Grandma, is that for me?

I decided that I wanted to make a loaf of zucchini bread to have with my coffee in the morning.. so after I went swimming on Monday, and after I went to the garden center to buy a new flower, I drove through the countryside to stop at Burn's Produce Stand to get a zucchini and whatever else struck my fancy.  I got a bouquet of these flowers, 2 apples and 9 ears of corn, picked that very morning.  When I got home I realized that I forgot to get the one thing I went there for.. the zuke.  Sheesh.  

But these sunflowers have been bringing me joy every day! 

Story time.  SO.. I showed you the ripple afghan that I was working on.. and my youngest grandson kept looking at it and saying.. is that for me?  Well.. when he was born I asked my DIL if she'd like me to make a blanket for him and she said, no, she had plenty of blankets.  Well, he has mentioned that his brother had one and he'd like one.  SO.. I went "shopping" in my office (hoarding room) and found enough CottonTots yarn to start on a blanket for Caleb!  The other blanket was at a standstill until I receive a shipment of some other colors from KnitPicks, anyway.   

I'm doing a regular "neat ripple".  Lucy also has the pattern for the neat ripple on her blog - Attic24. 

Now a mini rant.  This is a wonderful yarn for baby and child projects.. and Bernat has seen fit to CANCEL SELLING THIS YARN!  Why is it that yarn companies have such a short attention span?  ::sigh::  Now I have to find a new "go to" cotton for kids projects.  Any suggestions? 

Luckily, I had an older zucchini here, so I was able to make my bread yesterday.  It fell a bit, but it's delicious!  

I added a cup of pecans that I broke into big pieces with my hands.  I cut this while too warm, but I had to test it out to see if it turned out, didn't I?  :-)  

Oh.. and my stop at the nursery was to get a "hardy hibiscus" - I saw one on my blog friend Teresa's blog CreativeMeAndLife.  Now this flower is part of our garden family.  The color name is "Granache".  I want to get a "Tie Dye" colored one like Teresa's.  

I'm off to go swimming today, maybe I'd better stop again at Burns Produce stand and actually get a new zucchini?  ((hugs)), Teresa :-)   Here's my favorite recipe:

TERESA'S VERY BEST ZUCCHINI BREAD

1 Egg

1/2 C oil

1/2 C brown sugar

1/2 C white sugar

1/2 tsp soda

1/2 tsp salt

1/8 tsp baking powder

1 tsp Mapeline

1/2 tsp vanilla

1 1/2 C flour

1 C grated zucchini

1 C chopped nuts (optional)

Mix all together, put in buttered or non-stick spayed loaf pan.  Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour.  Easy to double this recipe.  NOTE:  The Mapeline gives an extra depth to the flavor of this, but it does not make it taste like maple.