We saw this view on our walk one day. A flock of birds in a budding tree. Spring. They were chittering at this guy
Squirrel in the Attic
who was eating their seeds!
Game for you.... what's this?
lush blue, reflective, curved,
Love this color and splash of color on our porch
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| turquoise, red chair, pink flamingo, yellow rock wall |
speaking of a splash of color... only one person in this enormous subdivision planted daffodils
and they return each year even in our hardscrabble soil. They moved last year but the flowers are here
Audio book 5th in the series by one of my fave authors
Another haircut I would like for me, but my hair is thin and very straight
Shadow shot this week, exaggerated us on a walk, I like the camera showing up
A Purchase
a new tablecloth in robins egg blue... with scalloped edges on sale too
Old tablecloth love
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| egg cups in center |
I'd say I made this in high school, ahem, a Number of years ago. Hand embroidered in 1970's when mushrooms were in, avocado green and harvest gold were in, and young LeeAnna loved to embroider her jeans' bell bottoms. When I filled those in, I did this tablecloth
The egg cups on top are a purchase from a flea market in Littleton CO years ago. Thought I'd make pin cushions from them but not yet
Fine Dining
we baked hamburger buns last weekend, so good (not difficult to make) big and delish, cut like a dream
and cranberry bars, and...
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| home made pralines |
I can't find /Easter candy without cornsyrup, soy products, or corn starch so I made us.... pralines
amazingly easy, butter, cream, vanilla, Powdered sugar (made with tapioca starch not corn), and lots of pecans. Drop by tablespoons onto non stick surface and chill.
next week I want to make chocolate covered peanut butter eggs.
My favorite Easter candy is malted milk balls... ( full of corn though)
our conversation starter:
do you remember dying easter eggs? did you do it with your mom, or the
other kids, did you have those crayons to pre mark them?
what did your family do with them? Did your family hide them for hunts? Any stories about hunts gone wrong or couldn't find all the eggs,
the mother boiled them, then....
I remember the smell of the vinegar, dipping eggs teetering on little wire holders into rich color, dipping, dipping, color getting darker, letting them dry on the punch out in the cardboard kit. After finding them in our yard, numerous times, we ate them.
Seems like we made deviled eggs with them, or just pulled them apart to see the yolk which I liked
now for some funnies
now please visit these folks and let me know if you did an I Like post I can link with
18 comments:
A real trip down memory land today! I remember in the 1970s when it was all the rage to wear hand embroidered jeans. I embroidered a couple of pairs and man, it was tough to do on denim! And coloured easter eggs using Paas dyes -- my sister, Mom and I did that every Easter without fail. We didn't do much with the coloured eggs except display them in Easter baskets and then eat endless egg salad sandwiches for the next week, LOL.
Your embroidered tablecloth took me back! Man, I did a lot of embroidery back then (shirts and jeans too). Love that blue vase, it reminds me of robin's egg blue! Have a wonderful day!
Dipping eggs for Easter was always so much fun and I LOVE pralines. I still have my Louisiana cookbooks. I may have to look up a recipe to make for Easter!
Hmmm - I do remember dying eggs as a kid, even remember the smell of the vinegar. But I don't remember my parents hiding them. My mother was still leaving an Easter basket of goodies outside my bedroom door when I was in college. When our girls were little we decorated eggs, but our little town had a huge community egg hunt at the park every year so we went to that. We did Easter egg hunts with our grandkids several years, but bought plastic eggs and put coins and little candies inside. But they have all outgrown the Easter fun. Last year we were all together at one daughter's house and I brought kites for all of them. Grandpa and dads walked them all over to the HS football field to fly those kites.
Jude Devereaux is a favourite for me too (along with Nora Roberts). I didn't dye eggs as a child but I did with our boys once or twice. They weren't much interested so it fizzled out. I remember embroidering patterns very similar to your tablecloth. Gotta love Maxine and her take on life.
Love your Squirrel in the Attic photo! The squirrels here love to climb up on top of our birdhouse and survey their "territory." That is a beautiful tablecloth with all the embroidery. And yes on the vinegar when dyeing eggs - what a strong sensory memory that is! Happy Thursday!
That was a lot of fun and your table cloth sure is pretty. I could probably eat all those pralines in one setting, yum! When I was young I always looked forward to finding all the fancy easter eggs.
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We rarely used crayons on our dyed eggs - just one each of us with our name on it. But we got creative how we dipped them to layer up colors. Very few solid colored eggs. Yummy stuff and pretty table cloths!
Your emboidered tablecloth is so pretty! I remember there were ceramic canisters with the same mushroom design andmcolors that were very popular in the 70s and 80s. I do remember dying Easter Eggs and did the same with my grandchildren when they were little. We fill colred plastic eggs that open for our egg hunts--now that the grandchildren are older they like to find money in them.
I’ve never dyed eggs like that but when my children were at school they had a decorated egg competition every year….and we often won because I always had lots of crafty supplies they could use and lots of imagination 😀😀😀 happy happy memories.
Hugs,
Annie x
I do remember having coloured eggs at Easter. (I grew up in the Netherlands in the 50s) My mum would decorate the dining table with coloured eggs and bunnies etc. My sister and I would wake up on Easter morning, there would be this lovely display. I also remember colouring eggs (boiled eggs) in a dye colour. We never had an egg hunt. I had never heard of that until I was an adult.
Have a lovely weekend,
Lisca
The squirrel in the attic is pawsome! Mom loves all the old embroidered things from tea towels, to tablecloths. They always have so much meaning and love behind them.
That is the most beautiful tablecloth! WOW! I know you are glad you kept it. I love everything vintage! Happy day!
I'm stuck on your beautiful embroidered tablecloth too. It is so lovely and what a keepsake. Great treats you make too, LeeAnna. At least you have a spring. Ours has disappeared! Take Care, J
I always dyed eggs growing up. My mom made sure to set up the whole thing. I don't remember us eating them, though. I dyed eggs with my kids. Good memories :) Thank you for linking up and have a great week.
I loved dying easter eggs. Today on the Island I could make pysanky eggs, similar to the crayon idea but more sophisticated. I love your blue pot and tablecloths, the new for the color and the old for the lovely handwork of LAP!
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