Hubby and I are always in search of a really good brunch with a good Bloody Mary!! Several week ends ago, we tried out a new place in town called Drunch. One option there, which we both tried, was the Bloody Mary Bar. Mine has bacon, a dill pickle, several olives, and I think a hot pepper.
Last weekend, we thought we'd venture again, the line for Drunch looked long, so we ventured just around the corner, but still in Italian Village and found this Bloody Mary...Black Olive, different type of pickle and Italian Bacon....quite tasty. This Bloody Mary can be found at, The Market Italian Village. Both were good, not sure which I thought was better, but might give a nudge to Drunch, as it had horseradish in it.
This vase is another of the items I kept from my Dad's house. I remember it being on the mantel at his parents house when I was a kid. I always liked it and so have it in my China Cabinet. On the bottom it says Czechoslovakia 220/20. No name of a company, and perhaps an initial S with something after it, just an initial...presumably of the person who made it? This was #20 and they made 220? Is that what that means? I don't know. I don't know if it was something Grandma and Grandpa purchased, or something one of them got from someone in their families. Sure wish I knew something about this piece. Any thoughts about how to find out without a company name?
Drum Roll...........finally done with this gray shaded shawl. Just have to tuck in ends. Hoping to start a new one later today.
For my cross stitch friends. I made this pontoon boat back in 1982 for my parents. I also made the frame at one of those do it yourself frame places. They had a pontoon boat that looked just like this that they used to spend lots of time on, back in the day. Their den was very nautical. So the boat picture fit right in.
My cross stitch picture was around the corner which was the entrance to the room from the hallway. As some of you might know we recently had a tag sale, and cleaned out my folks house after selling it. Thus the surge lately of me sharing with you some of the family pieces I kept. The cross stitch pontoon boat doesn't go with anything in my house, but it brings back fond memories of my folks and since I made it...well, kept it.
Earthy? Land and Sea? Earth and Sky? These are the names popping into my head for this in the works afghan. This was started just last week while traveling in the car with 2 girl friends to Hilton Head. We have girls week twice a year, once in the Spring and again in the Fall. Though Cardiac Collage isn't yet finished, I needed to take something that wasn't so big to work on in the car. Cardiac Collage needs to be edged and joined...stay tuned on that score.
But what of this latest one? What shall I call it. Currently it has 2 shades of green, a tan, and a variegated tan, blue, green. It measures 60 inches wide (cast on 200 stitches) and since photographing here measures 14 inches deep. The green you see next to the tan is completed and I've got about an inch of blue which picks up a bit on the blue in the variegated. No fancy stitches...just stripes/sections of good old garter stitch. Love to hear you thoughts on the possible name.
Trip was fun, but I came back with a cold. Dang it.
Last year I shared a photo of a turkey made from veggies for a beautiful center piece. Several people I know made it, thought it looked great, but was lots of work and people were afraid to eat it, didn't want to ruin the look, lol. This is a fruit turkey you might want to try for the up coming Thanksgiving Day Holiday. However........my question is how does one keep the banana's from getting dark? If you make this, please let me know how it went.
I don't post about politics as often as I used to, and certainly not as often as it's on my mind. But, when I saw this on Facebook...I couldn't help but think how sadly accurate it is with depicting "don the con".
Need to catch up with stuff around the house, and blogging since I've been away. Looking forward to visiting everyone on my blog log and catching up with your activities.
