Karey's Overflow

'Overflow' refers to me having a wide variety of things I do, from writing, to daily living of a wonderful life, and art work.

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Name: Karey
Location: Colorado, United States

I garden at 8000 feet, cook from scratch, needle felt, read books continually, study history and epistemology, write daily, contemplate spiritual theology, and pursue heirloom arts. I love to paint pictures of living beyond maintenance -- living creatively, discovering beauty in everyday ordinary things. I've been happily married to Monte, who is a geologist, for a long time and still very much in love, even after raising a family and building two houses. Our children are our best friends. Heather is newly married to Bill. Travis, a minister of the fine arts, is married to Sarah. And Dawson is in college. I naturally live first-hand and have recently realized that this is how we educated our children and ourselves. I love to learn about everything, teach, and work with my hands. I love my home, but my life has overflowed -- as a teacher, radio/conference/retreat speaker, author, and most recently as a MOPS mentor. Kareyswan.com is an ideal way for me to share my overflowing life with kindred spirits and those hungering to move beyond maintenance -- to be known by who they are, not just by what they do.

Saturday, October 11, 2008

Squash Seeds and Apples

We're about off for the 2nd son's (Eric) college football game a couple hours away and we leave from there for Monte's parents.

Supper was on time bake while we visited some apple orchard 'stores'. So many apple samples, so many varieties of tastes you'd never imagine existed. Lots of heirloom types too. There's lots of abandoned apple trees on Scott and Chris's land. I was wondering if there's a DNA testing for apples. Some could have even got their start from Johnny Appleseed, who traveled the countryside and people wanted to hear his story-telling.


Supper? Chris cooked up butternut squash she got bulk of at the weekly Amish market. It was so good. But so much seeds! I can't throw them away. I almost always rinse off the seeds, put them in a small amount of water in a saucepan with a bit of salt and pepper, usually garlic and onion powder, but then anything could be added. Boil them almost dry and the seasoning penetrates. Then because the oven's usually been on, I just spread them on a cookie sheet and let them dry in the oven. The finally to our pork chops over potatoes, squash and salad meal was an apple pie. Great Fall meal.

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