Thought I was getting caught up here, but then my annual summer misery kicked in and I was forced into air conditioned hiding by so many 90º days.
Before the heat settled in, there was pie,
... which you don't get to see. It was ugly pie, but very delicious. I am not a gifted dessert maker, that is for sure. I can make all sorts of tasty things, but they all come out looking bedraggled if not extremely disadvantaged in some way. I am just not a big one on the fine details when it comes to something we will be immediately consuming. Or that is what I tell myself so I don't feel so bad when I fail again and again.
In not-ugly land, I made this
Matilda cardigan for a friend's baby and just loved how it turned out.
I'm making the same for Lydia in a different yarn and I
just started binding off the bottom edge. I'm not positive I have enough yarn for the sleeves and the edging, so some fudging may occur. We'll see.
In other small thing cuteness, I ordered a
Miss Maggie Rabbit kit from Alicia Paulson's shop somewhere around Lydia's birthday.
I still haven't gotten around to the little boots yet, but I'll do them one of these days. And I have plans for a tiny apron too.
I noticed today that the marigold Ethan sprouted at school for Mother's Day is now taking over the windowsill, and that the candle jars really ought to be cleaned and put away for the summer, and that there is a giant goose feather I keep meaning to clean. Ah well. I can still sort of see the yard from there.
But anyway, look how hot is is. These are from today, and I'm sure one look at these pictures and you can feel me out there dying among my unhappy plants.
Sad.
I looked at my one blueberry and was amazed to see BLUE berries on it, untouched by the birds! I wondered why they hadn't eaten all of these yet and popped one in my mouth and realized it's because birds are smart and these berries are total crap. Bitter, tiny, horrible little things with tough, extra bitter skin. But I had a chuckle, and I'm sure I'll be the subject of many little birds' dinner conversations tonight.
But back to whatever I was working my way around to.
I finally got the gardens planted on the 22nd (I know, I know, but I moved them late and all that), and just last night finished some "fencing" for one of them. Tonight I'll finish the other if all goes well. I have a trellis project starting to go between them, so that'll be a thing soon.
Here's the layout,
and I have leftovers of several of them for a fall planting, plus a few unopened ones tucked away.
I ordered everything from
High Mowing Seeds because what I've used from them in the past has just out-performed everything else in the garden. I even had some mixed lettuces that I let go to seed and *ahem* never got around to collecting them, so they planted themselves, survived the winter and three different diggings/dirt transfers, and STILL sprouted in the spring and gave me many salads worth of delicious mixed greens. They always say Vermonters are tough, and I guess that goes for their seeds too. ;)
But did I mention how hot it is?
Believe it or not, that perfect circle at the top of my shadow is not my huge alien bubble head. It is my first official gardening hat, and it is lovely (and under $15, win!)
And with that, I will finally put the brakes on my unexpected burst of energy today. Expect too many garden pictures soon!
