refreshing...

Vee is having a notecard party...

and I signed up to bring the refreshments.

Sparkling Watermelon Lemonade

Rhubarb Slush

Peach Ice Cubes

 

Raspberry Fresca 

Hope you are feeling refreshed on this hot day in July!

of pillowslips and pinterest...

There are so many great ideas on Pinterest.

I have boards full of them...

and plenty of good intentions.

And there is where it usually ends.

But once in awhile...

I actually follow through.

Case in point...

...this pillowcase dress.

I made a wee one...

and since pillowcases come in pairs...

I made another.

A wee bit bigger.

Then I found two sweet grandgirlies to come try them on.

They fit  just fine!

But were they made for hopping, skipping...

...and swinging?

Yup.

They each went home with a pillowcase in hand...

one they could wear when it suited them!

That was last week.
 This week we are taking the grands camping...
a few at a time.
The forecast is for sunshine.
It's all good!

everything is coming up raspberries...

We live in the raspberry capital of Canada.

Well...

almost!

We live right next door to Abbotsford...

which lays claim to that name.

They even have a raspberry sculpture...

created by artist Manjit Sandhu...

at the roundabout on a main entrance to their city.

It towers high in the air...

and features five giant raspberries attached to an S-shaped tower. 

I like it!

But raspberries grow just fine in Chilliwack as well...

...and I have plenty coming from the short row in my garden.

What to do with them all...

is the question.

 

For the most part...

I have been freezing them on cookie sheets...

and then bagging them.

I'll figure out what to do with them next winter...

when I have nothing else to do. LOL

But yesterday I decided to try making raspberry perogies.

I'm not a perogy maker.

But I thought maybe I could be....

with the help of a little gadget I found in the Steinbach, MB giftshop when I was there.

I noticed Kathy's perogy (Wareniki) recipe in the MGCC cookbook

featured several varieties besides cottage-cheese filled ones.

Her favorites are those with a raspberry filling.

I decided to give it a try.

And now I am a perogy-maker!

Her dough was easy to work with.

They were great!

My mother-in-law used to keep us supplied with perogies...

and we always had fruit-filled ones in the freezer for a quick dessert.

They were my daughter's favorite.

She stopped by yesterday afternoon to eat raspberries...

and had a perogy afternoon snack while she was here.

 My favorite refreshing and cool summertime drink...

is a tall glass of Fresca (grapefruit flavoured) with frozen raspberries instead of ice.

It's that time of year.

Give 'em the old raspberry for dessert!