Now that’s one jam packed muffin!! Oh and yes, I lived through my first ( and possibly last! I hope not!! ) Merritt Mountain Music Festival! Hopefully they keep the music going for next year, as this was the 17th annual one and they are possibly canceling it next year due to, what else, money. But I’ve heard that they may have found a sponsor for it which is great!

After a weekend of sitting in a river all day and listening to music all night I needed to come home and bake something! Also, a friend of mine, also named Alysha, is coming to visit tonight and I thought some muffins for tomorrow morning’s breakfast would be good, since I work at 9.

I have been away these past two weekends, last weekend in Merritt, and the weekend before I had gone to Osoyoos. When we were driving home from Osoyoos (With a FULL tank of gas.. oh yes there’s a story! note to self: do not almost run out of gas in the middle of the forest near Manning Park – with bears – driving to Osoyoos and have to pull over a park ranger to follow you to the next gas station just in case you don’t make it – Mom!) Where was I? Oh yes, on our way home from Osoyoos with lots of gas, we stopped in Keremeos, The Fruit Stand Capital Of Canada! We brought home a few zucchini’s, squash, cherries, potatoes, apricots, apples, raspberry syrup..mmm…so I’ve had these large zucchinis and cherries lying around and this morning I thought I would put them to use. Don’t they look good together?? (more…)