Blueberries and Cherries ..

...a great combination !

Especially

IN A PIE...

OH MY..

I DO love PIE.

FRESH  BLUEBERRIES..

Canned TART CHERRIES..

into a good crust.

Remember, ya'll, if you want some cuties things to sit on your windowsill

or on your table....or ANYwhere,

SAVE THOSE COLORFUL FRUIT AND VEGGIE CANS for a cute COUNTRY look.

We can fill 'em with pretty flowers and they will look sooo cute. 

♥

BERRY-PICKIN' PIE

3 TBL. cornstarch

1/2 cup sugar

1-1/2 cups water

3-oz. pkg. gelatin mix (fruit flavor as in Peach, cherry, raspberry, etc)

2-3 cups of berries (your choice)

9" Graham cracker crust

Garnish with frozen whipped topping, thawed.

♥

Combine cornstarch, sugar and water in saucepan:cook over low heat until thick and bubbly. Remove from heat and gradually add gelatin. Cool and set aside. Place berries in pie crust, pour gelatin mixture over top. Refridgerate until set, then dollop with whipped topping. 

Makes 6-8 servings.

This recipe is from a Gooseberry Patch cookbook and may I just say

OH HONEY 

The glaze has been added to the fruit here.

My version:

fresh blueberries

canned TART cherries

Peach Jello

I took the pie to our home fellowship group gathering and it went, lickety split !

REALLY a great, light pie.

I used Fat Free Whipped topping and I didn't have a graham cracker crust on hand so I used a regular pie crust.... it was all just delicious.

♥

This pie assembled really quick and an hour in the fridge and

it's READY TO ROLL. 

Leave to cool on the WINDOWSILL

before putting it into the fridge to thicken and SET.

This is 

ONE GOOD LOOKIN' PIE, folks

My fellowship group ate it every single bite

and MR. SWEET just came thru and asked if I had 

ANY MORE BERRIES !

Oh, yes...I am going to be making another one of these...

probably TOMORROW.

Why don't you come over, have a slice and

let's talk about it.

Linking with 

REAL FOOD WEDNESDAY

REDNESDAY WEDNESDAY

♪♪♫...there must have been some magic.....

...in that old BLUE hat they found....♫♪♪
SNOW...
it CAN be fun...
but I sure like staying OUT of it.
:))

I wrote this post back a few weeks ago when we had a tiny bit of SNOW and a whole lot of COLD. 

♥

SNOWMEN can be built  just about anyplace you go,

due to the SNOWS all over everywhere right now...

Our snow, so far, this year has been very minimal...

but, boy, we did, indeed, have

C.O.L.D.

We are staying INSIDE...

more rolls...

yep..we do love our cinnamon rolls.

Staying close to the fireplace and hugging the kitchen and good things to

eat...

and hot things to drink....

OOO, how thankful I am for a

warm house...

plenty of food...

and that our children have the same....

AND...

I love and am thankful, for all my cute thrift finds..

the cups/saucers that I almost sleep with every night...

the little 2 cup tea/coffee pot in all it's perfect whiteness...

the tray of silver....

...even the white AWESOME canister set...

I ♥ GOODWILL !!!♫♪♪

This was  last winter...

beautiful daughter and her handsome sweetie

on a fun skiing trip.

brrrrr....it looks so cold.

but they had SO MUCH FUN...:)

FUN IN THE SUN AND SNOW....

Another thankful thing...

fresh fruits YEAR 'ROUND...

oh, I have lived long enuf to remember

that we once only had FRESH fruits during the season.

(yep...you're right...that sugared bowl of fruit is mine...

the more healthy version belongs to MR. SWEET.)

i am sooo bad..!

I can remember a 36 inch snow in my home town when

I was a senior in high school.

Gosh....

so many cattle died during that storm.

I never saw anything like it before....

nor since.....in MY area, I mean.

Of course, with school being out for a whole WEEK,

my friends and I had an absolute BLAST in all that snow.

That was so fun!

I remember my girlfriend, ALICE, was wearing her dad's rubber boots.

Every time we met some boys, she ran and stood in a big snow drift

so they wouldn't see her big, ole boots...hahaaahhaa...

Alice, you still looked cute, even

in your daddy's boots.

The surprising thing ....

how WARM it was on this day,

STANDING ON A GLACIER  in ALASKA, last summer.

We didn't put on a jacket, much less a heavy coat.

...and we had so much fun during this awesome trip.

a LOT of snow in ALASKA..

♥

...how can we ever thank you enough, David and Stacy?

This was indeed a trip that your daddy and I will never, ever forget..

just looking at all the photos takes our breath away..

and we still both tear up, just thinking of your generosity and love.

We also thank GOD everyday for allowing us to enjoy this good health in

our winter season of life...

To be able to take a cruise like this at this stage of life is such a wondrous gift from above.

When my kids and grands were little,

we must have built a million snowmen..

NOW...in my olden years,

I am happy to stay INSIDE...

I am such a sissy girl...

I am almost positive

that is a SNOWSHOE RABBIT

back there on that cute pillow.

Even HE doesn't want to go out in this

1 degree weather we've been having.

*it has now warmed up sooo much and

WE ARE HAPPY.

♥

I am linking today with:

MOSAIC MONDAY

BLUE MONDAY

RUBY TUESDAY

TEA WITH THE LADY

TABLESCAPE TUESDAY

TEA FOR TWO

TEAPOT AND TEA THINGS

3 OR MORE TUESDAY

2ND TIME AROUND

NIFTY THRIFTY TUESDAY

TWICE OWNED TUESDAY

Thanks to all the hosts...

and thank YOU for coming by.

SOOO, if you can get outside and PLAY in THE SNOW,

GO FOR IT...

Too cold ?

Do like me and

run back INSIDE to  a

POT FULL OF HOT TEA and a cinnamon roll.

After all.....we're just a bunch of

sissy girls...:)

and don't we LOVE it !!

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Hope you have

A SASSY DAY,

bj

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I am linking with

PINK SATURDAY

FAVORITE THINGS SATURDAY

SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL

SEASONAL SUNDAY

TWO FRENCHY GIFTS I LOVE....

My sweetest daughter, STACY LEIGH, brought these beautiful

WILLIAMS-SONOMA

dish towels to me from a trip to DALLAS.

BUT...

they are so PRETTY.....

and  so perfectly FRENCHY.....

I decided to use them for awesome place mats.

Don't you think they look great ?

I love the look of the vintage golden flatware with it all.

A very sweet and good friend gave me these

adorable dessert plates.

I thought they looked really GREAT  with the cream ware dishes I already had.

SOOO,

I felt a FRENCH TABLE coming on. :)

A French inspired table always must have some FRENCH HENS around...

well.....

and a rooster or two.

The little plates have different fruits on them

but I am using the two with grapes today.

AHHHH, the fun of  PhotoScape...

A little sugar jar that matches the dessert plates..

I just put in a little bouquet of flowers.

...and a few more French plates are added to the mix..

Sunflowers...

handsome roosters...

grapes....

They all add up to

FRENCH FUN..!

Both little plates....

♥♫♪♫ GOODWILL ♪♫♪♥

Time for a NEW CENTERPIECE...

BEIGNETS....

the  most awesome French donut you've ever put in your mouth.

Dessert time...!!

I have tried Paula Deen's recipe, along with several others

and, by far, the MIX that comes from CAFE du MONDE

in NEW ORLEANS,

is the very best.

Just add water to the mix, roll, cut and fry.

They are so tender and light, I can't stand it.

DELICIOUS !

Be sure to check at your local grocery store

for the mix.

Our market does carry it.

I am so lovin' this beautiful book

my sweet daughter gave to me.

It is full of the most mouth-watering photos

you've ever seen.

Always adding PLENTY of powdered sugar just makes beignets EVEN BETTER..

These are so fluffy with all that sugar, I could just DIVE right in the middle of it. !

;))

A beignet is better when served with a strong, delicious coffee..

OMGosh...

Lets have a beignet and a cup of coffee and.......

TALK ABOUT IT.

♥

OH HONEY

I am linking with:

TABLESCAPE THURSDAY

VINTAGE THINGY THURSDAY(olden dishes and flatware)

FRIDAY FAVORITES

SWEET TOOTH FRIDAY

HOME SWEET HOME FRIDAY

JUNKIN FINDS FRIDAY (dishes from yard sale)

FOODIE FRIDAY

TICKLED PINK FRIDAY