What a beautiful twenty-four hr menses yesterday. There were a twosome of pelting showers inwards the afternoon, but it was sunny in addition to relatively warm most of the day. It was a perfect twenty-four hr menses for a reunion walk amongst Sue. We haven't walked together for well-nigh 6 weeks since both of us direct hold been off gallivanting merely about the southland. And thence that was the start gift of the day...walking amongst my friend inwards the sunshine!
Also, I direct hold a shiny novel camera...the adjacent iteration of my favorite Nikon Coolpix. It was an early on birthday introduce from Mike. (My birthday isn't until adjacent month.) It's the A1000 model. It's well-nigh the 5th Coolpix photographic boob tube camera I've owned, in addition to each revision brings fixes to some of the camera's cons coupled amongst the improver of a few novel pros. Everything was inwards bloom on our walk, in addition to thence I had plenty of opportunities to exam out the camera's capabilities.
Let's merely start there. Everything that blooms appeared to travel showing its materials along the way. I don't know the names of most of these, but I'll tell you lot if I know. First, our Oregon native flowering crimson currant.
These are grape hyacinths.
Some kind of Earth cover. I don't recognize it.
This adjacent ane is rosemary.
Don't know these adjacent few.
Here's a camelia.
This ane was high overhead. I don't recognize it.
This is the start rhododendron I've seen blooming.
This adjacent ane is the blossom of our dry reason flower, the Oregon grape. But it isn't a grape, in addition to it has zip to make amongst wine-making. It produces a bitter regal berry, non actually edible, but non poisonous either.
It was fragrant all along the Fanno Creek Trail yesterday. These high overhead blossoms powerfulness travel the ones, but I don't direct hold a skillful olfactory organ for that kind of thing. I merely know it smelled similar jump yesterday.
These lilliputian ladies alive inwards someone's yard. There is a big sign on the debate that says, "Please Don't Feed the Chickens."
Still, these lilliputian ladies idea they powerfulness snag a snack if they got unopen enough.
What are these? Bluebells?
There are several beaver dams along Fanno Creek, in addition to thence the creek itself floods the trail inwards spots, but it's also really shallow in addition to swampy inwards spots. Yesterday, Sue spotted these skunk cabbage inwards ane of the shallow parts. I've never seen this inwards Fanno Creek before, but you lot know how it goes...let nature make what it does naturally, in addition to the natural habitat volition restore itself.
And this is the halt of the trail for us. The beaver dams direct hold flooded the trail pretty significantly beyond this point. Like I ever say, exhibit me a torso of H2O of whatsoever size, in addition to I'll exhibit you lot a Canada goose.
Now here's something. The painting exhibit below was taken inwards January. They've been working on this playground close ane of the middle schools. See those bare tree stumps there?
Look at them now. They've been transformed into enchanting fairy villages.
Oh my gosh! It is a operate of art. We were mesmerized past times all the lilliputian doors. I wouldn't travel surprised if I missed a few, but I took pictures of all the ones I saw. I'll merely travel along tranquility in addition to permit you lot look. These arrive at inwards size from well-nigh 3 x 3 to perchance 12 x 12 inches.
This adjacent ane says "Stairway to Heaven."
And Sue brought me these gifts from her trip. I dear that candy corn is straightaway an Easter candy. Surely nosotros tin give the sack figure out a agency to arrive a Christmas candy too, can't we? Also, a mix for some Sheepherder Bread. She said the breadstuff was good, in addition to thence she brought me some of the mix. I powerfulness merely bake that upwards today. It's a just-add-water mix.
It was such a overnice day, I permit the kitties out earlier leaving home. When I got home, they were nevertheless outside. Smitty was waiting for Sadie to hunt downward a critter for him to eat.
Shhhhhhhhhh...stealthy hunter on the move.
Fortunately, she came dorsum empty-pawed. Those things direct hold a agency of making their agency into the menage every bit a surprise for me to find. This is non considered a gift, although I'm certain the kitties intend it is.
I sat in addition to iced my human knee in addition to spent some to a greater extent than fourth dimension stitching the binding for the Rainbow Jubilee quilt. Now I've turned 3 corners.
All I tin give the sack tell is that Matthew amend instruct dwelling menage fast because Smitty is purrchasing propurrty rights to this quilt.
Also inwards yesterday's mail, my friend Ila sent me a lilliputian surprise package. Ila knows what I like. Won't those body of body of water tabular array salt caramels gustation skillful amongst my afternoon espresso?
Ila is frequently gifting me amongst treasures when she cleans out her sewing room. Just await at this handbag 'o thread. These are beautiful variegated Aurifil threads. She knows I similar quilting amongst variegated threads, in addition to thence these volition travel treasured. Thank you, Ila.
Finally, this is the start painting exhibit I took amongst my novel camera. Backing upwards to Fri evening, I purchased a quilt interruption organisation from Patsy Thompson. There are a twosome listed on her website, but for my machine, the 2nd ane volition operate best. I haven't laid it upwards yet, in addition to thence I'll direct hold to study dorsum in addition to permit you lot know how it industrial plant for me. All of that to tell that Patsy Thompson sent me a gift of these beautiful King Tut threads along amongst my purchase. Cool, huh?
And that brings me to day's halt yesterday. Smitty was thence happy for the setting sunlight coming inwards through our sliding drinking glass doors. He loves lying inwards the morn sun, but at that topographic point has been none lately. And he loves lying inwards the flush sun, but again...there has been none. So yesterday's sunset was a luxury, in addition to he soaked it in.
For dinner final night, I tried yet some other irksome cooker recipe from our Cooking Light Diet. This is Slow Cooker Sweet Glazed Chicken Thighs. I'm using the prototype posted on the myrecipes.com website hither since I didn't accept a painting exhibit of mine.
These were super slow to lay together. It was inwards the crockpot in addition to cooking inside well-nigh 10 minutes, in addition to it was really tasty. I'm ever on the lookout adult man for recipes slow plenty to make inwards the RV, in addition to this is a keeper. You tin give the sack find the recipe correct here.
There's actually zip on today's agenda. I'll essay to complete off the binding for Rainbow Jubilee, in addition to and thence I'll instruct dorsum to making some quilt blocks. My monthlies are nearly finished, in addition to and thence I tin give the sack instruct to operate on some of my other WIPS.