Ingrid, very lovely photos of your garden, again, garden shots as well as the close-ups! The first photo is my favorite with OLOG and the statice plant and the column. OLOG is still my favorite modern rose and I am glad to see her doing well in your garden, too. May I ask the rose in the second photo, what variety is that? I was guessing it is Burgundy Iceberg?!

Please help years ago my dad had some 'beer seed' you added water and suger in large jar and was so good

Thanks! DH and I don't drink but love Christmas food goodies. I never wanted to experiment with a fruitcake unless I knew it would turn out good.

Glad you found it. I saw some similar recipes that said to serve it cold or put an ice mold in or something and was wondering if it could just be served warm. Sounds extremely sweet but does sound interesting. I used to drink some of the Jell-O "juice" when making Jell-O and it was tasty so I'm sure this would be great on a cold night. Should be easy to modify for different flavors too. I used a small 3-ring binder for recipes for a long time too. Worked well. Some pages were handwritten, some typed, some were clippings taped onto a blank sheet and it had hand made section dividers. Still works well and being the smaller size it used 1/2 sheets of paper and was not clumsy at all. I need to transfer the best recipes into the computer someday. Then back it up. It'll happen.... someday.... maybe.