It’s hard to believe that Fall is upon us with today being the first day of Autumn. The trees haven’t colored up much yet, but the show will start soon with their bright colors of red, orange, yellow, and yes brown.

I’ve been out early this morning refilling the hummingbird feeders. They are still around and are on their migration so activity is brisk. Now if only I could get the little creatures to be good and share without the constant bickering over who gets the feeders.

(Close your eyes Suzi) It’s also that time of year for all things involving pumpkin and pumpkin spice. Pies, cakes, breads, lattes, whatever you can think of to add those spices to warm the palette and the tummy. I feel in the mood to make something today. Overcast, chance of rain, seems like a perfect day to putter in the kitchen. But who knows, that mood might soon pass and I will be on to something else.

Whatever you have planned for the day, try and spend a moment of it out in nature. It won’t be long before the cold winds start blowing and the earth loses it’s vivid colors and sleeps for a bit.

A nap sounds good too for the day. Maybe I will try and squeeze in both.

I could be unstoppable, if I could just get started! Morning bloggers, it’s another Monday and you know the drill.

For today I chose the song “Unstoppable” (by Sia), from the Wonder Woman movie. Nope, I haven’t seen the movie, but the video makes me tempted to look it up.

Feel free to post a song for today for Music Monday.

A Nation’s Strength

What makes a nation’s pillars high
And its foundations strong?
What makes it mighty to defy
The foes that round it throng?

It is not gold. Its kingdoms grand
Go down in battle shock;
Its shafts are laid on sinking sand,
Not on abiding rock.

Is it the sword? Ask the red dust
Of empires passed away;
The blood has turned their stones to rust,
Their glory to decay.

And is it pride? Ah, that bright crown
Has seemed to nations sweet;
But God has struck its luster down
In ashes at his feet.

Not gold but only men can make
A people great and strong;
Men who for truth and honor’s sake
Stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep,
Who dare while others fly…
They build a nation’s pillars deep
And lift them to the sky.

William Ralph Emerson

Labor day and Jimmy Buffet, just seem to go together. RIP Jimmy.

I picked this song for today’s Music Monday because it reminded me of the time we are in now. Summer is winding down, schools are getting back in session, and the sound of cicadas are in the air in the evening. A sort of melancholy time of year to go with this melancholy sort of song. Have a good Monday folks!

I don’t where I have been that I haven’t heard this group before this past week. I am obsessed with their music now, especially songs from their first album Lonesome Dreams. I’m including some songs here for today’s Music Monday. Crank up the volume and sit back and relax. Feel free to join in and post your own favorite tunes to get this week off to a good start!

Another start to a new week. Hope it is a good one for everyone. Just a bit of music for this Monday to get the day rolling. Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post it on your blog for Music Monday.

It’s Monday, time for more music to start the week off with! Have a favorite song? Feel free to post it on your blog for this Music Monday!

Have a good week-end!

Well I did it. I finally got around to trying a cake recipe that more one person has gushed about. The cake its self is known by many different names. “Better than sex cake”, “Better than Brad Pitt cake”, “Butterfinger cake”, etc., etc.

There is also different versions of the cake with some recipes calling for a yellow cake mix. Some call for a fudge cake mix, or German chocolate. Some recipes use crushed Butterfinger candy bars, and some recipes call for using Heath candy bars. I came across one recipe that even suggested sprinkling on chocolate chips before baking and the chips are supposed to melt and sink towards the bottom to create a bit of a chocolate crust.

But the premise of the cake recipes are pretty much all of the same.

Mix up and bake a cake mix according to directions in a 9 x 13-inch pan.

Allow the cake to cool slightly or completely, again depending on which recipe you are following.

Using the handle of a wooden spoon, pokes holes all over the top of your cake.

Drizzle on a half or full can of sweetened condensed milk.

Drizzle on a jar of caramel topping.

Crush your candy bars into fine pieces, and sprinkle on top of the cake.

Spread whipped cream or a carton of cool whip on top and garnish with more crushed candy pieces.

Allow to chill for several hours or overnight.

The Verdict:

Nope.

Will not make it again.

I do not see the hype.

It was a cloyingly sweet cake that resulted in a concoction of sugar overload.

Too much sugar in any recipe will render the recipe of having little taste except for sugar and this is one of those recipes.

Sorry fans of this cake, I am not one.

Minus the one piece that I tried the rest of the cake was tossed into the freezer for me to try and pawn off on the next unsuspecting visiting relative.

By all means, try the cake yourself. Whether you think it’s better than sex, is up to you.