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    Missing Tea

    June 19, 2012 - By 

    I never realized that I’d be busy over summer.
    Honestly, I don’t know where the times goes.
    I’m afraid my Tea Tuesday friends from Kimmie’s blog may have forgotten about me or worse, thought I forgot about them.
    I’m skipping the tea for today and going for a big glass of ice water.
    We’ve had so much rain here. Now high temps and humidity…with more storms due tonight.

     

    My garden is mud…
    Luckily the plants aren’t seeming to mind.

     

    I’ve got tomatoes on every plant.

     

     

    In addition to gardening, I’ve been “home-schooling” this summer. Trying to keep the kids brains engaged so they can retain the info they’ve already learned.

    Other craft goodness has been on the agenda as well.
    We just came home from knitting group…

     

    And I’ve been sewing as well.
    So I guess when you add up everything going on, it’s not to difficult to see where the time went.
    What’s keeping you busy this summer?
  • Blog - Crafts

    Graduation card

    June 10, 2012 - By 
    For an future engineering student.
    Thought the math page would work quite nicely.

     

    “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.”
    ~Abraham Lincoln
  • Blog - Kitchen

    Inspired by Pinterest

    June 6, 2012 - By 
    It’s happened again…I just have to make some new things I’ve seen on Pinterest.
    Such as these Kale chips!
    OH YUM!
    Crispy, crunchy, healthy, yummy.
    Here’s a link to the the original post.
    Credit where credit is due….

    The second inspiration didn’t have any readable instructions…just a series of photos pinned. So, unfortunately, I can’t give credit to whom it’s due.

    Here’s the original “pin” (left) which summed itself up nicely.

     

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    I used an ugly canvas I picked up at a garage sale…gessoed and tissue papered it before painting it green.

     

    I thought the green left behind my leaves was a little boring so I went back with painted and retouched them.
    Looks pretty dumb on the shed door but I happened to have a nail there for the photo op.
    Have you been inspired lately?