This year, the green beans in our garden have been slow to produce. I finally had enough to do a little canning this week. Monday, I canned two pints and yesterday I had three pints. It is a slow start, but I will take what I can get! Hopefully there will be more soon. We […]
Halloween Hooked Pillows
We are having unusually cool weather this week which has definitely gotten me in the mood for fall decorating! I know it is going to get hot again but I will enjoy this respite from the heat while it lasts and get to work making new fall creations! Today, I am releasing a new […]
Vintage Camper – updating the bedroom
Surrounding the beds in our vintage Avion camper, was country blue upholstery fabric. While updating the camper, it occurred to me that sleeping next to fabric that is 30+ years old and never been cleaned is probably not great for our allergies! My plan was to remove it and replace with new fabric or clean […]
Vintage Silver Camper Hooked Rug Pillow Pattern
I have a new Silver Camper Hooked Rug Pillow Pattern available today. This vintage silver camper was hooked with one fourth inch wide felted wool strips (#8 strips) It was hooked with a silver / gray wool for the main body, a darker gray wool for the accents, and black scraps for the tire. This […]
Growing a Tea Garden
I have been growing mint for several years that I dry to put into my teas. This year, I planted some camomile flowers so I could harvest their flowers to make camomile tea. Based on a little internet research, I would say these plants are German camomile since the plants have grown pretty tall. I […]
Summertime Flowers
When we moved here over ten years ago now, there was a large flower garden with lots of beautiful flowers AND tons of ugly weeds! I tried for several seasons to remove the weeds from the flowers but I just couldn’t keep up. While the flowers were on the side of the house, there wasn’t […]
Harvesting the Bounty
Our garden produce is in full swing right now. So far, we have harvested carrots, potatoes, some peas, a few green beans, zucchini, squash. We are now anxiously awaiting the corn. There is nothing quite as good as fresh off the ear corn! The corn silks have formed and are working their magic. Unfortunately, the […]
Flowers & Friends
This trellis on our front porch had this beautiful clematis growing up it when we moved here. Every year, with very little maintenance (luckily) from me, it blooms these beautiful purple flowers. This morning, our adopted cat was lounging in the lily flowers. She came to us a few years ago looking very sad and […]