About Virginia Wright

VIRGINIA WRIGHT (born Virginia Brown) is an American multi-genre best-selling author, award-winning illustrator, and nature photographer born and raised in Maine. As an artist, the cover Wright designed for Steampunk Alice by Dennis Higgins won the AUTHORSdb Gold Award (2014). She won the AUTHORSdb Silver Award (2016) from Timothy the Christmas Mouse Coloring Book. Crying Bear ranked #1 Amazon Best Seller in Children's Bear Books (2016). Buzzzzzzzz What Honeybees Do, ranked #1 Amazon Best Seller in three categories (2016). Buzzzzzzzz What Honeybees Do is the AUTHORSdb Cover Contest Bronze Award winner (2018), in the Education category. Ayuh, Another Downeast Cookbook ranked #2 Hot New Release Best-Selling in New England Cooking, Food & Wine (2018). As a multi-genre writer, Virginia's WIP is currently a romance novella. Besides writing, in her pastime, when she isn't spending time with her husband, Virginia is a foodie and restaurant reviewer. She enjoys sifting through old recipes and photographing everything she cooks and eats. She is also a nature photographer and a mixed media artist; she gets her ideas for her illustrations through inspiration that she gathers from the nature that surrounds her, which is ever-present in her designs.

EASY! Pickled Eggs Recipe

How to make delicious pickled eggs in a few simple steps.

Ingredients:

12-hard-boiled eggs, peeled

2 cups white vinegar

½ tsp salt

½ cup sugar

1 tbsp pickling spice

Directions:

Put the peeled and rinsed hard-boiled eggs in a large jar that will hold one dozen eggs. In a 2-quart cooking pot, bring vinegar, salt, sugar, and pickling spice to a slow, steady boil for five minutes. Pour pickling brine over the eggs in the jar. Cover; leave on a cooling rack until the jar is cool to touch. Refrigerate.

Pickled Eggs

Some people add beet juice to make the eggs pink or sliced onion to have pickled onion alongside the eggs. This is totally your preference. I don’t do that. I try and make my recipes as uncomplicated as possible. 😊 –Virginia Wright

Halloween Jack-O’-Lantern Coloring Page Print-out

Halloween Jack-o’-Lantern coloring page print-out for kids. This illustration came from my coloring book, Practice Your Way to Perfect: Halloween Coloring Book (For Kids) Print out and have fun coloring! For personal use only. © 2017 Virginia Wright

As a mother, grandmother, and preschool teacher, I know only too well how difficult and frustrating it is for colorists to stay inside of the lines. With five designs and five pages of each, you can color page one of the design, and if you go outside of the lines, or decide on a different color; you have four more additional pages of the same design to color. Keep coloring until you practice your way to perfect! This book also includes blank Draw Your Own Art pages to practice your drawing; Practice Your Way to Perfect: Halloween Coloring Book For Kids will bring joy to all those who turn the pages.
• Coloring – is an excellent way for children to develop their hand-eye coordination
• 8 x10 single-sided non-perforated coloring pages suitable for framing
• Draw your own art pages
• Coloring encourages fine motor skills development
• Halloween (Jack-o’-lantern, ghost, pumpkins, bats, and witch) designs are a great way for children to have fun while they hone their coloring skills
• This coloring book while designed for children is coloring fun for all colorists! Coloring Books by Virginia Wright
• Practice Your Way to Perfect: Butterflies Coloring Book, For All Colorists
• Practice Your Way to Perfect: Birds of Maine Coloring Book, For All Colorists
• Practice Your Way to Perfect: Butterflies Coloring Book 2
• Practice Your Way to Perfect: Insects Coloring Book (For Kids)
• Steampunk Alice Coloring Book, For Teen Colorists and Adults
• Timothy the Christmas Mouse Coloring Book For Children “Color Away Stress through Creativity!”
-Virginia Wright More books by this author available online: http://www.amazon.com/author/virginiawright

Copyright 2017 Virginia Wright. Coloring Book Pages – Halloween Coloring Print-out

Granny Smith Apples Popular Among Apple Pie Lovers

Yesterday I made an apple pie using 3 lbs (about 8 medium-size Granny Smith apples). And even with 1-cup combined brown and granulated sugar, it was too tart and tangy for my liking. But Granny Smith Apples are said to be the apple of choice and popular among apple pie lovers. I prefer McIntosh apples for pie!

Use your favorite pie crust, enough for the bottom and top. Fill with your favorite apple pie filling. Bake at 425 degrees for fifteen minutes, reduce heat to 350 degrees for thirty-five to forty-five minutes. To prevent pie edges from burning, line with aluminum foil. Test apples with a fork to see if the apples are cooked through. Adjust the length of cooking time to your own oven. Don’t put it in the oven and forget about it, if your oven is off, you could undercook crust or overcook it.

Monarch Butterfly-Sky Photo by Virginia Wright

Shooting toward the sky, I caught this beautiful shot of a Monarch Butterfly. -Virginia Wright

BUTTERFLY COLORING BOOKS BY VIRGINIA WRIGHT AVAILABLE ON AMAZON

Practice Your Way to Perfect Coloring Book: Butterflies
https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Your-Way…/dp/1542946654/

Practice Your Way to Pefect: Butterflies Coloring Book by Virginia Wright


Practice Your Way to Perfect: Butterflies Coloring Book 2 https://www.amazon.com/Practice-Your-Way…/dp/1544915985

Practice Your Way to Perfect: Butterflies Coloring Book 2 by Virginia Wright