(I actually took these photos of Dad & Bailey) on the first day of baking. . . but didn't get them download before my last post.)
Bailey is certainly a wonderful assistant. . . for whomever is working in the kitchen. He is perfecting when to back out of the way. . . & then definitely - when he can - to move in for a sniff or two!
. . . & of course - whenever there were pumpkin bread crumbs. . . he was very available to assist!
This afternoon - they plan to do it one more time. . . & I must admit - I'm looking forward to the smells. . . (as well as listening in to the conversations that Dad has with Bailey while they're in the kitchen. Serious cuteness.)
One of the things that I realized a few days ago - when I was working with Dad on the market list for the pumpkin bread ingredients - was that my Mom's recipe cards are fading a bit. You can see on our pumpkin bread recipe card (above) - that my Dad has written over some of the numbers & letters as they were really disappearing. (Also, if you click on it. . . it will should enlarge & you've got a great recipe for pumpkin bread!)
I have always loved my Mom's handwriting - since I was little - & now, anything that has her handwriting on it is even more precious to me. So when I saw the recipe card & got out some of the others - & they were also beginning to age & fade - I decided that I couldn't bear for these to be lost to time - so I gathered several of them & scanned them into my computer.
My thought was not only to save the recipes (I could have typed them out) but to save the image of my Mom's touch. . . her handwriting. . . the dishes that she made for us. . . the memories that those dishes evoke. . . & even the kitchen stains that several of the cards bear. . .
I also want to make a little book - using the scanned recipe cards & also photos of Mom & our family growing up - for each my brother & sister & their kids (the grandkids) - so they can also have the recipes & remember too. There are many online places that you can create your own books. I have made a few using my iPhoto on my Mac & they have a links directly to make calendars, cards, & books. . .( so if you have a Mac & iPhoto I highly recommend it!) but I also know of several other places like 'Blurb' , Heritage Makers, & Lulu where you create your own book.
So . . . now I have a new project. . .
. . . but what a great one!
xo, Bren
I also want to make a little book - using the scanned recipe cards & also photos of Mom & our family growing up - for each my brother & sister & their kids (the grandkids) - so they can also have the recipes & remember too. There are many online places that you can create your own books. I have made a few using my iPhoto on my Mac & they have a links directly to make calendars, cards, & books. . .( so if you have a Mac & iPhoto I highly recommend it!) but I also know of several other places like 'Blurb' , Heritage Makers, & Lulu where you create your own book.
So . . . now I have a new project. . .
. . . but what a great one!
xo, Bren
6 comments:
let me try this again.....i think it's wonderful that you have some of your mother's recipies in her own handwriting; that's one of the things that make them so special.
Great pic of your Dad and Bailey.
Hope you get better soon!
It must smell wonderful at your house! I have a few of Mom's handwritten recipes. You have a good idea of copying/scanning them. I could share them with the family. I know having Mom's handwriting would mean a lot to my brother.
Just a lovely post
What a lovely idea! I know exactly what you mean about seeing your mother's handwriting and how special that is. My mother's handwriting was gorgeous too and I could recognize it anywhere. It's funny how it's the simple little things in life that mean so much.
Those pictures of your dad and Bailey are just too precious! I love the idea of making a book with the original cards scanned in. Yes, I agree iPhoto is definitely the way to go if you have Mac. Just priceless.
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