A favorite SUMMERTIME table...

Last year when the cherries were ripe,

I did this tablescape around my big pot of sweet cherries...
I decided to BRING THIS POST BACK  as my entire week is FULL to the brim and
no time for many new posts.
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I can remember loving cherries when I was a little girl...

still do.

I love how they look in white ironstone.

I guess there's not much of anything that DOESN'T look good in ironstone.

I found this big basket full of

CHEERY CHERRY DISHES....

at my favorite place to shop...
♫♫♪ GOODWILL ♪

But...the strangest thing....there's only 3 LARGE PLATES...
3 DESSERT PLATES...
3 BOWLS... (one was being used at the time of this posting..:))
and
set of salt and peppers
and a spoon rest...
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I got all this for $10.00 and I will keep looking for more...
I'll bet this was a HUGE set at one time....don't you?
Those adorable and JUST RIGHT FOR THE CHEERY CHERRY DISHES placemats....
$1.00 each , clearance at WALMART..
I made the napkins and tied them with lime green medium rickrack...

Beautiful thrifted stemware...
(see the beautiful quilt in the background...my sweet momma made that for me so many years ago)

PURE CUTENESS...

At the same time I found the CHEERY CHERRY dishes,

I found this beautiful STEMWARE..
funny thing....there's only 3 of them, too !!
hmmmm??
This olden ICE CREAM FREEZER was given to us so many years ago...
I THINK it was in the late '60's or early 70's....
ANYway...it still works like a CHARM.

and...when it QUITS working, I will keep the OLD WOODEN BUCKET.....
 I like the looks of it !.. beats me WHY !!
I'm just sayin'.....

Yes, sir....MR. SWEET got that freezer down from the attic and

we made the BESTEST VANILLA ICE CREAM for our sweet kids and grandkids...

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Now, I know most EVERYone has their own good recipe for ICE CREAM...

and, I, myself, have about a KIZILLION recipes...
but THIS is the one MR. SWEET made for us on MEMORIAL DAY....

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4 CUPS SUGAR

4 EGGS
1 LG. CAN CARNATION EVAP. MILK
1 PINT HALF AND HALF

LOTS of VANILLA

of course, you can add any flavoring, fruit, nuts...

(we just about pitch a hissy fit for BANANA NUT ice cream, at least ONCE during the hot summertime..)

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Then you just fill up to the FILL LINE on your freezer with milk...
It was really good and we had a Vanilla Cake with True Fudge Icing

but.....I never did get even ONE photo of it...too busy making sure I got a PIECE of it !!

This little tiny bit of frozen heaven is all that was left...

I just nearly didn't even have enuf  left to make a pretty picture for you....

Have a blessed day and know that you are loved.

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I am playing in the parties of:
SHOW OFF YOUR COTTAGE MONDAY
AMAZE ME MONDAY
MASTERPIECE MONDAY
TODAYS THRIFTY TREASURES MONDAY
Thanks, ladies.