Greens and Blues

My Valentine's present to myself (with Joel's blessing) was spending the whole day cutting out and starting the sewing process for a quilt for the bed up at the river.  Woo-hoo!   It's been so long since I've sewn something for myself that I almost forgot how much fun it is to create a quilt that we will be able to use ourselves.

So, I cut.......and I cut.........and I stacked.........and finally I was ready to start sewing.

So, this morning I'm continuing the process.    Ahhhhhhhhhhhh..........I'm in my happy place now......sigh.....it just doesn't get any better than this for me.

Uh, and yeah, Michael Buble is keeping me company.....Oh, baby, baby...

Happy girl,

Debbie

Happy Camper

Yes, I am.....a happy camper, that is.   We really are happy here in our new house (last week marked our first year here).   And I don't hardly ever think about our old house much, except when I would like to spend some time relaxing outside.   Our old house had the greatest back porch area for eating and sitting around reading a good book and this house doesn't have that.    Well, I've finally found a pleasing arrangement for our outside furniture on our new house's front porch, bought some new cushions, and surrounded the chairs with plants.  Ahhhhh, that feels more like it!

And my Christmas cactus are still blooming....love it, love it.

So, yes, I am most definitely a Happy Camper.

Happy "hump day" Wednesday to you,

Debbie

Seattle, anyone?

The weather today reminds me so much of Seattle.....just chilly enough to require a jacket, just damp enough to make me want to stay indoors sipping a hot cup of something while reading a new book, and just gloomy enough to entice me to spend quality time in the kitchen cooking up something that tastes as good as it smells.

Yup, did all those things today.   I've had a jacket on all day today, and that rarely ever happens.   And, I'm sipping a hot cup of green tea with a slice of my dehydrated lemon and a pineapple in it.   Yum!   I've probably spent 2-3 hours total reading my newest cookbook (dear husband gave it to me for Christmas): The Bread Bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum....what a great cookbook.   And now I'm preparing to go into the kitchen, don my favorite apron and make a pot of chili.  Think I'll have to make some cornbread muffins to go along with it, don't you think?

Well, I planted tomatoes, broccoli, celery, flat-leaf parsley, curley parsley, several types of lettuce and all my favorite herbs and mints.   Everybody looks happy-happy!

I just finished checking on my new plants and thought I'd show them off to you.   The last few weeks I've started my composter, bought and planted 2 earth boxes and replenished all the herbs.   Yes, I know, I've been gone from here for a few weeks.   You should know by now that when I'm not posting that means I've really gotten interested in something new.  I've been researching dehydrating foods and storing them properly so they last longer without refrigeration.   More on that later...

The poor palm trees are slowly losing all their palm fronds, but that's a good thing.  I believe they may just make it.  Woo-hoo!   Even the staghorn ferns look good....I used to think they couldn't stand temps under 45 degrees.   Well, I've been taking classes at the Florida Extension Service on Saturdays and found out from one of the master gardeners that staghorns can tolerate it down to 19 degrees!  

We even have limes on our newly planted tree!!

Hope you enjoy the pics,
Wanna join me and plant a "Victory Garden"? 
Deb