Apple House

A week ago I was in SE Tennessee, I was visiting my parents. On Sunday we took a drive up on Dayton Mountain. Our destination was to Wooden Apple Orchards. It was a perfect sunny fall day in Tennessee. Being there brought back so many memories of childhood. I had a wonderful day. Hope you enjoy these pictures as much I enjoyed taking them.

There was a Pie Shop on the premises. You could order apple anything... apple fritters, apple donuts, apple cake, apple pie, fried apple pie, to name a few. We had fried pies, they were good, but not as good as my mom makes it.

This is my sweet parents, Dad is is 83. He was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's, this outing was a particularly good day for him.

Of course we bought some of these beauties to make pie and applesauce.

The colors of fall.........

Show and Tell Friday

Thanks to Cindy at My Romantic Home for hosting, Show and Tell Friday. I love this blogginng community, there is always something fun happening. Love to see and hear about everyones cherished things and memories.




Back in 1997 I was working in a Pediatric ICU on night shift. I was working on Christmas Eve, which was a real bummer. My parents and my brother had flown out to spend the holiday with my husband and I and our 2 small boys. To shorten the story, I was allowed to leave work early as staffing needs had changed. So I came home in the wee ours of the morning, while everyone was asleep still, the house was quiet and the lights were on, on the tree in the living room. I silently walked into the living room and then walked into the kitchen and then into the dining room, there the table was set with this lovely set of Fiest Ware. My jaw dropped, you see it was also my Birthday and my mom and brother had bought me the dishes as a Birthday/Christmas gift. Instead of wrapping them all, they had decided the evening before to set the table for Christmas morning before they went to bed. So I was so suprised to see my table set with these beautiful dishes. My mom knew that I liked Fiesta Ware and she had got my brother to help her by the set. So that is the story of my dishes.

The two small pitchers and the littlest bowl's in the photo above are not fiesta ware, but they are similar in color and fit in nicely.

Thanks for letting me share the story of my Birthday/Christmas dishes.

Thrifty Treasures

So glad that Rhoda is having one more Thrifty Finds Party. I so wanted to show you all my new handbag. I heart handbags and this little one is a beauty. Found it at, you guessed it, the GW. It looked like a quality leather handbag and had no signs of wear. So bought it for $3.99. When I got home I looked up the brand name "hype" I couldn't find another leather handbag of that name for under $200. Whoo hoo!



Funny story... my hubby took me to dinner the other evening and I asked him what he thought of my new handbag? He rolled his eyes and said how much did you spend, when I told him $3.99 his eyes nearly popped out. He then gave me permission to buy as many $3 handbags as I want. Thank you honey! Isn't she a beauty? Can you be in love with a handbag?

Okay, I have been keeping an eye out for some great silver pieces and I found them this week at the GW of course. The platter and the tea pot were each $7.99. Well worth the extra price. Heavy quality silver. Couldn't wait to shine it up.
Okay so I got it on here backwards..
These are very small little tins, that have some great pattern on them, they were a surprise inside a box of trims and ribbons. I thought they were so cute.
This is a kitchen towel I think. I bought it for the color and the Paris flare. It is darling.

This is a crewel pillow top, just so colorful, couldn't resist.

I bought this children's book for a quarter, cause I just love the art inside. Reminds me of my sister.
She looks like my sister, when she was in her twenties.

My wonderful Toucan hand mirror. $.99 at GW.

Thanks for joining me and be sure to check at Rhoda's Southern Hospitality, Thrifty Finds party.