The garden is filling out so nicely. Nearly everything is in the ground, save for potential nursery purchases and the sowing of additional crops for later in the year. It is all coming together quite nicely. I had big plans for other things last year, like putting in a back door and creating a more permanent outdoor room. I don’t know that we’ll get the door in this year, but I shall continue to upgrade our outdoor living spaces.
I’m thinking about throwing a garden party this summer. Maybe I’ll do it to celebrate 10 years of blogging (in August).
Fences aren’t too common in our neighborhood, so we installed a privacy barrier on the alley side of the yard last summer. The space underneath has a nice variety of shade to partly-shady plants, including hostas, ferns, bleeding hearts, butterfly bush (Buddleia davidii), and Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia). I have something else out there too, yet I can’t recall the name right now. I’ll have to check my gardening journal from 2011.
The spot is great for sitting with a book or craft, and it’s also a cool place to take a break from working in the garden beds. Although, above, I’m under the maple next to the stacked herb bed. It was a good place to do a little oregano taming.
I still have to fill my pots with some herbs and self-sowing flowers, the latter coming from the raised beds where they proliferate unless most are moved to other contained spaces.
Of note, but completely unrelated, there’s a new Kilian Martin video. It is totally worth watching.
It’s a snow day here and, oh boy, I sure did need this. I made a grocery list and my husband ran the errands. I’m balling some yarn now (Elsebeth Lavold’s Silky Wool) because I have daydreams about some unknown spring shawl that I’m going to crochet. Today, I want something super comforting for dinner, so I’m making the meatballs and pasta sauce from Jamie’s Food Revolution. I don’t know why, even though I don’t eat much meat, but I go back to those meatballs time and again. Most of them go in my mouth without sauce (or pasta; I don’t eat much pasta).
I need to do a little baking tonight so that I have something to take along to a class tomorrow. And then, I’m just going to cozy in for the evening with a little crochet.
I thought that I’d slip this photo in here. It’s from day five of A Month of Craft Photos and the prompt was “notions”. The buttons, jar, and doily all fall into the category of “something old“.
[I am logging my family heirlooms and thrifted finds. All items will be considered vintage by the 20-year standard. You can find all of the entries under the category 'something old'.]
I have a lot of Pyrex at my house. I probably started collecting it 20 years ago, before I even knew its history. (I’ve been a thrifter, picker, and vintage collector for all of my life; My mom turned me onto it in the 70s, long before it was a popular thing to do.)
In the 1990s, I began picking up clear FireKing, GlasBake, and Pyrex custard cups. I was drawn to them for some inexplicable reason. I continued to buy clear pieces from all three companies, in all sizes and for many capacities, as well as white, colored, and patterned items. I recently made the decision to hone down this collection. I’m keeping everything that is clear or plain white, all of my favorite mixing bowls, and items in the Spring Blossom Green or Crazy Daisy design because I have a lot of items in those patterns. Additionally, there are a few rarer selections that I’ve tucked away for now.
Everything else is going. I have a friend who has a hefty Pyrex collection already and I’m hoping that her husband won’t notice if I leave a few boxes at her house.
[I am logging my family heirlooms and thrifted finds. All items will be considered vintage by the 20-year standard. You can find all of the entries under the category 'something old'.]
We’re going to a concert with the child tonight, so I’m spending the day organizing. It is a constant though… arranging this and that. I would imagine that is the case for most everyone. I enjoy it quite a lot, as long as it’s not an overwhelming task, which I can overcome if I remind myself to take it in small bits.
I’m working on yarns, flosses, and such today, especially trying to make the unattractive corner shelf tolerable.
I once read somewhere that the quickest way to lose readers is to post photos of your cats. I guess that I like to live dangerously.
I set this up so that I would have some entertainment while crocheting this afternoon.
[written on Wednesday]
I am hosting a simple Thanksgiving dinner this year. Since Grandma Anderson is coming over, and she is 88, I’m keeping the flavors mild and rather classic. I have had a schedule written out for days, covering what needs to be done at what time from Tuesday through Thursday at noon. I seem to live dangerously when it comes to these events, despite this timeline that I create for myself. I have everything worked out in my head, but I’ll sit looking out the window for too long or see something that I want to buy online, and then I’m suddenly six hours behind, yet the mania of it all makes everything come together beautifully.
I don’t know how that works; I just trust that it’ll all be lovely and I know that I will be thankful for that, as well as every little and big thing in my life.
Thank you, thank you.
[written on Thursday]
Dinner was perfect. I can even link to most of the recipes. (I don’t use one for deviled eggs… or corn.) I roasted a whole 8.26-lb breast with two legs, which were put into the bottom of the pan after one hour. I used the Martha Stewart brining instructions for the turkey, and then followed the turkey gravy recipe for cooking it. The cranberry relish was outstanding. I haven’t tried the pie yet. Grandma and Uncle Tim had pie waiting at home. It’s an easy schmeasy recipe, but I just wanted to have something onhand. The whole meal is simple in flavor and concept, but I wanted something familiar for Grandma.
Success.
Thank you, thank you.
Cranberry-Orange Sauce
Deviled Eggs
Corn
Dinner Rolls
Brined + Roasted Turkey Breast
Roasted Turkey Legs
Turkey Gravy + Dressing
Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
Pumpkin Pie
[the table + cranberry-orange sauce; I guess that is what caught my eye the last two days.]
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