Archive for the 'Gardening' category

Seven things

Wednesday, March 12, 2008

I’ve been tagged. Not just by one person, but by two. For the same meme. I know it’s taken me a while to get back to you, Christina and Angela, but I finally have. Thank you both very much for thinking of me! Here are the rules:

Link to your tagger and post the rules on […]

Sockin’ along

Tuesday, October 2, 2007

In a continuing effort to clear out the WIPs so that I can start something new, and at the same time to bring a smile of joy to my husband’s face, I’ve been working a lot on the socks for him. The knitting’s going pretty quickly so far. We’re both pleased with the results. The […]

Tea and roses

Thursday, September 20, 2007

On tea
On Tuesday my friend Denise came over to help me try these tea blooms that I got from Christina for the first tea swap on Ravelry.
I got out a couple of cappuccino bowls to give the tea plenty of room to grow, and boiled up some water. When we took the tea buds […]

Doldrums

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

It must be that time of the month again. It’s a lot harder to tell than it used to be. I mean, without, you know, those obvious signs. All I have to go by is my mood. And I’m feeling blah. I’m in the doldrums. I’m bored with the second Monkey sock. No. That’s not […]

How does your garden grow?

Thursday, June 7, 2007

Flowers and veggies
Anne’s garden is growing like a weed. Hers gets that stuff that falls from the sky… I’m not quite sure what it is. She calls it rain. Rain? Hm. I have to use a hose to give water to my plants, and mine are in pots, not the ground, so are encumbered, but […]

A little of this…

Monday, May 14, 2007

Weekend things
Dave got a bee in his bonnet this weekend. He decided that he’s tired of people parking on our stand-up sprinklers and breaking them, so planned on moving them to the back edge of the top of the garden, instead of the front edge of it. He started digging to find where the lines […]

Progress

Monday, May 7, 2007

I may not have said anything for a few days (or so) about the green shawl, but I have been knitting away at it. I’ve completed 88 rows so far, and I think I’m finally getting into the swing of things. Since the faggoting changes directions at the midpoint in the shawl, as well as […]

Illuminating cognac blooms

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

It feels like it’s been practically forever since I’ve blogged! Blame it on QuickBooks. I think, however, that except for the dreaded PayPal account, I have everything entered, and all accounts reconciled. Whew. I’ll tackle the PayPal beast another day. I can make no sense of their totals. Things that apparently clear the account on […]

Socks and violets

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The second Conwy sock now has most of its heel flap. The turning will happen this evening, then to the gussets and the foot. Me thinks I’m nearly half done. Haven’t decided which sock yarn to tackle next: the periwinkle Panda Cotton or the woodland Fleece Artist. I’m considering using the Woodland yarn for these, […]

Aphids

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Drat those tiny little things. Aphids love my pansies almost as much as I do. Anyone have a good way of deterring the little beasties without use of deadly chemicals, or a hose? I have some bug juice that works fairly well, but I don’t like using it. My pretty little flowers have grown quite […]