Saturday 9 April 2011

Taste and Smile



I don't think I showed you these sugar holders that I picked up over the winter. I suspect they were produced in the 60s or 70s.



Yesterday was the first day of Niobe's hols so we had an "us day". This usually involves Niobe making a cake and me clearing up after her. No change there then. The sugar packaging made me look at my containers and note a certain simialarity of style...



Turned it round and noticed the command on the back



And so we shall!

We'll skate over the things that went wrong: - the fact that by insisting we went to the wool shop before we went to the river and by having to do a detour to pick the petrol I had forgotten (don't you just hate when that happens - that sick feeling in the pit of your stomach as your realise you have the wrong shoes on for walking anywhere to get help) I made us miss the pub lunch we had built ourselves up to...



Fortunately I had with me a bowl of strawberries and the picnic blanket so we lazed by the river under a cloudless blue sky... (as I tested her on her driving theory - maybe I should have left it at the dot, dot, dot!)

Have a great weekend!

Wend

9 comments:

  1. Wish I had a daughter; although I love dearly my WSD (Wicked step-daughter). She always says I'm her Wicked (as in Wickkeddd) Step- Mum. LLX

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  2. Sounds to me as if you have the perfect excuse for another day out - with the pub lunch.

    Love the sugar jars.

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  3. Those sugar jars are amaazing. I've never see the like! Delicious looking cake and strawberries!

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  4. Wow i have never seen sugar jars like those what a smashing find the cake looks lovely to. It sounds like you had a lovely day in the end everything is done for a reason and all that ;-)) enjoy the rest of your weekend, dee x

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  5. Sounds like another outing is called for... but wear different shoes this time Wend! Lesley x

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  6. I've been hankering after one of these sugar storage jars for a while now, so congrats on your lucky and lovely finds.

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  7. I love those sugar storage jars! So fun and graphic - would really brighten up a plain kitchen - your cake looks scrumptious - dripping with sugary icing!

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  8. Its funny, but those storage jars look quite modern as that kind of design is now all coming back again. They are lovely. Sounds like you enjoyed your day, anyway!

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  9. Lovely to meet you at Hope & Elvis - I wish she was a wee bit closer ....
    Those jars were a real find, weren't they!

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