September

September has arrived and although it's not officially Fall, for me the first of September means Fall.

I have hung some new dollar store pot holders and towels in the kitchen.

I brought out the Fall "box". Don't know exactly what to call it. A few years ago I saw this kind of thing on Pinterest and asked DH to build some ( I think they called them printers' boxes) so I could decorate them for different seasons etc. I had lots of fun making them pretty and they fit perfectly under the shelf on the telephone desk.

Did the grocery shopping this morning and the new crop of Sunrise apples was in.... .96 per lb. I think that's a good price and I bought 2 bags.
DH got the dehydrator from the garage then started coring and slicing the apples on the mandolin. I'm glad he does it because the blade on that thing scares me.
It doesn't take that long and the slices are dry enough for my liking. I keep them in the freezer so they don't have to be dried crisp.
The apples were so crisp and delicious. I'm going to go back for more.

That was my day. How did you spend yours?

Thanks for visiting,  

Granny Marigold

 

Flowers and a mini pie

DH pulled the tired Sweet Peas off their trellis and brought the few good ones in. I made a tiny bouquet. The white ones are annual, the pink are perennial. The pink ones of course didn't get pulled down.

The Morning Glories have taken over the trellis that the Clematis grows on. Now it's a jumble of blooms.

I was inspired by some garden tidying that Henny Penny posted about recently and cleared out a lot of self-seeded flowers in this front bed. We lifted the Iris and put mushroom compost under and around  then moved some Japanese Painted Ferns which hadn't done well in pots so now they are in the ground.  In the front corner I have some Primroses that will bloom next Spring.

We bought a few Prune Plums with the idea of eating them out-of-hand but they must have been picked too green because they didn't taste like much. I decided to make a very small rustic pie. Just big enough for the two of us.  Of course the juice ran out and the pan was a mess.

                 I moved it to a plate so I could soak the pan.

That was my not very exciting day. Still, it feels good to get something done on this almost coolish day! Tomorrow is forecast to be the same then September starts off with hot weather again.

Thanks for visiting,

                    Granny Marigold

This and That

As we enter the last week of August I must say I'm tired of the heat and the dryness of this summer. I'm ready for Autumn!

Granddaughter K. came by to cut my and DH's hair ( we are so fortunate to have our own personal hair stylist in the family). She brought me a belated birthday gift. I love the Farmer's Market suitcase but haven't found the right spot for it yet. Actually she also brought me an 'orphan' tea cup , Royal Albert pattern Val d'Or. My mom had at least one cup and saucer in that pattern and I've always thought it a very lovely pattern... plain white with gold trim.

We bought a small box of peaches and have been enjoying them immensely. The last ones needed taking care of today so I made Impossible Peach Pie using my homemade Bisquik. Actually I made 2 and still had more peaches which turned into exactly one quart jar of preserves.

Have a great week. I hope it's not too hot where you live.

Thanks for visiting,

             Granny Marigold

Birthday Flowers

              I was totally spoiled by my family today..

 By some stroke of good luck my BP journal was delivered  TODAY and was leaning against the front door where the UPS man left it ( since I wasn't home).   I have just had time to peek in it but I know I'm going to enjoy having my own copy. 

I have eaten too much cake and way too much ice cream. This granny is going to have to do some serious penance. It's healthy food for me and not too much of it either!!

Thanks for visiting,

      Granny Marigold

Books 'n Bears

I found these children's books at the thrift store. I bought the first two especially because of the illustrations. The Velveteen Rabbit I got because I love that story.

            This Foxwood book makes me think of the Brambley Hedge books.

I couldn't resist buying these bears. They looked at me and begged to come home with me. What could I do?

             When I spied this sweet little bear with all her bling I didn't hesitate for a minute!!
               She cost me all of one dollar!

I hope you're having a lovely weekend.

Thanks for popping by,


            Granny Marigold

Mostly about Peaches

On Sunday we picked up some peaches and by today it was time to use them. The jam is very pale; I added some grated ginger for an experiment. Hope we like it.

The rest of the peaches went into this crisp. I like to think crisps are very very healthy because they contain oatmeal. Right?

There's no doubt about green beans being healthy. These are ready for supper. DH picked up some corn so we'll enjoy that too!

And I stopped at the library to pick up my library book. I know I've read it before but I want to reread it and then maybe watch the movie again.  Good summertime reading.

Well, that's about all I did today.
         Thanks for visiting again.

                      Granny Marigold

Zinnias

I knew I should have taken a picture of my Zinnias last week. They were doing so well....until DH tripped and fell on them. Now about half are flattened. Too bad. Luckily he sustained only minor injuries when he fell.  So, this image is off the internet but looks exactly like my Zinnias did.

I hope your week is off to a great start!

           Granny Marigold