Don’s first tomato of the summer …
weighing in at 1 pound 1.64 ounces!
And quite the shady character at work …
The bees are a little disoriented … they’ll get over it …
Or should I say under it?
Bragging (with addenda)
Tag: Texas: Garden
Miscellanea
Sometimes wandering around in the ether pays off, as with this lovely hack for storing my variegated Valdani perle cottons …
And then there’s the joy of having an artist in the family, who has just added another lighthouse to this previous assemblage …
inspired no doubt by past travels to St. Michaels, Maryland and Manteo, North Carolina …
Another online find was learning how to “turn off” ads and suggested sites on Instagram. Just click on “Instagram” in the upper left corner, then click on “Following” …
Of course technology isn’t fail-proof as I learned the other night when the moonlight coming in through the blinds made a perfect impression on the wall of this bit of cloth …
I tried to take a picture, but I guess the light my eyes saw was a bit too subtle for the camera to perceive …
Fortunately, there’s plenty of light now that the sun has come out …
And now I’m sitting outside … loving that it is so peaceful and quiet …
Touching base
I know, it’s been a while … no excuses, it is what it is. And I haven’t forgotten there are still New Mexico and Missouri posts to write … eventually.
Texas went from daytime in the 80s to 40s and 50s within 24 hours … with a touch of overnight frost thrown in for good measure … so the garden is struggling a bit …
Fortunately, the mealy blue sage and dwarf pomegranate don’t seem to mind …
I’ve got my list of beige food to make for Thanksgiving … mashed potatoes, dinner rolls, stock for gravy, creamed onions, apple and coconut cream pies … to which I will add broccoli salad for some green relief … there will be other sides to add color to the table, of course. There’s a wonderful warm comfort in anticipating the traditional foods. And since I do believe food is love, Thanksgiving will always be my most favorite holiday.
And Christmas is coming, so I’m playing with a new project in between stitching strips of cloth onto My Heart’s Compass …
Happy days …
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