Kansas Beauty and God's Heavens

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One thing I love about living on a farm is the open space. Last night Mr. Phil was working on the corral, digging a trench so the water would run off. We received 3 1/2 inches of rain. Hmmmmmmm love it!!!! So will my garden. WE needed it so bad. Well another storm was off in the horizon and so the sky was opening up for us all to see all of HIS GLORY! You couldn't help but think about this verse. Beauty in the Kansas sky! Thought you might like to see what we saw.

The sky was even more pink than this.

Love the silhouette of the trees against the sky.

The clouds were dancing!

Mr. Phil and I walked the field to check on the little baby soybeans. They are looking real cute these days.

My grandkids found this tiny frog. They wanted you all to see him. He is not even a half of an inch long. A little cutie!

When I was a young girl in Alaska my Grandpa gave me a pond for all my frogs for my birthday. I would go all over to different ponds and collect tadpoles and little frogs like this and bring them back to my pond. Fun memory!

Yesterday was our middle son and his precious wife's 13th anniversary. We made them our favorite Nummy Chocolate Cake. I wish I could share a piece with you, but I CAN share the recipe! I have made this same cake ever since we got married.

Our Favorite Chocolate Cake

2 c. flour

2 c. sugar

1 tea. soda

2 sticks butter (a must)

4 T. cocoa

1 cu. cold water

1/2 c. buttermilk

1 tsp. vanilla

2 eggs

Hershey Chocolate Frosting

1 stick butter

4 T. cocoa

5 T. milk

1 tsp. vanilla

1 pound of powdered sugar

opt. 1 c. nuts

Sift flour and sugar together in large mixing bowl. In a saucepan, bring to boil the butter, cocoa and cold water; pour over flour and sugar. Add remaining ingredients and pour into a large rimmed cookie sheet; 10” x 15”. Bake 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

Last 5 minutes of cake baking time, make icing. In saucepan, bring butter, cocoa and milk to boil. Add vanilla, powdered sugar and nuts. Frost over cooled cake. A must: You need a cold cold glass of milk. Num! From the kitchen of Prairie Flower Farm

Have a wonderful summer day!