7/28

my friend turned 30 this past weekend.

i painted her a drum, and i absolutely loved making it! for sure i want to make more. i liked how the last "silk/herb wrap" went, so i tried it again, and this time added a giant orange zinnia from my front garden.

7/22

this is a hand dyed silk scarf wrapped over a loaf of freshly baked rosemary bread, with an herb bouquet from my garden. (except the rosemary, that i snipped from a friend's yard, mine is not growing well this year) there's some handmade (not by me) soap in the package too.
it was for my father's birthday.

7/15

WHAT?!?

More than 2 months have passed, and NOTHING?

Well, not really...for some reason having the 5 kids home all day and the push to get the house done have squashed a couple projects and documentation on a few more.

And soups have been sporadic at best, although I've been making a lot of breads and served a fantastic rosemary potato soup and bread last week.

what does all this mean?!

nothing.

This is a gift for my niece Char-Char's 2nd birthday. It is a fairy costume that went with a set of silks and a wand. It seriously made me want to start dressing up on a regular basis.

5/6 #39

pansies are the sassy bitches of springtime. they really do have that look, i guess because of the facial features and that they stand up all in-your-face. alice in wonderland was so right.

i planted a rainbow flower garden and container, and 2 fiber hanging baskets, in addition to onions, garlic, potato, my herb garden, and a bunch of poppies and zinnias that i started from seeds. those pics don't look great, but i can't wait to see how they will look in a month ; )

i'm doing the veggie garden this weekend. oh, to have a vegetable garden after 2 summers without one!! i can't express how wonderful it is, spring is my new fall.

life is simply a miracle.
SOUP OF THE WEEK: cream of vegetable that no one else ate. for shame.

4/29 #38

this is a mural that tom and i made saturday on the wall of the girl's lunchroom. their school supports a sister school in Kenya, so this was a tribute to their retiring principal who began the program 8 years ago.

it starts about 6 feet off the ground, and is pretty huge on the wall. i really liked doing a collaborative project with tom, while someone watched the kids onsite. i really disliked being on a very tall ladder. the lion looks a little testy, but 12 hrs is about our limit for wall-painting fun. it is covered by some sheets, and we get to rip them off on thurs for the surprise. (surprise: to strike or occur to with a sudden feeling of wonder or astonishment, as through unexpectedness) haha!

the kids have to make it through 4 lunches pretending they don't know anything.

SOUP OF THE WEEK: orange carrot

4/22 #37

earth day!!
i am trying to pitch 1/3 of the stuff in each room (not really earth-day-friendly, and donate, not throw out) before we are ready to move up into our addition, and while cleaning i came across the dilema of this wooden 'lazy susan' from IKEA. it needed a sanding to remove the jelly fingerprints and stray marker doodles.
keep...donate...keep...donate...
KEEP!
i painted a Tree of Life theme on it. i just put the clear coat on today. it is really fun to spin.
SOUP OF THE WEEK: an awesome potato leek soup. i think it might be the best one i've made so far.

4/15 #36

this is a project for gabi, she knows what it is, but i haven't finished yet. i started it and then haven't worked on it this week...coming soon!
SOUP OF THE WEEK: chicken coconut