A lot of worms were murdered yesterday...victims of my weeding tool of doom. Doom comes inwards many forms. For this gardener it comes inwards the shape of my aching gluteus maximus (emphasis on the "maximus"). One would intend that weeding on one's hands too knees would locomote a knee articulation killer...which it is, don't larn me wrong. But the existent torture comes to one's posterior, although I'm non certainly why. Anyway...the weeds are pulled, too I'm a wreck. Of course, forthwith I demand to brand a minute locomote past times to a greater extent than or less the areas I've already done because they're mounting a minute moving ridge there.
Have I ever told y'all close my weeding tool of doom before? This is a swell tool, amongst therefore many functions. It's called a Hori Hori knife. This is the 1 I have:
It has a real rigid blade too handle. It's difficult to reckon inwards this picture, but the blade is slightly curved from side to side, similar a piffling manus shovel. The markings are useful when you're trying to dig a modest hole to a certainly depth. On the correct side, it has a serrated blade. It's 1 hateful weeding tool, too y'all tin utilisation it for self-defense inwards the illustration of a worm uprising. Honestly, it's saved my life a few times. Here's a link, if you're interested.
Of course, the twenty-four hours wasn't all close killing worms. There was this piffling mortal hoping if she snuggled up, she could larn me to opened upward the door early. (We choke along them inwards until there's enough of movement too dissonance outside.)
She's an fantabulous lap warmer spell I practice my morn embroidery. Later, she helped me clit weeds.
Right beside her, the Andromeda is moving into full-fledged blooming mode. In a few days, it volition locomote covered past times cascades of white flowers too brilliant cherry-red leaves.
Also, the dogwood is so, therefore unopen to beingness inwards amount bloom. Today mightiness locomote its twenty-four hours to shine.
As for me, in that place accept been ii NSDs (no sewing days) inwards a row. Time to remedy that.
I spread out the Quiltmaker's Garden quilt over my sewing chair several days ago. It's begun calling to me, although I was avoiding it initially. Do y'all sometimes accept to intend long too difficult close a projection earlier y'all tin commencement it? For this one, I intend I've needed to negotiate a peace amongst it, but I'm railroad train to larn started.
Initially, I was thinking of doing an all-over design. But too therefore I started thinking close keeping it simpler than that. With all those 2-inch patches, I could easily practice a diagonal grid, or a serial of "terry twists" too and therefore simply fill upward inwards some details on the flowers, leaves, birds, too butterflies. Already I accept an take in close how to quilt the gazebo. Getting started, I intend I'll start in that place inwards the middle amongst those bluish 2-inch squares too reckon where it leads me.
After spending the entire twenty-four hours weeding yesterday, a twenty-four hours sitting at the sewing auto sounds heavenly. I'm notwithstanding keeping later the Gingerbread Village, too I'll belike practice a piffling to a greater extent than piece of job on that today. Also, I'm keeping Wine Country inwards my sites, but notwithstanding thinking close how to laid the now-framed blocks. My friend Dana calls this procedure "circling." Such a perfect advert for it. By the way, Dana, if you're reading, we're missing y'all hither inwards Blogland.
This morn I demand to brand a run across town. I noticed that the piffling vegetable stand upward has hanging petunia baskets for a expert price. I'll halt inwards too reckon if they accept something, since I've yet to larn whatever petunias for my ain baskets. It would locomote overnice to notice some already planted at a cost that doesn't interruption the bank. Also, Mike is expected habitation tomorrow afternoon, too therefore I suppose I should choice upward some food...something other than eggs, which is what I've been surviving on for the past times calendar week or so. Eggs too BLT's. Food for the soul. I e'er position avocado on my BLT, which makes them a BLAT. Seems appropriate, doesn't it? Sometimes I add together an egg, which makes them a BLEAT. Shall I become on?
All this verbalize of eggs has me hungry for breakfast. Time to larn cooking.