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REFRIGERATOR PICKLES

crunchy, crunchy good::

i have a ton of bookmarked recipes for refrigerator pickles. i started with this recipe because i had all ingredients on hand, minus the coriander seeds. they are super simple to make. i cut the recipe in half and it made enough for two pint containers of pickles. the hardest part was letting them hang out in the fridge for a couple of days before testing. but they were worth the wait and everyone loved them, coriander or no coriander. this recipe requires a little bit of boiling time but there are some i've bookmarked that don't. meaning; i will be making different versions until the pickling cucumbers are out of stock. the crunch is addictive! i know what i'll be doing with all of the overflow from the garden next season. 

 

YARD SALE SCORES

remember those ed emberley drawing books i typed about? i had no idea that he made children's books as well! i found this great alphabet book while looking through a huge box of hardcovers. it was published in 1978::

quilting quails! i love it. also at the same barn sale i found a vintage leather wallet and some antique spoons:: 

teeny, tiny tea party spoons. i need to go yard saling more often.

 

FEELING FALLISH

bread baking and sock knitting. my annual intro to hibernation::

i don't know about you, but i have been loving these shorter days. daylight savings hit and things just seemed to slow right down. dusk at 4:30ish? perfect. lets start an early dinner to warm up the kitchen and then straight to bed for snuggling up, reading and relaxing. the winter blankets have been washed and reinstated and we're rolling through our roald dahl collection. what could be better?

 

PANDA BEARS AND BUTTERFLIES

ellie is five, it's official::

those panda cupcakes, in honor of her ongoing panda obsession, will be the last birthday treat made for a preschool celebration. that's it. no more preschool birthdays. not sure how that is possible but there it is. time flies and ellie couldn't be happier. she is very excited to be five. happy, happy birthday ellie lu!