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    My container garden

    July 22, 2009 - By 

    These are a few of my herb plants.

    They were started in yogurt cups on my grow cart in the late spring.

    As were these yellow pear shaped tomatoes from saved seeds from last season.


    I also saved marigold seeds about 6 years ago…who knew they’d still grow!

    I have more flowers in pots and in the ground here and there but these I am most proud of since I propagated them myself.

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    Fun with Photoshop

    June 25, 2009 - By 



    Just playing a little with another macro shot of the tiny little bee I captured with my little Coolpix camera. I’m so impressed with it’s macro ability. I sat real still and slowly moved the camera within a few inches of the little bee while he was sipping nectar.

    The second image I used some of my custom brushes to create subtle impressions in the background. I absolutely love playing in Photoshop.

  • Blog - Kitchen

    Natural Dyes

    February 27, 2009 - By 


    Just like last year, I’m using a natural dye process to color our eggs. I used this tutorial for the process.

    The purple/blue eggs were made with red cabbage.

    The reddish eggs were onion skins..both yellow and red gathered from the bottom of my onion drawer. Based on the tutorial, I expected I’d get a greenish yellow color.

    I also threw a few scraps of muslin in the dye bath. The orange is really puzzling to me. One side is more orange than the other but the blue pieces are the same color on both sides. You can also see where I dripped a little blue dye on the orange. Opps!

    Note to self and others: USE GLOVES!! My fingers are horribly stained.