inspiration thursday {week two}

inspiration thursday {week two}

welcome back to another installment of the inspiration workshop from maggie at gussy sews


this week's prompt was kitchens.

could there be a more important part of a home? the kitchen is definitely the heart and soul of a house. to me it is the place where all gather, where souls and bellies are fed and new friendships and relationships solidify.

i love kitchens.

my grandma was an excellent cook and when she passed away i inherited most of her kitchen parephenalia. one of my most prized posessions is the roasting pan that my grandma used to make thanksgiving dressing in.

i was the only person she taught to make her thanksgiving dressing and i still use the same roasting pan every year. it is like having her at the table with us and that makes me smile. :D

my other most prized posessions i inherited from her is her toaster. 

she and my grandfather received this toaster as a wedding gift.

yes, as in a gift that would remind them of the year they got married. and i believe that year was in the 1940s.  i don't know the exact year because they got married, to each other, three times.

{that is how much they loved each other}
or at least that is what we tell ourselves...

i have to keep it on the lightest setting so i don't burn my toast. that is how well it works.

this toaster is somwhere around seventy years old. it was made before the invention of crumb trays so it always leaves a dusting of toasted bread crumbs on my counter when i put it away.

i have very vivid memories of pulling this toaster out of my grandma's kitchen cabinet, pulling the toaster cozy off of it and warming up frozen waffles in it at her house. i do wish i still had that toaster cozy. it was made from terry cloth, bright yellow and covered in orange and yellow flowers. they don't make things like that anymore.

it was also made before toasters were made of plastic. i love the shiny, reflective sides with the pretty swirly engraving. and yes, it does get pretty hot when it makes toast but i don't touch it until it cools down. and i know when i have children this toaster will be replaced with a plastic, cool-to-the-touch toaster and it will be relegated to my collection above my kitchen cabinets where i keep other relics that remind me of home, grandma, mimi and mom.

i love my bright yellow and pink cacti plants in the kitchen window, peeking at their reflection in my toaster.

wait. how'd that nutella get in there?