Fresh flowers make me so happy...

A couple of us got flowers at work from a business associate. Aren't they the happiest things you've ever seen?


When they started to wilt, I brought them home and put them in my kitchen window. They have been bringing me such joy for nearly two weeks now.

Yellow and gray - one of my favorite color combinations...

Yellow and gray... by Pete's Blue Scooterbug featuring Missoni dresses

If you've been following my blog for very long, you know I love making these collages or "sets" on Polyvore. If you haven't tried it yet, I must warn you, it's verah, verah addictive. It's like shopping without spending any money.

Linking to Mellow Yellow Monday

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do...

Give me your answer, do... by Pete's Blue Scooterbug featuring Juicy Couture jewelry

If you've been following my blog for very long, you know I love making these collages or "sets" on Polyvore. If you haven't tried it yet, I must warn you, it's verah, verah addictive. It's like shopping without spending any money.

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Real men (cowboys) wear (hot) pink...

Cowboy put on a ranch rodeo this past weekend in the Moorcroft, Wyoming. (With a little bit of help from Moi.)
The winning team, Boothill 7 of Lusk, Wyoming, looked so snappy in their matching hot-pink shirts.

The announcer wore pink too...

To see all the photos, visit Northeast Wyoming Ranch Rodeo on Facebook.

Happy Pink Saturday!

Linking to Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound

Oh, honey, that is a fabulous outfit...

Oh, honey... by Pete's Blue Scooterbug featuring Nine West shoes

If you've been following my blog for very long, you know I love making these collages or "sets" on Polyvore. If you haven't tried it yet, I must warn you, it's verah, verah addictive. It's like shopping without spending any money.

Linking to Mellow Yellow Monday

A pink painted floor...

Okay, ya'll, picture this floor...

Photo borrowed from House Beautiful

In this room...

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Raspberry lemonade...

Raspberry lemonade... by Pete's Blue Scooterbug featuring Miss Selfridge tops

If you've been following my blog for very long, you know I love making these collages or "sets" on Polyvore. If you haven't tried it yet, I must warn you, it's verah, verah addictive. It's like shopping without spending any money.

Linking to Mellow Yellow Monday

Red, white and blue and pink...

I'm not a drinking woman but if I were, I'd have one of these tomorrow. I saw the recipe in the June Coastal Living and thought it looked delish!

Coastal Living Pink Daiquiri

The original daiquiri contained rum, fresh lime juice, and superfine sugar. Ernest Hemingway is credited with the addition of maraschino liqueur and grapefruit juice.

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) white rum
• 1 1/2 teaspoons (1/4 ounce) maraschino liqueur
• 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) fresh lemon juice
• 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) ruby red grapefruit juice
• 1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce) Simple Syrup*
• Garnish: Grapefruit twist

Preparation

Combine first 5 ingredients in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake vigorously, and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish, if desired.

*Simple Syrup: Combine equal parts sugar and hot water, stirring until sugar dissolves. Store in refrigerator until ready to use in mixed drinks or iced tea.

Coastal Living, JUNE 2010

Linking to Pink Saturday at How Sweet the Sound

I have a big, ole' brown thumb...

But my sister does not.

A long time coming and well worth the wait...

When I was a senior in high school, my coconut pound cake won grand champion at the fair. It sold at the auction for $300. The recipe came from a relative, Sally, who lived in the neighboring town of Sour Lake. She often brought coconut pound cakes to my father at Christmas. He loved them.

Anyway...

I grew up, moved away and lost the recipe. We searched for it to no avail. About 15 years ago, I wrote to Sally at an address I found on the internet. I got no response. It looked like the recipe was lost forever.

When I was in Texas this past October, I got to visiting with a man from Sour Lake who was shopping at our estate sale. We were talking about family history, and such, when Sally's name came up. He knew her well so I told him the pound-cake story. He took my number and left.

Here's the good part...

Within two hours, my phone rang. He had gone home and found Sally's pound-cake recipe in his mother's recipe box. Can you believe it?

So, without further adieu... I am sharing it with you here so it will never be lost again.

(I'm not re-wording it because I think it's so charming just like it is.)

Sally's Coconut Pound Cake

3 sticks butter or oleo
3 c. sugar
6 eggs
3 c. plain flour
8 oz. sour cream
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. soda
1 pkg. frozen coconut (not canned)
1 tsp. vanilla

Defrost coconut (to avoid failure). Have eggs and butter out at room temperature. Preheat oven to 300. Grease tube pan. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Add flour, salt & soda, sifted together, and sour cream and vanilla and beat well. Stir or fold in coconut. Pour in tube pan and bake until done 1 to 1.5 hours, maybe longer.