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    Plant problem

    August 1, 2022 - By 

    Today I realized that I have a problem…I am a collector of plants. I never realized it until today. I’ve always had a few house plants but never to the extent that I have now.

    I counted 24 as I walked through the house snapping photos. I’m kind of in shock now that I’ve actually counted them.

    And now that I look to my left here on the deck I see a fern and my rosemary that overwinter indoors as well.

    Yep it is a problem…but a lovely one at that.

    Marvin is enjoying some supervised outdoor time with me as I blog this evening. Earlier today he was trying his best to catch a grasshopper. No luck.

    I haven’t gotten much crafting done. We’ve had a plumbing issue that has interrupted my craft space and I was too lazy to haul my stuff out and craft elsewhere.

    T stands for Tuesday
    What are you doing today?
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    Plants and scraps

    July 26, 2022 - By 

    Each and every morning I head out to the garden to check on my plants. Gardening brings me so much joy. Going from seed to harvest is a gift.

    This season I did not start my own seeds instead I purchased starts through a coworker. I have learned that sometimes you can’t do it all and there is no shame in that.

    The beans are finally starting to produce. I’m hoping to harvest enough to can some spicy beans again this year. If not, I still have a stash of jars from last season.

    My neighbor once again allowed me to cut her daylilies before the deer had them for a midnight snack. Aren’t they gorgeous?!?

    During my time of forced relaxation, I played around with a bag of scraps I purchased quite some time ago from the thrift store. It was a great challenge to pull together cards from a limited palette.

    Using only what I had in front of me gave me the opportunity to combine colors and patterns that I typically would not have tried. I simply love the results! This entire pile it ready to go complete with sentiments.

    And a whole other giant pile of cards ready for the right words or time.

    I’m still working on my journals….really slowly. I’m spending as much time outdoors or with Mini-me, so crafting definitely takes a back seat. Mini-me leaves for college in about a month. It goes so fast.

    T stands for Tuesday
    What are you doing today?
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    Mid summer update

    July 5, 2022 - By 

    It’s been a long couple weeks. Last time I posted I was a couple days out from having surgery. Everything went as expected with no complications. Hooray!

    The hiccup happened 8 days into my recovery when I started feeling sick…flu like. Of course I was worried that it was something crazy going on internally…nothing like jumping to the worst possible conclusion. Nope, that wasn’t it…it was COVID. Seriously, I have been exposed literally dozens of times at school over the past two years and have never gotten it. The only thing I can think is that my immune system was overloaded healing from surgery that it just couldn’t fight the ‘rona too. No one else in the house got it. Again, crazy!

    While I was isolating myself from the rest of the family I decided to do a bit of lap crafting on the deck. I’m working on the travel journal/scrapbook from our 2019 trip. It was fun and a good challenge to use limited supplies.

    Marvin loved the time on the deck with me. So many sights and smells.

    Speaking of sights….Look at that lovely radish. There is more than one I promise. The most I’ve ever successfully grown. They usually bolt before producing anything for me.

    This morning I was finally able to weed the garden and mulch. It was pretty pathetic looking after a couple weeks of neglect.

    My tomato plants are all thriving. So pleased with the growth. Now if they produce as well as I hope I’ll be all smiles.

    I did get an art journal page created over the weekend. I really struggled to get this one to come together. I think it was created over the course of several days.

    I don’t love the washi flower sticker on the right side of the page but I knew if I tried to pull it back up I’d pull paint from the fragile page.

    Summer is flying by. It always does. I have so many things I want to do before the school bell rings again. Time to make that list and start crossing things off!