cherry, cherry sunday.

i have had 2 boxes of cherry gelatin laying on my kitchen counter for about 3 weeks. i have all the supplies pretty much ready to make another batch of tomato jelly like the one shown above. but. i. just. can't. get. it. done.

last weekend i geared up to make the batch. i was ready, really, i was. mentally, and i had allotted the time in my saturday to make jelly (it really has become all about planning and allotting hours and minutes). but see, well, i couldn't find the recipe. i know. (you: what kind of betty crocker wannabe are you?) i have two canning books and i am quite sure it was in there. but it's not. so, i googled it. found one (depression jelly is the name, simple is the game). but by then, well, post office...et cetera...nebraska football. you see where this is going.

so the boxes of cherry gelatin sit, another week.

my point: i think today might be the day.

but i have family and engagement photos to edit too. but the boxes. on. the counter. driving...me...crrr...a...zzzzyyyy.

*update: done.

running together

the brilliant moon set off in the east. illuminating the highway to home. rising too quickly, moonlighting, the evening shift. or maybe, perhaps, it was the sun, heading back to work, the sun already clocked in for the day.

can't. wait.

sometimes, when i find vintage goodies to sell, sometimes i just can't wait to list them. this peacock and it's mirror image twin are exactly that sometimes. they aren't listed yet...but i just had to share them! it's driving me cuckoo for cocoa puffs knowing i have photos taken, but not edited and no description typed up yet. both of these birds are about 18" wide. if you like them so much, you want to make them your own, email me. or, wait a week or so and i will have it in my shop.

if you are in seward, nebraska this evening between 5pm - 8pm, stop by Amigo's. our Godparent group will be helping out as a fundraiser for the GP program. you know...we get to serve you your food in exchange for part of the profits going towards this worthy cause.

wha? i wouldn't do anything to your food before i served it to you. promise. pinky promise.

dates.

i'm selling some pretty 2010 calendars here. go on, check it out...then go ahead and have a bright eyed kind of day.

Junkin' Monday.

garage sales are really winding down for the season, i only saw one in seward this past weekend. that's ok. i get that way this time of year. time to start heading indoors again to estate auctions and thrift stores. and lucky me, i have et cetera. these two lovely melmac dishes were found...and both had the color of the week stripe across the price tag...meaning...both were half price. making their combined grand total, $.50. and they are in fantastic condition to boot.

and this stack of records? i actually scored these before even stepping foot into the store. they were outside, under the awning, in the free box. i quickly and efficiently flipped through them and took the keepers to my car. that's what i call success, vintage goodies loaded in my car before i even start shopping for vintage goodies.

here's to hoping you have a free goodies kind of day, folks!

head on over to Clara and Marcela's blog to see what junkin' monday is all about!

restin spot.

"i will sit here because i am the master and you, but a pawn in my little game."

our neighbors cat ("kitty") rules the neighborhood, our backyard...and, brent. and when brent is working in the backyard, kitty can be twice the master with half the work. and so, last weekend, this. brent was winterizing the garden with kitty watching very closely atop the old school desk. then, kitty decided the school desk watch post was clearly not good enough and decided to up the anty a bit. you know...see how his servant would respond. see if there was an uprising....

nope. not out of brent. brent did stay like that far longer than any mere human should, but he did frantically wave his arms to the kitchen window hoping i would see. i did, i freaked, and what any servants wife would do, frantically grab the camera.

kitty desired copious amounts of attention and adoration that day because he stayed very still as i retrieved the camera, clicked a couple from 2 different windows and stayed put as i opened the door to snap a couple more outside. he watched me the whole time, quite comfortable on his perch, chuckling a kingworthy chuckle, mmm-wha-mm-yes-yes as this couple stumbled over themselves to appease him.

k. it's monday.

k. it's monday. and i have some freelance work (ok, and my real work) to tend to. make it a good one folks.