October 5, 2013

  • Dessert Under the Stars

    Sometime during the spring, a storm blew a tree down in our front yard. The boys worked many hours lopping off all the branches and hauling them to a brush pile. Then Dean's brother sawed the trunk into sections, but the stump still clung onto the roots which hadn't broken in the storm. Last week the boys started burning the stump and have had great fun building fires and watching a hole appear where roots once were.

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    Last night we decided that the fire would serve triple duty. We had several boxes of old receipts that we wanted to get rid of and instead of burning up a shredder, we burned the receipts. Since we had a fire going we decided to make mountain pies.

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    I had a can of pie filling in the cupboard and we dug the pie makers out of the shed and got them cleaned up. They've been there for a while so they were very dusty.

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    Two pieces of buttered bread, a nice scoop of pie filling, close the lid and pop it all in the fire. Several turns so it gets nicely browned on each side and dessert is served.

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    After all the paper was burned and everyone had dessert, we sat and watched the smoke rise towards the stars. We talked until past bedtime and then slowly made our way towards the house. Dessert, burned receipts, and family time all from the burning of an old stump. I guess that wan't triple duty but quadruple duty.