56°f/13.3°C, overcast. A warm start to the day.
Roses from Larry, which he gave me yesterday. He gave me beautiful red carnations and Pacski
doughnuts on Saturday. If you know those doughnuts, you'd know how delicious they are, and only available for a brief time each year. When he went to the store yesterday he found the roses marked down from $22 to $5. Aren't they lovely?
Irish Shortbread cookies. Oddly, I can't find the online Dr recipe I used! Basically, it was 1 cup softened butter, 1/4 tp salt, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 4 cups of flour, and 2 tsp vanilla. I preheated the oven to 350°. I creamed the butter and sugar, added the vanilla, then the flour and salt. Idid not use cornstarch as most recipes call for, and did not refrigerate the dough, but they came out great. I rolled out the dough on a floured surface, cut them out, pricked with a fork to keep them from puffing up. Baked for 8 minutes, took them out and sprinkled them with sugar, then returned them to the oven for 5 more minutes. I allowed them to cool on the tray for 5 minutes before moving them to a cooling rack. It yielded about 48 cookies.
An aerial photo of our place, apparently taken recently as Sarah's is in the photo, upper right. Our house is sort of center, and not easy to see.
⁴
Found in my stash as I continue clearing out my ebay room. Centennial plate for WV's 100th year.
Also found this very old paper packet of tobacco. I bet it's dry as dust
Time to break out the Belleek Irish tea set!
I spent part of Saturday morning cleaning silver. Such rewarding results, after much elbow grease.
A new for us medicine cabinet. Our old one (it really was old, probably from the 30's) was replaced by this even older cabinet. This was likely from a hospital or industrial setting, as it is stamped Uwanta Linen Service inside. It doesn't match the other cupboards, but I am not painting it.
Found this stored away; we bought it prob10 years ago and planned to sell it, but I am glad we still had it.
Found on my bookshelf. Want to know what it says about your birthday? Shoot me a message!
We stocked our Ravenswood booths yesterday. This little table and chairs sold last week so we came in to find an empty space. Usually they call to tell us, but didn't do so this time for some reason.
And last but not least, I framed this anniversary card, sent to my mother from my father, probably very early in their marriage, as he signed it "Billy". No one ever called him that in my memory, so this was likely late 40s to early 50s.
Copyright Susanna Holstein. All rights reserved. No Republication or Redistribution Allowed without attribution to Susanna Holstein.
Oh, save me a cookie or two!
ReplyDeleteA nice combination of pictures. I love shortbread cookies and those look delicious. I have a centennial license plate too that I got from my parents. :)
ReplyDelete...and I found a nursrey catalogue from 1867, trees were $1 to $2!
ReplyDeleteI just walked by my dining room glass front cabinet and the silver is really tarnished. I should stop playing here and Do Something about it, as I know the cutlery needs it, also.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful colour on the roses. I have pink carnations for the anniversary.
Your roses are lovely and I have heard of those doughnut, but have never had them.
ReplyDeleteThose icicle photos are so cool! ;) You sure are out in the middle of some beautiful land. Hey, my birthday's 8/10/50 - what's my fortune?
ReplyDeleteLovely medicine cabinet...and photos of the scenes around in the snow. What do you use to clean silver? I've got some tarnished flatware!
ReplyDeleteI like simple cookies like that..those roses are very pretty!
ReplyDeleteShortbread: I am almost salivating.
ReplyDeleteI love the overhead shot!
ReplyDeleteThe roses are beautiful and even better at $5! I love shortbread cookies. You do have a lot of beautiful things.
ReplyDeleteThe roses were such a bargain. The frozen waterfall and the icicles are splendid, though I don't envy you the cold that brought them.
ReplyDeleteLovely roses from Larry and those cookies, wish I had one now. Thanks for the recipe! Fascinating to see an aerial view of your place. I remember someone knocking on the door years ago asking if we would like one, a small airplane business offering their services. Hubby ordered one and we still have that photo somewhere, though goodness knows where. This is going back 35 years when we first moved in. Loved your red cupboard. I have an old clock with the same kind of wooden frame. It stopped working a while back and I haven't replaced the clockwork, which I can probably go to Michael's to get. It's on the list :) I have a few silver pieces too from 50 years ago. I had to do host a lot of parties back in the day and collected a couple of pieces a year. They are in a box somewhere, in the basement, another good reason to clear that place out. Thanks for the interesting post, fun to read and see.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was young it was my job to clean the silver cutlery, I hated doing it, so don't do any now I'm old!
ReplyDeleteGreat price for those lovely roses. Youngest Son said he hadn't gotten anything for his sweetheart for Valentines Day but on the 15th he got her a huge heart-shaped box of chocolates marked down. He was pretty proud of his bargain. ( It was their first Valentines Day together so rather important.) That old anniversary card from your Dad to your Mom is a treasure.
ReplyDeleteAnd I do love those big icicles!!
Your Winter photos are beautiful. The roses are lovely and I do like shortbread cookies.
ReplyDeleteLovely post. I agree, the roses are beautiful. And so is your silver.
ReplyDeletePretty roses and pretty cookies! Baking something sweet is on my list for today. I wonder why you weren't informed about the table and chairs being sold? I bet you have something else that could go right into that space, and now you'll have to make another trip? Oh well, more booth pictures for us!
ReplyDeleteLarry is definitely a good guy. I just recently saw a recipe for Irish Shortbread Cookies but I can't remember where. I remember thinking "I should save that" and then thought, "How many cookie recipes do you have that you will never make?!" Were they wonderful? Your words indicate you liked them, so thanks for sharing. And wow -- that ice!
ReplyDeleteWonderful icy pictures. It made me cold, just looking at them. I love shortbread cookies. I made some for Chinese new year, pressing them into a Koi fish mold, and they came out beautifully. I think I need to make more for St. Patrick’s Day. Ah… I love your Belleek tea set. I have been circling that one for years, but never gave into it.
ReplyDeletegorgeous roses! and lots of other lovely things here too.
ReplyDeletecheers
sherry