Except for i housekeeping chore, yesterday was pretty much an NBS day. I kept plugging away until I had around other department finished on the pansies. Now it is 60% finished.
I'll merely move along plugging away at it 24-hour interval past times 24-hour interval until it's finished. With hence many fabrics in addition to piffling bitty pieces, I direct hold to move along going to the bitter end. Yesterday, I perused my stash looking for edge in addition to backing fabrics, in addition to I'm happy to country I direct hold everything I need.
While I was working on the pansy, I hemmed the fabrics from Republic of Guatemala where needed in addition to hence washed in addition to dried them. They performed real good inwards the launder amongst minimal haemorrhage in addition to real piffling fraying. Now they're ready to larn into the quilt I direct hold planned for them.
One of my favorite quilt shops sent me a discount coupon for my birthday, in addition to hence I'll caput over in that place on Thursday. I'm on the hunt for around homespun stuff inwards a venture black, navy, or burgundy. Possibly they won't direct hold whatever homespun, but I'm confident I tin move uncovering something that volition work.
The "Stitch" sampler is good nether agency now. I haven't attempted whatever of the to a greater extent than challenging stitches yet. For now, I'm sticking amongst the low-hanging fruit. I'll direct hold to direct hold the slice out of the hoop to create bullion stitch or cast-on stitch, in addition to hence I'll create everything else first. When I'm ready to motility the hoop, I'll attempt out those.
With my morning time stitching finished, I laid costless the cats. They e'er laid about correct here...checking out the plain for anything interesting. They're on vole patrol correct now, but they also taste hassling the squirrels.
In the greenhouse, i of the sunflowers has germinated. I'm watching everything similar a hawk correct now.
The conditions has been sunny, but cool, in addition to hence I'm keeping the greenhouse unopen upward for now. It tin move larn real warm inwards there, in addition to amongst all the piffling pots covered inwards plastic, I ask to live on hand of them when the seeds germinate. One weekend, nosotros left around newly planted lettuce seeds covered. The temperatures got truly hot that weekend, in addition to when nosotros came home, the hapless piffling lettuce seedlings had boiled inwards their ain juices. For now, I'm checking every 24-hour interval in addition to uncovering whatever novel growth.
It was prissy plenty terminal nighttime to consume exterior for the outset fourth dimension this year. You mightiness recollect my friend Wendy sent a gift of around dark rice from Minnesota. She suggested salmon to larn amongst it, in addition to I merely happened to direct hold a fillet inwards my freezer at the time. So I fixed that terminal night, along amongst around roasted cauliflower. The rice was hence good...kind of nutty. I didn't create anything exceptional to it...just cooked it, in addition to nosotros ate it. So, give cheers you, Wendy. I believe nosotros tin move larn dark rice hither too, but I don't mean value I've ever eaten it exterior a restaurant. The salmon recipe is i on our diet, in addition to that was quite tasty too. You tin move uncovering the recipe for Salmon amongst Roasted Cherry Tomatoes right here. Super tardily in addition to yummy.
Today's agenda looks a lot similar yesterday's. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 piffling combat of housework...more sewing than anything else. The kitties are having their morning time sunbath, in addition to I'm merely nearly to bring together them for my morning time dose of deadening stitching. We're expecting conditions a piffling warmer than yesterday. I move along proverb I'll leave of absence for a walk. Maybe today I'll truly create it.