Friday postcard

It's a noisy week here in South Dakota with motorcycles

 running up and down interstate 90 to get to and from the Sturgis rally.

~b

peach-y

The last two weeks at our house has been like a peach festival.

 

 

Two crates of peaches means I get to eat as many peaches as I can.

 

 

I have never canned whole peaches.

I'll let you know this winter how they turned out.

 

 

All sealed and ready to put in my basement canning room.

I am feeling really domestic!

My kitchen is so small that canning in small amounts works perfect.

 

 

Peach cobbler with cinnamon and nutmeg.

Almost as good as the peach pie recipe I love.

 

 

I'm thinking about making peach salsa.

 

~b

 

 

 

 



bedspreads

Have I said how nice it is to have a handyman in the house.

I love to watch television in bed...

we have an adjustable bed that makes a great place to watch movies.

 

My biggest complaint is that I never have a place to put my snacks and drink.

Enter my handyman.

 

 

He came up with this small tray that is heavy enough

 to keep my drink in an upright position.

It works perfect and I love it.

 

 

Second complaint:

We have been searching online for a vacation cabin rental in several locations

and I have decided that I judge cabins based on bedspreads.

A bedspread can make or break a cabin for me.

Why can't they just put a beautiful quilt on the bed...

like the one my mother made in these pictures.

 

Okay rant over.

 

 

~b

 



summer

Yes! It's still summer!

Stop showing us fall and winter pictures!

 

 

I haven't even had a really good watermelon yet.

And I'm still sewing with my summer fabrics.

 

 

This project bag is just as sweet as sweet can be.

 

 

My flowers are reaching peak also.

So just leave us to our summer...

fall and winter will be here soon enough.

 

~b



Friday post card

 

~b

Peachy

Peaches are another food that I wait eleven months for.

It ranks right up there on my list with

 fresh corn on the cob, garden tomatoes and rhubarb.

I purchased a crate of fresh peaches this week

and have been digging out my recipes for peach pie,

 peach smoothies and peach crisp...but today I made peach butter.

It is a first for me.

It took a long time to cook down.

 I think I may try doing it in the oven the next time.

Amish Peach Butter

Is there anything prettier than your own

fresh canned fruits and vegetables in jars?

~b



wee braw

Todays project is this Wee Braw bag, pattern by Laura Zuckerkuss.

 

 

Todays other project was a new bridge...the dentist kind $$$.

I will be sewing out of my stash for quite awhile before this is done.

 

 

But these project bags are pretty quick to whip up.

Only 119 more to sew and sell...

if you know what I mean.

 

~b