~Camping and a Winner~

Good Morning guys.....Have you been dragging the river looking for me ha ha!! I been camping....oh yes you heard me right !!! Is this not the most Beautiful camp site you ever seen...... This is my front walk way right now....And they call this Sunny California lol!!
We got over 1 1/2 foot in less than 3 hours WOW!!
Now along with all this fun snow here on my mountain top....it never fails when it snow we lose our electric and boy that's always so much fun....You see my house is all powered by electric here as we can't get natural gas on my mountain top.....Oh joy!! Len fire's up the generator so we have TV of course no man wants to be without his TV or frig......
This is how I cook...I kid you not...Girl got to have her morning coffee ha ha!! Hey I have through the years cooked some pretty good meals camping right in my own house....I fixed a pot of Chicken soup yesterday and Len and I spend the day watching DVD's and me napping in my old Red robe ha ha!!
This is our heater....We have all the comforts...but NO computer sighs....

Now as you know I was suppose to announce the winner also yesterday of my Christmas give away....well I also had a post all done for "Pearl Harbor Day" So before I lose my power again...let me get on with the winner....Its Sue at "I Need Mom" Congratulations Sue.... Sue's a fairly new blogger and a real doll...So Please if you have not met her go by and say Hi!! Sue Please email me your address so when and If I can get out of my driveway I get your gift off to you... I want to THANK all of you that entered....I hope to be able to come by and visit today...if Mr. Electric is nice to me ha ha!!! Now I have about 300 emails I need to also answer....
May all of you have a great day on your side of the mountain....

~COME FOR COFFEE~

Hello Girls, I'm joining in at Chari At "Happy to Design" today for do over Sunday...this is a fun day that you can show a post you did in the past....I did this post the first of the year....Thanks Chari for giving us a chance to have a Do over ha ha!! If you girls have a post you would love to show again please go by and see Chari and she'll explain the hows to's and join in on the party....

A Girl got to have her morning cup of Coffee...Thought I would share a few of my coffee grinders with you all today. This is a coffee sign from You Guess it !! 1869 it is 3 dimensional How cool what that for that year...This is one of my favorite signs in my Kitchen and maybe because its Blue and White...YOU THINK ?

Now this coffee grinder is from a Old General store it was made by Charles Parker Company it the same company that made shot guns ca. 1880 WOW!! Having a cup of coffee from this one would be a Blast..These are small grinder's that would grind only enough beans for one pot...these you would find in most homemakers Kitchens there are from 1870-1890.

Now these next two hung on the side of a covered wagons...I guess when the people went West they also had to have their morning jump start lol !! ca. 1840-1860 I just love all the history these have..Just image the journey that must of been with no roads, with Indian's after you, and all your belongings in a wagon..but hey !! they didn't have to pay for GAS !!! OH when traveling was fun.

The Hopper on both of these are tin..but the rest is Iron and the wood frames my late DH made so we could hang them on Kitchen wall to display..

These next two also would have been found in a homemaker kitchen... and I have used both of these...however the beans I have in them are so old now I wouldn't want to drink the coffee of course that might wake me up if I did...

You see the little rings at the bottoms??? take your time I'm wait while you find them...now you pull that ring and it releases the glass that you just grounded your beans into..it only there to hold the container while you grind.. these are both from ca. 1870

Now whats all these grinder without COFFEE ??? The Tin Caswell 's Coffee can I keep my coffee filters in and the Glass Coffee container Red and White Coffee is from ca. 1940 and I keep my Coffee in it...Of course sitting right beside it is my Bunn Coffee Machine but didn't show it Hey !! I want you guys to think I really do work for my morning cuppa coffee...

Hope you all have enjoy your Coffee with me today.. Please come back for a second Cup.....

See all of you tomorrow to announce the winner of my Christmas give away and if you haven't entered there still time Click here to do so and good luck....

May all of you have a Great and safe day....From my side of the mountain to yours...Hugs and Smiles Gl♥ria