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| "Ah! There is Nothing quiet so heavenly as the aroma of apple pie baking in the oven"!!! You are WONDERING what my connection IS with My Pies&Bears? WELL... there IS a Very Close Connection! I have the most beautiful apple trees AND my land is blessed with wild Blueberries and Blackberries, ETC... Do You THINK I get "Any of them"??? No I don't!!! AND the culprit is "Our Neighboring Bears"...They don't EVEN let me have enough for "One Apple Pie"... Or perhaps enough berries to make a Buckle or Tart...NOT Even do they leave me enough to sprinkle my cereal!!! Do I mind you ask??? "No I Don't"... I'm the one that moved into Their land AND although the apple trees "I Planted"... we are living in harmony here SO I'll buy my apples and berries from the farm in town and let my critters feast on my bounty... |
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| Apple Pie seems to be a Man Magnet... I have read that there ARE men that will not marry a women that cannot bake Apple Pie...Hmmm! LUCKY ME... I inherited the "Pie Gene" from BOTH sides of my parents family... My Mom was "THE BEST"!!! She made pies that would make men swoon... She came from a farm family in Northern Maine and My Grandmother was a Queen in Pie Kingdom. To visit her on Sunday was like a Living Heaven with pots of homemade goodies simmering on her wood stove and Kettles whistling for tea and the sideboard COVERED with about 4 different kinds of pies... She never skimped on quantity, she always had enough for sampling and EVERYONE was treated to taking one home... My uncle was the Lemon Meringue KING, No One got to touch HIS PIES, he claimed them the minute he passed through her door... |
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| Baker Bear comes Out of Hibernation the minute the smell of peeled apples fills the kitchen...BUT bring out the fresh ground cinnamon and nutmeg and He's put his apron&baking hat on... |
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| Can you read his mind??? |
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| Pies don't last long in my house... There are Bigger Bears Lurking behind me and my camera... Bigger Bears holding Large spatulas and holding Large Soup Plates so they Don't Miss a crumb... It's a bit "SCARY"... and at ANY Moment the pies are going to disappear from the scene!!! |
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| Little Baloo has his Apple Pie Smile on and has tied a cute little bib under his chin... He followed me home from a Disney Teddy Bear Convention one year... He was born in Germany and His Family is Steiff... |
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| When Bears are attending a Tea Party you can never use flowers... Proper etiquette for Bears is ALWAYS use Pinecones(Which ARE flowers! They are the State Flower of Maine)... This Basket and Milk Jug are Fabulous Finds from the early 70s when I found them on a Christmas Clearance table for a few dollars apiece... They are actually one of My Favorite Things... |
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| I Always Love using My Syracuse Brittany Cottage when serving pie... The colors of all our favorite pies are in these sweet dishes... The combo I LOVE most is Blueberry pie on the Brittany Cottage plate... The little blue shaded trees seem to POP Out at you with it's coordinating Berry... |
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| OK Ladies... The Pies are Missing in Action... BUT I do know their whereabouts... Although they've been carried off, out of sight, in an out of control environment of "MEN with Pie on the brains"(not a good thing)!!! |
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