This morning while getting out the eggs to make breakfast, I dropped one. Cleaning up a broken egg can be a slimy, messy job. But it doesn’t have to be. Simply sprinkle the broken egg with a generous amount of salt. Let it sit for 5 minutes or so to allow the salt to be absorbed and the egg to…
This week’s vintage Workbasket pattern is another in the series I began sharing two weeks ago. The first were these cute dancing veggies. Then last week was the winter squash playing a salt shaker. Today I’m sharing another member of the band. The veggies must be rocking it out because this sweet pepper is really drumming up a storm! Vintage…
My heart is sad today. Our oldest and her partner left Monday afternoon to spend the rest of their vacation with his family. I guess I was too busy yesterday to think about not seeing her again for another whole year. I spent yesterday washing sheets and towels and straightening the house. I’d forgotten how much laundry and housework 5…
Just a quick update… we had a wonderful family weekend with everyone here. Our two daughters and I even got in some mother/daughters time visiting local fabric stores on Saturday. The rest of the time was a blur of making as many of our favorite family meals as we could fit into the time they were here. Now it time…
A few weeks ago, while out for my morning walk, I found two wooden chairs sitting on the curb awaiting garbage pick up. The base of each chair was still perfectly fine but the backs of both had spindles missing and/or broken. I’ve been wanting a chair for our bedroom for Dave to hang his clothes on at night so…
Just a quick post today while I take a break from quilting my Seeds of Friendship Bolster Cover. I want to have this finished and on the bed in the guest bedroom before our oldest daughter and future son-in-law get here. The original plan had them arriving here Thursday but their flight out of Shanghai was delayed a few hours…
I have always hated cooking bacon because of the mess of frying it. It doesn’t seem to matter how careful you are or what temperature you try frying bacon on, you end up with grease splatters. In fact, I hated it so much that years ago Dave took over making bacon and eggs on Sunday mornings. I’d heard of cooking…
We’ve moved in to the hottest weeks of summer here in the northern hemisphere. Some things in the gardens are ready to start harvesting. Or if you don’t have a garden, the farmers’ markets and u-picks are in full swing providing lots of opportunities to buy fresh fruit and vegetables. For the next several weeks, I’m going to be sharing…
I hadn’t really planned to do our regional July Shop Hop, first because of the distance and driving involved to get to 15 shops spread out all over Southwestern Ontario and second because I have sooooo many other projects that I want to finish this quarter that starting a new one would slow down progress on those. But last week,…
Last week, when I posted the photos of the pj pants and shorts I made for our middle daughter, Debra commented that it was like Scarlett O’Hara making a dress from curtains. So this week when I started cutting out a new housecoat for myself, I couldn’t help but smile the whole time because rather than using vintage sheets as…
