Monday, March 15, 2010

RASPBERRY....

The wife is one of those frontier types---wants to bake bread, grow things, make jam. Every summer she picks a zillion berries and we measure them out and freeze them until we get a chance to make jam, usually dozens of jars, enough for a year's worth of PB and J. She dug through the freezer yesterday and made 2 batches, YUM!



A couple o' pots here....


Pottery by Gary Rith...

Optimistic....
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18 comments:

  1. kate et jimMarch 15, 2010 at 8:09 AM

    I wondered when you were going to make that jam. You usually make it on Thanksgiving, don't you?

    Looks good!

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  2. Sue Pariseau PotteryMarch 15, 2010 at 8:10 AM

    There's nothing better than homemade jam. Thanks for the reminder that I need to get last year's berries out of the freezer and made into jam so there's room for this year's berries.

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  3. Busy Bee SuzMarch 15, 2010 at 9:21 AM

    Could life be any better for Gary? NOPE: he has a frontier woman who makes him sweet stuff. I have never thought to make jam, but then again, I can't even grow a berry down here. But I got some 'maters.
    Love the worm bowl..he is so cute.

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  4. Gary's third pottery blogMarch 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM

    growing tomatos in winter THAT IS SO UNFAIR ;^)

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  5. AnonymousMarch 15, 2010 at 9:28 AM

    gotta love the raspberries, yum. i've got that radiohead cd around here somewhere, might have to dig it out.

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  6. Gary's third pottery blogMarch 15, 2010 at 9:32 AM

    we usually make it on Christmas, thanks for remembering kate! RUNNING LATE this year!

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  7. KimberlyMarch 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM

    Does Maude make the jelly or does she leave the skins on and make jam?

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  8. JayMarch 15, 2010 at 10:42 AM

    Homemade jam is awesome. I haven't had any since my grandmother turned 90 and stopped making it.

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  9. Gary's third pottery blogMarch 15, 2010 at 11:04 AM

    JAM :)

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  10. AnonymousMarch 15, 2010 at 12:46 PM

    That inchworm is so adorable!!
    And so, of course, is Maude.♥

    Our neighbor gave us a couple jars of homemade jam after the boys helped to shovel her out last month. YUM!!

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  11. UnknownMarch 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM

    I wish there was a 'like' button on blog comments like they have on FB. *LIKE* :)

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  12. Farmer*swife a/k/a Glass_Half_FullMarch 15, 2010 at 2:46 PM

    I get excited when I pop over here hoping to see a kiln'ed, completed pink and red cow! :-D

    YUM! Jam. Good thing too 'cuz we know you like your PB&J!

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  13. MoniqueMarch 15, 2010 at 3:48 PM

    ' knor knor' ---> that's what pigs say in Dutch.
    I think in this case it means ' i like being here on this beautiful pot!'
    (no idea what sound a caterpillar makes...)

    Love your work and your blog, been reading it for a while now.

    hopefully i'll be in pottery-blogland soon!
    (shoot, that's the third time i've written that, got to get it out there!)

    greetings from (rainy) Amsterdam

    Monique

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  14. AnonymousMarch 15, 2010 at 4:22 PM

    Yumm homemade jam!!!

    Love the wormy dish and teapot!!

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  15. Reverend AwesomeMarch 15, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    mmmm. Jam.

    What is on Maude's oven mitts? Are those dinos?

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  16. Gary's third pottery blogMarch 15, 2010 at 6:22 PM

    I think one is a dino and the other a dog, for oven mitts :)

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  17. HilaryMarch 15, 2010 at 11:24 PM

    This made my mouth water. And I love that little worm on the pot.. the colours are wonderful

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  18. CherylMarch 17, 2010 at 11:14 AM

    Ah...homemade jam. And whats better than having it with homemade bread??

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