Posted in Photography, beads, flowers, garden, poetry, tagged beaded sunflower, poetry, sunflower faeries, sunflower poem, sunflowers on 29 July 2008 | 8 Comments »
Photographs of the sunflowers were taken by me in my front yard, I beaded the two sunflowers in the middle of the post and the poems I found online.
The Sunflower Fairy
Fields of yellow faces following the sun
Impossible to count them each and every one,
Waving gently in the breeze they make a sunny sigh.
Stretching up their [...]
Posted in Life in General, Nevada, books, food, garden, tagged blueberry jam, books, garden harvest, gardening, hot pepper jam, jam, l.m. montgomery, nevada vegetables, strawberry jam on 28 July 2008 | 11 Comments »
I got up early Saturday morning and decided I wanted to make jam. I make my Christmas presents every year and decided I’d like to add jam into the baskets this year. The two Farmers Markets in Sparks are on Tuesday morning and Thursday afternoon, so I drove over to the one on [...]
Posted in Life in General, Nevada, flowers, garden, tagged arborvitae, junipers, landscaping, sparks nevada, yard work on 28 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m very, very, very tired today. And my arms and legs look like I was in the middle of a cat fight…and lost. My hands are swollen and hurt…carpal tunnel will be hurting them for a few weeks.
It’s amazing how much work we’ve done, yet have soooo much more to [...]
Posted in Life in General, tagged Simple Woman Day Journal on 28 July 2008 | 1 Comment »
FOR TODAY … 28 July 2008
Outside My Window…A smoke filled morning sky. A train going by.
I am thinking…Not much of anything…my brain is mushed from not enough sleep and too much time in the Juniper War Zone.
I am thankful for… my feather bed and pillows.
From the kitchen… Blueberry and Strawberry jam that [...]
Posted in Life in General, garden, tagged hate junipers, junipers, landscaping, yard design, yard work on 25 July 2008 | 4 Comments »
We have once again declared war against the junipers in our yard! This war will be a triology…not sure when we will get to the last part.
This time it’s on the NE corner of our lot…there are at least three junipers with pretty big trunks. Me thinks they’ve been there for [...]
Posted in Crafts, Jewelry, Photography, Recycled Art, beads, flowers, garden, thrift shops, tagged coneflowers, cucumbers, garden, hemp necklace, nevada garden, peppers, pumpkins, salsa peppers, Sunflower, vincent van gogh sunflower on 23 July 2008 | 3 Comments »
Was surprised to see so many peppers when I was watering last night. They grew so big in a couple of days! Must be the heat. So…does anyone know when peppers are ripe? Do I have to wait until they turn red? Pick ‘em green? I have Sweet Italian, [...]
Posted in Crafts, Friends, Life in General, flowers, tagged simple woman daybook on 22 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
FOR TODAY … 21 July 2008
AM A DAY LATE ~ Yesterday was my birthday and I took the day off…so I’ll look back and reflect on the day!
Outside My Window…there is a Northern Mockingbird singing, Sparrows & Finches on the bird feeder and Scrub Jays eating their goobers..
I am thinking…Good [...]
Posted in Crafts, Friends, Quilts, books, tagged americana, americana quilt, moda fabric, Quilting, simple woman summer swap, star quilt, thimbleberries fabric on 18 July 2008 | 7 Comments »
I was in the first Simple Woman Summer Swap and found out my partner would be decorating in Americana for a few rooms when she moves into her new home. So I decided to make her a wall hanging quilt. After looking through a few of my quilting books I settled on adapting [...]
Posted in Crafts, Friends, Life in General, tagged simple woman summer swap on 17 July 2008 | 7 Comments »
When I got home yesterday afternoon from work I found a package from my Simple Woman Summer swap partner, Becky, on the front sunroom table. Inside was:
More Celtic Quilting book (I have the first one, so this is great)
A canning jar filled with sand and sea shells (I should add a couple of pieces [...]
