Long Weekend

I had actually set aside the weekend to bond with my new dog, but alas that didn’t happen. The dog I had picked out was sent to a rescue group and it was no longer available. I was terribly disappointed by this, but then rationalized that it probably happened for a good reason. I am keeping the faith that the right dog is out there and will arrive at the right time.

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It was this weekend in 2011 that I lost Connor for 24 hours. I had zipped out for a coffee and somehow he got out of the house – not a big shock to anyone who knew his history as Houdini. As much trouble as Connor could be, I miss him every day.

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Since I had cleared the calendar, I figured this was a good weekend to “get things done”, which happened more or less. Lots of reading, puttering around, etc. I listed some new pieces of the mother of pearl cutlery on my Etsy Shop, including a spectacular and perfect set of 24 knives and forks,

a dozen wonderful forks,

and some lovely knives from France.

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I had some peaches that went from rock hard to squishy in the blink of an eye, so I whipped up a very small batch of peach and brandy preserves. I have done the same recipe with bourbon, but I was out of bourbon and liquor stores in Baltimore aren’t open on Sundays (whose crazy idea is that??). I told you it was a small batch! You can find the recipe here from a few years ago. Of course, I had to change it a wee bit. Seriously, who in their right mind would use 1/2 teaspoon of bourbon?

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As I was doing laundry, I noticed that I have a few stripey shirts! So I decided to stack them up to see how many I have!

They’re just so easy to wear and you can dress them up or down. I even have a Pinterest board dedicated to Stripey Shirts!

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Historic week coming up and I was glad I remembered the banners that I had picked up in Wales last fall.

You can see that the gardenia is blooming again, as it has for the past month or so, just a few blossoms at a time, but that’s fine with me!

Hope you weekend was great! Tell me about what you did!