Wordless Wednesday...

Wordless Wednesday...coral is the colour of the year?

Mailbox Monday,..

Mailbox Monday is now on tour and is being hosted at Chick Loves Lit for the month of August. "Mailbox Monday is the gathering place for readers to share the books that came into their house last week. Warning: Mailbox Monday can lead to envy, toppling TBR piles and humongous wish lists. Last week I received: These two books, they are to add to my collection of research. Over the years I've been interested in the "real" stories of my country men/women who eventually emigrated to Canada, I believe the story of the children of Tengeru is one very close to my heart.

My sister-in-laws mom was such an orphan. It is fitting that this book arrived on the anniversary of her death. I always wondered who taught her to do the wonderful things she did. She was an awesome cook, a loving mother and grandmother and a wonderful loving friend to me. She had no mother or father to teach her to love, and yet she did it right to her dying breath. I never experience her "ugly" or "mad" at her life, she clung to it with every breath. Not a healthy life, but a very grateful one.
I dedicate my post to Janina, my friend may she rest in peace. I hope I told her enough times how special she was to me when she was alive, because there isn't a day that I'm not in my kitchen or in my rose garden that I don't have fond memories of her.

Photos of books I own.

For Today...

FOR TODAY
Outside my window... it's overcast, not too sunny, but hotter than H..L
I am thinking...should I bake the bottom of the wedding cake first or the top?
I am thankful for...my husband going off to work,
From the learning rooms...I'm learning to remain calm, it doesn't always work but that's what learning is...
From the kitchen...cake, cake, and more cake.
I am wearing...my pyjamas (did I tell you I love to bake in my pyjamas)
I am creating...quite a mess, with baking in one room and life happening in the other...
I am going...to the supplier store, haven't gotten a topper for the wedding cake yet. I'm thinking if it's too hot to travel by bus, I may just use some real flowers
I ...just finished reading "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake"
I am hoping...no one of the guests can taste my "feeling" in these cakes. But even if they do, they will only taste my complete joy of baking/and eating cake.
I am hearing...our ceiling fan whirl around.
Around the house...I've decided I need to focus on this cake and it's assembly so it will just be clearing up kitchen after baking. If I am /when I'm finished I'll do a quick crumb coat and then pop them into the freezer, much easier to decorate a frozen cake.
One of my favourite things...baking
A few plans for the rest of the week:Dr. appointments, seniors visits, another stopover at my mother's, and then... no painting this week,
Here are a few pictures I am sharing...remember that rose that's given me such a lovely view all spring and summer, I just needed to capture it.


The inspiration






So when my cat was sitting at the window, I decided he was uncomfortable, not to mention he keeps falling off and getting mad, I thought I'd paint a shelf one of my painting buddies gave me.




The purpose.




It looked like this when I got it.






I painted it a black/brown and photocopied a sheet of music, (the actual sheet was too thick to apply) I then painted the copy with tea, yes tea, applied it to the shelf (which was already dry) and let it dry also. Then I painted these two roses on top. Fini








What do you Think? It will be screwed to the wall just under the window frame. I'll have to put a protective coat on so I don't have claw marks.




I have two of these so, one for the kitchen window and one in the dining area. Not to0 cheesy?

this meme is hosted by The Simple Woman's Daybook.

P. S. Jennifer asked how I applied the sheet music, I use a product called Right Step, is a prep for surfaces to be painted. I suppose you could decoupage this, but I'm using this for my cat, so I expect it will need to be washed or dusted and any sort of moisture in my experience re-activates the decoupage medium, whereas, the Right Step can be painted, sanded and varnished and it works well with water, like when I leave the window open and it gets rained on, or watered with the sprinkler, I can even sand it lightly and re-varnish. So depending on what you do with it... I believe Right Step is available at Michaels, and other craft/painting stores.

P.P.S, you'll notice my Dutch Clogs in the background of my photo, it's my little reminder of a Welcome to my World, wish I could remember to speak Dutch, we did when we were kids, can you imagine Polish kids speaking Dutch, it must have been quite an ear full.