Spring Blooms ~ The Great Purge

The daffodils are in bloom right now. I decided not to can wild violet jelly this year, and concentrate on low sugar jams. Our biker friend we hire now to mow, has already mowed anyway (and then there was snow). I brought the daffodils in just before the snow arrived.

I decided, as I was cleaning out my hutch, that it was time to pass on the Wilton cake decorating books and cake pans. An old neighbor, who used to babysit for us way back in the day (another town) is now considering buying them. All the kids are moved out and the pans are for kids birthday cakes. Oh, and this person actually decorates cakes and sells them from her home, so it will go to a good home and to good use.

Funny story, while in High School, I used one of the pans to bake a cake for Biology class. It was a bacteria cell! Ha ha! My husband got a laugh out of that. I'm sure I have a picture of it in one of my photo albums (somewhere).

I also used the same cake pan to make and decorate it for one of my sister's birthdays. It was decorated like a pack of gum. Yeah, I did a lot of cake decorating over the years. I taught the kids the talent as well, but they have zero room to store it all.

I didn't finish cleaning out the pie safe, so today is the day. I also need to clean two more kitchen chairs and put them back in the kitchen.

Daughter K visited and packed up her car. I gave her one of my 3 crock pots. Yes, that is right, I had 3 of them. We used to entertain for my husband's side of the family, but now that his family is growing and buying houses, they started offering gatherings at their places. It was time to let go of one.

It will be a while before we have people over. We still have a lot to do at the homestead.

It's another chilly day here today, but I'll be staying warm with all this work to do, ha ha!

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