Neverending

I’m on the neverending search for a walking foot so I can finish my jeans quilt. I bought one, it didn’t have bracket. It had a half bracket to fit on my machine, the lower half. Of course it wouldn’t stay screwed in place. I took it back. I bought another walking foot. It was…

Wandering around our house

Yesterday I divided some hostas before the rain came (and stayed for hours). I walked to the side of the house to decide where the lilies of the valley would go once the plant exchange occurred. On my way back, I was startled by this little guy, a baby robin. The younger half of GAIN…

Wandering in the yard

I’ve mentioned centraliowaplantexchange recently (my last post and the one before). Today, I have another story from that group. Someone wanted sun-loving hostas. Her son-in-law was laid off, his deck needs plants, you get the idea. My hostas are not specifically sun-loving. Here they are after I removed some for for tonight’s exchange. They used…

Wandering in the Garden

I’m very pleased to have my rain barrels full for this dry week. My new transplants and dirty van appreciate the water and washing, I appreciate the price. My veggies are doing well. I’ve got peas growing up an unused return net from our softball and baseball days. (It didn’t get used much then, either.)…

Did list

not a to-do list, but past tense, a ‘did list.’ Since the kids have their dual enrollment classes (art and science) until June, we’re still tied to a loose school schedule. We’ve learned about Japan closing itself off to foreigners (we think there used to be urban legends like, “My grandpa once saw a white…