Succulent Centerpiece

18. December 2020 florist 0
This gift is delightful! A succulent centerpiece featured in Harry&David (established in 1934) Christmas Gifts and Entertaining 2020 catalog. It arrives with live moss Harry&David online gift baskets, edibles, wine, bonsai, flowers! Fantastic! (p. 17 November – December 2020 edition) call 800.547.3033 for item #Q-33768X The item is not listed online yet. Updates The soil ...

foxfire

30. October 2020 wisdom 0
Growing up in my early twenties, I had to move back home temporarily. Shortly afterward we had one of those ‘don’t care where you go long as it ain’t here’ moments. Yeah, my disposition got adjusted. So I headed out in the dark wondering where, what, and when. Bewildered, I sat in my car pouting ...

readers

23. October 2020 hobbies, kindness 1
The other day I finished my bargello quilt. It took nearly six years to do this. That’s the day I pitched perfection out the window. I had two days in a row of me time to do something meaningful. Quilted on an ordinary brother machine and the border is on it too. A few flaws ...

Skieter

06. October 2020 pet therapy 1
Last night our pet Skieter crossed over the Rainbow Bridge. She started getting sick a week ago. The hair became clumpy across her spine and it was impossible to remedy the extreme hair balls. Skieter was nine years old. From 2012:

Saline solution

Couple days ago I was out shopping. Just had to see one of those high-powered magnifying mirrors out of curiosity. Yikes! Scary things are going on; neglected. So, I brought this thing home and it is clearly obvious why the price was so cheap. Stickers! Those stickers needed a solvent with baking soda to scrub ...

Observation

My youngest grandson, Wygee, is nearly six. He’s been watching a whole lot of Yellow Bird on YouTube lately. I’m Gammy but you can call me Dunum. Yeah, leave it all up to a bad grand’ma to let YouTube babysit; you know you have to keep the peace. Yellow Bird changed their name to Orange ...

Culinary herbs

06. July 2020 herbs 0
Container gardens can be interesting. Specially the ones with focal points. Even with sparse resources, spared clay pots, spent tea and coffee grounds can amend an area for a small project. Some species are invasive though. According to experienced growers, thyme is a prime example. Oregano and thyme My all-time favorite perennial herb is Greek ...

Beads

Beading can be therapeutic. Here’s some feathers on a twisted rope beading endeavor learned by watching YouTube channels. Apologies for the foggy photos. Didn’t get much rest for a couple days. Anyway, besides the feathers, color therapy is helping tremendously. Frustration My all-in-one Lenovo computer overheats and shuts off randomly. The temperature rise is an ...

Beading therapy

Here is the tubular even-count peyote stitch. The technique is not demonstrated. I’m using a chop stick with simplistic tools. The bangle circling the yellow fish bead scoop was completed recently.