It was only later on noon when I got abode yesterday. My pedicure together with my grocery shopping were finished. Too bad I alone larn a monthly pedicure together with grocery shopping happens significantly to a greater extent than frequently. There's something upside-down close that plan, wouldn't yous agree? The kitties were waiting at the door when I got home, together with thus I threw opened upwardly the barriers together with permit them out.
Be certain to notice the status of our shaggy field...full of downed leaves, weeds, together with dandelions. The gardener hasn't been hither since earlier nosotros left on our trip. Oh wait...we don't convey a gardener.
So I justice that leaves only me to establish the peony roots ordered when I visited Adelman's Peony Gardens terminal spring. It's the start fourth dimension I've always seen how they expression below ground. They're weird looking things. On the left inward the photograph below, yous tin give notice run across the white "eyes" together with those were planted to the "up" side of things. The "roots" (or whatever the things on the correct are) were fairly long, making it difficult to dig a hole deep enough...that, together with the to a greater extent than I dug, the to a greater extent than the dirt brutal dorsum into the hole. Good affair nobody always hired me to dig ditches.
Anyway...we got 'er done, together with straight off the waiting for side past times side bound begins. The planting instructions say me to await only a span of stalks the start year, together with to a greater extent than inward coming years.
Of course, my kitty friends were at that spot to help. Sadie was on the hunt for a vole, which she caught. Then she played alongside it until at that spot was nil left but a furry pocketbook of mush.
Smitty stands past times during this "tenderizing" process, together with thus he devours them. Dee-lish. Sorry if that ruins your breakfast. Kitties consider this gourmet vittles. He was on the hunt too, but she makes it slow for him.
Changing the discipline (you're welcome), recall this photograph of the maple tree I took earlier nosotros left on our trip? I wanted to run across how much the tree would alter inward a month.
Apparently, nosotros had record-setting rainfall hither inward Portland during the calendar month nosotros were gone. So distressing nosotros missed it. (Not.) So the tree hasn't changed a whole lot, but here's how it looked yesterday. There's a picayune to a greater extent than red, but it soundless has along way to go.
With my pedicure, grocery shopping, gardening, together with thus housework finished, at that spot wasn't a whole lot of fourth dimension for sewing yesterday. Still, I made my way into the sewing room belatedly afternoon together with made the blades for the start Dresden. I pose them all out. These could live on made randomly, but mine volition all live on made the same unless I mess upwardly somewhere along the way.
When I had the mix of colors the way I wanted it, I sewed them together, together with ta-da! My start Dresden.
But this was form of disappointing. All those yo-yo's I made spell nosotros were traveling are non going to piece of occupation to embrace the oculus hole. I'm non certain what's incorrect hither because the blades are made to the size of the template provided (I checked), together with the yo-yo's were similarly made to the size of the template provided. (I checked that too.) So...not certain why this didn't work, but oh well.
After drying my nonexistent tears (no piece of occupation crying over spilled milk or too-small yo-yo's), I decided non to brand to a greater extent than yo-yo's, but instead, I'll only applique a circle over the hand of the centers. No i volition know the difference. I'm only sorry I went to the problem of making those yo-yo's. Maybe I'll abide by unopen to other piece of occupation for them downwards the road. So I soundless involve to run upwardly the Dresden to the background piece, together with thus I'll figure out something circular I tin give notice piece of occupation every bit a template for the centers...maybe a drinking glass or the hand of a medicine bottle...and I'll endeavor to larn this i finished off today.
Today is unopen to other busy day, however. I'm getting the "big squash." It's alone a coincidence of timing that I ended upwardly doing this during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. If yous follow social media, thus yous mightiness convey seen unopen to of the photos encouraging yous to "get those puppies checked."
The domestic dog inward the middle looks especially excited close this. The other two...not thus much. Male dogs, I presume.
So later on that, I'm getting a influenza shot. Do I know how to convey a expert fourth dimension or what? And if I'm soundless live on when I larn home, I'll practise unopen to canning. That belike doesn't larn out much fourth dimension for sewing, but we'll give it a become anyway.