Irish Handwoven Blanket Pictures for a Fiber Artist

March 10, 2025 I asked my blog friend Meg from yarnsfromthelake.com if she would like to see the Irish blanket unfolded. Since she said yes, I took some pictures of it unfolded. I thought I had remembered it being handwoven. Meg, I hope I got the title right (Fiber Crafter). I was wasn’t sure if […]

Gardening, Assembling Shelves, Cutting Off Branches and Unpacking Boxes of Books

March 9, 2025 Yesterday, I planted bunching onions seeds and fennel seeds. I also moved several medium sized branches that came down in the high winds to the dead hedge. I mulched the strawberries and onion plants. While I was getting leaves and pine straw to mulch the strawberries, I noticed this violet blooming. I […]

Planting a Couple of Rhubarb Plants

March 7, 2025 After Nox woke up from her nap, Bruce asked me if there was something to do outside. My answer was yes, I wanted to build the rhubarb bed. Bruce thought that would be fun, so he got his circular saw out. I found the square for him and brought it and the […]

Planting Beets

March 7, 2025 This morning, Nox went with me as I headed out to plant beets in the garden beds. I planted these beets: Detroit Golden, Detroit Dark Red and Chioggia. Chioggia is a “candy striped beet.” It has red and white alternating rings with a bright red skin. I noticed the field pansies are […]

Planting Strawberry Crowns and Onion Plants

March 7, 2025 Yesterday, I started feeling like “my old bony self” again around 3:00 PM. I do believe having a nap helped. Nox was a sweetheart and snuggled up against me while I napped. Bruce let me know we had two packages, one from Misfits and another box that looked like plants. After putting […]

Planting Seeds Today

March 4, 2025 With my raised garden beds full of dirt and a beautiful day, I headed out to start planting cool season seeds. I’ve given the raised bed rows letters (A and D, as B and C don’t have beds yet.) and I numbered the beds from north to south. Row A is the […]

More Dirt from Bama Dirt

March 3, 2025 This morning, I got a text from Bama Dirt asking if we were ready for our second load of dirt. I texted back, “Yes”. The driver texted to ask if I wanted it in the same spot. The answer was, “Yes”. We had moved the tarp closer to the last three short […]

Bama Dirt Delivery

March 2, 2025 On Friday (February 28), Bama Dirt called and asked if we were ready for a delivery. The answer was yes! They had to mix the dirt before they could bring it, so it took a bit for them to arrive after the call. After looking at the dirt, we decided to buy […]

A Gift from Jeanne

March 1, 2025 While in Colorado, my lovely friend Jeanne from ajeanneinthekitchen.com, presented me with a beautiful vase that she made. I was thrilled and look forward to having a place to display it with some silk flowers. (Water will cause the buttons to come off.) The vase was the first item I unpacked from […]

Unloading Cliff the Big Red Truck

March 1, 2025 On Friday (February 28), we decided to go out for breakfast and then stop at Walmart to pick up my prescriptions. We had breakfast at the Box Car Cafe in Sheffield, Alabama. It was eleven miles from the house and a short distance from Walmart. They got good reviews. I had a […]