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September ufo – mending
So these are the two quilts I am mending for my September ufo. I got these quilts about 15 years ago when my uncle moved away to Hawaii. He gave me these and many other things he was getting rid of in the move. These were my favorite things: two quilts from my grandmother. I …
garden update
So the gardens are full swing. The one above is Eliott’s. He is doing a great job of keeping it neat and well watered. Here’s mine. Not quite so neat, and pretty dry. Here is our first little pumpkins, so cute!
Fourth of July Borscht
For the fourth of July, we had a completely vegetarian dinner. The star of the show was borscht, french style. It turned out super sweet and with a beautiful ruby color. Here is Steve’s recipe: 3 medium beets, peeled 6 new potatoes 3-4 small carrots 1 cup purple cabbage beef stock 5-6 cloves of garlic …
how our garden grows
We are all gardening this year, except maybe Paul. This is Eliott’s plot above and there are two tiny pumpkin seedlings already coming through. This is Steve’s garden. I laid down the messy rhubarb leaves, but you can see Steve’s hand with the neatness. Because I was a little burned out from last year, I didn’t get my …
slowly slowly the ant crawls over the quilt
I was thinking yesterday about one of Steve’s college professors who said that as a painter he tries to paint like an ant crawling on the surface. Such is quilting. I did get five more squares quilted. It took me three hours. Not that this was unpleasant, I spent most my time on the phone …
really delicious spring flowers
So we have had some pretty wonderful spring showers the last few days, but yesterday it cleared and warmed up a little bit. So yesterday we went down to the parkway. We did a little intense searching for morels. Even though we knew where to look, it still took us a while to see. Then, …
Easter vigil
So like the women at the tomb, I am having a day of waiting, which always puts me at loose ends. We always participate in a big Easter breakfast our church, so I am waiting and praying a little that it will all go off without a hitch ( and without too much of my …
mushroom bonus
Remember last year when my mom gave me the mushroom log? Well, after it was spent I threw it out into the garden because the instructions said it was really good compost. However, being a somewhat lazy gardener, I didn’t really break it up or anything. Imagine my surprise when we came up to the …
thankful and pinned
Happy Thanksgiving! I only have Thursday off this year, but I had a great morning talking to my mom and pin basting this first small quilt. I did a little hand stitching around the hexagon. I tried tying some of it, but it didn’t seem right. I will have to spend some time looking at it …
big fish big fisherman
Yes, he caught it all by himself. Those of you who know me know it couldn’t have happened any other way. He put the bait on himself, took the fish off and fileted several of the fish. Steve finished cleaning the filets and fried them up for him. The grand total of fish for the …
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