Thrifty Thursday....

 Haven't done a Thrifty Thursday for a while...


These items are from the last few months...


I always seem to gravitate to the same kind of items...


Guess I know what I like...

And...

HAVE to have!!! hahaha!


Let's get started...   

This candelabra caught my eye...

Interesting "bubble" effect...

Even has the beloved Cornflower Pattern...

Just for fun...

I looked it up on Ebay...

You won't believe it!!!

A pair is going for...

Wait for it....

A whopping $135.00!!!!!

I paid $1!!!!

Pretty darn good investment,eh???

And I use it all the time!!!!

Then...

Something yellow caught my eye...

This adorable little candle holder...

Very heavy thick crystal...

A mere 50 cents... 

Scored these 2 baskets...

For both....75 cents...

Love the shape of the red one...

I can see it overflowing with purple lobelia and white impatiens...


LOVE LOVE LOVE baskets!   

Another weakness...

Glass jars...

With wire closures...

2 for 75 cents...

Another candle holder...

This one has 3 legs...

And a nice flowery shape...



25 cents!!!!

Another passion...

Cream and sugars...

This one...

Cornflower crystal...

Perfectly round...

Perfectly sweet...

$1 for the pair!!! 

Something else I always look for...


Small...interesting...useful...

Vintage tables...

This one will certainly find a very useful job...

Wherever...

I decide...

To...

Put her......$5...worth every $!!!!

Beautiful...


Blue....


I have filled her with shells I collected in Florida...


$1....


BONUS!!!! 

Sweet cross-stitch creamer...

I have a few teacups with this pattern...

Found one very similar on EBay...$15...

I paid..

25 cents....  

Love this small corning jug...


Couldn't find it on the Web...

I paid...

$1....

Perfect!!!

Found this Corning Creamer...


Spring Blossoms pattern...

Selling for $6....

Paid 50 cents...

Will get a  good workout this summer..

At the cottage... 

Well...

Those are my purchases for the last wee while...

Have you reclaimed any vintage pieces lately???


On the menu tonight...

  BBQ'D Beef kabobs....peppers and mushrooms...

      Served over rice.....side salad...

Hope you are all having a great day...

Strange weather here...temps on the rise...some rain...some sun...

Tomorrow.......rain all day....

Enjoy today!!!

                                Cheers!   :o)
                                   linda

    

The Spectacular Sedum....

      Thought I would spotlight...

One of my favorite...

Most versatile...

Hearty....

Easy to grow....

ANYWHERE...

Plant...

The Sedum... 

Belonging to the CRASSULACEAE Family...

Members commonly known as "Stonecrop"...

The name certainly suits...

AS..

It seems to grow ANYWHERE!!!

These are a few photos from summers past...

Hope you enjoy them...

Sedums start out like tiny cabbages...

As the summer progresses...they grow larger and pinker...

The Monarch Butterflies love them....

As...do I...

Perhaps you have a few Sedum in your garden...

They look fabulous thru all the seasons....and so easy to care for...

  Check out this sweet photo of Vivian...

           A friend of her Moms' took it....

                 This should be in a frame....yes????

 

Hope you are all having a great day so far...

We are heading out to the cottage...to do some raking!!!

Hopefully a nice sunny day...

Will report back with anything new!!!!


Have a wonderful day...

                            Cheers!  :o)
                               linda   

As Promised....Recipe For Banana Cream Pie...

 I featured this pie on my Easter post...

And...

I kept forgetting to share the recipe with you...

SO...

Here we go...

Just a few pictures...

To tempt you...

Or...

DARE you to make it!!

 

Banana Cream Pie

2 cups milk
2 tbsp flour
2 tbsp cornstarch
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
2 large or 3 medium egg yolks
2 tsps butter
1/2 tsp vanilla
4 large bananas


Make a graham crumb crust...

Heat 1 1/2 cups of the milk...in a double boiler...medium heat

In a seperate bowl...
Mix flour and cornstarch, sugar and salt..add remaining milk..stir until smooth
Add this mixture into hot milk
Cook until thick...stirring constantly...reduce heat   
Cover and cook for 10 minutes...


In a seperate bowl...
Beat egg yolks...stir small amount of hot milk into egg yolks
Then add all to pot...stir until thick...cook for 2 minutes

Remove from heat...add butter and vanilla
Add sliced bananas
Pour into pie plate
Refrigerate...

I topped with a sprinkle of brown sugar...

Enjoy!!!

Let me know if you make it...share a photo!!



Here are a few of my Hens & Chicks from last Summer... 

   

Hope you are all having a great day...

Dull and dreary here again...

Having a kind of a slow day....

Chilly.......


On the menu tonight...

Chicken and Beef Fajitas....with diced tomatoes, sour cream and avacado...




    Enjoy the rest of your day...

                                Cheers!   :o)
                                   linda

    

Nothing Picture-Worthy In My Garden Today.....

 Last year..

At this time...

I had so many things in the garden....

This year...

Only tiny green shoots...

Nothing...

Picture-worthy...


So...

We will revisit...

Last years...

Spring....

At my house!!   


Pansies...

Tulips...

Forsythia branches...


Filled my planter at my front door...

This year.... we just pulled the evergreens out from Christmas!!!  

My Ferns by the front door...

Were unfurling...

Today....

Nothing!! 


Keep in mind...

These photos...

Are...

All...

From last Spring... 

Climbing Hydrangea...


Lovely lush leaves... 

Perennial Lungwort...

Perfectly pinky-purple blooms...

This year...

Nothing...  

Perennial Bamboo...


Busting out...


Nothing  today! 

Bi-ennial Money Plant...

or...

Lunaria...

Also my Delphinium is up and at'em!!


This year...

You guessed it...

NADA!!! 

Flirty Forsythia...

Nothing happening yet this year... 

Peonies...

Today..I saw a tiny red "bud" showing thru the soil... 

Scillia...

Today, just some small shoots...



























I did some raking this afternoon...

Cleaned the feeders...and re-filled...

Nothing worth taking photos of...

Nice and warm today....perhaps this will help things along...

Getting some more rain tonight....again....must be positive...

Good for the plants...

This is the slowest Spring I can remember...

How about you???


On the menu tonight...

        BBQ'D Cajun Cod....BBQ'D Potatoes....Yellow Beans...

                Ceasar Salad with radishes...


Hope you are all having a great day...


                            Cheers!   :o)
                              linda