Stuff and Clutter!

I posted for the year end (2011) my disaster areas, today after counting the surfaces with clutter on them, something must be done.  Ten surfaces (tables, desks, etc.) in the kitchen dining room, living and bedroom.  This doesn't count my sewing room because every time I organize it a bomb goes off and disaster reins again!  After counting the mess I immediately followed up with cleaning off two of the surfaces.  Not only do I not get help but when something is put away, a gremlin comes along and put the stuff right back where I cleared it off of (kitchen)!  Two more surfaces do exist but they belong to another 100%, the ten belong to me or are a community mess.  I also have one more shelf in the kitchen to clean out for better storage.

I have been making Kombucha for 2 months now and have a good balance of brewing now, it is giving me a 2 cup bottle a day to drink without flavoring it.  I like it very much this way and enjoy the hint of apple and sourness, refreshing!

Tilling

Spent the afternoon and evening at my daughter's.  We tilled up a good size garden for summer planting and it was exhausting.  It was too warm to do such heavy work but it must get done.   My shoulders, back and hands ache but it feels good to be out in the soil.  We need to do another pass before taking the tiller back, then out goes the squashes, corn seed, beans!  The raised beds are waiting for warmer nights to happen (soon). The girls made mud pies in a little bucket and had a great (old-fashioned) time.  Must go get ready because after gardening, I must head to the racetrack!

A bit of heaven!

I went to see my parents for a few days and it is so hard to come home (they live on 2 acres of green beauty!)  and watched hummingbirds for hours, they are so fascinating.  What is so interesting is you can stand right by a feeder and they will still come for food!  It's so calm, quiet and slow.  I sometimes question how a city kid became such a country adult?  A morning walk around the properties with my Dad is a great way to start the day (the road goes around a 20 acre area that equals a 1 mile walk) and an afternoon stroll under the canopy of the forest.  My mom cooked a rack of lamb just because she knows how much I like it (the rack was big and too much for 2 people, it seemed melted like butter when chewing and smelled good AND tasted better.  She sent the rest home for my daughter (she loves lamb too).  E and the girls came for one day to spend some quiet time, the girls spent a lot of time wandering the woods, playing and searching for treasures.

Spring has exploded!

The shades of green spreading across the evergreen canvas is amazing.  The young leaves range from grass green to lime green.  I wanted to pull over to the side of the hiway and stare, but my schedule would not allow it.  Our field of grass is about 3 feet tall over the septic and had a lot of wind today.  I watched the grass for a while and it's like watching the ocean waves, waving and serging.  It's elegant like ballet.   Right now, a heavy rain is falling hitting grass and leaves.  Creating a background for the frogs across the street, nature's music!  I love spring the most, even rainy days are beautiful!

Too soon for Christmas!

After deciding to make potholders from denim for christmas presents, I had a total of three! so far.  This weekend was  a wedding shower for my nephews intended and guess what?  I gave two potholders to them along with a plastic sack holder to match (a heart was apliqued for decoration.  I have given thses sets away in the past, she seemed pleased.  With a look and "I want one" from my sis-in-law, making one for her will go on my growing list of projects.  Maybe writing this list down is needed because it's getting long!  So I'll keep plugging away to accumulate enough by December (2 for each family).  They are a bit tedious but look great when done.

Busy weekend!

Birthdays!  Years ago, on a very special day, Friday the 13th in April.  It was my husbands birthday.  We had been in the hospital 2 days trying to have our first child (health prolems).  She was stubbornly waiting though, and on the morning of my husbands birthday she made her entrance. What a LUCKY day.  Here it is Friday the 13th again . . . . .  Happy birthday!

We have our grandchildren friday overnight. Then a stop by the Speedway on our way to my Uncle's wedding.  He is a hoot so I am sure it will be fun.  Sunday will be birthday dinner and chicken enchiladas will be on the menu.

Daughter's house

My son and I went to E's house to take a couch to the dump.  While they were gone, my granddaughters and I puttered around the yard with the goats, and the garden.  Such beauty surrounds us if we would stop and look around, listen and when the garden is ready taste as we work. The grass is at it's greenest, the trees are bursting into masses of blooms, birds and frogs are a concert of music.  Sharing all this and more with my grandchildren is new and exciting!   J and I put together another raised bed from scraps I found, it is a perfect size for 4 tomato plants.  A warm and pleasant day made for a lovely day to help with some chores.