Comments on: The Gift of Flowers

By: tori

tori — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:22:32 +0000

Love you, Judy Nelon!

By: Judy Nelon

Judy Nelon — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:28:13 +0000

Tori, YOU are one of a KIND. I love you and your family dearly. Thanks for sharing.

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:45:07 +0000

Thank you so much! I’m gonna try it. I remember that it had Cool Whip and I think Eagle Brand…so this might be it! I know I printed that recipe when I made it but I can’t find it anywhere. Thank you so much for looking! I figure you can’t go wrong with strawberries and anything called “pudding” anyway!

By: Shella

Shella — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 19:17:56 +0000

Hi, auburn60. I looked for your strawberry pudding recipe in old Homecoming Magazines, but couldn’t find it.

This is a “long shot,” but here is a recipe for Strawberry Pudding that was Posted 2-19-11 on absolutelygospel.com by Diana Brantley, http://blog.musicscribe.com:

Strawberry Pudding
2 quarts of strawberries
1 box of vanilla wafers
1 large carton of Cool Whip
1 can Eagle Brand milk
1 8 oz. container of sour cream

Cut up strawberries and pour enough water over to cover in a bowl – you may add sugar or Splenda for a sweeter flavor (or keep it natural). Mix together the Cool Whip, sour cream and Eagle Brand milk. In a very large bowl or deep rectangular dish place a layer of vanilla wafers (half the box), cover with half of your strawberries and juice, then half of the Cool Whip mixture. Repeat the 3 layers. Chill before serving.

– from D. Ann Bailey

YUM!

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 00:20:11 +0000

Here’s a question for Bloomr Nation having nothing to do with flowers, BB, Cabbage Patch kids or where Carolyn and David should live: Does anyone have a recipe for strawberry pudding? Specifically, the recipe that ran in Homecoming Magazine several years ago? I made it once and Matt is asking for it again and I CAN’T FIND IT! Maybeee it was a Gloria Gaither recipe, but I’m not even sure about that. All the similar recipes I’ve found on the internet aren’t exactly as I remember it. Maybe Linda (food porn) B. tried this one? It involves strawberries (DUH) and vanilla wafers and it’s layered. Any help appreciated.

By: tori

tori — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:59:28 +0000

bettyrwoodward: Hey, Don’t be so sure you won’t see BB– you guys have been known to jump the pond and show up in Tennessee!

rachelbaker: I’m going to hold you to that–and we can have tea with that adorable Union Jack teapot you gave me!

TheCruzanFamily: WELCOME! (And honey, you are going to have to try a whole lot harder than this in order to be considered weird stalkers– I could tell you stories…) Seriously, so happy to have you join us here at ‘Bloomr Nation, and hope you become a regular. Chesapeake Bay, huh? Sounds WONDERFUL. I’ll say hi to Russ or you– and happy anniversary!

Sheryl: It was REALLY CREEPY! And the funniest part was that we honestly had no idea what we were in for– the first sign we saw just said something like “Babyland- Come and see dolls being born” and didn’t even mention Cabbage Patch kids. Madi said, “How do they birth DOLLS?” and thought it would be funny to go see what they were talking about… And that’s when we went down the rabbit hole.

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 22:55:52 +0000

Welcome back! Thanks for the laugh of the day with the Cabbage Patch experience. You have to wonder at the end of the day if those people go home and continue to live out their roles – that’s what’s really frightening!

By: TheCruzanFamily

TheCruzanFamily — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:07:33 +0000

Tori,

Your post was very interesting, and makes Bell Buckle sound charming. My wife and I stumbled onto your blog really by accident. We are on vacation (20 year Anniversary) in VA sitting on the Chesapeake Bay listening to your husbands music (the early stuff Imperials / Medals / Way Home) and we wondered what he was up to. Super glad to see that life is going well…Not weird stalkers, just huge fans!

God bless

By: rachelbaker

rachelbaker — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 19:33:11 +0000

One day I’m just going to hop on a plane or two and you’ll look out your window and see me dozing on tour porch!!

By: bettyrwoodward

bettyrwoodward — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 07:04:36 +0000

It’s good to have you back. Glad to see that you are back in the land of blogging. Bell Buckle sounds and looks wonderful. I doubt we’ll ever see it but who knows! I don’t think I fancy all those cabbage patch kids around either.

By: tori

tori — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:49:39 +0000

auburn60– Yeah, I’m trying to talk them into it… And you KNOW you have a standing invitation to porch-sit, et al. (I wonder if your freaky flying bugs are what they call
“no see ‘ems” in Vermont? They definitely leave big lumps.)

By: auburn60

auburn60 — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 00:18:08 +0000

I actually think Carolyn and David should take up residency for at least a few months out of the year. First time I ever saw David he was comfortably ensconced on the porch…looking very happy. And I did not get ANY porch-sitting time when I was there so, you know, maybe in the Fall when it’s not so freaking HOT. I have something I need to bring you so I’ll just invite myself. A-hem. And lest anyone think you made some kind of spelling error, yes, I (Alyson) was there at the same time as ALLYSON. We had some discussion as to who is the ORIGINAL , but I think she has to concede to me as I am…oh…30 years older than she is.

I actually have 2 perfectly good, old, Southern porches attached to my house but lately I get bitten by some freaky, flying bug every time I attempt porch sitting and end up with huge,swollen lumps on my face that turn purple. Yeah. And they’re not mosquitos. So I’ll leave you with that image.