Blues...Berries and Blooms

For Father's Day, I made Hubby one of his favorite desserts. As you can see, I made it early, but he can enjoy it all weekend long.

Usually, I make it with peaches or strawberries, but this time, I used blue berries...one of his favorite fruits.

This is an easy-peasy recipe that's been around for a long time.
Some of y'all have probably made it before. But, just in case you haven't, here's the recipe:

Easy Fruit Cobbler

2 cups fruit ~ any kind. It can be canned peaches, or any frozen or fresh fruit of your choice.
1 cup self rising flour 
1 cup sugar
1 cup milk
1/4 cup butter

Directions:
Preheat oven to 325 deg.  Melt butter in a 9x9 baking dish.
Mix the flour, sugar and milk together, and pour into the baking dish over the melted butter.
Sprinkle the fruit over the top. Do not stir.
Bake for about 1 hour, or until golden brown.

Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

Note: If you're like me, and want a big pan of cobbler, just double the ingredients and use a 9x13 pan. 

Since I'm joining Kathryn@The Dedicated House for Anything Blue Friday, here are a couple of other blue things around the house.

I'm so thrilled to have some hydrangea blooms to cut this year, that I put them in a big pitcher on my bedside table...so I can see them when I go to bed and when I wake up. :)

I also added a few Baptisia pods and leaves. The Baptisia flowers were finished a few weeks ago, but I think the pods are pretty too, and like to add them to arrangements.

One other blue is in the guest bath.

Here's a blue dish holding one of the guest soaps that I received in the goodie bag at the bloggers brunch, and a blue vintage vase, with gardenias from the front yard. 

This is one of the gardenia bushes by the front door; and it wasn't even fully in bloom when I took the pic. 
It was so full of blooms this year, some of the branches were on the ground. 
We have an even larger one in the back yard, so everywhere you walk, you get that lovely gardenia fragrance. I'm lovin' it. 
Sorry, I know I'm bragging, but we've had such bad growing conditions for a couple of years, this year our yard looks so much better. Yay!

Hope y'all have a great weekend, and Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there.

Hugs,
Babs

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