Copper.....

I don't live in a fancy house, or drive an expensive car.  I can wear a shirt from Target just as easy as a designer brand.
I was thrilled to get these beautiful champagne glasses at a flea market (they're pink and from France :)) for 25 cents each, and love old things with character. 

I spend more money on food than anything else.  And cookbooks.

I just don't find much pleasure from pure consumption, whether food or goods.

Then I shopped and fell in love with this;

OMG.  All of the above went right out the window and I bought the biggest one they had.  10 quarts of shiny, hammered copper. 

Beautiful handles;

Warm patina;

It's 95+ degrees in Michigan this week and I'm plotting new soup recipes, looking for fruit to cook and preserve, creating excuses to boil stuff and basically gawking at the loveliness of this Ruffoni pot.  

I guess it suits the time of year for me, as I am also placing holiday orders for The Boulevard Market.  Christmas in July! 

   

Our Graduate & Summer Snapshots

Our girl Jamie graduated from high school last week.  The baby.  It was fabulous and exciting and we love experiencing the woman she is becoming!

Our neighbors have a new member of the family.  A tiny pig named Lily.  Pierre was mystified.

John and I celebrated our 23rd wedding Anniversary.  It was a special day of enjoying each others company and our family.  We also enjoyed a splash of his gift from me :)

The Main Street Farmers market in a neighboring town is my very favorite!  Turkey eggs, great food, honey, cool plants, you name it!  The best part of this week's market was introducing our college intern, Mara, at The Boulevard Market, to the pleasures of a local Farmers Market!  

I've had a collection of copper pans for years and never used them for cooking.  Why?  Because I'm an idiot!  Drug them out, cleaned them up....using them and enjoying every minute (even just to boil eggs)!!

Only 7 days until our graduation party...I am officially over the edge.  However, the place is looking good, I've got a new bottle of motrin, and we are starting a whole new chapter in our family!

Recipes?  Ummm....here's what we've been eating for supper these days.  Delicious but not too exciting.

 
New York Pumpernickel bagels with cream cheese and tomatoes.