Friday, Sept 9th was my wonderful Nana Marcy's birthday.
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| Miss you Nana! |
To see the post click Here
My mother left the most heartwarming comment for me
on that post that I will treasure forever:
From Your Mom
First thing this morning in my Fosbinder tradition I sang Happy Birthday to my Mommy. She is BY FAR the nicest lady I have ever run across and lucky me to have called her Mom. I remember back on 9/9/1975 after I had called and sang my Birthday song to her she returned my call at the end of the day and said, "I guess, I'm not going to get my baby for one of my Birthday gifts this year." She so wished to have YOU COME on her Birthday that year but 3 days later there you were in all your glory. Since I was born on her mother's birthday she so hoped you would have been born on her's. She did tell me once that September 12 was close enough. She was always and always will be proud of you and is smiling at the thought of you making kolaches. I learned from the master, My Mother, but mine never ever tasted like hers.
You truly touched me today!!
Love Mom
September 12th is MY birthday!
Insert crickets chirping...ha ha!
This past birthday weekend, I decided to honor
my late Nana and do something I have been
wanting to do for a long time......
bake kolaches!
My Nana was FAMOUS for her kolaches.
What is a kolache you say?
Well first, it is pronounced "Kol - la - chee"
Basically, it is a Czech pastry that dates way back and is thought to have originated as a wedding dessert!
To learn more about the kolache and its history click HERE.
I first attempted a kolache recipe I thought was perfect for fall:
Pumpkin Kolache's with Cinnamon Cream
And yes, it is PERFECT for a Fall Tea Party!
To get the PRINTABLE RECIPE click HERE!
While these kolaches were very tasty (almost more cream puff-y), they did NOT LOOK or taste like my Nana's kolaches so
I took back to the kitchen to try a recipe
that looked closer to her creation.
Yep, that is pretty close!
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| oooooh delish! |
For the printable recipe for this basic kolache click HERE!
I used both canned poppyseed filling as you see here as well as apricot preserves and both were amazing!
I added a little powdered sugar glaze on these! Oh YUM!
Mission Accomplished. Heart Warmed.
But it gets better....
This year my Mom gave me the most amazing gift EVER!
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| WOWZER! |
This is one of the PRIZED teapots in her collection.
RS Prussia!! I about flipped my teapot lid!
I will share the other amazing tea treasures that she bestowed upon me in the future...I was mesmerized!!!
I also was given several other wonderful items including 3
of my Nana Marcy's aprons!
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| My Nana would wear the apron on the far right when the priest would come for dinner on Sundays! |
They are so delicate and lovely and make me feel
wrapped in her love when I wear them.
I wore one a few weeks ago while hosting the
church fundraiser tea in my home.
To see that post click Here!
As I write this, all I can feel in my heart is love.
Sometimes I get frustrated with things in life,
but it is times like this that I pay attention to how
my heart feels and keep this feeling close
when uncertainty creeps in.
So here is to birthdays and Nana's and mothers and tea and friends and well...just the JOY of being who I am.
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