Another Cherry Pie...sigh

As some of you may know by now...

I...LOVE...CHERRY...PIE.

This day, I was sooo hungry for a cherry pie and...

I had only ONE can of cherries.

I actually needed 2 more cans.

Now, if I had to take this pie to a party or something...

or

if I had "company coming",

I would have gotten dressed and gone to the store.

(well, I WAS dressed...but in pj's...heh heh heh)

and bought more cans of cherries.

HOWEVER...

it was just Mr. Sweet and myself that was going to be eating this delicious pie

and we don't really CARE it it isn't a MILE HIGH....

I keep all my cookbooks in a couple of

vintage locker room baskets.

...starting to pour over recipes...

I have used this recipe several times and,

the best I remember,

it is a good one.

Generally, if it's NOT a great recipe, I mark it "bummer"...

I saw, on some talented blog, flowers/cuttings

in three cans...

cherry...

blueberry...

apricot

and they were so cute.

I am now in the process of  saving fruit cans...

...sometimes, I wonder about myself...

a FRUIT LOOP saving FRUIT CANS...good grief !

Just look how beautiful a little bunch of flowers look in the colorful cans...

So COUNTRY FRESH...

 Actually, when you really look at the labels...

there's some darling ones.

Now we'll never look at another food can the same way !! 

haahha.....

Del Monte cans have colorful labels...

and all the fruit cans ...

the bright reds of tomato sauce cans...

O, and some of the coffee cans are cute, too.

(I can just hear GLORIA laughing her head off at me lovin' can labels !! )

If you think you might want a few  cute cans, filled with flowers from your garden this spring and summer....

start saving the cutest ones now....

I have a whole shelf in my pantry filled with

EMPTY CANS.

(and Mr. Sweet's eyes will NEVER roll back into place again..!!)

This is one of the best cookbooks I have ever had.

It is also the last gift from my little mama.

4 months later, she was gone.

23 years later, I am still broken hearted.

♥♥♥

While the pie is cooling in the window..

just like my mama used to do...

I made some of the little

PIE CRUST STICKS (just like my mama used to do for me)

that we all love

with the left over pie dough,

sprinkled with sugar and a big helping of cinnamon,

sooo

let's have a hot cup of tea and the

whole plate

of pie sticks !!

When sadness fills my heart at missing my mother,

I make a big pot of

CHICKEN AND DUMPLINS

or a

WHITE CAKE WITH FUDGE ICING

or a

a  FRUIT PIE..

that I ALWAYS sit in the window...

just like she  used to do.

All of these are my comfort foods and

I can just see her smiling at me when I say...

"Mother, I am NEVER going to be able to cook as good as you."

and her saying,

"Probably not, Jeanie, but you can dance better than me!"

;))

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