Ulysses Butterfly

Ulysses Butterfly

Finding New things

OK followers here I am at last, you all know where I have been, yes , around the world and back again, courtesy of some marvellous Blogs.

I am starting to get fidgety as it is nearing that time again, you know

The Silly Season, when we all go all out to produce a never to be forgotten time, called Christmas. Of course out come all the fav recipes and so I thought before it all gets so hectic that I dont know which day it is, I'd let you into a little secret one of mine.

See this picture, it looks just like the usual Rum balls we all scoff too many of, so to make them in a way that I dont feel Guilty about them, here is my 1 carb favorite recipe for them. BTW thats the secret the 1 carb.

Think it came from a Low Carb website when I was trying to adhere to that sort of philosophy. I still do in a way.

Now here we go.

Rum Balls for a guiltless sweety!

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1 cup Almond Meal

1/2 cup Cocoa powder

2 tspns Butter (softened)

2 tbspns Powdered Erythritol, Xylitol ( from the Health Shops)

or other sugar Substitute. ( Not Aspartame derivitives)

1/2 tspn Vanilla essence

2 Tbspns Rum according to taste ( thats the good part) Hic!!

1/2 cup artificial Sweetener ( I use Splenda)

( Here I mix the Erythritol with the Rum to dissolve, as a bit gritty if just mixed in,)

Mix all ingredients.

Add Vanilla + Rum Can add a small amount water if needed.

( No more than 3 tbspns) Can add dried fruits or nuts if liked.

Roll into balls.

Roll in crushed nuts or Shredded Coconut.

Place in freezer till needed .

Makes Approx 17. Exactly 1 Carbohydrate.

Enjoy. !!

The key ingredient is the Almond Meal as it is not as fattening as the usual crushed biscuits that these are usually made with. Not to mention condensed milk

Have a look at this site for the Xylitol Im sure you'll never eat usual sugar again.

http://www.xylitol.com.au/ I've just ordered my next supply.

Well that's that. been meaning to do that for awhile but had to wait til I made some, so you can see what will be happening now, I'm taking a march on Christmas and having a bit of a time for myself right now with these Rum Balls Yum!

Having said that I went out to a morning tea with some friends on Sunday for homemade Scones and Jam And Cream. now that was naughty, but nice. The Tea house is out at the beach and is an old Railway Station house converted, but has all the old fixtures around very interesting and beautiful peaceful gardens all round.

That's Me and Maureen up there on left and Grace and I on the right.

Also I was enthralled to see the Ulysses Butterfly soaring away in absolute sunny grandeur in the wild like that. I have never seen one on the wing so to speak so was so happy.They are so beautiful and really a glorious brilliant foil blue with black wing tips. They are the Emblem of Queensland ,so quite appropriate to see them here. Look at my next blog for info on them. Of course in that theatre of natural bushland as it was, what else would you see but the Kookaburras of Australia, sunning themselves, sleeping on the ground( it is a National park with no predators) with their tummies held up to the sun., and resting in the trees. So natural so nature. Click on My Picasa on the right, and you will see my pics of the kookaburras as well as the girls and me.

Everywhere I go I see the beauty in all things natural and thank my Guardian Angels that I am able to do and see and even be able to be here to pass on and hopefully make someones day brighter. That is what I get from looking at all the wonderful blogs from around the world. Thank you to whoever thought of blogging, it is so informative and entertaining and a great way of everyone expressing their thoughts and I appreciate that others do this , it makes the World seem so compact so much so that you feel you could just reach out and touch the blogger you are looking at.
So on a Sunny Sunday when I was out in the bushland, blogging was not far from my mind as to be able to put this content in here. I hope you enjoyed my blog.

til next time.

Happy thoughts

as things are never as bad as they seem, and if you do worry , just look back some time later, and realise things never happened as you imagined it would. It really works.

Elizabeth XXXX

Finding New things

Hi all, or anyone who likes to blog.
Well here I am again. these are some Polymer clay Butterfly wings I have recently made folowing a Cindy Leitz Video.

, Jeez it takes me so long to get back here. I love looking at all the other blogs that I know, and of course I am always finding new things on them, so when I start off my day to blog, I find myself elsewhere and never where I should be!! Here !! LOL!!!
They, say nothing is new in the world, and they maybe right, but I can still always find something new to muse about.
Maybe thats just me, as I dont know everything LOL, and so its new to me what ever it is LOL again.
So what have I found today that has taken me away from where I should be and tranported me to another place to muse and have fun.
First I was looking at sewing machines, but no that didnt hold my interest, then I found, Mrs Art Doll Maker, and her look at Clip art and what a revelation. Wow if you want to find clipart this gal has got it, as well as a great blog.
Now ,see the great pic of me in my Christmas RedHatThank you Susan sent all the way from Virginia to me in Australia. See Susan and Mrs Art doll Maker in my Creative Others on the right side.
.Remember!!
The days go so fast that to keep up we have to do as much as we can, enjoy as much as we can, and be aware lifes too short to hold onto anything in the past that is not enriching our lives today.
Until I catch up with this again in my fast and furious life flying around like my friends the butterflies, have fun and Happiness.
Elizabeth.

Finding New things

Hi all, Its Strawberry time here and today I got a packet with the Biggest one I have ever seen. Just had to take a picture of it before I gulped it. It was at least 3inches across and nearly an inch deep and I only needed one! to fill the plate. They are very cheap here at present ,must be a glut, but I dont mind when they only cost about $1 50 bx, Was very tasty too.
Well it is quite a time since I have been here, and when I look at all the other blogs I am interested in I find everyone has been busily going along doing great things.
There have been some very sad things too and when I read all the heart wrenching things that happen to people , I thank God for my every day, and say a little pray for everyone else
I am so blessed to be able to do all I do and I try to give back in some way .
I have friends that need a bit of comfort and an ear to whisper in, and others that just need to be around some one, so I am there for them.
I have a great insight into people and maybe should have been a claivoyant, as can sometimes tell what some one is thinking or meaning without words.
Anyway my friends say I am a good listener, not that that means I am not a good talker, can have a good as yap as anybody, but I am not a gossip, and things never go past me. so I think that is a good trait.
I have a lovely daughter, one of 3 lovely daughters, who is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Councellor, and I know she has great insight into peoples needs too, and has great compassion for people. BTW She is Julia Verdigrisrose in my Creative Others links at the right hand side here.
Wow where did that all come from today.
Well what have I been doing?
Too many things, I bought some new curtains unexpectedly.
Came just out of the blue, went shopping for something else and came home with curtains instead. do you ever do that?I loved the ones I had but knew that someday I would like to change them to lighter c0lour , the colour of the walls in my lounge which would make the room look bigger and it sure does.
And I saved $60 at the sale so I think that was the motivation for them.
Anyway I am so happy about them.
Have yet to have many visitors to see what they think, but tomorrow my group comes for the polymer clay tuition so may get some comments then.
Am working hard to tut my students in polyclay and they are doing some nice work, so I must be doing something right!!
They will all be better than the teacher very soon. But isnt that what it is all about when teaching people things.
To see them take it all run with it and improve out of site from that first baby steps at the start.
I just love how that happens. I think I did really miss my calling and should have been a trained teacher, that would have been something, so I think I am lucky that I can now indulge my self by being a volunteer teacher of nice things. (Funny thing I had an older Bro and Sis who trained as teachers,) I think at the time they didnt think 0f me as one, but I know now that is what I like to do and as I say to my students who say I am a good teacher, I teach how I would like to be taught as to be able to understand, so as I said I must be doing something right .!!
Well I guess I have to go till next time I can find the time to be here , so until then take care and Find happiness
in what you love to do.

ElizabethXXXX

Finding New Things

Hi all

Here it is our First day of Spring in Australia, in the Southern Hemisphere, 1st of September to us, so I could not let the day go past. Maybe in the Northern Hemisphere we may seem upside down to you.

But like anywhere we all enjoy our seasons. cold or hot, I love all the changes as they come with all the different things we do.

Our Spring, a wonderful new time coming after a great past Winter, which was very mild here, the plants even start to come out early, as they cant make up their minds whether it is really their time when it seems so warm. I think, they think they had better wake up and catch up even tho we know it is really still Winter, it is confusing to see Spring plants out so early,but at last it is here for us.

We can put away the doonas and the wooly sox. Hurrah. I am in shorts and light blouse today.

This is a picture taken on Sunday 30th Aug, of my friend Chris and I , ,when we went to a Healing Expo in a beautiful garden setting, note the beautiful flowering trees in our picture, as you can see, the stalls were all set around this beautiful garden

The sun was shining and it was so warm. We had a lovely peaceful day , giving thanks to the Universe for our fortunate lives.

That day in the garden has set me up for the rest of the Spring , I'll remember how lovely it was to be there.

Spring will enhance the Butterflies,with it's warmth, so that new things will be found in my world and theirs.

Hope even if it is not spring in your part of the world you will still find things to

Soar with the butterflies

to make your day as happy as mine

Elizabeth.

Finding New Things

Hi again, Well I am having a great day of catching up. Wonder when I will get this much time again, but as you see by the pictures I have done some things lately.The first picture is of some ATCs that I have just sent off to a group in U.S A,. They are done with polymer clay objects on them.First one is of course Butterflies , and next is hearts.The theme was self, and as Polymer clay as you know is a fav with me and colour and Butterflies I did these. My base card is painted with 2 colour s of acrylics and sprinkled with embossing powder and heat gunned for texture. So there are the things I love Polymer clay, Colour and Texture. So I do hope the recipients love them as much as I do. I love doing these cards. The middle picture is of a small dolly dress hand towel I have just done for a friends B/day.It is a hand towel halved and gathered and sewn in to appear like a skirt. It has velcro tabs to hook over your oven handle and does look cute, as my friend has a red kitchen, hence the red dress. Hope you like it. I am going to do some in Xmas towelling for gifts too.

Well today I have had such a great time, altho very consuming, Finding new things at other blogs. I have found five new blogs to follow along with.There are some amazing beautiful things that people do on their blogs, and they are there to see and follow. I guess most people know that, but I am still blown away by all the marvellous things I see here.So take a look and enjoy.

Also I have taken a liking for Bhajis http://video.about.com/indianfood/Onion-Bhajis.htm that I had on my trip to Hayman and have been making them madly. Yummy. They are really only Onion Fritters made with Chick pea flour and spices but oh how nice , and easy too. So you see I am always

Finding new things every day of my life,

It's what keeps your mind fresh and happy. I'm sure.

Let those Butterflies swirl around you and show you the most enjoyable sights.

Go to these sites and have fun there.

http://speediebeadie.blogspot.com/

http://barbsgoodlife.blogspot.com/

http://circlingmyhead.blogspot.com/

Bye for now

Have a wonderful day like me

love and hugs XXXXXXX

Elizabeth.

Here where the sun shines on my life, and where I love to meet my friends.

Finding New things

Hi all again at last I am back here

Oh what a long time it seems, a month at least.

Naughty me

So much has happenened and I have been and done so much, just can't keep up.

The picture above is from where I probably left off my blog.

We had a Xmas in July party with our Red Hat ladies group.

What a marvellous day it was .

We are still talking about it.

It was the best one I had been to , considering I had never been to one before LOL.

But it was so good.

It was a Sunday morning when

we started off at our Convenors home. for morning tea, the left hand picture, some of the ladies.

We all went by cars up to our closest valley called the Eungella valley which is some miles out of town and passes thru a lot of small rural places, and rises up to the rainforest, but the going up part is called the valley.

However we stopped along the way in one small place that has a great Op shop where you can delve for ages and find all sorts of pre loved articles at good prices. Needless to say we all came away with booty.

I bought another Red hat !! and a lovely small handbag for a friends B/day, and a few small articles that took my fantasy.We arrived at the Gallery where the lunch was to be held and as you can see it was really set up for a Xmas celebration. The middle picture.

I have heard that some people dont think much of having Xmas in July as it may take away the usual meaning of Xmas. but where we live, it is an occasion as our Xmases are so HOT and it does seem not quite right to be having all that heavy Xmas food in the hot weather.

Most Australian these days opt for Salads and colds so its not too bad.

Anyway we had fun and that is what our Red Hatters are about.

I have met some lovely ladies with it too and that is what it is about.

Just last week I met 10 new people in one week.

I thought how amazing.

I was standing at the Checkout getting my groceries assembled when a man talked to me.

He was standing there with his wife and a friend.

Well they offered to take me home.

Must have looked like the typical old lady struggling along, altho I dont ever feel like that.

I travel by bus , so when he asked me where I lived and said a pity we go the other way, well I thanked him for the thought, they deciced to take me home anyway.

How lovely of them. I do manage well but it was a kind thought. Dont worry I looked hard at them to be sure! Pity you have to think like that these days isn't it?

So there are always more good people in this world than bad, so my faith in people is always as I think it is. Still good!!

The others I have met were at a little Art group who meet at a small cafe have lunch and do their things . One was doing Prudence Mapstone crochet knitting , one was embroidering a vest so lovely , patch work inside and wool handembroidery on the outside, and another was doing basket making and on the wall was the paintings of another gal who wasnt there but that is what it was all about paintings and craft on the walls.

I might get a picture of it some time.

I took my cloth dolls and my polymer clay to demonstrate and of course people who have not seen it are amazed what you can do with it. So now I am going to another Art group to show them and possibly get some more people interested in Polymer clay.

Apart from that, after the Xmas in July day, I went away on the plane to see my D Jacqui and family and had a ball for about 10 days down there, saw some friends that I do polymer clay with, down that way, and came home to teaching a new person some basics in polymer clay which we are back into next week.

So the right hand picture here is of some of the ladies enjoying or day out.

Whacko for next year I'll be there weather and health permitting.

LOL. Merry Xmas.

So this is where I leave off and will be back soon as I still have a lot to say to catch up.

That's me tho, cant keep me down.

When I fly with my Butterflies I really fly.

Bye for now

Love and kisses

Elizabeth