Yesterday Papa Pea asked our daughter to re-glue a couple of spots on the kitchen floor where the self-stick tiles had come loose. (Only 23 years on the floor that gets an incredible amount of traffic and they're failing us. Geesh.)
Thursday, April 18, 2024
Monday, April 15, 2024
Not Much of a Post . . . But It's Something
Have you noticed one thing leads to another?
~ You're dicing onions, and you're reminded your knives desperately need sharpening.
~ You take some burger buns out of the freezer and notice those two buns are the last so you need to make more.
~ A pencil is dropped on the floor and you spy what looks like two months of debris under the kitchen table.
~ You move houseplants off a shelf to dust and realize the soil in the pots resembles the Sahara Desert.
~ You fill the kindling basket with the last sticks from the kindling bin which means . . . you need to split more kindling.
Well, no wonder The List never gets done!
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I've spent part of the past two days on some clean-up from winter in my garden areas. It gave me some wonderful fresh air and exercise. And also the realization that certain muscles in my body evidently haven't been used since putting the garden to bed last fall.
I tilled up three of the raised beds to help get the compost spread last fall incorporated thoroughly before planting.
Planting? Ha. That won't happen around here for quite a while yet. We've had a couple of days that reached the 50° mark but mostly the days have been in the 40s and going down into the 30s at night.
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About my blog posts lately . . . or lack thereof. I actually have notes of ideas to write about scattered on my desk, but have been unable to pull them together into any semblance of order. I took a look a day or so ago at some of my posts from the past and was impressed with the writing. (Hope I didn't strain anything patting myself on the back.) But currently, the words won't come. What's happened?
Perhaps with gardening season soon beginning I'll gain inspiration. (Come on, inspiration. Get behind me and . . . inspire!)
Thursday, March 7, 2024
Playing with Fabric - Using Up Scraps
Knowing busy spring time may come early this year for us up here where winter never arrived (no snow on the ground when normally we would still have at least a couple of feet), I've been making time to play in my quilt room.
I knew I had a bunch of half-square triangles left over from a previous project and wanted to use them if possible.
Somehow, I still have 4,776 more triangles left. Any ideas?
Monday, February 12, 2024
Handwork Weekend
I spent a good share of this past weekend in my quilt room. (Hooray!) Two unfinished projects were worked on.
One piece was completed. (Hooray, again!) For now, it's hanging in our bathroom. The design is from one of Kim Diehl's books. She's my very favoritest professional quilter. Love her work.
The other UFO is a counted x-stitch piece started last year, but alas and alack, I didn't finish it before the Easter season. Will I accomplish that this year? I have a whole month and a half so there's a possibility I will. The design ends up in a round shape, and I have a round wooden frame that I'm hoping might work for the final finishing.
Now, can I squeak out more time hiding in my quilt room today? I may just try for that.
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Yin and Yang
The yin and yang symbol shows a balance between two opposites with a portion of the opposite element in each section.
~ I have a list of creative/fun projects I want to do these winter
months.
* I'm lacking the impetus to do any of them.
~ The unseasonably warm weather and melting of the scant
amount of snow we've gotten these past couple of months
makes it easy to get around outside.
* The perpetual dampness has gone straight to my bones.
~ My enthusiasm for planning this year's garden and ordering
seeds has burst forth.
* Have you noticed how much the price of seeds and postage
has gone up?!
~ We had a wonderful visit with our California family during
the middle of the month.
* I have yet to get back to any semblance of my regular routine.
~ I've had plenty of time to shop, research, compare prices
and purchase products online which we've needed for some
time.
* I hate shopping, researching, comparing prices and
purchasing products online.
~ All in all, everything is fine and dandy.
* There's a distinct chance I don't know what I'm talking
about.
Thursday, January 11, 2024
Snow Slushies
What does your family call this winter treat for the kiddies (and sometimes big people, too)? Snow cones or snow ice cream? Or snow slushies as we do?
When our daughter was at our quasi-grandson's home yesterday, she introduced him to the snow slushies she remembers from her childhood.
She told him you go out and gather some clean snow in a container, bring it in and drizzle some fruit juice (apple, orange, grape or that of your choice . . . even maple syrup is yummy) over it, grab a spoon and enjoy.
When the two of them came here for a visit in the afternoon, after telling me about making slushies earlier in the day, they decided they should sample one with our snow. The little squirt got a kick out of explaining it was okay to have the snow turn yellow if you used orange juice, but you had to stay away from snow that was yellow outside. Big grin.
Too bad we can't make snow slushies in the hot summer time when they would be all the more appreciated.
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