Etsy Treasury

Aprons2tie4 included my Primitive Star Pears 
in her Thanksgiving at the Farm Treasury!


Thank you so much Aprons2tie4!

Fertilizer Friday ~ 10/22/10

Boy, did this week pass me by!

I was a little under the weather

so I think that had something to do with it.

But time marches on and here it is again

Fertilizer Friday over at Tootsie Time.

My Oldest and his Fiancée brought over the pumpkins they grew.

They live in the country and don't get any Trick or Treaters.

Look at the size of these babies!!

All are huge but the one on the left is Mega Huge!

Of course, Mama had to get in on the photo ;)

As I walked around the garden looking for anything in bloom,

I was surprised at what I found.

Oxalis under the pond bench is blooming.

When I was little we called this Sour Grass and used to pull a

stem off an chew on it! LOL

The Purple Potato is in full bloom.

This thing is so vigorous I cut it to the ground each year

and it comes back bigger and bigger

To my delight I found a few of my Lilacs blooming.

This one is from my Mother's Garden.

I love the white edges of the petals.

 Miss Kim has buds ready to burst open.

Fresh Red Tomato Cake

To all of you who are waiting with baited breath it was.........

mmmm mmmm goooood!!

Kinda similar to Carrot Cake.

No you can't taste the tomatoes.

So here ya go ☺☺

Fresh Tomato Cake

from RecipeLand

Ingredients

1 cup brown sugar, dark

1/2 cup vegetable shortening

2 large eggs

3 cups flour, all-purpose

2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon nutmeg

1 teaspoon salt

2 cups tomatoes,  ripe and peeled

1/2 cup nuts, chopped

1/2 cup dates, chopped

1/2 cup raisins, seedless chopped

Directions

Mix cream sugar and shortening.

Add eggs.

Add sifted dry ingredients, mixing well.

Stir in tomatoes, nuts, dates, and raisins.

Put into greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan.

Bake in preheated 350'F oven for 35 minutes or until cake tests done.

Frost with cream cheese frosting.

I changed a couple things.

I didn't peel the tomatoes. Instead, I pureed them.

Didn't add raisins or dates.

Doubled the nuts.

A Few Great Finds...

Be sure to visit each of these ladies to see lots of great Treasure!

Coastal Charm

A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

Coloradolady

After receiving an email from the Estate Sale List I'm on,

I was really excited to check this one out!

Just look at all that Treasure!

I had never been to a sale organized and I use that term loosely,

by this company. From the photos they looked like any other organized

sale....boy, was I wrong.

What should have taken us about 45 mins. took us 2 hrs.

I've never had so much trouble finding a place before.

My Garmin gave us wrong directions

(I need to break down and buy updated maps!)

The Directions I printed out from Google were wrong,

a different wrong from the Garmin.

Just when we were about to give up,

 we got enough of a cell signal to get directions from the phones GPS.

They had no signs except for the one in front of the house!

Now this was way in the boonies, mind you,

no gas stations to ask directions from.

 Anyway, we made it.

Lots and lots of Treasure,

but the few items that actually had prices on them seemed high.

There was only 1 lady working it and she was at the checkout,

so in order to find out the price of something you had to take it to her and wait your turn.

I wasn't in too good of a mood from hunting for this place so didn't feel like lugging things back and forth to her.

It was a huge beautiful home though, with 4 acres of Almonds.

Hardwood floors throughout.

Large living room, family room, front room, dining room,

and I do mean large!

The kitchen was pretty good size too,

with large pantry and laundry room.

I was too busy looking through all the goodies I forgot to pay attention to how many bedrooms it had :~

Also a large cement patio and garden. 

It had a shop about 3 times the size of a double car garage.

A guest room, which had a fireplace, was attached to the shop.

There was also another room attached to the guest room.

The price tag of the home is $389,000.

OK enough dreaming about the home!

These are the few things I left with.

A round wood frame,

 2 more nests with birds (why oh why can't I pass these up!!??),

2 vintage Japan Bird Clip-on ornaments.

One bird is in good condition the is not.

And an embroidered Souvenir Hankie from Alaska

Total $6.

We hit a Country Yard Sale on the way home and found

a sweet Lambie, planter and a couple topiary in need of some help.

And the pis de resistance...

this sweet chandelier!

My first ever Chandelier find :)

I'm pretty sure it's some type of iron, either cast or wrought

and very dirty.

At first I thought I'd sell it, but....

I've taken a shine to it, even with it's lilac color.

So it will be staying.

A good winter project to rewire and

add a chain for the Gazebo next Summer.



It's Starting to get Spooky......

We've been adding to our Halloween Decor over the last few days.

More will be added, but the scariest not until Halloween Day...got to keep the neighborhood kiddos guessing ;)

Moma Cat supervises as Melissa decides

where to place the headstones and Mummy.



Everything looks better at night, of course ;)



Wish I had a wider front "porch" so I would have room for decorations.

We were out gallivanting around the other day and happened to stop by Target where the had the neatest "Porch Pot".

A black urn with black sticks decorated with orange mini lights.

I fell in love with it but not the price...$29.99!

Didn't take a photo in the store and this is the best I could find on the net.

I know it's not very good.

Anyway I decided I could make it way cheaper.

I have a urn that stays by the front door 

which I change out for the seasons.

And I have plenty of sticks in the backyard ,

black paint ~ check,

foam for the urn ~ check

orange mini lights...nope.

So I picked up a string there for $4.99.

Came home stuffed foam into the urn,

then added the sticks.

Now, Targets just had the painted black foam exposed...

didn't care for that too much so I added some Dollar Tree moss I had

and went crazy with the black spray paint.

Threw on the lights and decided to add the

infamous Dollar Tree Black Crow

we all have.

Viola`

15 mins and $4.99 we have...

it's a little smaller than Targets and not as Professional looking,

but I love it!

And that's all that matters, right!?

We also stopped into Home Depot

and much to our surprise a

They had all their Christmas stuff out! yes, already!

I decided to take a peek (something I never do until Thanksgiving).

Well I ended up walking out with a new Christmas Tree! LOL

The one we have is quite old and really too big for the size of our living room, especially with the new furniture we got over the summer.

This one is a petite 5' tall and much narrower and....

drum roll please...

PRE-LIT!!! 

Woo Hoo! I'm so excited to have a pre-lit one!

I was surprised at the price,

$34.99

Didn't think that was too bad at all.

hmmm...

maybe I'll put it up after Halloween,

just to see what it looks like in the room, of course

;)



Fertilizer Friday ~ 10/15/10

Once again we join Tootsie Time for Fertilizer Friday!

Please pop over and see what everyone is flaunting!

Tomatoes anyone??

We went from mid 70's last week into the upper 90's this week

bringing on a flush of ripe Tomatoes.

I picked these this morning to add

 to the drawer full I already have in the frig!

With the cooler temps last week my mind changed gears from

canning to baking which brought on a hunt for green tomato recipes.

So, not in a canning mood, I looked for fresh Tomato recipes and found

a Fresh Tomato Cake recipe.

It's in the oven as we speak!

If it's any good I'll share the recipe ♥

You see they'll be plenty of time for the green recipes.... 

as there are tons more Toms out there!

Help!

Anyone?!

I had to go to the store for Cream Cheese Frosting (for the cake)

and spied little Mums on sale for $1.49

I need to get them in the ground

but for now they are keeping "The Old Geezer" company ☺☺

More Treasure from Last Weekend

Today I'm joining Linda over at Coastal Charm

for Nifty Thrifty Tuesdays

Diane over at A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words

for 2nd Time Around

and Suzanne over at Coloradolady for Vintage Thingie Thursday

Here's the rest of my fab finds from last weekend!

We stopped at a yard sale and found a few goodies. 

Basket with bird in nest (in need a drastic makeover) .25,

an enamelware cup, old canning jar with tin lid and neat old book .10 each

 

a box of 6 cones of crochet yarn .50 each, free coin purse, new with tags glass Lady Bug Ornament (my MIL collects lady bugs) .50, candle stand $1, old working Holiday windowsill light .25

Lastly we stopped at farm sale...yipppeeee!! 

Didn't need this old window, but for a buck I couldn't leave it there!

Grubby, dirty, perfectly gorgeous!

Just when I've used all the old windows in my Treasure Pile....

I go and get another! LOL

and old Milk Bottle crate $1

from the Carnation Milk Co.



I hit the jack pot of vintage 4th of July decorations!!

Not sure how many little flags there are, haven't counted them yet! LOL

Lots of all sizes honeycomb fold out bells,

and a role of crepe paper streamer

$2. for all

A couple of prim decorations $2 each, 2 more milk glass vases .25 each, chamber pot .50, tin heart cookie cutter .10, stamp .25, a retro candle holder/hurricane .25, white gloves .25, doilies .50,

pair Boopie Candle Holders .50 both, and old rusty pruning saw to go with my daughters Halloween Costume .25

The sales will probably start winding down for the season, but what a way to go out with all these goodies.

I'll be busy through Winter making/cleaning/creating with all these.  

Huh? say What??

We received a very interesting piece of mail the other day.

Now keep in mind we bought this house new back in 1994

and are the only ones that have ever lived here.

The only ones to have ever had this address.

Look who this is addressed to....

umm, yeh

hmm

we don't use Verizon

this number isn't familiar at all

I haven't seen any unfamiliar faces around the house

I've asked the family who invited him

they assure me none of them did

My address has been blocked to protect the innocent

Fertilizer Friday ~ 10/8/10

It's time once again to Flaunt Your Flowers over at Tootsie Time.

Be sure to stop over and see everyone's gardens.

Not much is left blooming in my gardens... but the Morning Glory that reseeds itself each year is blooming it's heart out. 

You can see the caterpillars and grasshoppers have arrived

 by the chewed holes in the leaves.

I love this color, it's so vivid.

Wishing everyone a great weekend!