It was hard

I do come from a family with hoarding tendencies....

I have a distant cousin who bought a barn to stash his finds and treasures....

Another complains that her boyfriend brings trash home but is will to take all kind of unwanted artifacts...

My Dad has various collections....Books, copper pots, yellow vases to name a few....

Me ? Well you know about the Pyrexia , the Lampalia, I love vintage ashtrays (we don't smoke), vintage linens, cotton sheets...

And Mason jars....My faves are the antique ones, I have great blue ones but basically I love them all!

They are so practical!

I was informed last week that I had a unknown stash of Mason jars in the basement ....They were all dusty,cruddy with dead bugs in some....

So I shaked the bugs out and put them all in the dishwasher.

I a quite a few

                               and a new box..... with a big zipper bag of rings

21 in all

I knew they had to go

but it was hard!

I didn't want to give them

I wanted to bask in the glory of the Mason jar!!!

In case you're wondering I have a box or 2 in the storage locker

ready to move!!!

And nearly all my dry goods are store in Mason jars....

Have a great day!

I'm cleaning the oven today!!!

Off the wanted thrifting list

I guess we all have our wanted thrifting lists. In fact I have several; one for Pyrex, one for mugs, one for glassware, another for lamps, blowmolds and the lists go on and on...


On June 29th 2013, I was able to tick off one of my wanted in the mug list.

I had been yearning for those for quite a while, but whenever I found them they were too expensive for my taste.

                              So I got 4 Glasbake soup mugs from the Gananoque Flea for $10.

                             Around here I usually see them for $10 each, so I feel good about the buy.

                            I had a pink one, really beat up from the Sally Ann, but as per the house rules....it needs to go...to the church basement.

                         From that roadtrip I also  found some pillow cases and some old Mason jars.

                         All in all a good day. I should be able to post pictures for the next post

                        Be well and sleep tight :)

Itching

I'm itching to sow seeds now....but it's too early

 

I saved  quite a bit of seeds...In the biggest jar is perrenial sweet pea; the medium jar has

butternut squashed and in the itty bitty one are delicata squash seeds

 

Of course you recognize  some of my Pyrex!

 

So in this picture you have 3 things that make me happy: seeds, mason jars and Pyrex!

 

I had a talk with Dan and we will definitely be back in the funky gravy on the So Guy chinese restaurant in Morrisburg, Ont.

 

So I should eventually get pics for you!

VTT: Those jars AGAIN!!!

As I was telling my dad that I got some more Mason jars today… He told me: You really have a thing about Mason jars don’t you?

I read your blog and these beautiful old jars reminded me of my childhood. I used to see them all the time!

And I commented : They must have been exploding all over the place! I recall hearing about peaches and exploding jars (was it in I love Lucy?).

Dad said: Oh yes I remember the explosions! We used to buy maple syrup that usually came in tin gallons, but this one time the maple syrup came in mason jars….We didn’t have room for a cold room so your grandma fix a closet as a cold room. And that summer it was so hot that all the maple syrup jars exploded and there was a sticky mess all over!

I really love hearing stories from my dad’s childhood; he seems to remember all the day to day things that I love so much; so I wanted to share this one with you.

If you want to read the original post...here's the link right HERE!

Happy VTT! Of course I'm linking to Colorado Lady super fun vintage party right HERE