My 24-hour interval of making quilt sandwiches was cutting brusk when I ran out of batting. I suppose I could select gone to JoAnn to larn or therefore more, but JoAnn ever puts me inwards a bad mood, as well as therefore I but stopped. Just how many quilt sandwiches did I larn through, y'all ask? Exactly 25% of my total...in other words, one. It was the most of import one, however. Quiltemala is educate to go. I'll start the quilting on this adjacent week.
Here's the dorsum I pieced together from the leftover fabrics. With them fraying therefore badly, I tried to hold whatsoever raw edges sewn to the domestic homespun.
And I set out the backing for the Snow Globes quilt as well as had it clamped as well as taped down, but I didn't select a slice of batting large enough. Probably, I had or therefore pieces I could stitch together, but I worried on a to a greater extent than oftentimes than non white quilt the seam mightiness demo through. So I quit amongst that, ordered or therefore to a greater extent than batting from Amazon.com. I'm told JoAnn is no longer carrying my favorite Warm & White (or Warm & Natural). Fortunately, Amazon has it, as well as it should last hither tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll but larn out the sawhorse tables set upwards inwards the garage as well as larn dorsum to it equally presently equally the batting arrives.
While I considered what to produce next, I spent or therefore fourth dimension inwards the garden. The bloom pots needed watering, as well as the plane feeders needed to last filled. You mightiness recollect I tried planting Gerbera daisies inwards a novel topographic point since I select problem getting them to rebloom inwards the shady topographic point where they commonly live. Finally, 1 has rebloomed. They all would select rebloomed yesteryear instantly except that the squirrels idea the previous bloom buds made a tasty snack. For whatever reason, they left this 1 alone.
Its vecino to the correct also has a bud.
The catnip is blooming. The bees honey it, as well as I imagine the kitties would honey it too, but they are silent indoor kitties. We're silent hoping this won't last a permanent modify of life for them, but until the danger passes, they're within total time.
There are a few tomatoes ripening. These are the San Marzanos. I similar the Romas better, but I couldn't respect them when I went tomato plant shopping this year.
There's or therefore other 1 over here. There are also lots of greenish ones. I silent select plenty of pasta sauce as well as salsa left over from final year. I'm non certain how much I'll produce amongst these beyond but canning regular tomatoes inwards their ain juices. The farmers volition select mass tomatoes too, as well as I'll in all probability larn or therefore from them a piddling later.
The plums are nowhere nigh ripe. I'm hoping they concur off until belatedly September. We're planning a trip (as nosotros oftentimes do) but virtually the fourth dimension they should last ripening. I can't fifty-fifty count how many years I've missed them altogether. I used to give them to our neighbor, but she passed away 2 years ago, as well as instantly I'm afraid they'll but ripen as well as autumn off the tree. I mightiness convince Mae to come upwards up as well as selection some. Or perhaps we'll but larn lucky as well as they'll concur off until nosotros larn dorsum from our trip. The atmospheric condition has been weird this year. Hot 1 day, raining the next. I'm non certain what the plums think virtually that.
Also, I counted ix apples on our scrawny apple tree tree. Not a bad showing for such a pitiable piddling tree.
Finally, the calla lily publish 1 final gasp of a flower. The lady bugs await correct at domicile there. It's a overnice piddling shady topographic point out of the Sun for them.
From there, I headed into the sewing room since I couldn't brand sandwiches, as well as I finished the binding on the mystery project. If you're on Instagram, y'all mightiness select seen it. Here's how it looks from the back. I'm putting it inwards this morning's mail, as well as therefore my friend volition select it inwards a few days as well as I'll last able to demo y'all the whole thing.
But I'm non finished existence a adult woman of mystery because I decided to start on this piddling project...a gift for or therefore other friend. All I demand to produce is hand-stitch the binding.
I'm going to start on yet or therefore other gift for yet or therefore other friend, but I don't yet select whatsoever pictures to entice you.
The affair Smitty misses most virtually existence an indoor kitty is his grass, as well as therefore I've been going exterior to harvest or therefore as well as therefore bringing it inwards for him. He loves it. Each fourth dimension I become out the dorsum door, he waits within to run across if I'll last dorsum amongst grass, as well as he gets rattling excited when that business office of the 24-hour interval arrives. Yesterday Mike as well as I were discussing how nosotros hadn't seen whatsoever coyotes inwards a spell as well as whether it was rubber to allow the kitties out again. I was feeling to a greater extent than confident than Mike, as well as therefore nosotros decided to hold them inwards a spell longer. When I went out to larn Smitty's grass inwards the belatedly afternoon, I saw this guy. He looks similar a immature 1 to me...big ears as well as a little body. So, okay...kitties are silent in. As I'm writing this, I tin remove heed the coyotes yipping off inwards the distance.
We had a to a greater extent than oftentimes than non CSA dinner final night. One of the existent treasures from our CSA shares are these shishito peppers. I'd never heard of them earlier the CSA, as well as they are delicious. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few select started showing upwards inwards grocery stores, as well as I run across them at the Farmer's Market too. They select all the delicious season of a jalapeno without whatsoever of the heat. They're super uncomplicated too. I but blister mine inwards a hot shape Fe skillet amongst a piddling extra-virgin olive oil. When they're soft as well as spotty brown, I sprinkle them amongst kosher tabular array salt as well as a piddling dribble of lime juice. Yum.
Also, this chilled Cucumber as well as Avocado Soup amongst Tomato as well as Basil Salad. This is a neat repast on a hot day. The soup tin last made upwards ahead of time, as well as therefore I but needed to modest upwards the prosciutto (or bacon) for the topping, as well as to set together a little tomato plant as well as basil salad. It also has a piddling dollop of plainly yogurt. It's surprisingly filling, as well as it went good amongst the blistered shishitos.
So today I select or therefore canning to do. I picked upwards or therefore beautiful tomatillos at the Farmer's Market the other day. I'm going to brand or therefore tomatillo as well as apple tree salsa. It's a recipe I tried for the start fourth dimension final year, as well as it's a actually delicious salsa verde. I'll tell to a greater extent than virtually that when I select a pic to post tomorrow. Aside from that, a brusk trip into town as well as therefore I'll but hold on amongst my mystery projects as well as whatever else I tin scrounge upwards inwards the sewing room.