They said, "No one would come!"

I dream daydreams. Most of them live short lives and then disappear but then there are dreams that linger for decades.
My sister and I would talked about ways we could pass our family recipes on to our children and grandchildren and that we "really should put together a family cookbook". Adding more fuel to the 'recipe dream'. It never happened as she passed away before she retired and we could not start our book.
Google arrived on the scene and everyone said, "no one would buy a cookbook when they could google it". They all said "No one would come!".

My 'field of dreams' would not die. I went back to my original recipe dream back in the 1970's where I dreamt I sold one recipe at a time from my Family Recipe Box. Each recipe would be designed by me with images from family stories of gardens, travel and history.
My idea was met with "No one will buy ONE recipe!" "No one will come!".

All too soon I hit the age of 70 years old and I was still daydreaming recipes. I was running out of time and needed to "BUILD and not worry about whether they will come or not!"
I started experimenting to see if my recipes would fit on the Zazzle.com postcards and after days of adjusting and designing I finally published my first recipes and a couple of months later someone bought ONE recipe.

I did the Granny Happy Dance!

My personal field of dreams went to the world stage and "the people came"! Now you can Google 'recipes GramaBarb' and you will find my recipes. Now Google works for me not against me.

The first three Recipe Postcards that sold are:
Lemon Recipe (2011)
to 1. CT
to 2. NY
to 3. Russia

Lemon Recipe Postcard by gramabarb

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A Town with Five Villages in Connecticut

My sister's Carrot Applesauce Cake Recipe went to East Windsor, CT. I wonder which of the 5 Villages the recipe is now residing?

1. Broad Brook is a village with a population of 4,069 according to the 2010 census.
Broad Brook's center show piece is the Broad Brook Opera House
photo-source

2. The Warehouse Point is the oldest village and is the home to 2 popular museums: The Connecticut Trolley Museum and the Connecticut Fire Museum.
The Connecticut Trolley Museum in East Windsor, is the oldest incorporated museum of it's kind in the country.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KE4jY_TxSJg
3. Scantic Village is where you will find the The East Windsor Academy Museum.
4. The Melrose Village was home to the Melrose School, now called the Melrose Library, is a one-room schoolhouse that was active until the early 20th century.
5. Windsorville Village you find it to be rural East Windsor
If you love trees this is the place for you :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4XRMNEuJk

Flying over East Windsor, CT and the Connecticut River we say farewell
(This hobbiest does a pretty good job of giving you an aerial view from RC airplane)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM4XRMNEuJk

Thank you for visiting East Windsor, CT with me.

The history of ancient Windsor, Connecticut, including East Windsor, South Windsor, and Ellington, p

The Town of Torrington, CT

We are going to stop for a little while in Torrington, CT because my Lemon Recipe first went here in 2011.

Lemon Recipe Postcard by gramabarb

What you will like about visiting Torrington is the interesting history. The Warner Theater will capture your attention and very quickly you will learn that it opened on August 19, 1931 as part of the Warner Bros. chain of movie theaters. It is ranked as #1 tourist attraction for Torrington and it is individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places (photo source Wikipedia)
Enjoy this short video tour of the restoration work of the Warner Theater http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcxnTfPEGbQ
The Warner Theater is part of the 56-acre Downtown Torrington Historic District where you can take a walking tour of 21 properties. I am very happy our Recipe Tour took us to this interesting town in Connecticut.