Walk-n-Talk /Tasty Thursday

This Tasty Thursday, we're taking a lil Walk-N-Talk. Not to be confused with a 'knock-n-talk'. Wives of law enforcement officers will understand. Let's just say my version will not lead to any arrests. But you may be dazzled with my cool food-related finds from the 2016 Missouri State Fair. 

Here's a line of table runners quilted and ready for display above the cases of other handmade items. Wouldn't you love to have one of these beauties on your table this coming holiday season??

First glance you can pretty much tell this has some detail you shouldn't ignore.

 I love, love, love the play kitchen sink. It really deserved more prominence in the display.

The cookbooks could have some long lost ideas in them. Never toss out Grandma's books. 

I can't tell you what the cards are saying on this shelf, but that orange is back in style, again.

And every year there are vegetables on display with unique color, shape and weights. 

I don't have any 400 pounders, but I Do have a lil patch of goodness this year....

Watermelons: 7

Pumpkins: a crop of 9 at press time :)

To see the page for the hostess of this blogging event, click here.

In Season/Tasty Thursday

It starts with this. First there's a couple cucumbers on the vines. Next thing you know, you have the market cornered with a bountiful harvest of these vegies. So what to do? Use this as a Tasty Thursday post!



 Yes, I've made these and that is the reason I'm confident it's a very tasty recipe. Around here we

"Put Up" for the year; can it, preserve it, whatever you want to call it.   

And my cupboards are bare of this particular pickle.

So it's time.

This weekend will be a busy one, but well worth the effort.

Thanks Aunt Juanita!

Plight of the Poor

The title of this post might lead you to thinking it's another political spin being it's Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King Jr Day. But .......Not.

Recently the licensing rules for my daycare changed. They now dictate that the playpens you see here

must be replaced.

I searched the world over for a grand idea to keep from throwing these out to the curb.

Since they are on a recall list, they cannot be sold or given away.

It's a Federal Offense.

I really don't want jail time.

I hear plenty of stories from my retired deputy hubby.

And most important is child safety.

So being we are the one-income family that is more and more commonplace in this economy,

I am striving to repurpose, recycle, reuse, whatever you wanna call it.

On Pinterest, these folks decided to use their playpen for a ball pit.

Ballpit /repurposed playpen

Very cool, but try and imagine 10 children in my small ranchstyle home with access to all those balls.

Enough said.

Another person made an adorable hideaway, cozy reading/relaxing area for children.

(photo on my Pinterest Childs Play board)

But if the playpens are recalled for collapsing on babies, I doubt license reps would approve them lying around in one on its side.

So on to the next idea.

This was garden 2010, One our best years for the garden.

I'm thinking the playpen turned upsidedown and lined with plastic would make a great cold frame.

You won't see this idea in use for a month or so as it's currently

18 degrees Fahrenheit here in Central Missouri.

But I can't wait to get an early beginning on plants to have an economical jumpstart to my garden.

By the way, if you have an idea for repurposing playpens, please share!

I know a few childcare providers who would listen.........

Some Stuff from 2011

Winter in February 2011,Sedalia, Missouri.

April 22, 2010 - We pulled over in Ozark, Missouri to wait for this storm to blow past. Sirens were blaring.

We were on our way to camp for the weekend in Branson.

Joplin got hit exactly 1 month from this day.

Things that make ya go hmmmmm.

Sunset the same evening.

Gardening Season begins.

Another Camping trip in May

2011 Graduates

2011 Engagement

Unrelenting Heat makes for an Un happy Garden

My favorite part of the Missouri State Fair

A Grand Champion

Me and My Champion :)