End of month

 Where do the days go? Seems to me that the days fly by... but wait; there are a few days that seem to linger. Part of it is that I am still restricted and when I think of something I have to remind myself if it is okay to do. Soon, soon they should be lifted. I see the surgeon on November 15th for x-rays to make sure the cage and spine are still okay, All in all I am doing okay and feel good. Happily I have sewing that has kept me busy.

Since I reached 100 hexagons it is time to begin to get it together. I started to lay out the hexies.. using my trusty old cardboard mat...if you sew you may still have one. It is making it easy to plan and will make sewing this quilt easier for me. I will just pin in place and rearrange as I think I should. I must start to think of what project will be next.

Friday I planted my herb garden; Italian parsley, oregano, chives, creeping thyme and rosemary. The pot is a large high one so no need to bend or stoop down. There is already a pot with basil although it is beginning to become straggly. Possibly a cut back would help. Our Arizona weather has been wonderful...no more 100s. Having my bedroom slider open is so nice. Of course Murphy likes going in and out as he pleases.

Still have some blooms on the Fairy Duster bush...the hummers love it and soon there will be berries for the Goldfinches and House Wrens.  

Since it is almost Halloween, I will leave this post with a bag of Zapp's Voodoo potato chips...New Orleans style kettle chips. Nice to spend time with you. Thank you for your kind words and encouragement. It really means a lot. Thank you for your friendship.

Herbs and flowers

If the temps stay as  predicated… it  will be Spring! Of course as Shelly says, "Phoenix doesn't have a Spring! Winter straight to summer." We are suppose to reach 70s all week. The sunrise was a beautiful pink sky but by the time I fetched the camera it was gone. At the moment there is fluffing and swishing happening in the laundry area. The Bissell is waiting for a walk around the place.

Yesterday I gathered some found flowers from the craft shelf and brought Spring/Summer into the living room. Something to greet me each day.

I am ready to snip some green onion shoots this week. These have rally done well sitting on the little chair. Usually the little red chair sits on the floor by the other plants but every so often I bring it up to get extra light. It does well in less light though.

Out in the garden, my Rosemary plant is continuing to grow bigger and bigger. This was a 6 inch pot 12 years ago.... it is pretty much on it's own as it hardly is ever watered. Now it is around 3 feet high and 4 feet wide. Love the smell of it every time I brush by.
Thanks for the compliments on my new hairdo...always pleased with how April does my hair. To answer the doctor questions.... yes I will need surgery (waiting for the date) on my hand. He also found some other issues that will require care in the near future. I should be able to use my hand...limited...right away but yes, with limits. I thought I would get some meals ready to make things easy. A beef stew and couple of pot pies are a few things I thought of...not too much as I like things freshly made.  I also will make my February Origami Fabric Star before as I know it will not be easy with a hand healing. The pieces are cut and ready.... just need to press and fold into shape. That about covers what is happing here at Mi Casa. So nice to chat with you. Thank you for your kind words and for your friendship. Remember...if you do not have a blog where I can return the visit and comments, please email me your email addy so I can respond to you.

I am still here

Oh my... I guess a few of you are worried about me. I am … okay, just had an off week. My hand has limited my creative activity and definitely affecting my sleep. My motivation to do this or that is floating around somewhere.... I am sure I will find it soon. Actually I will be pushing me myself and I today. I have been trying to decide what to do with the kitchen window. It is a large sliding window measuring 5 feet high by 6 feet wide. Today I will take the verticals down...can not stand them and do not use them. Up will go simple curtain rods and simple white panels. I have some ideas to perk up the plain curtains. In the meantime.... remember the green onion shoots?

I planted them and they are growing. Who knows, soon I may have onions to harvest. Normally I just buy my herb plants for the garden but I have decided to grow from seed....let's re-write that... I plan to try to grow herbs from seeds. Of course we have been having rain so I have not gotten out to the garden to start the herb pot. This weekend we are expecting temps around 70 with lots of sun and I may get out there. Remember the stash of doilies?

At Christmas I spread out some of the Battenberg doilies on he dining table and added ornaments and such... this time I chose hand crocheted doilies and still thinking of what will be added...I did try this for now....

 maybe....maybe not. Until something else is found. I do not attach the doilies to each other so that I can reuse in other ways or places.
I love crocheting doilies but have not made any in a while. So many interests so little time.

Really enjoying my Quesadilla maker.... this was my lunch the other day...an Italian Quesadilla... mozzarella, mozzarella roll (salami and jalapeno pepper) hot capicola and peppered salami with cucumber sticks on the side... fun trying different combinations not to mention delicious.
Well, now that makes me hungry so off I go for breakfast. Glad you had time to visit and chat. Thank you for your kind words and friendship.

Seven blooms!

Did you see the bright full moon last night? As I walked into the kitchen at 12:30 am it looked like the back light was on! Then I saw the bunny running for cover as I stood in the window.

Then this morning the sun rise out the same window with no bunny in sight. Chilly start again to the day with temps reaching maybe 72 later...no complaints from me. I baked almond biscotti and almond shortbread cookies yesterday afternoon. How I got so ambitious is beyond me. I may make Pizzelles later...not sure what is going on today. Maybe another Snow Globe Snowman. Need to take it easy today...a slight fall yesterday has my back sore. Not to worry, I did not get hurt just missed the desk chair which began to roll away without me.

Surprise! The Amaryllis will give me 7...seven blooms! I have never had such a fantastic Amaryllis. My RI sidekick LuLu sent me an email telling how to store this plant and hopefully in October it will be back to bloom again. I definitely will try it.
I have a new project/experiment in the kitchen …

My green onions are growing....the one with the bright green sprout is several days old and the others are only a few days... soon they will be potted.  My herb seeds are waiting to be planted also.
The Housekeeping Fairy has not arrived so I guess I will need to do a few chores.  I enjoyed chatting with you today. Thank you for the kind words and most of all your friendship.  🎄🎅

Looking forward to some uneventful time

The morning is starting very overcast with the chance of yet another monsoon storm.....oh well. So much for quiet and uneventful. I managed a quick skim of the pond .

Last visit The Brother Alan wanted this pot for the pond and I put a grass in....which as you can see did not make it.... but see the grass in front of it? that is what the plant was to be but decided to root itself at the pond edge and has roots in the water. I guess it did not like the pot.

So nice to see that the Gaura plant is tall and pretty in all this heat and humidity. It was not doing well last Spring so I just cut it down and here it is tall and lovely. I do see a few plants that are not faring well so they will get cut back also.

Just picked 2 tomatoes...enough for my salad today....plenty more on the plant waiting for the sun...which is not shining today. The herbs are doing okay too

the basil and needs another cutting and the oregano and thyme are growing well. Not all is a problem in the garden. This heat is causing issues and then the rain pours down and the wind causes more...nature.
I did make a couple of tatted ornaments...

This is a quick pattern and done on the very small ornaments. They would be cute on a package bow for Christmas as well as on the tree. I must say thank you to Dianna and Bobby. Got a text last evening asking what the problem in the bedroom was...next thing the text said was that Bobby would be here with her on Tuesday to get it fixed....I had wanted to try but I can not lift or pull for the next couple of weeks so that left me out. Two friends who are there without needing to be asked to help. They have been since those days last year.
Off I go to drench my thirst with plenty of iced water.... still making ice in the tray…. hope I can hold off until September when The Brother Alan is here to get another fridge. You did remember that he is arriving in September with Lisa right? Another thing added to The List. As long as it is only ice making that is an issue, then I am okay.
Guess I should get the laundry out and on the line.... glad you came by today. Thank you for your kind words and concern while I was MIA from the blog. Thank you for you friendship.