Outdoor work

Not too much has been going on inside the house, but big doings outside.

Our raspberries are ripening.


The vegetable and flower seeds that I planted over the past couple of weeks are sprouting.



The front and side of the house are being resided.

New Projects

I have lots of supplies for lots of new projects, but for one reason or another, I've been waiting to start them. I finally found one that needed no waiting: Reusable Fabric "Paper" Towels. I made a batch of six of these last week for light cleaning, i.e. nothing red: like wine, spaghetti sauce or cat throw-up and definitely no bike grease. They should be good for most other things- dusting, wiping up non-red liquids, etc...

This was super easy (although not quick b/c my machine is cheap and therefore apparently finicky) and I could've gotten them done in one sitting had I wanted to. You just cut rectangles out of quilters flannel and terry cloth, sew 3.5 sides together, flip and then top-stitch around the whole thing. Voila, reusable fabric "paper" towels. I read about people making these to use less actual paper towels, but I don't think that I will use less because I only use paper towels for the previously mentioned things. I'd say that a roll of paper towels lasts a couple months around here. But, now I won't have to go searching for crappy old t-shirts to rip up next time I want to dust.

A batch of 6

Backed with cream terry cloth- thus the ban on red!

New Toy

I recently got a digital SLR camera and I've been trying to learn how to use it to the best of its capabilities. Of course, I have a few favorite subjects: Emma (duh!), my babies and the flowers growing in our garden. I haven't quite figured it all out yet, but I'm pretty happy with the pictures so far.

Cutie Pie

This weekend I got to see the cutie pie while my mom, sister and I did some crafts.

Then Janda and I went for a walk at Stage Fort Park. It was a nice weekend.

Yardwork

Today I planted and weeded while Janda did this:

At the end of the day, all of the trees along the fence were gone!

6 Months Ago Today

Gloucester Tri Interview

Spring Fever

It's been an incredibly seasonable and even mild spring here in New England and Janda and I have been trying to enjoy it when not busy with work, etc... Our new past time this spring is kayaking. We have a deeded beach access down on the river, so we carry our kayaks down and check out Gloucester from the river-view.

Launching from our little beach

Paddling by the Annisquam lighthouse

Having fun going down the coast

Out past Wingaersheek

The green house above Janda's head belongs to our friends Julie and Beth. Janda wanted to taunt them with our kayaks!