~I love winter. I love winter especially on the weekends when I don’t have to go out. I love staying in my flannel pj’s and lazing about.
~Eating yummy salads.
Yummy winter salad. xoxo it.
~Starting a new quilt, using my stash. Make do and use it up~
~Sewing for a new little boy named Finn.
The best baby newborn pattern for pants. So darn cute.
~Knitting for same little one.
( can’t show you because I’m blocking and need to add buttons)
I hope it fits!
I love winter!
~The new puppy needed a soft place to lay while inside her crate. With so many dogs it is easy for her to become overwhelmed. Also she is in the chewing puppy stage. She likes to grab whatever she can and destroy. So, a crate/kennel was needed. I couldn’t just let her lay on the hard plastic, so I dug out a piece of leftover patchwork and added a few pieces, put batting in and finished it with some Perle cotton quilt ties.
~It was soft and cozy~
~A running stitch kept it all nice and contained~
Too bad Annabelle tore it all up, naughty puppy.
Now she has an old cutter quilt in the bottom of her crate.
My husband brought home a flea infested puppy about 3 weeks ago. He said she was playing in the street and people were honking their horns at her. She was oblivious of course. He first saw her on his way to the park while walking our other dogs, on his way back, there she was causing trouble. Somehow he managed to convince her to come to him, he leashed her and brought her home.
Yes, wasn’t that just lovely of him?
Fresh lettuce from the garden.
I’ve harvested all the lettuce I could, now I must plant more. I need a long flat trough- type vessel to maximize production. I love being able to eat my fresh lettuce. It tastes so much better than anything from a store and it’s pretty.
First little harvest of peas and tomato’s.
Beans and tomato’s. I love cherry tomato’s.
Teeny tiny carrots. I got excited and pulled some out to see what was what. I think this is “short and sweet” variety.
More tomato’s and my first little yellow squash. Yummers.
A humble first harvest, prepped and ready for dinner.
My first garden dinner. Quinoa Veggie Medley. It was good!
Ever since reading In the French Kitchen Garden, I had dreams of creating a little potager garden outside my own kitchen where I could wander out and pick a few things for dinner. Many years have passed since I first read this book, but I am slowly, very slowly beginning to achieve what I read about so long ago. Losing the tree last year has left us with much more sun right outside my kitchen, I take my blessings where I can find them, I am thankful for my little sunny patches. I want to find this book and read it again. It is a very lovely book.
~Enjoying beautiful blue sky and really cold sunshine, winter storm advisory tomorrow!
~Just a touch of crochet.. can you tell what this is? I am not the best at crochet.
I started with this pattern and made a little chain and finished with a kind of heart-y topper. I am going to use it as a bookmark. I wish I would have tucked in some lavender into the bottom heart. I have no idea how I did to the top, I just kept going until it kind of looked like a heart (to me).
~Cleaning, cleaning. Where does all that dust and whatnot come from?
~Organizing, organizing. My sewing area was so cluttered, I had to re-organize it. A cluttered space makes a cluttered mind. Not good.
~Laundering, laundering. So many things to launder.
~Listening to pandora. LOVE to listen to music while I work. So enjoyable.
~Hope your weekend was all that you needed it to be~
This winter has been the most mild that I can remember. I am not complaining, it has been just a wonderful season so far. I’ve got the beginnings of spring fever, I was out pulling weeds and debris this afternoon. I have the rose splinters to prove it. Why do I never remember to put on my gloves? So far, the Japanese Spiraea is blooming, the quince has buds, daffodils are up, with buds, and I saw a purple periwinkle bloom. Seriously, weird.
But, the “storm” is coming. So they say. I can’t seem to get anything done, I am just stuck in the wait mode. Ugh. So very unpleasant.
Why am I so nervous about storms, well, take a look for yourself. This is what happened last February 24th…
Thank God we were all fine. It was not until June 28th that we were able to move back home. Anyway. That night I was just about to get into the shower, you see that tree.. eeeeee – yeah, scary. I need to take a shower now, but I’m kind of stuck in I’m watching the weatherman mode.
Lord, help me through these storms. I’m just a little scared.
Happy New Year’s~, originally uploaded by jennbennstar.
If it’s New Year’s day you will find this on my plate. Every year without fail. It’s just what you do. Black eye pea’s, cornbread, greens and cabbage. Yum.
Well y’all… I love Pandora. I really love it. You pick a song and it builds a ”station” around the songs you like. Love that. Imagine a little rock, a little country, a little folk. Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Kid Rock, Dixie Chicks, the Band Perry. Daughtry, Paul Simon and everything in-between. Cool.
My cat ate some roving.. I am freaking out. I don’t know if you remember our Kitty but he ate yarn– we think… the next thing you know he was gone from a horrible intestinal blockage. He didn’t make it. Oh, it was bad so, so bad. Scratch that, I think she is ok, this was yesterday and she hasn’t missed a beat. I don’t know. We’ve had a bad run with cats.. I might be a little paranoid.
It wasn’t this, it was gray roving. This is an art batt. So pretty. It’s from my My friend and inspiration Camilla. So pretty and sparkly.
Hello Charlotte~I have Charlotte on my mind. I love the name Charlotte. I didn’t use to, but I really do now.
I love her little outfit~
I am about to start a project for a friend. I so hope I don’t muck it up.
~Hello pretty face~
I have just realized my blog is outdated, old stuff on here. Ugh. I need a makeover. Deep sigh.
I am excited about Christmas. It is shaping up to be a good one this year. This is me praying for no problems, no drama, Lord please keep us all safe. Please.
Trying to find a Christmas service for my daughter and I to go to. My husband is working on Christmas, but I want to go to church. I really do. Must get on that.
Also, need to get teacher gifts.. not so prepared this year.. what to do ??
What’s new with you??
~home made latte~
When we left our home in February due to the unfortunate tree incident, I had no idea how long we would be gone. I was in a state of numbing shock. When I went to my home, post tree-fall, I just wandered around the kitchen lost. I wanted to clean, but it was almost pointless. There were holes in the ceiling, it was constantly raining, constantly saturating the whole place. The insurance company told us we would be “packed” out. Well, as far as I was concerned they could just throw it all out. It was a total loss in my mind. I really detached myself from my home. I think it was a coping mechanism because my house was so broken, it was just so sad. We took the items from the fridge, freezer, our coffeepot and a few spices. Duh… what was I thinking?? I was so lost without my “things.” I did not want to become too comfortable at our rental home, all I wanted was to go home, so we made do. Now that we are back and mostly unpacked when I am in my kitchen I feel that I am HOME. It brings me great joy to be back home, in the kitchen. I could not be happier.
~fresh tomato’s on the sill, yes, it’s Summertime~
~fried egg sandwich on home-made english muffin bread, yep.
~~ tomato, avocado, mozzarella salad with zucchini fritters, yes please.
I love to cook, love to eat. I feel a little behind on the season, but I am catching up as fast as I can. I am going to try to savor these last few months of summer and enjoy each fresh prepared meal I make.
~ a little roasted chickpea snack, yum.
:: All recipes can be found on my Pinterest, under “Yummy Food to Make” ::
Only 2 more days until we move back into our house We left in the middle of the night on February 24th and have not been back since. It’s been an incredibly long process. There were many times that I could hardly make myself go back and look at the house. I know things had to be done, and it was excruciatingly slow at times. If you have to rebuild then sometimes you have to tear down. That was the hard part, watching the destruction after the tree fell. But brick by brick, board by board, shingle by shingle, walls have been rebuilt, repainted, re-insulated. New wooden floors were laid. We are finally almost ready to go home. It is very exciting for us. I hope to have a few pictures soon.
In the meantime, I want to share a few things I have been working on trying to pass the weeks waiting to go home.
Remember the Bama Bound Quilt Project, well, I made just one more quick quilt. I used a fabric bundle from FabricWorm and one of my favorite quilt pattern from Amy At A Commonplace Life, it’s the Roundabout Quilt Pattern. It’s so fun.
I really love this pattern. Here is the back:
Label:
Got into a little scrap with this corner of the binding, I did not win.
I really love the back.
Let me just show you a little peek of the animals I have been knitting like a mad woman.
These patterns all come from Barbara Prime. Her patterns are adorable! The best part is that you work on each piece one by one. Perfect for watching tv after a long day of work. It’s a leg here, an arm there, before you know it you are ready to assemble. My daughter loves each one, so I guess that is a good indication for how darn cute they are.
Well, this is what I’ve been up to lately. Hope you all are enjoying your summer. I am ready to hurry up and get home and get my kitchen gear back in use. I really miss my ”no knead” bread, home-made pizza, and my green smoothies. Why did I let them pack up all of my things? I guess it will be that much sweeter when I get home.
**More pictures in Flickr.
*** Another time suck? Pinterest. Do you do it? So fun, but it is a time killer.
