Poppies, Poppies, And More Poppies

 
I always look forward to mid-May for the poppies to bloom. I started this bed about five years ago and they get better and better each year. They reseed themselves and I throw out more seed every fall when ever I stumble upon another package of another color, shape, or size. The neighborhood has come [...]

Home Again

 
So, I’m back home from a mighty fast trip to Arizona and we’ve returned with this boat. Would that there were cactus in the background, but it’s Salt Canyon. I’d rather have brought the boat owners’ dog home with me!

When on trips, I can usually find some “fibers” along the way. This trip was just [...]

Travel Starts At Home

 
Yesterday, we left home about noon, to drive to Arizona to pick up a sailboat and bring it back home. Any excuse for a trip! When ever we travel south or west, we try to leave late enough to stop in Golden City and have lunch at Cookie’s Cafe. It sort of looks like a [...]

Back To Cooking School

 

The other day I made an angle food cake and forgot that I was supposed to let it cool before removing it from the pan. I sliced the bottom insert off while it was on the bottle and when loose, the cake slid down! Sometimes I think that if I had a brain I’d be [...]

Arden’s Quilt is Finished

 
Arden’s quilt is finished. Size – 18″ x 24″. It was such a struggle when I began, but I think it has turned out as a celebration. I was in a quandary about adding the handkerchief. Jane Burch Cochran has a series of small art quilts featuring handkerchiefs. She says hankies are for tears of [...]