It’s Been a While

Tuesday morning on the way to breakfast with my friend Vincie, spotted this couch on the curb. I pulled over in the next block, got out and took the photo.

She asked me what’s with the attraction of photographing the abandoned furniture? These discards?

It’s hard to explain in words but I can tell you they make me feel something.

I think if the furniture could speak, there would be many stories.

I realize they are inanimate objects, unwanted and worn out.

They can’t speak so I have to use my imagination of what they have seen and endured.

Pittsburgh and Columbus have the most couches at the curbs. Chairs, too.

“Free”

Twenty on the Twenty First

Pittsburgh visit Sunday August 17th at Duquesne Incline

Twenty years old? Oh my, that happened fast! Happy Birthday Michael.

First posted this collage when Michael turned eleven
(Top left-at your baptism by your namesake
Fr. Michael Joseph Zeps, S.J.  Then your Godfather Joe, Dad, FF Marlene, Uncle Joey again, Aunt Lala-August bday club and your Mom holding you on the bottom)
He is one loveable young man.

Wordless Wednesday

Shanna at the Farmers Market in East Liberty

Meet Shanna Gibbs at her booth Can We Get It Poppin (click for link on IG).

Sweet and salty popcorn for sale.

I didn’t have a pen to write down her name spelled correctly but she told me it’s easy to remember it’s Shhhh…Anna. Got it!

AND guess what!? She’s a knitter!

Kettle Corn & several fun flavored Kettle Corns!
“Complete Gratitude”
It’s been a week of Strawberry Pretzel Salad! A true Pittsburgh recipe. Shanna uses real dehydrated strawberries in this flavor.
I’m going to do a post on the actual “salad” for those who don’t know about it.
It was Family Day at the Farmers Market today.

At the Museum 2

I let Michael set the pace. Two grandsons at the Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History in a week’s time.

Almost Silent Sunday Guest Blog

We were walking back to the car after the TampaBay/Steelers preseason game. Grandson Michael is in from Ohio and he saw the St. Peter church lit up and took this photo. I said it could be Silent Sunday.

My First Loaf of Sourdough

A friend at exercise class gave me sourdough starter and a basic recipe. I learned why she advised don’t use tap water. Filtered or Spring water. The chlorine in the city water can kill the yeast (or at least slow it down.)

I’ve been feeding the starter refrigerating it when I’d leave town, take it back out and feed it again and was planning to bake sourdough bread.

Today was the day. I used a ln enameled cast iron bread baker that Jen S and I bought from Aldi last year.

Putting it into a handmade bread bag.
“Always Fresh Bread” in Ukrainian

I took a book out of the library through the Libby App online and renewed it tonight.

This video was a good resource

Shopping Duo on Walnut Street

Throwback Thursday at the Thrift Shop

A fondue pot.

I was thinking throwback and they were definitely popular in the seventies but….

turns out Fondue pots are still sold in kitchen stores and online and there are even electric models.

You might have one on a dusty shelf or in the basement. Or in current use.

There’s a fondue restaurant Melting Pot in Pitttsburgh.

Here’s a cheese fondue recipe

Here’s a chocolate fondue recipe

No double dipping! there are Rules of Fondue

Do you “fondue”? Did you ever?
Does this make you want to fondue?

Wordless Wednesday

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