Friday, September 6, 2013

Apple Days

You know Fall is near when you find yourself picking apples!
I am blessed to have a place where I can pick all the apples I want for free!
I picked a Bushel and a half and could have picked more if I could have reached them.




 
They were a little small but tasted good!
So I made apple sauce! I'm pretty sure these were Winesap apples.

Core the apples and cut any bad spots out. Put them in a large pot with about 2-3 cups of water. 
Cook them until tender. Stirring very often so the ones on the bottom don't burn.


I have this great attachment for my kitchen aid that makes easy work of smashing the apples into sauce. I didn't have this the first few years I made sauce and boy does it make a difference!

I added 4 cups of sugar to 15 pints of sauce. The apples were a little tart so you can add or subtract the amount of sugar to your taste. I have a sweet tooth!
I also added some water until I got the consistency that I like. Not to thick and not to thin.

 
I then jarred it and processed it in a water bath for 20 minutes!
I love having it!
And I LOVE Fall!!!
 


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Gifting

I had a wedding shower to attend a last week so I looked to Pinterest, of course, for inspiration!
I went with a Yellow theme and added some of my favorite things inside a great jar! I love jars and containers!


It was fun to put together and even more fun to give!


Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Love Louisville

So how are you friends?
I hope you are enjoying this BEAUTIFUL week!! The weather is fantastic here! Sunny and the perfect temperature! I even had to put on a sweatshirt as I sat on the deck this morning drinking my tea! It almost felt like fall, which I can't believe is almost here!
 
We spent last weekend in Louisville Kentucky and so I thought I would share some of the highlights with you all!
 
I had never been to downtown Louisville before but my In-laws had planned two days down there for the whole family. Our summer has been so busy and we haven't taken a vacation so I talked my great husband into going down a day early just the two of us! I'm so glad we did!
 
I'm a country girl. I really don't care for the city. However...I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed Louisville! It is only a 2 hour drive from Cincinnati.
 
The first night we stayed at the Hilton. This hotel is located on Fourth St. downtown and is in a newly renovated, historic building. It was really cool!
The room was a little small but perfectly antiquate for the two of us.
 
This is the staircase in the lobby of the Hilton.
 
 
This is me and my really great husband in a TINY elevator.  It was a lot smaller than it looks here!
When I said "Hey lets take a picture of ourselves" he said "really..."
Hence the expression on his face!
 
View from our room.
 
 
Then we went exploring through the hotel building!
A small conference room down the hall from our room.
 
The stairwell had some neat wood work.
 
This is a picture from the Grand Ballroom. The architecture is so awesome in these old cities!
 
There was old signage everywhere on the sides of the buildings. Very cool!
 
For dinner we headed down Fourth street.
There was a section of the street blocked off for the night. Lots of restaurants under Fourth Street Live!
 
 Fourth street will take you right down to the river, where I insisted we take another selfie!
 
 We then came upon a small car show at Joe's Crab Shack and found this Giant Beast!
 
We headed back to the hotel and discovered this sign...
"Pizza Slices as Big as your Face!"
 
 
Sounded good but it was down this dark stairwell...
 
...which made me a little nervous. I'm use to the country remember.

 
The pizza did not disappoint! It was Philadelphia style pizza with very thin crust! Yummy!

 
The next day we stayed at the Galt House right on the Ohio river.
 
 View from our room on the 23rd floor!

 
The boat in the bottom left of the above picture is the Belle of Louisville.
 
 
We ate lunch aboard as we enjoyed a 2 hour cruise up the river!
I was a little worried about getting motion sick, because I do very easily, but it went so slow I was fine and enjoyed it very much!
 
 
The third day we walked four blocks to the Louisville Slugger factory and museum.

 


The museum also had a small Lego display of a few of the stadiums around the country.
Its crazy that someone gets paid to play with Legos!!
 
We had a great time and enjoyed our time away!
If you are ever in the area you should stop by Louisville!

 

 
 

 

 

 

 



 

 
 

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Out on a Line

One of my favorite things about summer, is hanging out my laundry on the clothes line.
I no its not a very popular thing to do these days, what with electricity and all.
It takes a little extra work but I really enjoy it!
 
 
I'm kind of partial to a certain type of clothes pin. They are the round ones in the picture above. The spring type pins don't hold very well so I don't use those. You can't buy the round ones anymore, at least I don't think you can. So whenever I see them at a yard sale I snatch them up! I have a pretty good collection now.
 
 
I love using the old ones. They are so smooth from being used so much!
I found these last weekend at a yard sale and was excited!
 
 
I think I need to make a new bag for them.
 
 
I also found these great linen napkins, a couple vintage tablecloths, and a pillow case with some crochet detail on the edge.

 

 
This might sound weird but I think the process of hanging linens on the line is relaxing to me.

 
The fabric that vintage linens are made of does so well on the line. It is the best fabric!
 
These are the little pleasures that make me love summer so much!
 


Monday, July 22, 2013

Gone Fishing...

....Not really. We don't fish.
I think I can count on one hand how many times I've been fishing. 
However, I had a little fishing treat today!
 
This Bass tackle box belonged to my husbands grandfather and it was full of lures!
The boxes had really cool lettering!
 
And a fun little metal tin full of  hairy ones.
I'm sure they have a better name but I'm not a fisherman remember.,,

 

There were a ton of lures in that little box!
I just kept pulling them out and getting more excited with each one!
 They are so fantastic!!
This screen has been hanging in the mudroom for several years. It came from my husbands grandmas chicken house before he tore it down. It has displayed many different things and is constantly changing!

Aren't these amazing!!??

They would make great jewelry!


These little guys look like bugs! I think fish like bugs. I think..

This little red and white one is going to be made into a necklace for myself!


 There are all sizes!
 
 Tiny ones...

Big ones...

Skinny ones...

Stripes and spots...

And super shiny!!!


I LOVE IT!!!!
This hand warmer was also in the tackle box!

I don't know why I have waited so long to display these!
They made me so happy today!!