Joining up with Amy of Love Made My Home and her Five on Friday!
Five things that are making me a little happy today:
One: Our winter storm has blown over now, and I'm thankful that we barely had anything here to make our lives more difficult. Plenty of people in other regions suffered power outages, ice-covered roads and heavy snow. Living beside Lake Ontario has its advantages. Today it's bright and sunny, although with the cloud cover gone, the temperature has dropped yet again. I'm good with that though!
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| Looking out my back door. |
Two: My Christmas cactus is getting ready to bloom. It usually does a thing just before Christmas and again just before Easter. This past Christmas I think we were blessed with one or two blooms. A few more have emerged in the past week, so it should be a better Easter show.
Three: While decluttering/reorganizing some cupboards in the kitchen, I pulled out this pretty vase and decided to swap it for the blue & white striped biscuit jar I had been using for my wooden spoons on the counter. It's taller and narrower, and I love the little birds on it.
Four: A drain tray full of blue & white dishes! I had finished washing up some dishes, and continued with washing a few of my display things, and thought they looked so nice in the drain tray with the sun pouring into the kitchen :) I've waited a long time for my blue kitchen, and it's so nice to see the blue & white dishes looking so crisp and pretty in there now.
Five: After reading about Brenda's popovers, I pulled out my old Purity cookbook (again from my great aunt's house!), and decided to make these butterscotch rolls (tea biscuits with brown sugar and butter filling). They are going really well with a cup of tea this afternoon :)
Thanks for stopping by today!
Wendy
You certainly have some beautiful blue and white dishes, I love the vase such a pretty design.
ReplyDeleteLovely blue and white dishes . Oh those popovers look YUMMY ! yes nothing like a sweet treat with a cup of tea my fave . Lovely photos . Yes we did good here to in the storm not much snow at all just a tad mostly rain here . The sun has been shining here all day with clouds floating over it is chilly but I like it , the weekend looks good sunny and mild . Thanks for sharing , Have a good weekend !
ReplyDeleteHello, I love the pretty dishes and the homemade biscuits look yummy! Have a happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteA lovely post! I'm so glad the storm passed you by without too much damage!
ReplyDeleteThose Butterscotch Rolls look really delicious.
Barbara xx
I'm a sucker for blue and white dishes and yours are great! Now about those good looking rolls...could you pass one over? Pretty please...
ReplyDeleteA lovely five Wendy, the vase is a lovely idea for storing your wooden spoons it looks as if it was meant for that purpose and yes your blue and white dishes do look pretty it's funny how it's the simple things that give us satisfaction and make us smile. I want one of those rolls right now they look so yummy, Have a lovely weekend. :) xx
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy, I'm glad your storm has blown over now. Those frost quakes from one of your last posts sound scary! Your blue and white china looks so pretty there, the stripey ones look like some Cornishware that I have. How lovely of you to have visited all of Amy's anniversary Fivers on Friday :-) xx
ReplyDeleteGlad the storms are gone, I have a thing for blue and white china too. Probably time for me to give some of them a good cleaning.
ReplyDeleteMy Christmas cactus is about ready to bloom again too! Love the dishes. Blue and white are my favorites. Now you need to share that recipe for those yummy looking rolls!
ReplyDeleteYour blue and white dishes look so homey drying in your sunny kitchen, Wendy! The butterscotch rolls must have filled the room with the most amazing aroma. Sitting down with a nice cuppa, with one of those rolls and looking out the window on your pretty scene is the perfect morning. x Karen
ReplyDeleteJust looking at those butterscotch rolls has put me in the mood for a cuppa and something nice to eat! They loo delicious!
ReplyDeleteLiz
I love the blue and white striped bowls and dishes and your pretty blue jar with birds on it. You are right the blue and white always looks crisp and bright and pleasing to the eye. Your butterscotch rolls look delicious:)
ReplyDeleteDelicious looking butterscotch rolls. Yum! :-)
ReplyDeleteOh, seeing your blue and white striped china takes me right back to being a little girl! It was called Cornishware and we used it every day, with Willow-pattern for best when we had visitors. All blue and white of course. Thanks for bringing back that memory for me, Wendy.
ReplyDeleteI really like the vase/wooden spoon container with the birds decorating it. As for the baking, my mother would make your delicious-looking rolls, as you said, with butter and brown sugar and a generous sprinkling of cinnamon; we called them cinnamon twirls. I don't have her exact recipe, but will still rustle up a batch now and again.
ReplyDeleteThe sight out of your back door is beautiful, reminds me of spring - we have plenty of snow :))
ReplyDeleteI'm also admiring your pretty blue and white vase and dishes. Can you please mail me one of those yummy butterscotch rolls? Hee!
ReplyDeleteSunshine, burgeoning blooms, blue and white china, butterscotch, they have made me a little happy, too. This is a spirit-lifting Five, Wendy, thank you. x
ReplyDeleteIt's not nice to make other bloggers hungry!
ReplyDeleteWhen I was growing up my mother made these and we called them Nellie's Muffins - probably because Mum was given the recipe by someone named Nellie.
A fab five, Wendy. I like finding happiness in little things. Like an extra February day tomorrow! A gift!
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xo
I love your five, especially the blue and white in the dish drainer. Your spoon pot looks great too, I have a plain white one and think I will get another to make it a bit more colourful xx
ReplyDeleteYou have a lovely five here, Wendy. I especially like the blue and white dishes draining dry. Making the every day pretty is so affirming to one's spirit.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful weekend dear Gal!
ReplyDeleteI've never had a Xmas cactus - buy my MIL always did and would bloom so beautifully at those times of year too! I just think that's so cool.
I love your blue vase - so pretty. And those dishes too!
Those rolls look downright heavenly!! yum! xoxo
The blue in your kitchen looks so beautiful! That is such a clever idea to use a vase for your wooden spoons. The Butterscotch rolls look delicious! Even looking at it on that pretty plate of yours made me smile :)
ReplyDelete-Soma xx
Wendy, those rolls look delish! Would you just Fed Ex them my way? Lol! Love your dishes and the Christmas cactus. I've never had the plant and have always wanted one. Guess I should do something about that! :)
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Pat