Day 304 of 365

Some people have nice pictures of their children on their blogs - this is my 15 year old racing from the camera.

Day 303 of 365

Another hot day. This robin sat in the bird bath for quite a while.

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I have never seen so many flowers on the potato plants as this year.

Day 301 of 365

Washed all the windows inside and out today - these are the screens that aren't retractable, they all got a clean too.

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The grass seed and sod that we planted last week are growing. We had some rain recently and it has made all the difference.

Day 299 of 365

Pieced a baby quilt today (it is all ready for quilting). I cut the pieces out yesterday with the GO! Cutter and the Rob Peter to Pay Paul die. Thank goodness for rainy days. This will be a gift for a family friend.

Day 298 of 365

Our first "big" harvest from the garden. We have a little bit of all kinds of veggies in the garden - a stir fry/salad garden (we had a stir fry for supper). In the colander there are beans, carrots, zucchini, an onion, spinach and a few different kinds of peas.
I recently read somewhere on the internet that a couple were buying those yellow Tupperware colanders, like the one in the picture. They find them at garage sales, flea markets etc. They have a cupboard full now. Just so when their children clean out their home one day, they will wonder what their parents where doing with all those matching colanders. Every time I pull out my yellow Tupperware colander it makes me smile.

Day 297 of 365

Since one side of the deck is finished I was able to do the last of the planting. I moved perennials and shrubs, and replanted the herb garden.

Day 296 of 365

 We had a rain day, and finished the last of the Hop To It blocks (from the book by Edyta Sitar).

Day 295 of 365

More deck building happening today.

Day 294 of 365

The Gloriosa Daisies are blooming.

Day 293 of 365

Started the last Hop To It block.

Day 292 of 365

Another lovely/busy weekend. We put up a gazebo, added the boards for the deck and put in some stairs (I was thrilled - my legs are all bruised from climbing over the edge of the boards to get to the back door for the past month), plus added sod around the patio to finish it off. Just a bit more work to do.

Day 291 of 365

We had a thunder storm this evening, with lots of rain, something we really needed.

Day 290 of 365

The first bloom on this daylily opened today.

Day 289 of 365

Spent the day working outside. This is the lettuce patch in the garden.

Day 288 of 365

We finally had some rain, and so I was able to stay inside sewing (between the 5 power outages). I finished off this quilt top (a lap quilt for a family friend).

Oh no, another picture of my patio - it was nice to see the true colour of the stones in the rain, instead of the gray colour it normally is.

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The peas are starting in the garden.

Day 286 of 365

Finally had some sewing time today.

Day 285 of 365

The patio is finished - tomorrow we will rest (it is a holiday in Canada).