There's a lot to say yous today...turns out window-washing days pack a lot of activity. The kitties had some other bad twenty-four hours amongst a Man hither invading their space. Kitties are purrivate people, too they range non receive got kindly to foreign Mans invading their space. They spent most of the twenty-four hours skulking closed to too peering closed to corners. It was pawsitively furrightful. (Sometimes I lapse into Catonese, fifty-fifty when I don't receive got kitty pictures to show.)
So I finished off the sixth of the Sundresses.
And too therefore I got correct to piece of occupation tracing out the side past times side block for the Heart & Home quilt. This is Block seven of 9, called "Welcome Family & Friends." Since it's e'er difficult to run across the traced lines on these, I took this moving painting every bit I had it set out on my low-cal box. I'll larn started stitching this today.
By that time, the window washer guy was difficult at work, too therefore I headed into the sewing room to remain out of his way. My initiatory of all chore was to brand the dark too white blocks for the Rainbow Jubilee quilt. There are sixteen of these.
Yes, every bit a affair of fact, at that spot is a truthful cat on that overstep one. After that, I trimmed them to size, too cutting them inward half...half larn 1 way, one-half the other.
And then, I sewed them to the sides of the colored blocks, square-in-a-square style.
And amongst those ii colors finished, I'm caught upward on the Rainbow Scrap challenge. In July, I'll exclusively demand to brand the blocks for 1 color. Here are the blocks I've made therefore far, all set out. This is such a fun design. Each novel color propels me forrad to brand the side past times side one.
I've posted this before, but inward illustration yous missed it, the pattern is the Jubilee Lap Quilt too tin live constitute inward this book. It's a skillful mass amongst lots of skillful projects.
That took me good into the afternoon, too therefore it was fourth dimension to larn outside, fill upward the aeroplane feeders, too H2O the pots. Along the way, I took some pictures. The garden is sort of betwixt stages correct now. The blooming things I showed yous previously receive got faded, too novel things are on the way. Still, these volunteer snapdragons are putting on a show, every bit they volition throughout the season.
We receive got some ripening strawberries...the squirrels volition bask these.
Also, this niggling rose is blooming. We rarely run across blooms on this because the deer e'er swallow them spell they're all the same tight inward their buds. And they've been eating it this flavor too. Fortunately, it's gotten large plenty forthwith that the deer throttle their eating to exclusively 1 side of the plant, too nosotros all the same larn some flowers on the other side. Such a skillful bargain for us too the deer. It's a real fragrant rose.
You mightiness notice that it's also beingness devoured past times aphids correct now. Because nosotros therefore rarely run across flowers on it, it gets neglected. I'll receive got to option upward some spray for it spell I'm out today.
The lavander is blooming now. Today I'll collect some blossoms to brand a lavander infusion for lavander blossom jelly...and yous know nosotros loves us some Bees Knees garnished amongst a niggling lavander blossom.
Also, the mint is lush too dark-green correct now. I'm planning to brand some mint jelly from this, but I'll hold off a niggling longer, precisely because this volition live closed to all season, too the lavander blossoms volition fade presently enough.
The sage is blooming. Somehow sage blossom jelly doesn't audio that skillful to me, but these niggling flowers are edible. Some members of our CSA grouping bask putting them inward salads, too they expect pretty too.
I noticed 1 of the sunflowers has a bud. It volition live weeks before this is educate to open, but it's skillful to run across the beginnings of a flower.
Also, the initiatory of all flowers are appearing on the echinacea now. Of the 6 plants, exclusively v came dorsum this year. When I run across what colors I have, I'll know who's missing too flora some to a greater extent than inward that color.
The daylilies are precisely days away from opening, too at that spot are lots of flowers this year.
We're all the same waiting on the star lily. The bud keeps growing larger, but therefore far, no petals are showing.
The initiatory of all flowers receive got appeared on the zucchini. It can't bloom presently plenty because I'm on my concluding jounce of zucchini relish.
The cherry trees are covered amongst cherries, too they're starting to ripen. Do yous suppose nosotros mightiness larn some this year? Doubtful, but 1 tin e'er hope.
And the plum tree is positively loaded amongst fruit this year. I'm a niggling deplorable when I run across the plums because nosotros lost our vecino Betty spell nosotros were traveling. She e'er made plum jelly from our plums. Maybe I tin larn her hubby to hand me her recipe...or else I tin uncovering 1 of my own. Anyway...I tin exclusively intend the plums are bursting forth inward her memory.
The niggling love apple tree flora that got eaten before inward the flavor is making a comeback, too forthwith it has flowers. Looks similar it volition last having been eaten downwards to a bloody stump.
The hanging love apple tree flora I got at the farmer's marketplace is covered inward blossoms now, too it's doing real well.
Sorry nearly the blur inward these pictures. I was doing pretty good upward until now. Anyway...it has a lot of cherry tomatoes on it, too they continue getting larger too larger. The largest is nearly the size of a ping pong ball now. If it doesn't ripen soon, it volition receive got moved beyond "cherry" love apple tree into "slicer" size.
Okay, forthwith here's where the fun started. I started making dinner, too what a fiasco that turned into! I had ii dishes going at real high temperatures. Unfortunately, they produced a lot of smoke, too the fume alarms went off. And, allow me say you, those things are absolutely ear-splitting. It was bad enough, but too therefore nosotros couldn't larn the darned things closed off. And since our alarms are hooked upward to a key service, the phones started ringing too. They wanted to say us our fume alarms were going off...as if nosotros didn't know. Actually, they precisely e'er desire to know if they should telephone band the burn downwards department. NO! I'M JUST COOKING!!! Finally, nosotros got the darned things closed off too cleared the rooms of fume every bit much every bit was possible. Geez.
So what was I cooking? Well, this CSA broccoli for 1 thing. I operate this recipe from Smitten Kitchen, which is variety of a unlike means to roast broccoli. Once you've made the rub, it volition concluding yous for quite a while, too yous receive got yourself an tardily side dish.
For our original course...another smoker...these Sticky Asian Chicken Wings. These are therefore good, too they're on our diet. The accompanying sauce is super good.
After our fume warning debacle, Mike too I decided it would live improve to operate boneless, skinless thighs too range them on the barbecue. I'd similar to endeavour this over again using the large chicken pieces amongst the same sauce. I could toss the thighs inward the sesame oil, brand the sauce, too and therefore he tin brush the sauce on every bit he barbecues. Now I'm itching to endeavour this again, sans ear-splitting dissonance too choking smoke.
So...there yous go...all inward a day's piece of occupation hither at the Three Cats Ranch. And I tin run across clearly forthwith because I receive got build clean windows. Yahoo!
Today I'm hoping to larn a start on Todd's Pawtrait. This is my June OMG project, too it's fourth dimension to larn going.
Once I larn started on these they larn pretty fast. I've pulled some appropriate fabrics from my stash, but that's every bit far every bit it goes. There are some kitchen things to range today too, too therefore there's non a infinitesimal to waste.