This brings my total harvest of tomatoes to 10…that’s from 8 plants. The worst tomato harvest I’ve ever had. Oh but I am proud of that pale yellow one on the far left. That would be the first tomato grown…
I’ve been feeling like my lion-tiger lily needed to be grounded. While I was playing with some of my great-grandmother’s lace, I decided one of the round motifs would make a good “flower.” The two little ones I crocheted for…
As I’m mending all my blankets, I decided Lola needed her own blanket. I was going to take a picture of it hanging, but this is more fun. The material is from 6 shirts (several are flannel), 1 pair of…
Who says green chilies need to be used for chile rellenos? What about Italian peppers? For a stuffing I used some of my homemade farm cheese; the coating is a bit of egg white and cornmeal. It was so good…….
As she unfolded her wings, the butterfly noticed little dots had appeared on her body. I’m also stitching on my cowboy quilt. It’s a quilt that I made several years ago. I’d like to say that one of the cowboys…
She gathered all regrets into her twilight wings and with a little sigh let them go into the universe…. I’ve been doing a bit of outline stitching on this piece and decided to fill in the center of the flowers….
Or maybe it’s the mixing line. The spot I liked the best. Where silk soaked in marigold dye bath met fermented red cabbage dye bath. For my second batch of marigold dye I started with warm tap water and let…
During record breaking heat, I decided to work on my sweater. I’m so close to done… What did I learn as I attached sleeves to the body and started the yoke? That when in doubt, follow the directions. When a…
The past week was a very busy one for me and yesterday a very full day of playing (I took this picture at a concert held down at the bay). A bit out of balance, but maybe a good thing…
I used a recipe for strawberry gelato, but substituted a mix of blueberry, raspberry and strawberry. The mix makes a pretty good popsicle too. Should have some blackberries for dyeing soon. This is red cabbage (the velvet), marigold (the cream-ish…
