Mosquito Shop

All the men have been working hard on getting our 'workshop' up - they are now putting up the sheets on the outside - not easy considering the mosquito's and black flies are trying to tickle them! I worked on the back garden area the last couple of days cleaning up areas where old firewood was stored (yucky bugs underneath, not the useful bugs), cutting the grass for the first time, transplanting some mullein and red clover, and I have been talking nice to my herb and veggie babies that are still in their trays waiting to be transplanted in the gardens...the weather has been iffy at night time and even dropping to freezing temperatures - hopefully all my plants will find their new 'homes' this upcoming week!

Black Tulip Beauty

Here is our oldest cat watching over the beautiful black tulips that are in our front garden - looking at both the cat and the tulips makes me feel at peace...

Spring beauty

Gorgeous 'look at me' tree

On my way to pick up my son from his Sea Cadet activities last weekend, saw this beautiful tree and just had to stop driving so I could take a picture...let's hope I can get this photo on my blog for all to see...

Where did the month go?

Last day of the month already! With transplanting my 'babies', looking for my outdoor nettle plants, creating new snacks for a second-son-in-braces, building our workshop space, and baking up banana chocolate 'swirl' muffins and fruit cobbler and other daily life activities and 'necessaties', I found some time to start reading Made from Scratch: Discovering the pleasures of a handmade life by Jenna Woginrich. I am very interested in the self-sufficient lifestyle, so I am really enjoying this book so far!

Beautiful Burgundy

My herb seed babies are coming up nice on my growing racks so I want to make sure they get a perfect spot in the garden - that is why I am sketching out some garden designs... I also took several photographs of my valerian plants that are coming up outside - what a beautiful burgundy colour!

Doodle Stitching and Drawing

I have definately caught the doodle 'bug' - I am both drawing in my sketchbook, which I have not done for many years - and I have enthusiastically reviewed an embroidery book by Aimee Ray called 'Doodle Stitching'. I have always been interested in embroidery, and now I have new project ideas to work on, and my small sketches in my sketchbook cover a variety of topics from dog biscuits (yes, I tried to draw the herbal dog biscuits I baked for my pup!) to garden design. I am planning to embroider a project with a herbal bouquet on it...