Sailing
Last Sunday we went sailing. It was nice and relaxing. We had wind and got up to a good speed. My first time sailing without motoring the whole time. The weather was very cool on the water. I loved it. It’s been very hot where I live and the change was welcome.
Simple Things I Love
I love this crow. He always sits on top of this dead tree.
Ceiling fans when it’s hot.
Puppy feet.
Striped towels
New sod/grass
We Have Sod
After more than a year since this project has started we have grass in the backyard again. Robert did all the work himself. He removed a bunch of dirt, leveled it out, tilled it, put sprinklers in and then laid the sod. It looks so great! He did a wonderful job.
Zucchini Relish
We are getting quite a bit of zucchinis in the garden. It’s difficult to use all of them fast enough. I decided to make some zucchini relish with some.
I like canning. It’s just been a long time since we have had enough from the garden to warrant canning. I pulled the huge canner down, chopped, washed, soaked, rinsed, cooked and canned a very nice sweet zucchini relish. It’s so good! I will be making mire tomorrow.
A Day In The Life
8:00am: The day starts with morning cookies for the puppies and then breakfast for all.
9:00am: Watching iPad today and for once I didn’t download a bunch of new apps during the show. While I watch the podcast everyone else takes a morning nap.
10:00am: rehung the sheet in the window to block the sun. The mini blinds broke last night and I need to go buy another one. In the mean time something had to go up to stop the sun from baking the room. We’re suppose to be at 103 today. The sheet tends to fall every hour PITA, but works while it’s up. I also had a muffin, I’m sitting in front of the fan. I love the fan. I was planning to watch the Yankee game, but there is a rain delay. Sucks!
11:00am: in the shower and getting dressed. I need to run errands.
12:00pm: arrived at Lowes, bought the mini blinds and then got a giggle out of the giant inflatable on the toyota lot.
1:00pm – 3:00pm: Watched the Yankee game. They lost *big sad face*
4:00pm: I rehung the sheet AGAIN! It kept falling down. This time it’s on a tension rod. It will now stay until we get the blinds hung up. I also found the best tomato I have ever grown in my garden. It seriously is as big as the store tomatoes. Love it!!! Then I read the paper.
5:00pm: braved the heat. Checked out the garden. And played with Barkley. It’s so hot today. It’s just draining.
6:00pm: cooking dinner and watching return of the Jedi.
7:00pm: out playing with the dogs and watering the yard.
8:00pm: still watching return of the Jedi, had some watermelon and the sheet/curtain opens. Hopefully we get the blinds up tomorrow.
9:00pm: Ending the day relaxing with the cat, calming Barkley down after each firework blast, and getting ready for bed.
Things I forgot to get pictures of were the trip to target and vons. Pretty uneventful day, but more eventful than some. =)
Ori Case
The Ori iPad2 case came today. Overall I love it. I also love my last case. I most likely will be using them both. My other case is leather and has a pop up for typing. It’s easier to handle and I’m also used to it. This case is not leather. I knew that going in, but didn’t expect it to bother me as much as it did. I love all the positions the Ori case can “origami” into. That alone blows my last case away. On the downside, I’m not very good at getting the case into all the positions. It’s awkward at times. I’m sure with practice I will get better. Once the case is in the proper positions it’s just amazing.
the box showing some of the positions.
The case. It came with a pull off vinyl cling showing how to move the case into one of the positions. It also came with a book showing other positions.
The case with the ipad inside. I do not have a white ipad, but the snap in part is white.
This is the highest position. In landscape it will be good for watching videos or movies. The portrait position will be great for skype or facetime a suppose. I have never used facetime.
The kickstand down for typing.
I love this one for the coffee table. It put the ipad at just the right height.
It also can adjust to any level just by raising or lower it. This case also has the magnet in it to put the ipad to to sleep or wake it up. So far, I really like what it does. I just wish it could do it in leather.
Quilting
I finished the top of the drunkards path quilt. I love the colors and design. I just have to quilt and bind it now.
I started to think about my next quilt. The 4th of July fabric was on sale and I always wanted to do a 4th of July quilt, so I went with it. I’m going to make a version of the design I worked up below, but more scrappy. I’m excited to get started on this one.
Simple Things I Love #1
Sun Tea
Glassy water and perfect reflection
The new rose garden
Grapes hanging on the arbor
Bright colored flowers
Pomegranate bush
Squash flowers
The apple tree (it’s a mac)
Catching the scent of jasmine as I walk by.
The herb gardens
The Garden
I love the giant squash leaves!
The tomatoes are getting quite large as well. I will be spending Saturday trimming them back away from the herb garden. I also need to trim the front rose bushes.
I love all the fresh herbs. The basil is wonderful. I had about 6 leaves in my pasta today. So delicious!
Cruise Picture
Testing out blogsy. This is a small collage from the cruise.
I’m not sure if I like this editor. I will have to get used to it.