Pickled green tomatoes

I am planning on canning green tomatoes when we get done with the red.  Played around with the recipe and it needs some tweaking for sure.  A little too much vinegar to our taste but I will keep after it!  

Roseville pottery

I am a collector of Roseville pottery.  This is my newest piece which I won at auction on Shopgoodwill.com.  Many years ago Mr. Outdoors was riding his horse along the river here in Kansas and came upon something green sticking out of the sand.  He dismounted and started digging and discovered a beautiful green vase, not a chip or crack, brought it home to me and I recognized the pattern as one my Great Aunts had a few pieces of, Roseville.  The river would flood a lot when heavy rains came and we assumed the piece was washed away when flooding occurred.  When my aunts both passed away I was the grateful recipient of their Roseville and thus my collection was formed...oh and I only collect the green.  Roseville comes in brown, blue, yellow, pink and my green.  Guess I am just drawn to the green and I could not afford to collect all the colors as the pieces are expensive to my way of thinking.  I am thrilled to add this piece to my collection!

Mennonite Girls Can Cook: O'Brien Hash Brown Chicken

Mennonite Girls Can Cook: O'Brien Hash Brown Chicken: Another version of a Ranch Dressing Crockpot Chicken we tried recently that was very satisfying. Summer is a great time to plug the crockp...Will be trying this soon...sounds sooo good!

"B" hand towel.

I went to one of my favorite thrift stores and found this ever so pretty hand towel with a "B" embroidered on it.  The store was having a 1/2 off sale so I got the towel for 59cents!  Wound up putting it on my dresser, couldn't bear to actually use it for a hand towel.  Love the look of it with my blue glass wear.  Guess I should add here although my name is Elizabeth, everyone calls me Beth...thus the "B".  

Mr. Outdoors Birthday

Mr. Outdoors had a Birthday today and we had a grand time celebrating.  Our Granddaughter drove for 3 hours to be here to surprise her Grandpa and surprised he was!  Our youngest son and his girlfriend and Grandson joined us for a good supper and it was so fun to be with our family...I think he had a great day!  Isn't he handsome...67 looks very good on him!

Cornbread salad

Have you ever made cornbread salad?  It is Mr. Outdoors favorite summer salad and we make it a lot.  Just make up your regular pan of cornbread ( I use Pioneer Womans recipe) let cornbread cool and crumble up fine.  Chop fresh tomatoes, onions and bell peppers.... toss with the cornbread and add mayo till it is moist.  Usually a 1/2 to 3/4 cup mayo will do just fine.  Enjoy!!

When they come for supper

Our #2 son came by for supper last night, here he is with Mr. outdoors.  When the children move away it is heartbreaking...for a longggg time.  Then you and your hubby kinda start enjoying the privacy you once had many many years ago before the babies arrived.  You find yourselves finally able to do and enjoy things you hadn't dreamed of in years.... but you know what...it's so grand when they come for supper and we sit and talk and laugh and discuss all the happenings in our lives.  He is such a good son , always has been and always will be.  He has his Dads hard work ethic and the wisdom of someone twice his age and just such a great guy!  I am so lucky!