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Showing posts with label living. Show all posts
02 June 2026

new life



I have my annual nest of birds in my ferns which I expected, but it's been a couple of years since we've had a batch of baby bunnies in our back yard.  they are shamefully cute but it's making things rather interesting with the corgis.  the back yard is their domain, and they know what is going on in every inch of it so it didn't take long for the nest to be discovered.  thankfully they are just curious and not looking to harm them.  still, I'll be glad when the babies get a bit bigger and expand their living quarters...away from the yard.

I met my deadline for finishing all Jane blocks by may 31.  now I'm onto the triangles which total 46 plus the 4 corner blocks.  I've taken the time to get all of the blocks up on the design wall which has really been an encouragement.  as time allows I'll start sashing and putting the rows together while working on my 1 triangle a day.  still on track to have them all done by mid-late July.

with those blocks done I now need to put a bit more time into getting some yarn spun.  I really want the opa cardigan done by fall but at the pace I've been going, that isn't going to happen.  it's not the spinning that I avoid but the flicking.  

drying my first batch of lemon balm today!



 

29 May 2026

first harvest of the season


this morning was my first harvest of my mint.  as I was tearing some of the leaves in preparation I couldn't help but be taken back over 40 years ago to when I was a teen.  I mowed my grandmother's yard during the summer months and she had mint planted up by her garden.  I had no idea what mint looked like but I soon learned what it smelled like after being mowed!

I only have 3 more blocks to go on my Stickle quilt and then it's onto the triangles.  I'm getting quite excited about finishing it-my second.  this one is done in the original colors instead of all blues and I love how it's turning out.  

the weather is absolutely beautiful again today.  have spent a good portion of the morning on the back porch with my bible and coffee in hand.  

feeling.....blessed.