Hatch Green Chile & Corn Relish.....

In between sewing, cleaning out & straightening up my sewing room, plus clearing out & throwing away unnecessary "stuff" (it feels really good to get rid of "stuff") - along with too many other projects that I seem to be in the middle of - yikes -I spent a whole morning this week canning corn relish. This took the ENTIRE morning!



Wish you'd been here mom! My other two canning adventures this summer making muscadine jelly & strawberry jam were with mom by my side reading directions & it was easy breezy helping each other along the way. I did this one all by myself & what alot of work!
But it was worth it - we've eaten almost two whole jars because it turned out surprisingly good. Promise I'll bring you some mom & dad before it's all gone.



And THANKS SO MUCH mom for finding Hatch Green Chile at Kroger in Denton for 99 cents a pound! Wow wow wow.....I just looked at the Hatch Green Chile website where you can buy 10 frozen pounds for $86.00 - Wow again - my 6 pounds at Kroger for fresh green chile was $6.00 & roasting them on the grill myself was worth every penny.

Almost 20 years ago I lived in Santa Fe, NM & the best thing about living there was buying Hatch Green Chile off the street corner as they were roasting them in huge roasting barrels. I use to buy huge burlap bags full, take them home & freeze them, & put them on EVERYTHING!



I'm SO happy to have them again, right now, right here in TX & they are just as good as if I were in Santa Fe again. I made a green chile relleno casserole & have already put them on EVERYTHING! My favorite new discovery - Pimento cheese sandwiches with mayonnaise & green chile. I've eaten one every day this week for lunch along with my favorite summer food - watermelon - And my "Luby's Tea" :-)

Will you check the Kroger ad for me mom? I'm off to Denton tomorrow where I must buy every Hatch Green Chili I can find!

Time to Sew....

Looking at some of my favorite sewing blogs lately has inspired me to get back to my sewing machine & get busy with some new projects.....



I found this wonderful old piece of fabric at a garage sale & knew it would make a pretty pillow ~ just an easy pillow with brush fringe down the sides.....I cut up a matelasse pillow sham for the back. It's my favorite color - deep dark red - I love the design & colors in this old fabric.

I have a new pattern, pieces cut and ready to start a sundress next. The pattern reminds me of a dress mom made for me in high school - one of my favorite summer dresses from ages ago. Gotta get going on it before fall gets here!

Happy Birthday TZ....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TZ!!

Here is a sneak peak at your Cowboy Cake....I sure had fun making it!

We will be taking the cake to the lake tomorrow morning for a camping weekend - looking forward to more relaxation & birthday celebrating....

~now where am I gonna put all those candles?!!....

Beach Sunset....

A wonderful week at the beach.......relaxation, walks on the beach, warm sand, ferry ride, good seafood, seashell hunts, beautiful beach sunset ~~ a lovely vacation week ~

We're having a nice thunderstorm this morning, lots of rain, & I'm happy to be home sweet home....

Have a great week! xoxo

Beach Bound....

Lovely Sunset one day last week ~~

Taking a little trip to the Beach so we are off to Galveston at midnight to be at the beach by morning ~~
Have a great week!

Lovely Little Ladies of the Garage Sales~

BEAUTIFUL SENORITAS ~

I LOVE their FRILLY, LACY Dresses ~

"BUBBLE GUM & MILK SHAKE" !

Sweet & Very Old "Open/Shut Eye" Dolls ~

LOVELY VICTORIAN LADY ~



Some of my recent garage sale finds are these Lovely Little Ladies - all SO unique, SO pretty, SO old, & with such great character ~~

I love the little open/shut eye ladies ~~ each one is so different & they have such pretty dresses~

The two little girl dolls are old & very cute ~ they are "Bubble Gum" & "Milk Shake"!

The porcelain Victorian Lady is so Beautiful with that dreamy look on her face ~

The little Senoritas already have a place in my heart & for now I can't part with them - they are very old & very detailed with their lovely lacy skirts & veils ~

Well since I'm not a doll collector I won't be keeping these Lovely Little Ladies but they sure are pretty to look at & I will enjoy them until they're on their way to new homes through ebay!

Muscadine Memories with Mom....

I am really enjoying my summer & taking time to remember summer days when I was a little girl.

Early 1960's, one of my favorite childhood summer memories is of the six of us jumping in Dad's old white pick-up truck on a summer evening after supper & driving down dusty East Texas country roads in Carthage - we called this going on a "bunny hunt" & of course we were looking for bunnies.

AND Muscadines! I remember the excitement of finding a muscadine vine, picking them, & popping them in my mouth. They are a very distinctly different type of grape & it's a taste that just brings back my childhood summers. Takes me right there again.

Mom & Dad just came back from a trip with Muscadines from my Aunt Joy & we spent the morning making Muscadine Jelly ~ oooooh is it ever delicious.

And just look how pretty it looks in the jars - just looks like summer time!

Thanks mom for another wonderful summer memory!

HAPPY SUMMER!! xoxo