Making pie with Gma

It all started with this mason jar.

 

About 5 years ago, my grandmother moved out of her house and into a condo.

She was packing and cleaning and getting rid of some things, and she gave that jar to me.

At the time, I was also moving — into the house we live in now.

The kitchen was completely gutted. Down to the studs.

I was in the process of designing the kitchen.

I fell in love with that mason jar.

So I designed my kitchen around it.

I took the jar to the tile store with me, and I picked out something that matched.

I used that tile for my backsplash.

My husband built the entire kitchen, cabinets and everything.

I asked him to make the window sill deep enough so Gma’s mason jar would fit on it.

I got a couple more mason jars off of ebay.

My kitchen was complete.

Well, I thought it was.

If you’ve been around here for a while, you know Gma died a couple days before Christmas.

My parents have been cleaning out her condo.

Yesterday my dad came up to babysit, and he brought these with him.

Gma’s mixing bowls and a couple of her old pie plates.

They are perfect.

Now my kitchen is complete.

It’s cold out today.

There’s over a foot of snow on the ground.

It’s a good day to stay inside.

A perfect day to stay inside.

A perfect day to stay inside,

and make some pies with Gma.

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