Good times this Christmas

My Daughter-in-law, Jessica made me this

I Adore it...She made it by applying the cut out holly and edging it in gold

 This apron is my favorite gift this year

 I will treasure it always

and wear it every Christmas season from now on !

This is my next project to get finished

 Percy the mouse was so hungry

when he woke up one fine spring day....

But he wanted something sweeter

than the stale nuts and pine-cones he had stored in his log.
- KAT -
click on the Paint Party button below
and see some creative art posts
and join in !

Happy Thanksgiving on Thursday

I am off to visit with my Dad

He is a monk living at

 St Bede's Abby

in Peru Illinois

I am making my dads favorite pie

  strawberry / rhubarb pie

In honor of my mother

I will wear the vintage red rose apron

that I purchased from Jen

at her etsy shop from Country Weekend Blog

here is my mom trying to guard me
from falling out of my high chair

 My mom loved red roses

and we all loved her and miss her

 she always wore an apron

 in the kitchen on 

Thanksgiving.

This is my rose apron for Thanksgiving cooking at the abbey
thanks to Jen for this wonderful apron

I hope I can help out in some way

 in the monks big kitchen.

Dad promised he would meet me
at the abbey doors
with a nice glass of wine for me.
I am so excited to see him again soon !

- KAT -

For the Love Of Aprons

Im linking to Diana's blog today with the Apron post

Because APRONS are SWEET !!!

I discovered  some perfectly wonderful 

 vintage aprons  online

this is my favorite color now !
Yes pretty in Pink, Baby !

These beautiful linen aprons

 brought back fond memories for me

Jen of the  "Country Weekend" blog 
also included a bonus treasure
some field books (love it )
a vintage postcard and a nice Catskills post card

my mum and my aunts, and my Gram in the kitchen 
at our home in Michigan

 long, long ago.....

Oh Yes... Memories are so sweet !

My mum in a pretty plaid apron
and her pearls of course... around 1958

have to show you my dad also wore aprons too !
we are not chauvinistic in this family

My Mum is the third from the left or right
this is what happened after a lot of merriment during Thanksgiving
...and my uncle Dons brandy-old fashion's

Here is my dear aunt Agnes with a lovely apron on

 This Thanksgiving My Mum has the see-through-y, lace apron on.
WOW... I need me one of those sweet aprons too !

here is a sweet yellow floral one !
Mum, is on the telephone
Did you ever have a black wall mount one like this one ?

a pretty blue floral apron
my mom loved blue very much

 So as you can see...

I HAD to click on "add to my shopping cart"   

Thank you to Jen
for these sweet Aprons !

I am so happy to have these aprons

and I can not WAIT

to wear them on Thanksgiving and 

while making all those Holiday  goodies in the kitchen

with the help of my four sons

perhaps a photo or two will be taken

and cherished by them always...

even when I'm with my Mum and Aunts and Gram !
may they all be partying hardy in the 
Joyous, Glorious, Perfectly Wonderous Heavens.


"Look Mum,
 I have my own sweet little aprons now !"


 - KAT -
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here


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