in the good ol' summertime...

Ready to hunt down some good deals at a local flea market with my little sister. ;)

For some strange reason,

 I'm actually looking forward to summer this year.

I can't even tell you why...

I just am!

In the photo above I'm wearing my new summery seersucker dress that I made.

I'll be wearing mostly dresses this summer. 

I've just found them very comfortable as of late.

I even made a cotton slip for underneath.

Nylon slips are like some kind of torture to me once it's above 75*! :D

At that flea market I scored a few vintage dresses & some fabric!

Hopefully they will be featured in a future post.

One of the dresses, a farm-tastic brown checkered shirt-dress, fits like it was made just for me!

 On Memorial Day I made fried chicken (for the 1st time!) for my family.

Unfortunately I didn't get any photos of that,

but I did get a few pics of the strawberry pie I made.

Nothing says "summertime" like fresh strawberry pie!

I used Mary Jane's Farm's Butter Cookie Pie Crust recipe.

It is very good! I usually make my lard pie crust, but with strawberry pie I really like a butter crust.

 Don't for get to save the hulls for the chick-ie-poos!

 I added fresh blueberries to one of them just 'cuz I had them.

What is a slice of strawberry pie without a scoop (or two) of homemade vanilla ice cream?

Here's the recipe:

Sky High Strawberry Pie

2 lbs fresh strawberries

1 1/2 c. sugar

6 T. cornstarch

2/3 c. water

1 - 9 inch baked pie shell

Hull & quarter strawberries into a large bowl. (Save the scraps for the chickens!)

In a medium saucepan, combine sugar & cornstarch.

Add 3 cups of strawberries and mash well with a potato masher.

Add water. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Cook & stir for 2 minutes.

Remove from heat. Let cool slightly. Add to remaining strawberries in the large bowl.

(You can remove a cup or so of the strawberries to make a pretty design on the top of the pie if you wish. I didn't do this 'cuz you can't tell what the pie looks like if you put enough ice cream or whipped cream on top!) ;P

Chill for about 20-30 minutes.

Pile into baked shell.

Chill for 2 or 3 hours.

Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

Yum!

^_^

Enjoy!