Bienvenidos Tita
The kids’ abuela (grandma) is arriving Tuesday morning, so we’ve been getting the house ready to welcome her. The chalk sign says “Bienvenidos Tita” which means “Welcome Tita”. Tita is their pet name for her – its a diminutive of a diminutive – it…
Potting Plants on the Patio
Today was a garden work day – I had a number of pots that needed annuals added and some clean-up to do from last summer. As I was checking things out and deciding what to plant where, I noticed that a few of the…
Knotted and Braided Bookmark with Seashells
The other day I was cleaning out a junk drawer and found a bookmark I made a few years ago using thin ribbon and seashells. I figured I could improve on it a bit, and since I also found a couple of shells in…
Canvas Tote Bag – The Other Side
The other night I doodled on one side of a canvas tote bag, so tonight I filled up the other side.
Doodled Cotton Canvas Tote Bag
I was at a complete loss as to what to do tonight when I spotted this extra canvas cotton tote bag (left over from a long-ago project) and some fabric markers laying among my crafting supplies. An hour of doodling while watching the Daily…
Planting in the Vegetable Garden
Today we got started on our vegetable garden. We pulled up the weeds from the winter, added three bags of compost and turned the soil. I didn’t think to take a ‘before’ picture of the raised bed, but it was looking pretty shabby. I…
Mindless Physical Labor Equals Mental Creativity
I had a lot of physical work to do today (steam cleaning the carpets) and it was the perfect kind of work for letting the mind wander, since it doesn’t take a whole lot of brains to push a steam-cleaner back and forth across…
Taming the Black Bamboo
We have a small grove of black bamboo planted in our back yard, and while its not completely taking over everything it does need a bit of maintenance to keep it in line. We planted it about five years ago to try and block…
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