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Edwin’s Quilt

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:45:08 +0000

My mother-in-law, who is the greatest, volunteered me to give a talk on painting fabric to her quilting group. In October. Yes, I’ve known about this for months and she did move the date back for me but, well, life gets busy. I’ve decided it’s about time to get started on it – the fabric [...]

Saturday Morning Forest

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:16:14 +0000

Mmm, a cup of Roger’s fabulous coffee and a sketchbook. Perfect Saturday morning.

Bee Hive Sketch

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:17:16 +0000

Mmm, Saturday morning, sitting on the deck, cup of cappuccino (Roger always makes delicious coffee on the weekends. Spoils me rotten!). A sketchpad in hand and life is perfect! Oh, I do love weekend mornings!

The Queen!

admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:09:46 +0000

Can you find the queen? A bit like Where’s Waldo!

Hive Inspection

admin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:14:23 +0000

After conducting my first hive inspection in a big hurry to not disturb the bees more than needed I decided the hives were teeming with bees and quickly enough wasn’t really possible for a beginner. I could study them for hours and they just wouldn’t like that! So I enlisted Roger to hold the smoker [...]

Father’s Day

admin — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:28:25 +0000

Just look at how much work these guys did on Father’s Day! It’s pretty amazing the dent they put in that massive tree. They were absolutely exhausted from working all day with chainsaws in the heat so we did get to go out to a nice dinner. I think we’ll have to have another dinner [...]

Hail and Wind and Trees…

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:34:15 +0000

So… yesterday while we were visiting in-laws in Alabama, there was a storm. We came home at midnight to find this in our driveway. It seems in question whether or not it was a tornado, but there seems no doubt there was a lot of wind. And golf ball size hail. Our yard was the [...]

The Bees are Here!

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:23:58 +0000

Two new beautiful bee hives, full of honey bees! Don’t they look happy? Sourwood is in bloom, ready to go! You unpack them at dusk. For some reason we wanted straps around them in the car. I have a smoker wafting away. I also have water right in front in the windowbox. Water is a [...]

A New Kitchen – In Progress…

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 13:58:03 +0000

I have an awesome new stove! A KitchenAid 5 Burner 36″ Gas Stove! The middle burner is a blowtorch at 18,000 BTU! My almost new, came with the house, JennAir range is now functioning beautifully as a counter. I’m able to use it now more than ever. The glass top still won’t come clean no [...]

Ladybug Chair

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:48:41 +0000

Just relaxing outside… Sniffing the marigolds… Isn’t the tiny olive tree perfect? I’ve been wanting an olive tree since I first went to Italy. This is a Frantoio olive. It probably can’t stay outside all winter so I may have to repot it in a movable pot. I want to get one more type to [...]

Girls Night Out!

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 17:04:45 +0000

We had fun last night! Isn’t he growing fast?

Pizza Night!

admin — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:09:59 +0000

Rolling your own pizza dough is very serious work… It takes concentration. Just right! Nope, I did not reshape it. All his! Edwin’s helping me with mine. i tend to pile on everything until it sags in the middle. His helping me isn’t improving that. Now he’s making his own pizza. He doesn’t quite have [...]

Hanging Out…

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:58:07 +0000

Beekeeping 101!

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:55:08 +0000

Beekeeping is fun! I went to my very first class, taught by Don Kuchenmeister in North Georgia this Saturday. He’s also known as the FatBeeMan. He teaches organic beekeeping using various essential oils and homemade cures. Since his bees are currently thriving when other populations are failing – well, that’s as good a credential as [...]

Linen Handbag

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:16:40 +0000

For some reason I have become completely addicted to making handbags. I started making Edwin’s bag then fell a little further in it with Mary’s Christmas bag. The final push over the edge was my painted chair for Chairish the Future. I loved painting the gorgeous silk twill. I used to paint and sell a [...]

So many Daffodils!

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:35:07 +0000

Ok, this doesn’t convey the full daffodil scope. This is maybe 1/3 of the daffodils left to plant. Not counting the ones I already did. All in all they covered a F250 long truck bed. All of it. Do you know how many daffodils that is? It’s a lot is all I can say. Roger’s [...]

Alabama Studio Style by Natalie Chanin

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:15:40 +0000

Roger and I escaped to the bookstore one of these freezing cold days. After all, that’s how we met – our mutual love for books and warmth! We take turns watching the little guy run wild over the Thomas the Train table. I brought a stack of the newest sewing books back to sit down [...]

Spring Planting has started!

admin — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:30:18 +0000

My helper transplanting tomatoes and artichokes. I’ve already planted my seeds left over from last year. An entire flat of Brandywine tomatoes…mmm! I always have more Brandywines than anything else. They are the perfect tomato. I think it’s going to take a little more cleaning than that. But he’s got the right idea! Now for [...]

Bikes and Soccer

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:10:03 +0000

Edwin and Heather and poor, poor Edwin Senior. It’s very hard work being a Pop sometimes. Edwin being extracted forcibly from the bike. Bryan up a tree. A new (Bryan’s old horse). Great fun! Oh, soccer… Run, run, run1 He has the ball… Still has the ball… Eventually they did get another ball.

Chairish the Future Gala!

admin — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:45:42 +0000

All dressed up! Roger had to stay home with Edwin, so I’m off on my own. I made the handbag, gorgeous, huh?! Here’s my chair! Quite a lot of clever art chairs! This table set had been made into a marble maze. It attracted all the kids! Fantastic band! More art chairs up for auction! [...]