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    Garden and treasured tea

    It’s that busy time of year.
    Getting the garden prepped and planted.
    I started with my herbs that hang along the deck. I was able to over winter both a thyme and a flat leaf parsley this year. Additionally I started seeds early this Spring and picked up a couple small plants at the greenhouse yesterday.
    We love having fresh herbs in our food.

     

     

    I have 12 tomato plants this year of 4 varieties that I started from seed back in mid-March.
    Six live here… along with some green onions and basil I’m hoping will sprout.

     

     

    The other six are in the “big garden”. They are sharing space with green beans, snow peas, kohlrabi and jalapenos.
    I got the fence up immediately this year so  the wildlife wouldn’t get any snacks from me.

    This morning I saw that one of my book purses was this Etsy treasury.
    Just had to share…makes me happy when something I’ve created is appeciated.
    Lots of fun stuff was featured….
    Are you gardening this year?
    Thanks for stopping by for Tea Tuesday with Kimmie and the gang.
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    Journal pages

     

    Over the weekend I was inspired to do a bit of art journaling.
    Not sure that it will actually become a “project” but it was nice to play.

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    Ruffle scarf and knitting success

     

    I completed another ruffle scarf yesterday while at knitting group.
    Thank goodness I was there because I was knitting away and came to the end of the skein without realizing it. My “teacher” Pat had to do some “tinking”…which is knitting backward…to fix my mistake.
    Isn’t it pretty?!?!
    It’s going to be a gift but I know she never visits me here. 🙂

     

    I also learned…or re-learned from Pat…how to cast on stitches with regular yarn.
    When I got home a watched a YouTube video on how to purl so now I can do this!!! Hooray!
    I still need to learn to keep my stitches looser but I just so excited that it has finally clicked for me.