Tasha Tudor Day and Chocolate Cherry Scones Recipe

   Today I was remembering Tasha Tudor and the love of tea that her and I both share.  I thought I'd make a cup of my favorite brew, Twining's Irish Breakfast then I remembered that it would be better with my special, steaming hot , fresh scones, so I skipped over to the chicken coop, got my fresh eggs and voila!  Here is my very own  recipe that I make when I want something special.  They're fantastic, so indulge darlings!

       Lip Smacking Cherry Scones  
              

 1 1/4 C all purpose flour

3T Sugar, 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1/4 tsp. salt

6 T chilled butter cut in 1/2" cubes

1/2 Cup chopped dried tart cherries

1/2 Cup buttermilk, 1 Large Egg

1 tsp. grated orange peel, 2 tsp. vanilla

Grease baking sheet.  Preheat oven to 400.

Mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a bowl.  Rub in butter with fingers until pea sized.  Stir in cherries.

Whisk buttermilk, egg, vanilla and orange peel in small bowl.  Add to flour mixture and stir just until dough forms.  Flatten to a 6 inch round circle on baking sheet and cut into 8 wedges.  Bake at 400 for 15 min.

Melt a few tablespoons of semi sweet chocolate and pipe over cooled scones using a Ziploc bag or pastry bag. 

My Hungarian Gypsy Intuition

Sensitivity runs in my family's Hungarian heritage.  My Grandmother Yulishka and my Aunt Anita passed on the gift of intuition to me.  Many a stormy night Aunt Anita and I sat before our crystal balls telling of one another's futures .  It is in those moments with my Aunt Anita that I was able to share my deepest intuitive feelings and be truly understood and accepted .  One has to guard such gifts with great secrecy.  My  beloved Grandmoma Yulishka carried the gift but kept it well hidden in her beautiful heart of gold.  I loved her with all of my heart and soul.

My little friends

I love to wake up and tend to my orchids.  They are like little friends of mine waiting for me to greet them and nourish them.  Flowers and plants bring such happiness and clarity to a home.  They energize their surroundings with a luminescence  and fine tuned energy.  Misting them seems to raise their energy levels too.  I have always loved orchids.  The first orchid I ever received was from my father as a corsage for a violin solo I played in the orchestra.  I was captured by it's otherworldly beauty.  And to this day, when I come across and orchid, I pause and am stunned by it's beauty.  Fill your home with beauty.  Let it be a place of comfort to return to on a difficult day .