Day 324 - A red pot

I've wanted an enameled cast iron dutch oven for years but refused to pay the exorbitant prices these things fetch. After finding a good deal on a Lodge pot on Amazon, I finally broke down and bought one. It arrived today and became a pretty good mineral camera subject.

Day 270 - Baking day

This chilly, rainy day seemed made for staying inside and catching up on some baking for the freezer. Needing to use up more apples, pumpkin apple bread was tops on my list. Instead of traditional loaves, I thought mini muffins and loaves would be fun.

Day 262 - Mini measures

Still in my stock-the-freezer mode, a new mini loaf pan will come in right handy for the single portion breads, meat loaf, and other stuff I'm making. My muffin tins have served me well, but little loaves will be more fun. :)

Day 238 - When life hands you lemons...

Stick 'em in a bowl on your kitchen table, take a picture... and call it a still life! ;)

Day 190 - Kitchen anomaly

The blue dishcloth sticks out like a sore thumb in my red and white kitchen, but that way we always know where it's at! ;)

Day 188 - Someone's in the kitchen...

Don't know what it is about kitchen utensils and pots/pans that fascinates the little ones, but playing in and exploring mommaw's kitchen cabinets has always entertained them. Winston had a go at it this morning before they left.

Day 173 - As hot as it gets

Karin was right - we just have to coordinate our weather better! With the exception of that heat wave we had about a week or so ago, the weather has been anything but hot. Soooo, out of ideas, almost forgetting to take one at all, and nearly out of time, I raided the kitchen cupboards for today's photo. This is as hot as it got today.

Day 97 - Someone's in the kitchen

Since today was much like yesterday - in the kitchen - my photo ops were a little limited. So, I took another food picture - pumpkin apple bread. Yummy!

Day #331 - From pumpkins to pointsettias...

...for the kitchen table.

Day #290 - Seasonal colors...

In spite of the goofy summer weather we're still having, I've been putting out more seasonal decorations. This little pretty lives on the kitchen table during the fall months.

Day #270 - Messing with macro...

Just your common, everyday grater... in macro.

Day #191 - Invasion of the Bionicles...

I'm told this critter's name is "Axonn" and he's brought along a few friends to keep him company. Haven't had the pleasure of making their acquaintance yet, but this guy has taken up residence on the kitchen table and guards us against any bad guys that might be lurking. ;)

Day #175 - Kitchen Kraft

The beginning of another kitchen project. Since we just happen to have some left over red paint and I just happen to have these letters that spell "food" for over the pantry door, I guess it's time to get 'er done! ;)

Day #116 - Tomato Time...

For no other reason than that it was pretty... and it was there.

Lew is a tomato man; he loves his "mater" sandwiches and sliced tomatoes with dinner. I, on the other hand, not so much. I like the juice, like the soup, like the sauce... just not crazy about the solid form. I'm getting better - love salsa - but not happy about chunks of the stuff in my soups or sauces. Go figure, huh?

Day #115 - Warning - Bug Ahead...

Bug

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coming

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up

It's an ant... an ant who has no business being in MY house... in MY kitchen... on MY counter!! Ucck!

Now it's a dead ant...

Day #54 - More red

Got this in the mail yesterday and now I think we're done with red stuff for the kitchen. Maybe a red dish drainer, but that's about it. We're starting to get more than I planned, and I don't want to grow weary of it too soon.

Day #50 - Out with the old, in with the new

We're on a roll replacing stuff in the kitchen. Having grown real tired of the grungy, dirty-looking-but-clean plastic storage containers we've been using for at least a bazillion years, we bought some new ones.

They came with a convenient holder that keeps everything in one place, thus giving us the added bennie of freeing up shelf space in two cabinets, as well as a drawer that held all the lids.

Out, damned spot! out, I say! - lol
Well, maybe off to Goodwill anyway.

Day #49 - Red Stuff

My collection of red stuff is growing. After I can't even remember how many years, we decided to retire the glass canisters and replace them with these cool red enamel ones Lew found at Wal-Mart. Slowly but surely, my red/white/bisque kitchen is evolving.