What’s for lunch today?

Okay, I have to say right up front, I didn’t stage this photo.

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  1. She is one smart cookie! I love jars for taking iced tea on our road trips! Hey, this would work for leftover soup too! Just remove the lid and microwave, VOILA! Thanks for the idea!!

  2. Debra Davis says:

    That’s clever.

    I would LOVE to see more lunch ideas! Most days my lunch is carried in a day pack, and weight is an issue. In the winter I take a thermos for hot soup, and homemade bread in a plastic container. Always a slab of MJ’s half cup pemmican, some nuts and chocolate and fruit. I got tired of sandwiches about 20 years ago, so am on the hunt for alternatives. Variety is the spice of life…

  3. Eileen Widman says:

    Do the croutons stay crisp? It looks like there might be some on the top layer? Just wondering. I might add them later with the dressing. Never used a jar for this but often use a glass snap lid container that fits in my lunchbox. My husband does not like soggy salad unless it is tabouli but this with the dressing on the bottom idea is great! All he has to do is flip the container over and the dressing drizzles down. We are home made box lunch people here at our house. Always on the look out for new ideas. Thanks! My 66 year old husband delivers Propane around Port Townsend 5 days a week and he is a lunch box guy. No fast food stops for him so I have to send lots of little snack sized containers for him to browse through during his day. He is a grazer not a food bolter so he eats little things all day long!! Funny guy but it works out and the more interesting I can make his lunch box the better he likes it. must haves are carrot sticks, Celery with peanut butter and raisins, home made cookies of some sort, ( chocolate preferred whether oatmeal or chocolate chip or brownies) gluten free mostly, apple slices with nut butter for dipping, home made bread with filling of some sort, crackers with a home made garlic cream cheese ( I drain organic or home made yogurt to make my cream cheese) Any thing he can grab a bit of on the run. Salads he does stop and eat.

    • MaryJane says:

      Hi Eileen,
      Ace said she only puts the croutons in the top of the jar the morning of. Here’s the deal. The croutons our co-op makes from their day-old bread are so hard they almost break your teeth. Putting them in the top of the salad-in-the-jar does soften them but it’s an improvement in our case. Hubby might like an little bag of them on the side if he likes his croutons super crunchy.

  4. Elayne says:

    Genius! Love this idea!

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Valentine Kitty

Rascal, our resident crime starter and overall blood pressure reducer, was Ace’s adoptee from our local Moscow Humane Society. A little rough around the edges after her abandonment, celebrating her one-year birthday was an important milestone. Born sometime in the month of February, we’ve dubbed her our …

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A Different Kind of Cat Box

I spy with my eye … something that is … white, orange, and black.

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  1. OH, what a sweet kitty cat 😉 🙂 🙂 Love and hugs from the ocean shores of California, Heather 😉

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  3. Eileen Widman says:

    Cats! Cats! Wonderful Cats! We all need a cat or two! They keep you grounded and entertained with the silliest things!

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Hi, I’m Eeyore.

“When I came to MaryJane’s, I was a sad sight to see. Pretty much the longhorn version of a Sarah McLaughlin SPCA commercial, my mother died when I was …

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  1. Oh-My! So sweet! I’d keep him in a corral by the house and smooch his adorable face everytime I’d pass by. Love his name!

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Life’s Song

This is just amazing …

My jaw dropped in awe of the ingenuity and utter beauty, but I also felt an immediate rush. Something like,

OF COURSE.

Why had no one imagined this before? …

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  1. Jan Culton says:

    Wow…this is very in-tree-guing….sorry…couldn’t resist…. 😀

  2. Marie Bucher (ReeReeBee) says:

    Absolutely Amazing! Thank you for sharing. I will be playing it over and over.

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Seed Catalog Romance

Are you spending your evenings curled up with a seed catalog? I am. Oh, the possibilities blooming inside my head! Tonight, anything is possible. What a delicious love affair I’m having.

  1. Debra Davis says:

    Me too! I need more acreage and less full-time employment…

  2. drMolly says:

    Hmmmmmmmm, you must be reading my mind. This is what I planned to do tonight after supper. I also go through my seeds left from last year, review what did well and dream about what I want to try this year.
    I, too, have not near enough room, but I make the best of what I do have & am so, so thankful to be able to “play in the dirt”.

  3. Sarah says:

    I’m a newbie gardener (first one last year). Interested in starting seeds this year. What’s your favorite seed catalog? Any suggestions for a first timer?

    • MaryJane says:

      These companies offer gorgeous catalogs brimming with heirloom seeds: Seed Savers Exchange (www.seedsavers.org), Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds (www.rareseeds.com), Comstock Garden Seeds (comstockferre.com), and Territorial Seed Company (www.territorialseed.com).

  4. Oh, I go to sleep each night – can’t wait to start sprouting my seeds!!!!!

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Surprise Joke

Ad from 1916. It’s a good thing our humor has become modernized. “Best joke out.” Thankfully gone.

  1. Marie (Reereebee) says:

    Yikes!
    My kids tote around enough plastic bugs and farm critters. I think I’d be disturbed to find this in their pocket :-/

  2. Patty Byrd says:

    lol…. I had to laugh. I can not imagine.

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Picket Fence Romance

Amid the hubbub of our modern must-do-it-all lifestyles, there’s a longing that lingers for simpler schedules and down-home happiness. You know the feeling. I find it necessary to surround myself with little reminders—a rustic framed picture of a frontier woman here, an old cast-iron kitchen tool there. More than a collection of matching frills, they help me keep in touch with my inner farmgirl when the world around me is going a bit bonkers.

One of the most quintessential symbols of sweet and peaceful settings is the …

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Angel Kisses

My son, Brian, is covered in angel kisses and blushes at the drop of a hat. Ugly spots? No way. When I was a youngster, I tried to…

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  1. CJ says:

    Ahhh . . Mary Jane, love this post. I was soooooooooooooo honored to meet both Brian and Nick this past summer when Robin and I were able to come and stay at the B&B. I’m kinda partial to freckles since they “embellish” many in my family, including me.
    Love the mugs too . . . tell Brian and Nick “HI” from me!
    CJ

  2. Amy says:

    I would pretend it was for my husband..Michael Johnston 🙂

  3. Fabulous post! I’ve got freckles, too. In Afrikaans (South Africa) they are called ‘Sproetjies’… Pronounced: sprooo (as in scooter) eeee (as in bee) kiss (as in kiss) = sproooeeeeeekiss = Sproetjies… and is also used as a term of endearment… Hey MJ another word to add to ‘Gleaming word a week’! Best wishes. Catherine x

  4. Jan Culton says:

    If it was my cup, it would stand for “I love my joe” as in coffee!! 😀

  5. Laurie Dimino says:

    Okay` so the cups are too cute and freckles are even cutier! I do have to admit I am partial beacuse I am blessed with some freckles myself- as are both my son and daughter too.
    Smiles,

  6. Chrissy says:

    When I was little, my Dad teased me about my freckles, saying he’d have to use some sandpaper to get them off. Now I remember the little grin he had when he said that. I also remember that it didn’t work and the look of shock on his face seeing the abrasions on my little nose.

  7. Kimberly says:

    My father would call me a “freckle-faced strawberry”, wasn’t that a Kool Aid flavor at one time??? Anyways, didn’t appreciate my freckles as a girl as much as I do now!
    🙂

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