Some New Old Stuff…The Camp Edition

Summer day camp is a beautiful thing…you can usually still sleep a little later, enjoy a cup of coffee…and then, drop your child off to enthusiastic, trained adults who have planned terrific activities to create happy memories that will last a lifetime. It also allows for a solid block of time to explore all the antique stores without the constant reminders to keep hands in pockets. It is also just sooooooo boring to look at old stuff, according to a certain Princess. I’m sure she will have a very successful yard sale someday. I did find some treasures, I hope they make you smile.

A few more colored seltzer bottles! I can’t pass them up.

I love my darning eggs in this bowl.

I can always make room for more rolling pins…especially with red handles.

A relatively new collection for me…antique butter paddles.

One of the mentioned day camps…Kitty Craft Camp. Literally doing crafts surrounding by cats. Not my cup of tea but she loved it.

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She Can Make a Cherry Pie…

…using nothing but things already in the pantry and refrigerator! Let me give a little backstory. Sometime around Thursday I started to crave a little pie…well a lot of pie. I really didn’t want to add to the already hot day, however, as the air conditioner fought to keep the house comfortably chilled. Saturday morning a thought occurred…don’t I have an icebox pie cookbook…that I found in TJ MAXX…and never opened? I did, and behold the creation I made with simple, easy ingredients and very little time. Cherry pie!!

The Usual Cast Of Characters

  • Graham Cracker Pie Crust. I made my own from our stash of S’More Fixings * This is a great and easy recipe!
  • 1/4 Cup Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice (about 2-3 lemons)
  • 1 Can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
  • 3-4 cups chopped fresh cherries.

The Steps to Glory

1. Mix the Eagle Brand with the lemon juice. 

2. Stir well until mixture is thickened. 

3. Drain cherries and fold into Eagle Brand mixture. 

4. Pour mixture into pie crust.  Do NOT cover. 

5. Refrigerate for 4 hours before serving, to allow time to set.

6. Relax and enjoy a pampering activity while you wait!

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Sweet Sweet Summer

August! The endless summer is flying by. So relaxed, so much freedom to make my own schedule, fireflies, evenings at the pool…and then, I saw shelves and shelves of Something that made me catch my breath and reality crept in slowly. The summer is not endless…there were school supplies right in front of me. I’m not ready to let the Princess go off to First Grade, and as much as I love my job, I’m not ready to pop on that teacher’s hat. I need August to be Summer…sweet, lazy, dreamy Summer. Enjoy the summer touches in my home…and try to ignore the Back to School crazy. At least for a few weeks!

Sweet Gerber Daisies in French lemonade bottles…sprayed with sea glass paint!

Flowers on our front door make me smile every time I come home.

Waiting for the happy sunflowers…these paper ones work in the meantime.

A bench filled was Summer…perfect for lazy afternoon reading.

A joy of Summer…discounted matinee showings with the Princess…no popcorn for her…she’s a candy girl.

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