IN Carmel

                                                         False Salomon Seal popping up as it does every year.   I don't know if the spirit brought this on but I'm a bit tired, no, really tired with my day starting again for the second day in a row at 2 AM.  What's with it.  Should I blame it on the spirit.  Probably not.  I spent the dark part of the day knotting.  I didn't have that on the agenda, but it was easy to add at that dark hour of the day.  What I thought would take all day was finished by 8 am.                                                                    All kno...

 Today was an interesting day with plenty to do.  The garden walked proved that sweet peas, plural are on the way.  There are some other places that I am tired of filling holes. Is it squirrels?  And there always seems to be some unusual tracks going through the garden after the night has been turned off.  The creatures are on the move.    Mullion.  They say pioneer mothers used this for diapers.  That's a good reason not to be a pioneer mom.  I think it has worth because it's pretty.   I got all my PT stuff out of the way.  My eyes were lubricated, sugar and B P checked and more of the morning stuff completed. and with all systems go I took over the sewing machine adding a boarder to the squares and did a whole lot of pressing.                       Sometimes the boarder looks blue and sometimes it's a great dark purple.  Go figure.     ...

 Today started pretty simply with the usual stuff and sort of stayed simple all day.  The weather was cold!  Seeds continue to turn to plants but the little seed houses came inside.  I checked on the sweet peas and more are showing their true self although not much will happen with all this cold that will stay for a few days. I felt sorry for the nuthatch and tufted titmouse birds so I refilled feeders.  The starlings quickly found yummy things to eat. It was an in house for the day, day  until it became more apparent that Aldi's needed a visit.  That happened and I would say Monday is a great grocery day with the store mostly empty.  The girls were busy restocking and we found everything we needed.   The other event keeping me busy was Christine's sewing project.  I cut a lot of 5 inch squares adding a little fabric to what Christine brought.  The whole quilt is coming together but I think will take two more days to complete....

 A rather slow day I thought until I started thinking.  Yes, slow in spots and then there were fast thinking times.   A good sleep and all the morning stuff happened.  There was knitting time and sewing time and walking the garden time and it was time to hit the road for church.  And as usual there was time to hear the choir rehearse in the sanctuary.  They are a wonderful group of folks who like to be together and love to sing.  They do that very well.  I continue to be impressed with their dedication to music.  North has a long history of great congregational singing as well super choir singers.  The preaching, liturgy and prayers were a blessing.  I'm usually in tears at some point every Sunday, touch by so many things. Thinking about the fragility of life might be a cause along with great support for so many years. I walked into church with three bags for three different folks.  The crib blankets were delivered, the bu...

 I call this a rainy day.  But there were breaks in the rain and sometimes I just took a quick walk in the rain to check on all the little things happening.  Rain brings happenings.  The temperatures have been quite nice.   I saw this from my kitchen window.  Immediately grabbed my camera/phone and headed out to take a picture of the Kathy/Eric gift of Blood Root.  This was the big happening of the morning.  How beautiful. I would think the Oehler woods would be full of these.  I need to visit.  The needles were busy but when the ladies game got to tense for me, I retreated to the sewing room.  I tore a lot of fabric, enough to make 24 burps.  That helped a little with tenseness.  During the day 12 burps were completed using some interesting stitching to decorate.  I had that machine humming, and it declared a break. The sign comes on saying that the motor needs a rest.  And the sewing machine doesn't work u...

 Woo.  Today, all is right with my world.  How did that happen?  Well, the Benary zinnias can be seen growing in their little "green" house.                                There they are as one can see them looking in from the top of the milk jug.   When that happens, all is right with my world.  It's as simple as that.  Yes, I have something called simple living.  And the zinnia seeds I saved from last summer also are sprouting.  That means I did something right with my saved seed attempt.  To start the day, I threaded the loose strings into the purple scarf doing the finishing job.  White yarn is on the needles.  I'm addicted.  No, knitting just goes well with watching or listening to T V.                                 ...