THANK YOU ERIC

Eric

Vietnam 1970

SUNDAY STROLL IN THE GARDEN

BEE ON YOUR BUM

Happy Friday

i can't express my joy that it is friday!

life seems to be stressful for me lately,

nothing earth shattering, just one of those valleys' being on the planet takes us all

now and then.

i was out on my back porch and noticed this wasp nest on the bum of my little black bear.

i had a good silent laugh thinking well at least my valley is not so deep that i have a wasp nest with an active wasp setting up housekeeping on my bum :-)

sometimes we need to put life in perspective.

ah yes, the wasp nest is no longer irritating this poor piece of garden art.

hope your friday is a WONDERFUL day

YARN ALONG and RAIN

i have a FINISH----- whawho...

it is 

piper's journey

from: quince

chickadee yarn

saw it first on lori times five

and fell in love.

this is a great knit, easy construction and best of all

fun.

am making another using madeline tosh

it is raining today

i love rain!

all my flowers and of course the garden needs rain

life from the sky.

i'm still reading the same books from last week, well now for several weeks.

have been working 4 days a week for the past month and i am bone tired by evening, so little reading is getting done.

linking up with ginny and

yarn along

YARN ALONG

love love this pattern

quince: piper's journey

yarn: bird"s egg

reading " american west cooking"

yarn along with ginny

MONDAY

in the garden again!!!!!

and off to work too !

ENJOYING OUR DAY

happy mothers day to all moms. oh, how we have earned this day!

my day today has been a quiet morning---i slept till 11am! 

i however worked 7-3 and then returned to work from 1030pm - 4 am. 

yes, my relief was to be there at 3am but no show-ggrrrrrrr!

so i am tired but my heart is joyful

new hanging plants from my girls

a lovely day to sit on porch and enjoy my flowers 

and knit.

yes this is nirvana for me.

enjoy OUR day MOMS

YARN ALONG

the sun is shining

the plants are growing, that is everything but the beets.

and the porch is inviting me to spend some time out there to knit.

love , love these cotton leaf washcloths.

made with spud and cloe

cotton and wool

bought at my sister knits

have some beautiful orange ones to add to the collection

reading 

growing, older

this book is more about gardening than aging.

and

founding fathers

love this book, it explores the gardens that our nation's founding fathers had and how gardening played into our independence.

written by an english women of all the crazy things.

hooking up with ginny and yarn along

OUT and ABOUT

out and about around town

it rained yesterday-----glory!

my garden really needed an all day soft rain

and that is what we got here on the front range.

walking this morning the birds were soo happy, i believe they were singing a little louder this morning.

hope to get some sewing done today

too wet to be in the garden,

but i am doing big planter gardening this year too.

oh my house will be neglected till the garden gets puts to bed {hehe}.

need an idea for sewing class this thursday

any ideas?

KNITTING and GARDENING

wheat grass-cilantros-basil-onion

this growing season i am going to try to grow most of our food needs in our own little yard.

seems that this should be fairly straight forward, but things that look easy are always a challenge to me.

i will be using every inch of good soil i have on the ground as well as pots.

this tomato plant is planted in a hanging pot because tomatoes are vines.

they are not meant to be grown vertically as we americans like to do.

so as george washington and many of our founding fathers did i am experimenting this season.

a wasp catcher that doesn't seam to attract wasp...ggrrr

i have loads of wasps for some reason, soon i will be hunting down their nests.

in the late afternoon i find myself on the back porch knitting my diagonal shawl.

i am using a "to die for" merino wool and silk that can be found at My Sister Knits

the pattern is Bias Before and After Scarf.

very very easy knit.

and i am reading Modern Homesteading.

soon i hope to have a worm farm hee hee.

i know a worm farm? me :o)

linking up with

Yarn Along

have a wonderful day in

your garden

knitting or 

quilting.