A Little Stitchin'..... and the "Bud's" has Arrived.......

Gentle Friends, I got a bit more done on the AaHRH......

...I've gotten all the green squares done and now it's on to the light gold silk to fill in the rest of the yard....

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I couldn't believe that Bud's was already in the stores Saturday so of course I had to buy some.... 

a really delicious Egg Nog here in the Bay area.... 

... and I was still celebrating Hallowe'en since I used my Hallowe'en mug!!

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Hallowe'en Treeat

Gentle Friends, Rico brought a treat home last night for the Spooky Holiday......

... the only injury was the Mummy, it fell over, but was still delicious!!  They came from a local Cupcake place I've talked about before... CAKO. 

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That's about it for today sports fans, I again thank you for stopping by, 

and invite you to stop by again!! 

Hope you weekend is filled with wonderful "Treats" and only a few fun "Tricks!!"

Take care,

edgar

A little Bakin'

Gentle Friends, I'm still stitching away on my exchange piece, and had a visitor.....

.... which has put me a bit behind on the finish......

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I whipped up a little cake Sunday afternoon, from "Southern Bite," a great Blog run by Stacey....

...  this is the piece I cut for myself,  simple, on hand ingredients and quickly done, make this a scrumptious cake, thanks Stacey!!!!

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Short and sweet today sports fans, not much going on around here, thanks for stopping by!!

Take care,

edgar

Thrifty Thursday

Gentle Friends... a few fun things from the weekend......

.....  from the top l to r... a nice old pair of 19th century brass candlesticks, I found these at a Goodwill, interestingly enough they were not sold as a pair, in fact I found one, sort of in the back with the shoes and the other on stuck in with the books, they were each priced at a couple of dollars, so how could I pass...  the super dresser box is another Ivorine Pyralin (early celluloid) piece , and luckily it is also in the DuBarry pattern, the same as the frame I found a couple of weeks ago.....  I found the two W. Irving books at a really lovely Estate Sale, were I could have spent a ton of money, but the furniture I wanted I had no room for.......and a couple of DVD's......  I was surprised to find a pristine copy of the cult classic Caligula....

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That's about it for today sports fans, thanks again for stopping by do stop again!

Take care,

edgar

Fall Peeps Treats

Gentle Friends, every season seems to encourage those people at Just Born to come up with some fun Peep Flavours to try ......  for the Fall they've introduced......

... Caramel Apple -  quite an apple smell when you open the package - and the caramel coating is caramel tasting, I found it to have an odd salty bite to each peep,

 the marshmallow peep was very apple-y!!...

.... the Pumpkin Spice......

... again,. there was a real spicy smell when I opened the package, the white chocolate coating was nice and the chicks were spicy.....  nothing to distinct, kind of like a spice cake blend.....

.... next up was a Peep I really wanted to try, the candy corn Peep, you know I like my candy corns and every year munch my way through quite a bit of the stuff.....

...again, when I opened up the package a very candy corn smell wafted out, and the chicks were nicely enrobed with the white chocolate coating, with the Peeps themselves tasty a little like candy corn!!

They also had some kitties......

....and these really tasted surprisingly like chocolate mousse.....

... the last up where the tomb stones, these were just regular Peep Marshmallow, but they were covered in a glittery grey sugar, like the regular Peeps that are covered in a sparkly yellow sugar......

I'll keep an eye out for any other Fall Peep treats I see, overall I kind liked the different flovours and will continue to try new ones as they come out.......

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If you been reading this Blog for any amount of time you know what a fan of Egg Nog I am.  Well, this has got to be the earliest I've ever seen any ever at any store.  We found this over the weekend out grocery shopping, and even though this Nog is a weak contender next to some of the wonderful Nogs we have here in the Bay area, it certainly hit that "Early Christmas Spot".....

......  so I hauled out a really nice bourbon I got last year and had a bit o'Christmas Cheer with my Hallowe'en cookie jar in full view!!! 

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....  and that, sports fans wraps up the Peep's and Treats Post here are Casa Chihuahua. 

Thanks for stopping by, do stop again.

Take care and Merry Christmas!!

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends, I've worked a little on AaHRH ........

.... and I'm liking this square quite a bit more than the last....  horses that will eventually be on a great checkerboard ground and Fall tress with a great salt box house.....  what riches!!!

Short and sweet today sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

Thrifty Thursday Finds.... and a Fall Treat

Gentle Friends...  once again we have been out and about hunting up treasures....  here's some of the fun things I found the Saturday before last.......

from l to r...  some nice sterling pieces ( I've worked them over with polish and they are much cleaner and reflective than when they came into the house.....  a great "Ivorine" frame in the DuBarry Pattern, and a nice German tea trivet....  a translation of the saying around the edge.... "Coffee must be hot as hell, as black as the devil as pure as an angel, and as sweet as love"  it's a nice piece probably from the 70's.

Here are some fun things I found this past Saturday....

.... a great old picture frame, a vintage hand decorated Staffordshire Tea pot, in the shape of a thatched cottage, a nice Ste. Christina Icon, and a DVD copy of "Topsy Turvy", a super 1999 musical film about Gilbert and Sullivan and the 15 month period leading up to the Premier of "The Mikado."  It's a great little film that was not widely released and won 2 Academy Awards, for Costume Design and for makeup.

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We found another treat at Trader Joe's....  they always have Panettone around the Christmas Holidays, but this year they also have a Fall Panettone - or it might be we are just noticing it this year - whatever the case we bought one to try.......

....  it was beautiful coming out of the box and wrapping.....

... I hacked a couple of pieces off for the both of us and found it to be another winner for Pumpkin and Fall from Trader Joe's!!!  It went really well with a cuppa tea and with a cup of coffee.

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That's about it for today sport fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

take care,

edgar