Peeping Toms?

No, really, neighbors to the rear, our high-powered telescope usually used to look at the moon and stars is not really pointing directly through the fence cracks into your backyard. Really. It’s just that we’ve discovered that we really like looking at the yellow and red bodied birds that flock to the feeding sock in our back yard up close and personal without scaring them off. Really. Honest.

Apple time!

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

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IMG_0893Apple 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.IMG_0894Roasted Applesauce with Sage, my all time new favorite applesauce recipe.

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.

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

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!Birthday Bag PICT1039