If the length of my posts as well as the position out of images is whatever indication of how I'm feeling, thus this postal service should move a clue that I'm almost 100% this morning. I nonetheless receive got only a chip of a cough, but that could easily move from the move they're doing on the road. The route paving is scheduled for September 24th, but they're continuing to dig drainage culverts as well as install pipes, as well as thus quite a chip of dust is beingness stirred up. I am mildly asthmatic, as well as the dust has been murder this summer. So subsequently I wrote yesterday's post, I needed to move out as well as fill upward the aeroplane feeders as well as H2O the annuals. While I was at it, I took some pictures of a few things.
The poppies from Republic of Ireland are looking great. Now that I know they are biennials, I tin halt worrying almost them as well as only bask them. The squirrels tin nonetheless move seen looking longingly at that lovely soil, wishing they could flora their ain niggling garden there. The alone surprising affair almost this is that they haven't yet figured out how to pry the fencing from the top. Any 24-hour interval now, I'm sure enough they will.
It's been a spell since I showed you lot the tomatoes inwards the greenhouse. They are a determinate variety, as well as thus this is in all probability equally tall equally they volition get.
They're loaded with tomatoes too...still light-green equally grass, but they're coming. Oh yes. They. Are. Coming. Batten downward the hatches.
We moved the hanging cherry tomato plant into the greenhouse spell nosotros were gone to the lake. (We should receive got done the same affair with the petunias, but, oh well.) It never seemed to larn plenty H2O when it was hanging outside, as well as nosotros were sure enough it would youngster spell nosotros were gone. Now it's getting watered twice per day, as well as those tomatoes are ripening nicely.
And lookie there! The starting fourth dimension harvestable zucchini!
Another of the sunflowers has bloomed. This i is called Floristan. It's almost iv inches across.
And, amazingly, at that spot are nonetheless cherries on the trees. We're planning to pick some to a greater extent than this weekend. We were going to pick them terminal week, as well as then...you know. Anyway, we'll pick them today or tomorrow as well as telephone weep upward it the terminate of cherry season. I'm awaiting on some Pomona's pectin, which should become far on Monday, as well as thus I'm going to brand some to a greater extent than sugariness cherry jam. The cherries inwards the epitome below are the Black Tartarians. They were a niggling slower to ripen than the Bings, as well as thus they are generally nonetheless on the tree. They are sugariness equally tin be, although I mean value the Bings mightiness move a niggling chip sweeter.
When I came inside, I had the harvest below. Yay! The starting fourth dimension pregnant harvest from the garden this year...except for the cherries, of course. We had the cherry tomatoes with our dinner terminal night. I'll nation to a greater extent than inwards a minute.
While I was outside, the FedEx human being arrived with a packet from my love as well as generous friend, Ila. Ila likes to send me niggling attention packages from fourth dimension to time. She's a niggling similar having a fairy godmother. She sent these mugs, which are perfect for making the niggling desserts inwards mugs. These receive got already been relocated to the RV for hereafter employment.
There were also toys for the kitties.
We receive got a beach outing planned for adjacent month, as well as these volition give them something novel as well as novel to play with. Take a await at this catnip refillable turtle. Who knew turtles were stuffed with catnip?
And feast your eyes on these adorable patterns. These are all minis. Did you lot always wishing you lot could move on all the quilt projects at the same time? If alone I had almost twenty to a greater extent than hands as well as l to a greater extent than hours inwards the day. I love these starting fourth dimension two:
And this i describes my philosophy of life purrfectly.
Here's a unopen upward of the words, inwards instance you lot can't read them.
Absolutely.
But I am pawsitively smitten with this one. Is this cute or what? It's the Alley Cat Quilter's Guild.
It took me a 2d to encounter what it was. Here's a closer image. Can you lot encounter what they're doing?
TOO MUCH!!! Oh. This is my adjacent project. Just you lot wait. I've seen these Alley Cat Tales quilt patterns inwards quilt shops before, but I've never purchased any...no incertitude inwards rare moments of extreme self-control. I looked for a spider web page devoted to the designer, but could alone respect merchants who send the patterns. Here's i if you lot desire to encounter more.
So, give thank you lot you, Ila. It was thus much fun opening this box. Has anyone always told you lot what a delightful enabler you lot are? Consider yourself told.
Okay, thus that was plenty fun for i morning. Time to larn downward to the existent work...quilting. I know. I was having a terrible 24-hour interval yesterday. Fun, fun, fun...just agency also much fun. It occurs to me that you lot mightiness similar to move reminded of the photograph I was working from when I made this quilt. Here it is...one of our ain birds on our ain birdfeeder (if i tin claim wild birds equally one's own).
First, I needed to complete this fly plume I was working on from fly to tail tip.
And thus I needed to position a plume only about the eye. I started at the hand of the beak, as well as then...
took it inwards a U-shape only about to the blueish department on the breast.
And that pretty good took attention of the blues. It was fourth dimension to deed to the grayness sections. Recall that I'd already tested the blueish steel colouring of metallic element thread, as well as I actually liked that.
But I wanted to attempt out the silver...it's okay, but I nonetheless similar the blueish better.
Tension is nonetheless looking proficient on the back, thankfully.
And thus I tried the pearlescent metallic element white. Oh, no, no, no. It makes keen snow, but it's barely visible here.
Here are the 3 side past times side. Definitely, I pick the blue. (It's overnice to receive got a clear choice, isn't it?)
And thus the breast, as well as things were going along thus smoothly I could scarcely believe it...
as well as at that spot was a argue for that because I got this far when I looked across the quilt inwards horror as well as discovered...
CRAP! Crap, crap, crap! I knew it was also easy. I lost almost an hr taking that all out, but thus I was able to proceed on as well as complete the bird. Here's how it's looking now.
Here's the back, as well as the quilting is barely visible. With smoky monofilament thread inwards my bobbin, you lot tin safely assume that was past times design. I'm having a niggling problem with bearding, but it isn't equally bad equally I'd initially feared. Truth move told, I'm fairly sure enough I've loaded my batting inwards upside-down. I'm using Warm & White, which has a scrim. It was pure carelessness to larn it upside down, but I'm stuck with it now. (If you're unfamiliar with "scrim," here's a link to the Warm Company website that explains it. Read the starting fourth dimension inquiry nether their FAQ.)
So, I'm giving myself an attaboy for those feathers. I haven't quilted a lot of feathers, but these await pretty proficient to my eye. I receive got a couplet of books for feathers on my shelf, but for this purpose, I flora this i extremely helpful.
Now that I've done these, I mightiness similar to sweat something a niggling fancier. There are going to move to a greater extent than inwards the border...maybe I'll move brave as well as sweat something there.
And that was the terminate of my quilting day. I'd taken some fourth dimension the 24-hour interval earlier to start on a novel Irish Gaelic patato salad recipe that requires 2 days to make. One starting fourth dimension needs to pickle the cucumbers as well as boil the potatoes, as well as thus the salad tin move prepared the 24-hour interval you lot programme to swallow it. We had a treasure trove of cucumbers inwards this week's CSA share, as well as I nonetheless had radishes from a previous share. Also, at that spot were potatoes as well as onions inwards this week's share. I only needed to add together some fresh dill from the grocery store, as well as some mayonnaise from my fridge, as well as I had myself a nearly all CSA salad. Mae posted this recipe from Smitten Kitchen on our CSA Facebook page as well as said it was delicious. And I believe my daughter-in-law, who is an first-class cook, thus I tried it too. Yummo! You must sweat this. Here's the link to the recipe for Dilled Potato as well as Pickled Cucumber Salad. I alone made one-half the recipe, as well as at that spot is nonetheless plenty to receive got with tiffin today.
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And it was a 24-hour interval for mutual frigidness dinner, thus I served it with this chilled cucumber soup. I've been making this soup for a long time, as well as it's i of Mike's favorites. Here's the link to the recipe for Cucumber as well as Avocado Soup with Tomato as well as Basil Salad. It starting fourth dimension appeared inwards Bon Appetit journal some years ago. I used those cherry tomatoes from our greenhouse inwards this. It's made with buttermilk, as well as thus it's depression calorie as well as depression fat. Just become like shooting fish in a barrel on the fried prosciutto, or leave of absence it off altogether. You'll fille the salty compaction though...just sayin'. Most everything from dinner terminal black was either habitation grown or CSA, thus nosotros were feeling pretty smug almost our fresh veggies.
Today I'm going to practise some laundry, but I'm going to pass most of my fourth dimension quilting. I'm hoping to larn good along on Working for Peanuts. The terminal affair I did yesterday was to peruse my thread collections for something to utilization on the bird's legs. I mean value that i on the correct is only almost perfect.
Time to larn going. It's going to move a proficient day. I promise you lot receive got a proficient 24-hour interval too.