Yesterday, I tried to jibe ii days worth of move into 1 day. Today volition hold out much the same, but let's non speak nearly that yet, okay? As for yesterday...
I'd missed a dyad of days of stitching, as well as hence I gave myself a trivial extra fourth dimension amongst this. There's no way to adequately communicate how stitching tin tedious my busy heed to a to a greater extent than leisurely pace. Somehow it focuses my attending as well as relaxes me, as well as the twenty-four hours e'er gets off to a meliorate start.
Having an first-class stitching truthful cat doesn't wound either.
But ease aside, it was fourth dimension to acquire busy. My absolute overstep priority was to acquire the tomatoes transplanted into their largest pots of the season. Now they're all lined upwards similar trivial Soldiers of Salsa.
Mike volition ask to acquire the drip irrigation upwards as well as running inside the side yesteryear side dyad of days. Now, it's precisely a waiting game for the showtime tomatoes. I entirely establish Romas because they're entirely used for sauce, salsa, as well as salads...the Three S's, if you lot will. Oh yes, as well as jam...don't forget the love apple tree jam, because it is, quite simply, love apple tree crack. Fortunately, in that place are withal a few jars left from concluding year. When those run out, I'll hold out looking for a dealer. Hopefully, it volition hold out from my ain plants. In illustration you're wondering, it's legal inwards Oregon.
Also, these plants seem hence much to a greater extent than robust than the ones I've done inwards years gone by. This year, I purchased starts from a plant nursery since nosotros weren't abode to start them from seeds. I doubtfulness I'll ever exercise seeds again. Also, I learned nearly "grafted" tomatoes this yr from Erik as well as Mae. Maybe side yesteryear side yr I'll plough over them a try.
So Mike as well as I were both outside, as well as nosotros checked inwards amongst 1 some other nearly the serious earth-moving equipment nosotros could listen upwards on the principal road. Mike rode his ATV out to investigate. It seems the county boys were making the roadway wider inwards training for paving it.
I experience similar the adult woman inwards that sometime Mervyn's commercial where she's standing at the door chanting, "Open, open, open!" Only we're standing yesteryear the route chanting, "Asphalt, asphalt, asphalt." I don't retrieve I've ever been hence excited nearly the acrid odour of asphalt.
Meanwhile, dorsum at the Three Cats Ranch, the showtime of the variegated iris has opened. There are to a greater extent than coming. When nosotros dig them up, nosotros mightiness salve a dyad of these.
Also...there actually are plums on the plum tree. I wasn't certain when I posted an ikon the other day, but yes...there they are inwards all their trivial olive-shaped goodness to come.
Also...green strawberries. The squirrels volition hold out excited to come across this. Will nosotros acquire any? Not on your life.
In fact, this ikon appeared inwards my Facebook memories for "On this Day" inwards 2016. There's 1 of those trivial freeloaders now...eating a strawberry...still green! And what's upwards amongst his tail? He variety of looks equally if he has a novel perm.
Also, the Golden Chain tree is looking marvelous correct now. I'm hence happy to direct hold 1 growing inwards the yard again.
More of the deep majestic rhododendron blossoms direct hold opened. This is my absolute favorite of the rhodies. (I know I country that nearly every one.)
Here's a real self-satisfied cat. He precisely finished taking an first-class dust bath.
But okay...the tour's over. It's fourth dimension to acquire dorsum to work. Take a await at these chive blossoms. Recall that ii days ago, I harvested a bunch of them for chive bloom vinegar. Now, these direct hold opened up.
I'm using them to brand chive bloom jelly...new to my kitchen. It started yesterday. I made an infusion of chive bloom tea on the stove top. This was accomplished yesteryear showtime boiling as well as and then letting cool equal parts of blossoms as well as water.
Unlike the chive bloom vinegar, I didn't acquire a potent hitting of the chives when this was finished. It precisely turned the H2O a pretty shade of purple. Today I'll acquire to move adding sugar, vinegar, pectin, as well as some other materials to brand the jelly. I direct hold no persuasion how this volition taste, as well as hence I'll direct hold to allow you lot know inwards tomorrow's post.
While that was cooling, I started some laundry as well as and then headed downwards to the sewing room. I needed to exercise some housework, but I had to showtime construct clean upwards the sewing room. About one-half my stash was withal piled to a greater extent than or less inwards totes, as well as it all needed to hold out pose away. First, though, I traded out the account slice on the orangish flamingo to come across how it would look. I'm withal trying to determine whether it should hold out orangish or black.
Here's how it looked amongst the orangish piece.
Which 1 exercise you lot similar better?
After that, I hurried through my housekeeping chores because I actually wanted to exercise some sewing. Now here's something that occurred to me nearly housekeeping. Housekeeping is the best friend you'll ever have. It's e'er in that place for you. It'll never exit you. Through thick as well as thin, housework is there. Happy or sad, you'll e'er direct hold housework. When you've been away on a vacation, housework volition e'er hold out in that place to welcome you lot home. Kind of makes you lot desire to cherish it more, doesn't it?
But as well as then there's sewing...and sewing is too a proficient friend. I managed to acquire the majestic as well as pinkish blocks sewn together yesterday.
If you lot direct hold abrupt eyes, you'll disclose that the pinkish 1 inwards the upper left is cutting wrong. Yes, it was the showtime 1 cut, as well as I wasn't thinking right. I tin entirely justice it was all that nostalgia nearly housework that blinded me to my error. Anyway...I retrieve I tin cook it without having to remake the whole thing. If I accept it apart inwards the middle as well as sew together inwards ii to a greater extent than long strips, as well as then take the brusk ones on each side, I should hold out able to cutting it to the correct size. And, if not, well...there are e'er to a greater extent than pinkish scraps to move with.
So today, my proficient friend housework volition hold out yesteryear my side. We direct hold a brusk journeying planned for today. Also, I'm going to brand the jelly as well as come across how that goes. And yay! It's a CSA pick-up day. The CSA started concluding week, but we're splitting our percentage amongst Erik as well as Mae this year, as well as hence I entirely selection upwards every other week. I retrieve that volition move meliorate for both our pocket-size families.
Lots to do. Time to acquire going.