Cherish

I was dusting today and picked up this picture. I truly cherish this photograph of my Mom and all of her children, my siblings that is.

It was taken a few years ago at my niece's wedding. I believe my Dad had passed away a year earlier.

Our family is precious to me. We love my Mom and we all hold her close to our hearts. Every day she is still with us is cherished.   She is the neatest lady ever. This particular evening, she was out on the dance floor with her grandchildren living it up. What a sweet memory!




Left to right: Ginny, Maggie, Mother, me, Mike and Phil.  Seeing this picture today just warmed my heart!

By the way, talking about warm....just the opposite is happening outside as I type.  It's snowing!  Sorry Mike.
Mike arrives here tomorrow from Orlando for a long weekend!
Babs~

Family Time

Maggie hosted Easter dinner. It was really nice, quiet, and relaxing.



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Phil made the traditional lamb cake this year. It was delicious.



What would Easter be without the Easter Bunny?






Our tummies are all full! I brought home the ham bone...pea soup this week!
Hope you had a great Easter!

Easter Treats

Homemade cardamom bread for coffee. Yum....swedish tradition.



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Vintage Camper Update

She's adorable.










Remember she was a little homely.










We gave her some fresh paint, new sidelights, freshened aluminum around windows, etc.

I'm onto the window treatments now. Here is a sneak peek.





We pulled her outside yesterday and I sat inside and did some computing and knitting. It was great taking in the sunshine and spending time with my LilaJane!





I'll keep you posted on more progress.  Won't be long and she'll be going out for a trial outing.
Babs~

Working on a Market Bag

Scrapped the first one for now...had a mistake in the bottom. Here is my next attempt...going so much better. I like this a lot...mindless knitting!




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DIY Iced Coffee

It's that time of year!  Iced Coffee.  I purchased one last week from The CoffeeHouse.....$4.51 please!  Over the summer, that will add up to lots of bucks!  Solution!  Make your own!

It's so very easy.  And it yields a lot of iced coffee's, trust me!

I bought from Sam's Club this two pound bag of dark roast coffee...$10.50.  DaVinci Irish Cream is about $5 bucks there also.

All you do is pour one pound of ground coffee into a very large container (I used a soup pot) and add 8 quarts of cold water.  Let it set overnight.  In the morning, strain the coffee solution into containers.  Use a  mesh strainer with cheesecloth to keep coffee grounds separated from liquid. Keep solution refrigerated.  It keeps a long time.

Discard coffee grounds into the garden - plants love them.

Fill your glass with ice, add an ounce or so of flavoring, pour coffee extract to 3/4 full, stir.  Add milk, stir again and ENJOY!  I know this one doesn't cost you $4.50.

If you really want to be over the top, make coffee ice cubes.  Pour your leftover coffee each morning into ice cube trays.  When hardened, transfer to ziploc bag.  Use for your coffee drinks.  When ice melts it won't water down your yummy drink so much!  Genius!

Life is so good!

No Wedding Pictures

Yesterday we attended a wedding reception. I took my camera but the few pictures I snapped were too dark and not good photography.

It was a very lovely setting, the food was excellent (beef tenderloins, salad, grilled asparagus, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans almondine.)  It was good having my husband's family together.
I did manage to sweet talk my way into going home with a bouquet of  flowers from the centerpieces on the tables.





So pretty!  White mums, white stock, white sweet peas (?), pink lillies and I'm not sure of the other pink flower in there but really nice.

Have a good week my friends!