A Gloomy Monday
Looks like we won’t have much sun the next few days. Do have showers in the forecast. Hope we get some. Also a couple of nights below freezing temperatures. Welcome to a Texas February!
We got some work done outside last week. Guess I should say Galen did. He cut down our SeaOats in the front bed. They were starting show green again. Dead stuff needed to come off. He also pruned back more bushes that were hit by our cold nights.
We’ve decided we have too much shade now to use all our raised beds. A friend will take 2 of them and we moved the 3rd one to a sunnier location. Mother Nature did a good job pruning our Texas Laurel several years ago. One met it’s fate. They other she pruned to one main stem! So now we have a sunnier location on thr path where we had 2 Texas Laurels. One on each side of the walkway! Other veggies will go into big pots.
I spent some time going through things we brought home from storage as well as getting tax papers organized for Galen. A little more of that to do, then he can start working on them when he wants.
I managed to get some sewing time in yesterday. Put a Mississppi pot roast in the slow cooker. The rest of the day was mine.
Merry Mayhem usually has mystery quilt along on New Years Day and Superbowl day. I picked the smallest size. My blocks are done but not arranged in rows and sewn together yet. That’s a job for this week! I kept the dark constant, medium and background are scrappy. There are quite a few different layouts. Need to play a little and see what works for the smallest size.
We ventured out to Thrall this past Saturday. We were hoping to spot some Sandhill Cranes. A friend had seen some the week before. No luck, they may have been just passing through. We used to see big flocks of them and Snow Geese. These past few years, hardly any. Last year we were lucky to see 3 of the Cranes. Galen managed to get a few pictures while we were out there. Think he took more pictures while we were having coffee on our deck!
Tried another new recipe- Cabbage pasta. It had bacon as one of the ingredients. And yes, the title didn’t sound appetizing but it was good. Next time I may add a little red pepper. Kick it up a notch!!!!
Sewing is on my agenda this week. Have a few projects that need to get done. 3 quilts that either need more blocks made and/or layouts done. Have a baby quilt to start working on now I know which pattern I plan to use. Also need to get back to dog bandanas. Those projects should keep me busy a long with the regular day to day things!
Hope everyone has a good week. For more eye candy go to Design Wall Monday
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See you next week
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