A Very Blessed Easter to You!

Easter Sunday

1955

Jo Anne, my aunt spent Easter with us in 1955. My sister and I adore our aunt.  That's my sister on the left.. and then there is me... forever frowning in pictures since back then everyone said the camerman had to have their back to the sun. 

The menu for our Easter Dinner tomorrow

Ham

Pork Loin

with Papaya and Pineapple Salsa

Wild Rice with Cranberries

Congealed Fruit Salad

Candied Carrots

Sister Schubert’s Rolls and Butter

Fresh Vegetable Platter

Olives and Pickles

Wine, Iced Tea, Water, Coffee

Carrot Cake

Ice Cream

A very blessed Easter to you!

My Estate Sale Finds - WOW!

I just discovered

"Wow Us Wednesdays"

hosted by Kim at Savvy Southern Style.

I am a newbie at estate sales, but this past weekend

my husband and I went to one...

and I was thrilled with my finds.

Here are just a few:

I love Roseville pottery.

This was truly a bargain and most likely what I

am pleased with the most.

The above and below is a set of brown transferware.

I prefer the older version of this, but it really caught

my eye. I may decide later to put it in my

booth at a local antiques mall.

This is a McCoy vase that I originally bought for

my booth. But it sprouted hands and cried, "No, no, no!"

So here she rests next to my collection of

Better Homes and Gardens Cookbooks.

Sorry for the shadow but I'm posting quickly.

So visit Kim

http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/

And get "WOW'd"!!

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Sherry at No Minimalist Here

just invited me to join in on

http://nominimalisthere.blogspot.com/

So, here I am for

"Open House Thursdays"...

considering how busy this week is for all of us

it's good to get ahead.

Happy Birthday, Mom!

Dorothy Faye Rusk Peterson

My mother-in-law would have been 98 years old today.

I truly miss her.

I would have baked this cake for you today, Mom.

It was your favorite!!

(I'm typing it in your favorite color -- PINK)

Hummingbird Cake

Cake:

1  1/2 c. vegetable oil

2 c. sugar

3 eggs

3 c. flour

1 tsp. baking soda

Dash of salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2 c. bananas (about 5 bananas)

1 (16 oz.) can crushed pineapple - in syrup

1 c. chopped nuts

Cream oil and sugar together. Add eggs and beat. Sift flour, soda, salt and cinnamon  together. Mash bananas and add to sugar mixture. Add pineapple and then the flour. Add nuts. Bake in a 13x9" pan at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.

Frosting:

1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese

1 stick butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 box powdered sugar

Beat cream cheese and butter until creamy. Add vanilla. Beat in powdered sugar gradually.

Frost when cake is cool.

The picture of the church in the collage is a church built on land

donated by my father-in-law. Printed on the sign is,

"God can be your best friend"... my mother-in-law always reminded people

of this. How true!

I'm linking to my favorite Monday event...

Mosaic Monday at

Little Red House

http://dearlittleredhouse.blogspot.com/

Check it out!

The "Pinks" of Tlaquepaque!

On our recent visit to Tlaquepaque, Mexico

we stayed at our favorite B&B - Quinta Don Jose.

I am going to confess that it was about our 20th stay there.

Having lived only a three-hour drive from there for three years I can confess it is a retreat made in heaven.

The accomodations, the landscaping and even the food are all prefection.

I enjoy gazing at this statue always adorned with flowers, listening to the relaxing sound of running water all the while

enjoying a wonderful breakfast. My husband and I map out

our plans for the day whether it be shopping, sightseeing or travel.

The flowers are gorgeous!

The atmosphere is for those who enjoy quiet time when it is time for quiet, yet the flow of other B&B'ers from all over the world allow you to either make new friends or just people watch while enjoying superb tequila, cold beer, or any beverage of your choice.

The colors are invigorating, allowing for time to relax and reguvenate.

Looking forward to our next visit which will be

in May!

I am joining in on Beverly's 

Pink Saturday

at How Sweet the Sound

http://howsweetthesound.typepad.com/my_weblog/

White is everything!

White Wednesday

White is a color I truly respect.
I want it glaring and shiny.
I want it clean and pristene.
I want it crisp and starched.

I want it in my home.

I want to wear it.

I want to smell white sheets, towels, clothes
fresh from the clothesline.

I want to taste it:
fresh bread from the oven
white frosting on a white cake
white sea salt
white meringue on my dear friend's pie

I want to rejoice in the white parts of our lives
and look for the white in the dark parts.

I want to hear the coo of a white dove

I will cherish the white birds in a nest from a sweet, close friend

Yes... white is everything!

Evjoying my brown transferware on white and
joining Faded Charm for
White Wednesday!

http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com/
Come have a "look-see"!

Haviland China - Meant to be

Haviland China

Rosalinde

America

While shopping with friends at at Mimi's Attic in Weslaco, Texas, a display of china caught my eye. It wasn't just any china... it was my mother and paternal grandmother's pattern... the one I had inherited.

Oh my goodness... my heart was racing wildly and I tried talking to myself... I had just last year bought eight more placesettings at a consigment antiques mall in Austin, Texas.

Why would I need a dozen more luncheon plates, bread and butter plates... and the coffee caraf ??

Why? Why? Why?

Well, I did not have the coffee caraf.

I left that day with those china dishes sprouting waving

hands and singing, "You'll be back..."

The owner of the store stated that they were hers and she would give me a good deal... $250. Wow!

I returned days later.

China still there.

Ok.

I asked her again... she said she would let me have them

for

$100.

Friends, it was a deal of a lifetime.

It was meant to be.

She packed them gently for me.

I went home and Googled my new china.

The coffee caraf alone was worth four times what I had

paid for the whole set.

Does this make up for all the times I've overspent on items

that were priced too high?? I hope so.

But somehow, the best part of this was I felt like my mother and grandmother both had beautiful smiles on their faces as I gently unpacked the china.

After all...

I was stroking a bit of their legacy.

Visit Coast Charm

for Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

http://linda-coastalcharm.blogspot.com/