Look to the Sky

My husband and I picked our grandkids up from camp last week in my husbands car. His car is not as kid friendly as mine, which means no DVD players for the kids to watch movies. So, we played the game, "What shapes do you see in the clouds?". Luckily there were actually clouds in the sky that day. I shared with the kids that when I was a kid I loved laying in the grass in Ohio and play that game. Clouds can look beautiful and scary, and sometimes both at the same time.

 I was looking back at my iCloud pictures (no pun intended) and noticed all the cool cloud and sky pictures we have taken over the years. I thought I would share some in this post. Most are of the Texas sky, but I do have some from the air and from states across the country.

We have pictures from Sunrise to Sunset, cloudy and clear, even some with rainbows and balloons. It is always nice to just sit back and look at the sky and marvel in its beauty.

A sunrise outside of our hotel room in Fort Worth the morning after an awesome Paul McCartney concert.

A sunrise from our hotel balcony in St Augustine, Fl.

A storm coming in while we were visiting  our son in Arizona.

Texas storm clouds in our neighborhood.

More Texas storm clouds in our neighborhood.

Yes, more Texas storm clouds in our neighborhood.

Storm rolling in at Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

Yep, more Texas storm clouds in our neighborhood.

A beautiful Texas blue sky, no clouds to be found.

A common site around our house, hot air balloons in a blue sky.

This balloon is literally at my front door.

A beautiful full moon in a cloudless sky.

Beautiful Florida Clouds.

Afternoon Texas Rainbow. There is not a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.

 Looks more like a porta pot to me.

We were flying above a storm in Ohio.

More Ohio clouds from the air.

Cool clouds on my drive in our neighborhood.

This was a very cloudy day in Pensacola, Fl where we saw the Blue Angels practice. Because it was so cloudy they flew very low and put on a great show with a beautiful cloud backdrop.

Love the clouds at Sunset.

We love to go out on the golfcart in the evenings and take sunset pictures.

This was not our normal red sunset. Love the yellow.

All beach sunsets are beautiful.

Love the color in the clouds.

Cool color and clouds in this neighborhood sunset.

The clouds on the bottom almost look like mountains.

I took these from my backyard and they are my favorites. The top clouds in this picture looks like smoke.

The red in this picture is striking like the clouds are on fire.

How can you not be amazed by the beauty?

I hope you found this post calming and relaxing. Mostly I hope it reminds you to stop every now and then, look to the sky and enjoy its wonderment.

My Spin on Ice Cream Sandwiches

 Many years ago while on Weight Watchers I found a recipe for fake ice cream sandwiches. You used graham crackers and fat free or lite Cool Whip. You take two squares of crackers and put a few tablespoons of Cool Whip in between them. You put them in a freezer safe container and put them in the freezer. When frozen the Cool Whip tastes like vanilla ice cream.

Because the graham crackers are more WW points than I wanted to use, and they were really small, I wanted to find something else for the outside of my ice cream sandwich. I found the perfect replacement, Vanilla Pizzelles! They are only 1 point each, they are large and they are delicious. They also come in different flavors. I can't eat chocolate, or else that would have been my first choice. 

These pizzelles came in 4 packs of 8. You can make 4 ice cream sandwiches from one pack. You get 16 sandwiches per package.

I bought this brand from Target

So, you take two Pizzelles, load a couple of table spoons of Cool Whip on one and put the other Pizzelle on top. You can put as much Cool Whip inside of them as you want, I am just trying to keep the calories and points down. You also can use original Cool Whip, Lite or Fat Free. I use the Lite. 

A Pizzelle Cool Whip "Ice Cream Sandwich"

I also made a zero point banana ice cream. You put 4/5 med ripe bananas in a food processor, add half of the inside of a vanilla bean and 1/4 cup FF milk. Once it is completely blended, you pour it into an ice cream machine. I put the banana ice cream in between two pizzelles for a banana ice cream sandwich.

A Pizzelle Banana "Ice Cream Sandwich"

A few weeks ago I went a little crazy on this theme for my Granddaughter. She spent the night with us and for breakfast the next day I made her Confetti Waffles. I had a waffle left over, so I took the waffle and broke it into the four sections, put Cool Whip on one quarter section, covered it with another section, so I had two made, and then froze them. You can drizzle melted chocolate on them before you eat them.

A Confetti Waffle Cool Whip "Ice Cream Sandwich"

 My Granddaughter loved her waffle ice cream sandwich.