Category Archive: Life
Mother’s day party
This was a very floral Mother’s day/birthday combo. I loved the many beautiful flowers, not all of which are pictured here. In addition to the bouquets here, there was a large aloe vera plant, a beautiful Hydranga, and a lovely Phlox plant.
Daughter Kati and husband Zach arranging flowers
The table setting
A table of cards and gifts
The cakes
A lovely hand made paperweight,
A plaque from one daughter
This plaque was designed and executed by another daughter. There was a lovely gift certificate for JoAnn’s which will definitely be used.
Then I showed off the newest family members and we had wonderful afternoon weather to sit and visit on the back deck. It was a wonderful day, thanks to all the participants.
I think I should have another birthday next month, after I have thoroughly savored this one.
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Circus quilt and lamb update
Applique goes very slowly, so this much is done. Will work on the other blocks next week.
This is the quinoa salad for Mother’s day lunch. It has tomatoes, broccoli, orange pepper and seasonings.
Aren’t they just the cutest little lambs.
Mom is very black and dad is all white. So I don’t know from where these spots came, but sometimes we don’t know everything in their background.
They were born last Sunday and will be nursing for some time yet, however, they were eager to try the weeds that I gave mom. They are so tiny that I need to fix an outdoor place they and mom can get some greens where they don’t get run over by the big sheep.
In the Kitchen
No photos today as I make a vegetable soup from what I found in the refrigerator. Then I made a bulgur wheat dish with miso for flavoring. It doesn’t look like much, but it tastes good. I made cashew milk and cereal for breakfasts. We make steel cut oats for 3 days at a time and then just heat them. I have the Quinoa cooling to make a salad for Sunday.
In between, I supervised some yard work and did research on AI on sheep. It turns out that it is much more difficult than on cattle. There is also the expensive proposition of bringing in the semen and all the paperwork that involves. After talking to Washington State University, it doesn’t look like something I can afford.
So near the end of the day, I decided that I needed something fun and started this dish cloth. The yarn is pure Peruvian prime cotton from Juniper Moon Farms. It’s a simple K and P pattern from Janet Nogle
Birthday
Now that I have arrived at the 3/4 century mark, I am middle-aged. I have so very many blessings for which to be thankful—in fact, too many to mention and then I have all of you as friends. I am very VERY blessed.
We didn’t do much before noon. Then DH wanted to take me out to lunch so did that. When we came back, I decided to get some of this applique done. I can’t find the block I showed you last month, but these are the ones I have done this week. There are a total of 9.
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And this is what happens when supper time is at 6:30 and you are still getting the dog food ready at 6:35. I can assure you that animals arrive having little clocks inside those bodies.
The owls await a new baby
I love the way this quilt turned out. It is 36 x 39 which is a great size for a new baby. I used a flannel with an owl print on the back.
There are several of these blooming
These iris are from a cousin. They are just starting to bloom and so beautiful. Another wonderful thing about them, is that once planted, they can stay there for two or more years.
Stash report and May day gift
The May day gift I received this morning was these two darling little ewe lambs. They are so tiny, but then so is their mother, weighing about 50# Dad weighs is a much larger sheep
I am so far behind my goals, but I’m going to blame it on surgeries – both foot and eye and now it’s gardening time. It may be that I don’t catch up this year. And if I don’t, that’s okay. Without goals, I get nothing done.
Used this Week: 16.00 yards
Used this Month (April) 30.00 yards
Used year to Date 36.00 yards
Added this Week: 0.00 yards
Added Year to Date: 0.00 yards
Goal: 300.00 yards
Yards to goal: 264.00 yards
New Yards to quilt goal: 264.00 yards
Net Used 2016 36.00 yards
Hoop house tour
First, before I forget, I got a question about the granola, so if you read the comments from yesterday, you will find how I make it.
The raspberries – though not in the hoop house are off to a running start. We had to put the little fence around them as the sheep LOVE raspberry leaves and will totally strip them.
As one enters the house, on the left are various types of lettuce, Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage and other greens. Down near the other end are cauliflower and broccoli.
This is the left center row. In front are zucchini (marigolds to go outside in middle there), a few wayward potatoes, cucumbers and space for melons on the other end which still needs weeding.
This is on the right of the doorway, and is technically my tomato spot. In the front here, I am trying to grow some sweet potatoes. This is a new experiment for me, so we will see if they do well.
This is farther down the tomato row. Though we covered this row for the winter so we wouldn’t have to weed, the volunteer tomatoes are coming up. Some I left as they were because they were in the row though not straight and many others, I moved over to the rows. I planted and left 52 volunteers and on my way out, I saw I missed another 10 or 12. So Sunday, they will get moved. It will be a surprise what is where. Last year I planted 12 or more various types of tomatoes.
This is looking from the other end of the tomato row. I have started planting beefsteaks that I grew from seed this year. The seedlings didn’t do very well, and it looks like I am keeping them too wet. Maybe they will do better in the ground.
This row has beets, kale, more that I don’t remember. I still want to put carrots and cantaloupe in the ground. Maybe Sunday that will happen.
And across the back are some potatoes which need hilling. I think I will cut them back before I hill them.
Blue/grey socks finished
I started the day by removing the 4 quarts of granola from the dehydrator trays and putting it away. Now there is at least a minimal breakfast for those hot days when I won’t want to cook or for an evening meal.
Then it was off to the chiropractor. Even though I’m done, it helps if there are two people in the car as we can use the express lane, so I went along and worked on the knitting in transit.
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Besides there is a Whole Foods store there and I love looking through the store. I find things I don’t find in other grocery stores and their produce always looks so good and fresh.
