Between Naps on the Porch for Met Monday
Tuesday Cuppa at Antiques and Tea Cups

Friends Sharing Tea at Bernideen's Tea Time Blog 

The Scoop at Cedar Hill Farmhouse 

Our Home Away from Home for Tuesdays at our Home

A Stroll Thru Life for Inspire Me Tuesday 

The Dedicated House for Before and After Wednesday

Savvy Southern Style for Wow Us Wednesday 

Katherines Corner for Thursday Favorite Things Blog Hop

Home and Garden Thursday at A Delightsome Life 

Between Naps on the Porch for Tablescape Thursday
Thoughts of Home at Poofing the Pillows

The Essence of Home for  Show Your Style Thursday

French Country Cottage for Feathered Nest Friday

Rattlebridge Farm for Foodie Friday and Everything Else 
 The Charm of Home for Home Sweet Home Friday

Ms. Toody Goo Shoes for Best of the Weekend

How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday~Anything Goes