Kelli

History and Science Mash Up

Used two olive cans from our Thanksgiving feast and a string to make phones today. They say they can now talk to each other from their rooms (about three feet apart). Silly kids!

Apple time!

A huge thank you to my cousin Vicki for sharing the abundance from her apple trees. Three bags down, one to go!

Apple Cake, truly wicked!

Apple juice, a dozen apples and it’ll be gone in an instant. I keep forgetting how many apples it takes to get more than one glass of juice. This is a dozen.Roasted Applesauce with Sage, my all time new favorite applesauce recipe.

I love food and my food loves me

Two days in a row I was feeling the love from my food. I was lovin’ it back too!

They grow so fast!

Both of the mini men seem to have outgrown their pants in the last month or so, so we put them up against the wall chart and #1 son is now about 4″ taller than the highest measurement and #2 son is at the topmost mark. Looks like we’re going to have to start using the wall.

I know it sounds silly, but time really does fly by.

Summer fruit

I finally made it to the Farmer’s Market on lunch the other day. Arrived 30 minutes before the close of market and got all the deals I was hoping for. It was sad to see that most of my favorite summer fruits for making jam are almost gone for the season. Perhaps I’ll try again next week and see if I can preserve some of that summer goodness.

Meantime I’m thinking of making some ketchup before these beauties are through.

Fantastic Mother’s Day gift that just keeps on giving. Thanks sissy!

He likes reds, I like whites

My honey and I are so compatible…he prefers reds and I prefer whites.

My jam is peach and his is strawberry (don’t tell him my jar is bigger!)

Lori’s green thumb

My sister in law has an amazing flower garden in Wisconsin, beautiful mosaics and fabulous giant leaf step stones she made herself. Wish I could have packed a couple home with me–shipping costs would be outrageous! I took copious pics of her flowers, here’s a favorite.

Miss Bianca’s Birthday Bag

It was about 6″ tall by the time I was done. Wet felted the bag body then needled the flower and the scalloped top. This was my first stab at wet felting a bag, needed to reinforce in some areas. I think I’ll stick with fulling knitted bags. Had to tell em I made it myself, they thought I bought it!

My new website!

Thanks to Mike for hooking me up with this amazing website!

Oh my, tomato pie!

The skeptics at the table were instantly won over after tasting my tomato pie. Made with super sweet tomatoes from my garden. Unfortunately, there was none left over. Thanks to Linda Lou for the inspiration!