Corner of my Home

I have been home this week and it has been so nice. The last few weeks have been really busy but this week slowed down and I have been enjoying it!

 

I have been cleaning, baking, mowing grass like crazy, and today I did some rearranging to the buffet and dining table.

 

I love doing this! Its so fun!

 

 

I use this wooden box all over the place! It just keeps getting moved around the house!

I made the napkins from dish towel fabric that I bought at the Fabric Shack! It is a great place to go for quilting fabric. Not a great place if your addicted to buying fabric...You can also buy online, in case you want to check them out.

 

 

I have this small box of old keys and the shapes are awesome! Some of them have little round tags attached to them telling what they go to.

I thought I would display them on a small piece of ironstone that I found at my local Goodwill.

I love ironstone! I have started a pretty good collection of platters.

 

My Grandma gave me this little aluminum collapsible cup from 1915!

On the dining table I stacked my large ironstone platters and placed a few odds and ins on top.

More keys! Aren't they great!

I think I am going to add some flowers to the milk glass vase.

I love changing things around. "Shopping my home" I think is what its called.

 

Enjoy your day friends!

 

 

 

 



Sweets of the Season

I might have mentioned this before, but I LOVE this time of year! One of my most favorite things about the month of June are Cherries and Strawberries!

 

The Cherries are a little late this year. They started ripening at the same time as the strawberries.

 

Over the weekend we stopped by a strawberry farm and picked up 10 quarts. I usually pick my own but I've had some back issues this past week (thanks to zumba) so we bought them already picked.

They are so yummy!

 

I made a yummy strawberry pie last night with some fresh whipped cream.

 

 

We still have a lot of jam left from last year when I picked 40 pounds!!! So I didn't really want to make more jam.

I froze some with sugar. I just cleaned them cut the bigger ones in half and then sprinkled some sugar over them and let them sit for about 10 minutes before putting them in freezer bags!

 

Super easy and they will be great to use for short cakes!

 

I also started thinking about strawberry cordial. Actually, I was thinking about Anne of Green Gables when she served strawberry cordial. I always thought it sounded good, so I went searching for a recipe on Pinterest of course!

 

I used this recipe and it turned out pretty yummy!

Its a concentrate that you add water to.

My husband has stopped drinking pop but water gets kinda old after awhile so this will be a nice change!

Enjoying the Sun

Hello all! How are you doing today? It has been beautiful here the last few days.

I have enjoyed tea on the deck in the mornings.

 

My husband took this picture early Saturday morning as he was preparing to butcher our chickens.

This is our bloodhound Ruby and the tractor belonged to my husbands grandmother. It was her wedding present in the 1950's.

 

For the last six weeks we have raised Cornish X chickens to butcher and put in the freezer.

It was a big job to get them all cleaned and cut up but it is done!

 

My Love did pretty much all of it with some help from his mom in the morning.

I only get involved when the chicken starts to look like one you would buy from the store.

I wouldn't be able to eat them if I actually had to touch them in the process of butchering. It's kinda gross. It's really gross.

 

We have a busy week here but it will be good. I've been mowing a lot of grass, we finally got the garden in, planting flowers and have a baby shower to host this week. Not to mention keeping up with my Love who is super busy with work!

 

I love summer! I hope to enjoy every bit of it!

Stars and Stripes Forever

I wish you all a very Happy Memorial Day!

 

 

I am headed to lunch with the family in a bit!

 

I am proudly displaying the Red, White, and Blue! They will be up all summer!

I Love pulling in the drive and seeing them flapping gently in the wind.

 

 

Have a great day and rest of the week!

Knitted Dish Cloth

The other day I mentioned that I have been knitting dish cloths.

I thought I would share the pattern with you all in case you get the itch to do a little knitting.

They are really easy to make and are pretty quick.

Here is the link to verypink.com.

 

 

There are several other free patterns on this site as well.

 

 

I love the Sugar and Cream cotton yarn. Buying yarn is as bad as buying fabric for me.

I see all the fun colors and want to buy one of each!

Self control is something I'm working on.

 

Happy Knitting!

 



What is making you smile this week?

The weather has been so nice the last few days and it does wonders for my mood!

The sunshine and warm breeze are a gift from God. I love it so much!

 

I just wanted to share a few things that have just made me smile this week. Simple things that make me happy and thankful!

 

First are these really great brownies!

They are so yummy! I do think homemade is best but these are so easy and super chocolaty!

 

These glass egg cartons are so sweet!

A good friend gave them to me as a birthday present back in the fall and every time I fill them with my fresh eggs it makes me smile! I love to see them sitting in the fridge when I open the door!

 

 

I learned to knit before Christmas and have found it to be a relaxing pass time!

I am currently working on dish cloths. They could also be used as potholders I think.

Its an easy pattern that is pretty quick!

 

 

Have you ever made "eggs in a basket"? They are super yummy!

I had never tried it until last week but they have fast become our favorite way to eat a fried egg!

Use lots of salted butter and it makes the toast so much better than out of a toaster!

My Better Half loves to dip the toast into the egg yolk! Me, I prefer the yolk fried almost hard. 

 

I will be cutting some of these today to bring inside the house!

They smell so wonderful! I opened the front window and the bush is right outside, the breeze brings the aroma right in! I love this time of year so much!

So let me know what is making you smile this week!



Its been so long...

I can't believe how fast time goes by. Life has just been busy around here. There is always something to keep me on the run.

 

I miss blogging regularly. It just hasn't been a priority to take my camera with me everywhere I go. Because whats a post without pictures. I actually just forget most of the time.

 

I do have a couple things that I will be sharing soon.

I might have mentioned a desk for the office in previous post, well it finally arrived so I will share some pictures soon. I have some rearranging to do in the office to make everything fit just right.

 

A few weeks ago my husband was cleaning out a barn and found this great library card catalog cabinet. It needs some work, so it is sitting in the garage for now in pieces. It has 60 drawers and is AMAZING!! It kinda looks like this one...

 

 

I can't wait to bring it inside!

 

Spring makes me so anxious to clean and organize things!

I have a million projects that I want to get done. We will see what all gets accomplished this summer!