Phipps Holiday Magic Winter Flower Show and Light Garden Plus Dianne's Raspberry Cookie Recipe

Martin and Anna Karl sent us some pictures of the Phipps winter show.
Dianne Machesney gave me her recipe for Raspberry Almond Cookie and this is below the pictures.
Happy New Year to all!

Raspberry Almond Shortbread Cookies    

from Dianne Machesney, September 's dessert

2/3 cup sugar

1 cup butter, softened

1/2 tsp almond extract

2 cups flour

Raspberry jam

Preheat oven to 350.

Cream sugar, butter and extract for two minutes.   Add flour and beat two minutes.  Roll into one inch balls, press a thumbprint to hold jelly.  Put 1/4 tsp. jelly in depression.  Bake 14-18 minutes until edges lightly browned.

Let cool.  Glaze with 1 cup powdered sugar, 1-1/2 tsp almond extract, and 3 tsps water.

November Holiday Tour of Frick Mansion and Lunch

Holiday Outing - November 23, 2019

Garden club members toured the Frick mansion, beautifully decorated in the Victorian style.  Two decorations which stood out:

·      The base of the Christmas tree in the entry way to the mansion.  Instead of your typical tree skirt, it was more of a woodland scene.  Really cool to see.

·      The tree on the dining room table had ribbons leading to each place setting.  The tradition was that the guest would pull on the ribbon, and out of the tree would come a small gift for them.  

Following the tour, members were able to tour the greenhouse, on site, which had a large variety of different plants in it.

Everyone made their way to Cafe Notte, where we had a delicious lunch, and lots of good cheer and camaraderie.

Colleen thanked Denny for arranging the tour and lunch and wished everyone Happy Holidays. She also announced the first 2 programs for 2020:

·      In January, our own Dianne Machesney will be presenting a program on Butterflies.

·      In February, Roxanne from the Audubon Society will be presenting a program on gardening for difficult landscapes, primarily hillsides.

Denny arranged, here wirth Terrri

Victoria & Terri

Linda & Linda

One of the terrific guides 

Side entrance of Frick Mansion

Under the portico of main entrance

In the greenhouse, Mary Anne, Claudia, Dorothy

Same place, addition of Rose Mary

At Cafe Notte, L to R, Peggy, Jeanne, Debbie, Jane, Linda

Diana, Linda, Ellen, Linda, Denny

Janine, Chris, Andrea, Lynn

Marlow, Dorothy, Helen, Terry, Victoria, Nancy

Rose Mary, Claudia, Mary Anne, Colleen (Evan unseen, snapped picture)

May our lives be slow enough to follow the age-old and honorable occupation of plant watching. Happy Holidays!