Box of Treasures

The kids and I stopped

by for a visit with our

neighbors, and came home

with a box of treasures...

Was thinking we should stop by for a visit

with our neighbors. Driving by, Glenna

smiled and waved to us from the garden.

It was my sign to take

the kids down for a visit!

We walked down the strip of grass

between the pasture and road connecting our

properties. Soon we heard their dogs barking.

Glenna swung open the screen door. She stood

there smiling, arms open & ready to give hugs!

We sat on her glider and talked as the

kids played with their dogs.

 Eventually everyone was thirsty, so we made

our way inside to the big farmhouse kitchen.

Olivia motioned to a small cardboard box,

and Glenna told her it was full of old recipes.  

She looked at me and asked, "Do you want

them? I was going to bring them to you,

but since you're here..."  She told me they

were from one of her longtime friends,

and neither had use for them now.

She seemed a mixture of surprised and

pleased I so happily accepted her offer.

Later we said our goodbyes and walked

back home. Me with my treasures, the kids

with their candy.   Once in the kitchen, I

began sifting through the hundreds of recipes.

A labor of love... much like the effort it

took to create them in the first place. 

Here are a few:

 The back...

Scanned a plain lined recipe card,

and added aged, torn paper texture

I made with an image from

The Graphics Fairy:

Added a collage I made a while back:
French script & white roses...

... and a yellow Catherine Klein rose.