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The Other Laura’s Post-Cardamom Bread

My online buddy, the other Laura, posted a recipe for Cardamom Braid Bread, and I had to try this! So this post is for you, Laura!

Cardamom Bread

The above photo shows the braids after the first rising, but before the second.

Cardamom Bread

The milk and sugar were brushed on in the photo above, and the braids are ready for baking.

Cardamom Bread

Hubby and I couldn’t wait to try this bread!

Cardamom Bread

Fresh baked and smelling so good!

Cardamom Bread

This recipe is not difficult to do at all! I had an enjoyable morning bread baking.

Cardamom Bread

Thanks so much, Laura!

A Stroll in the Garden

The journey is never ending. There’s always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what’s right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment. -Antonio Brown

Hyacinth

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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die. -Plato

Grape Hyacinth

Growth is the only evidence of life. -John Henry Newman

Grape Hyacinth

There are no great limits to growth because there are no limits of human intelligence, imagination, and wonder. -Ronald Reagan

Crabapple

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. -Benjamin Franklin

Tulips

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. -George Eliot

Transparent Apple

Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. -Gail Sheehy

Walnut

Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. -Viktor E. Frankl

Balsam Arrowroot

Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth. -Susan L. Taylor

Pear

Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots. -Frank A. Clark

Grecian Windflower Anemone

Sometimes we may ask God for success, and He gives us physical and mental stamina. We might plead for prosperity, and we receive enlarged perspective and increased patience, or we petition for growth and are blessed with the gift of grace. He may bestow upon us conviction and confidence as we strive to achieve worthy goals. -David A. Bednar

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!

A Stroll in the Garden

“Keep your face to the sun and you will never see the shadows.” -Helen Keller

Daffodil

“Some people are so much sunshine to the square inch.” -Walt Whitman

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Daffodil

“O, Sunshine! The most precious gold to be found on earth.” -Roman Payne

Daffodil

“Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.” – Thomas Mann

Daffodil

“Just living is not enough… One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.” – Hans Christian Andersen

Narcissus

“Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.” -Anthony J. D’Angelo

Narcissus

“Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day.” -H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

Forsythia

“A good laugh is sunshine in the house.” -William Makepeace Thackeray

Forsythia

Stay safe. Stay healthy.

See the world around you!