...a tisket a tasket ~ come and see what's in my basket!

...happy day dear ones!!

~

won't you come in?

closer...

Closer...

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there!!

feast your pretty eyes on these!!!

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these beautiful jars are fresh from the farm!!

they are part of my birthday package from my dearest mom!!

one thing you must know,

every year,

as my birthday draws near...

my mom has a birthday theme

it's never the same

but it is ALWAYS sooo much fun!!

I may open designated gifts on the days leading up to my birthday

until the actual day...

so it's more like celebrating my birthday alllll week!!!

whooo-hooo!!

who wouldn't love that, I ask you?!

  

can you imagine what these oh-so-lovely jars are full of????

hhhmmmm....

need a closer view?!

how about now???

if you guessed cherry preserves

you'd be a-l-m-o-s-t right!

as these glorious jars are full of

SOUR cherry preserves!!!

My dearest mom made them with organic sour cherries

 that she ordered from a local farm in Ohio

~ all 30 pounds of them!!!!!!

whew!

that's alot of sour cherries!!!

...you could say that...

these are the fruits of her labor!!!

hahahahahah!!!

although,

I'm sure it was no laughing matter when she first saw how many that actually was!!

BUT

I am sooooo grateful and absolutely over the moon thrilled to have them

she knows that this is my most favoritest preserve

EV-AAH!!

I use it on almost everything

from waffles to chops!!

~

I have even been known to eat it straight up from a spoon

you know

like a salad serving spoon!

HA!!!

Yes! 

~ it is that GOOD!!!

~ 

I have decided that for my birthday cake

I'm going to make a decadent dark chocolate cake

with chocolate ganache

and these sour cherries are goin` in the center!!!!

~oh my~

I think I died and went to heaven!!!

and yes,

you read that correctly ~

I AM baking my own cake!!

my mom would,

but she lives too far away

and the thought of hot melted cake

yah-no!

and hubby`o mine???

forged-aboud-it!!

I truely

get great pleasure from baking!

so this will be a gift to myself

and besides

I know what it will be made of

`cause I can choose the very best ingredients that I can get my hands on,

sooo

this chocolate cake is sure to be deliciously tasty!!!

as I sit here

 and soak up all the love from my basket...

and ponder my happy little cake shopping list,

...and savor each delicious bite of these preserves

I wish to send all of you
thoughts of simple pleasure ~

and encourage you to seek little moments such as these

and share your love with those around you

with the things you are gifted at!!

and to truely savor each moment...

thanks for sharing this moment with me :)

here's to sour cherry joy!!!

~ps~

if you'd like a set of these romantic tutu tags...

and a few other farmhouse pretties~

just visit my birthday guess giveaway post below

and leave a comment!

*anyone may enter

*your guess doesn't need to be correct to win

*and yes, you may post on your sidebar for any extra chance!

biggest squeezes!!