My great, great grandmother wrote to my grandmother with the loveliest penmanship on these postcards (see below), dated 1930s from Ascona, Switzerland.
Beautiful.
See more from the collection here.
Monthly Archive for July, 2010
Taking time away from unpacking boxes for a small package of cookies (no photos of the cookies, uhmmm…just this). The recipes are sooo good, though – thought I would share.
I used this recipe for the sunflower seed butter and jelly cookies. If you clicked on the link, you’ll notice that it is *peanut butter* and jelly. I just mixed it up a little bit. Also, use any kind of preserves you like. I had strawberry-guava on-hand and that’s what I used. Yum.
The lemon ricotta cookies recipe is right here. I didn’t make the glaze, though. So sad, I know. The glaze would have been excellent, but I decided against it. Two reasons: the hot weather and via USPS. Yikes. The glaze would look a little funky, right?
Glaze=no. Cookies=yes.
: Sent :
My “Cousteau” fabric that I recently received from Spoonflower, and the small pillow that I had sewn with it.
: Made :
Now…back to work!
Ahhh…I guess we are now officially residents of Novato.
We are still unpacking, organizing and settling in, but I love having this new area to explore. While we live in a very modest house, there are some wonderful things about our new location. Our neighborhood has nearby walk/bike paths, a park, a hiking trail over the hill that is directly behind us, a very short walk to the Historic/downtown area, and my husband can walk to work (15 minute walk!).
It’s nice.
Also, tons of birds – we hear them chirping 24 hours a day. Thomas, our cat, likes that… a lot!
Photos of husband in Slade Park, flowers from the backyard, and Thomas relaxing in his new favorite spot of the house (top to bottom):
