Guest Writer - Nyla!

Hi Everyone!  Today, my daughter Nyla is my Super Special guest writer!  She is going to talk about her book, Dog Moments.



Dog moments is my dog book and I cut the pictures out of magazines. It also has fun facts about dogs! My book is great! Thanks to Dodger and Martine for inspiring me.

I hope you like it. Love Nyla


Nyla just loves her "guys" I think its so awesome that she wrote a book about them!  She let me "check out" her book from her library, I have to return it by Monday or I have to pay a late fee.  After that, its available for you to check out.

As always, thanks for stopping by! xxxxooo Michelle

Mangos Oh My...

For years we've been waiting for this moment!  We planted Mango trees on our property in Costa Rica so many years ago.  The dream of  picking the fruit off the tree seemed like it would never happen.

One day we got a call saying there was a fire we lost all our trees but thankfully not our home, so we re-planted them, other times when we returned the irrigation got chopped up or stomped on by cows and we nearly lost them due to lack of water.  But for the past few years we heard, "Wow, your mango trees have tons of delicious mangos!"

Well this time, they fruited, we were there and we finally got to eat them!  YAY!

It might seem silly to some to be so in love with a tree but we are...I mean how could you not be when they feed us?

So I spent alot of my time hangin in my hammock and admiring our mango trees...

The squirrels look so different than our squirrels in the US

I couldn't talk about our mango trees without sharing a couple of our favorite recipes.

I'm all about simple recipes and these are about as simple as it gets! 

These are Nyla's favorites and we eat them from breakfast to desert in the states or Costa Rica.  (it really is sweeter when you can pick them from your tree rather than buying them from a chain supermarket).

Nyla loves mangos when their green.

Green Mango Slices 

(sorry no picture, they always got gobbled up so quick)

Cut unripe mango into slices.

Sprinkle with salt

A Squeeze of lime juice

Mango Brulee

Cut mango in half and remove the pit

Score each half 

Add honey or sugar

Sprinkle with cinnamon

Bake or Broil 

(depending on how ripe your mangos are determines which and how long - if super ripe just broil)

We used home-made honey given to us by our neighbors.  Thanks Steve and Cindy!

Enjoy and go hug a tree today, they really love that!! xxxxoooo Michelle

I snuck away...

Ok this was a spur of the moment sneak away, and since I was in a rush I forgot to tell you...we went to Costa Rica.  I kept thinking...I'll get to use the Internet at some point but that just didn't happen.  So while we were gone we enjoyed life without Internet, phone & tv.  Now that I'm back, I'm having a real hard time getting back in the blogging grove or even turning on the computer.

Our days were empty but full of just what we needed. Here are a few pictures to show you what I mean...

Nyla and Makayla having some "calm" hammock time (boy they can really do some crazy flips and stuff, who knew a hammock could also be an amusement park ride!)

My favorite church in Costa Rica...I just love it!

There will be more I promise I just have to stop daydreaming.  Hey, I really appreciate you stopping by! My blog door is always open for you!  

 :) xxxxooo Michelle