Heavy Metal Monday and Homestead Blessings

Before I get started with the heavy metal I wanted to share this picture that I took this morning of....SNOW!!!! It has only snowed once this winter and that was months ago!! But this morning we got a little taste of the white fluffy stuff and it was quite pretty! The sun was shining, the trees were blooming, the birds were singing and it was snowing!!!!! It's supposed to be cold here this week and we could see a little more, but it was fun seeing a bit today!!

Now, on to my "heavy metal"! I don't know how many Mondays I'll have of this, because sooner or later I will run out of metal, but at least I have a steady Monday post!!!
A few items in my hutch: cookie cutters,

flour sifters and old lids, and a few vintage utensils. I love the red and green of old!!!

I LOVE old cookie cutters! I remember as a girl, going by peoples homes in the evenings, when lights were just coming on and wondering what they were doing. Were they having dinner? Making or baking something? Just talking about the day? I still do this...I don't know why!!! But, I do imagine homes of old with mama rolling out the cookie dough and little hands cutting out the cookies with one of these old cutters. I loved making sugar cookies with my mom and my kids loved making them with me! Oh, for the good old days!!!

I canned 16 pints of chicken this morning and then headed over to my sweet friend Lynda's for lunch, stitchin' and a movie!!!

We watched a Homestead Blessings video on canning by the lovely West ladies!!! It was so joyous!!!!! They are a mom and daughters group that does these cute little videos and they do a great job. I think there are six total. You can get them on Amazon or at Vision Forum. I brought these two home with me to watch a little more!!! At the end of today's video they did a little strummin' and singin' down by the creek...barefoot, no less!!! It was so pleasant!!!! Lynda and I can't quite see our daughters participating in such an event, but one can dream!!!!

Lynda made this yummy soup out of the Farm Chicks cookbook. It was really good, but we'd add curry instead of the cumin...just our personal taste!! Very creamy and hearty and she made a great salad to go with. We had tea and rice krispie treats, courtesy of Roger dear, and worked on our little projects! What a joyous day!!!! Thanks Betty!! ( She prefers Betty, and who can blame her??? It was her sweet Grammy's name and very fitting for this girl!!)

I've got another 16 pints of chicken in the pressure canner and am considering working on my sewing room. Just considering, mind you! After all, the Gilmore Girls are on in a few minutes,and while I could watch them upstairs, it's much cozier down here!!!

Have a wonderful week!!

Heavy Metal Monday

I have an affinity for vintage tin. I don't know why, but something about it speaks to me.
I keep saying that I will share my collections with whoever wants to see them, so here goes!!!

I love my dish drainers! I wish I did something a little more creative with them, but I can't really think of anything and I had an empty wall!!! I have a few of these old pie tins, but only needed one here. I like that it says "flaky crust" on it !! Have you ever noticed how small pies were back then?? Mine are half again this size and since I'm the only pie eater in my home I've had to quit making them...because I eat them...all of them...and that's not a good thing...!
Why doesn't tea come in these any more?? Bet they'd sell a lot more!

The tins are baking powder tins. Do you think that the "aluminum free" printed on the new containers came from this?

My very creative SIL,www.aserenescene.blogspot.com, made these cute little BLOOM rocks for me. Aren't they so sweet??!!

I think the graters were my first tin purchase. I love the patina on some of these and the wording is great too. Things like, "The Wonder", "All in One", and my favorite, "3 in 1 Lightning Shredder"!!

Then, I found a cute little coffee pot!! I envisioned a prairie home with a big old cook stove in it and the coffee perking away, ready for a visit from a dear friend, or perhaps a little quilting bee! And, I must admit, freshly perked coffee from one of these is quite tasty!!

So, here's a little peek into my collection! I'll be bringing more!!!

Blessings!!