Monday, Monday.

Right now our strawberries are turning red, the roses are blooming and I have an over-abundance of fresh eggs. Not to forget some lettuce and a garden that will hopefully dry out enough in the next couple of days to fill it with seeds and already started plants. Next week our new chicks arrive so I am really hoping to have everything in the ground before they do.

Well, hopefully, this is our last official Monday of our school year. I better get busy.

five senses friday number 9

five senses friday







see: my youngest graduate from preschool

-flower buds everywhere

-garden plots around town

-sunburned faces

smell: my roses

-freshly cut grass

-rain

taste: german chocolate cake

-sugar cookies

-smoked meats

-watermelon

-strawberries and lettuce from my own backyard

feel: my new Vera Bradley straw hat (thanks my amazing friends)

-new fun summer silverware (thanks Dad and Mom)

-my knitting knitting needles and alpaca yarn

listening: "happy birthdays"

-congratulations to Liz

-singing and piano playing

-cheers from the soccer tournament

-tornado sirens (thankfully no tornado)

Bits of this and that.

I'm still building up my nerve to tackle a dress, so another shorter project in between. Same pattern as the patchwork top.



I've been working in the garden in between the rains. (Gathered a few strawberries and some lettuce last night.) Trying to get our official school year finished up, sewing and cutting out patterns, and thanks to Ravelry, re-inspired to tackle my Mary Jane again.

Thursday is Lizzie's preschool graduation so last night I starting baking for the after-party. Tonight will be the same.

and it is Monday once again.

living good.

I'm taking a break from 5 senses friday today. This morning, as we (Luke, Alli, Lizzie and myself) were enjoying homemade biscuits with Boone Maman Blueberry Preserves, I was thinking about "living good"...

some of those things are:
-drawing butterflies and hearing Luke talk about butterflies having 3 syllables and being a compound word
-sharing a table with chocolate milk, coffee, biscuits, coloring pages, and books about butterflies
-listening to the radio
-"the Message" paraphrased by Euguene Peterson
-"Weekend Sewing" by Heather Ross (Thanks Aubin.)
-hearing the rain slow down
-my first iris to bloom from Suzanne

patchwork crazy.

I have mentioned "Patchwork Style" before, however I think I have enjoyed it a bit too much. In between projects, I tested a top pattern with some patchwork fabric I have been holding onto for a long time. I just couldn't resist.

five senses friday number 8.

See: -wild flowers
-muddy hens
-muddy children
-muddy shoes
-blueberry buds



Smell: -rain
-the remaining lilacs
-chicken with garlic cooking on the stove

Taste: -wild asparagus
-Mexican wedding cake cookies



Feel: -mud and dirt
-cotton fabrics
-lots of missing socks...

Hear: -Uno!,
-Trixie Beldon audio version, book number three
-Lizzie whistling as she moves through the house