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cats, Chiawana Park, cooking, Pasco, recipe, SCRAP Tri-Cities, Sunday Sevens, Washington, Yakima Delta Wildlife Nature Area
Sunday Sevens is where we post seven-or-so pictures of anything interesting that happened to us that week. See Natalie at Threads and Bobbins for more info and please feel free to join us, every week or when the spirit moves you.
The weather was beautiful this week; oh please, fall, hang on a little longer?
I took a walk in Chiawana Park early this week and had to take a picture of that big lovely sky.
And I found a secret path at the end of the park that I’d never noticed before!
I need to get back there soon and see where that goes.
It always feels like the real end of summer when you pick the last of the tomatoes and basil.
Caught this one in the act.
She likes to hang off the windowsill and grab things out of my box of current projects.
On Saturday, my honey was in Oregon for a bike ride, and I was determined to NOT sit at home and mope, so I went out for a hike with a MeetUp group. This is a place I hadn’t been to before, the Yakima Delta Wildlife Nature Area.
Great place to get lost in. Nobody there but the MeetUp group and some LARPers. Now, I have been known to snicker a bit about LARPing, but these folks were very gracious and let me pester them with questions about their costumes, which were seriously great. NO IDEA who they were supposed to be, but the workmanship was fabulous.
Then I came home and made myself some Cleaning Out the Fridge Nachos: leftover refried beans, spicy lentils, the last of the smoked sausage and pepper jack cheese from last weekend’s potluck, and some chopped tomato, onion, mushrooms, and avocado.
Today was spent prepping for the class I’m teaching this coming Thursday at SCRAP Tri-Cities.
I realized the other day that I’ve been holding onto my beloved Laurel Burch fabrics with both hands and haven’t actually MADE anything with them for forever. So I have them, and I love them, but I don’t actually get to enjoy them because they’re stashed in the closet all the time!
So I pulled them out to make another sample of the rice-filled hot/cold bag; this piece will be the front.
And a bonus picture of the cats this morning with their pot of grass.
Have a great week, everybody.
STH
Living in Color 
What a lovely set of photos. You took me on a nice little story arc with them. And your cooking always makes my mouth water! PS Agree completely about not using good things…not much good to have lovely things that always sit in a cupboard!
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I’ve been thinking about self care a lot lately, especially how it is a way of affirming to yourself your own worth. For example, taking the time to prepare and feed yourself healthy food is a way of expressing the idea that your health matters enough to merit a bit of extra effort. I think using the “special” fabric that we hoard relates to that. We shouldn’t have to wait for a “special” occasion to use these things; the fact that we love them and they bring us enjoyment is enough.
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Yes, I agree 100 per cent with both ideas!!
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Cheeky kitty! You can tell she’s done that a few times 🙂 I love nachos with leftovers – they are so tasty & different every time! Yum!
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Yep! I’d already discovered the yum of Cleaning-Out-the-Fridge Pizza, but doing the same with nachos worked surprisingly well, too. 😉
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It’s really picturesque where you are, we have greenery but not the amazing vast views like you have. Can’t type any more, I’ve accidentally missed lunch and you’ve made me hungrier! Must dash 😃
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Thank you! We have a LOT of undeveloped land around here (and farmland) so you do get big skies. When I lived in Boston, I used to find myself squishing my face up to the windows on the train and trying to see the sky above all the buildings–I did miss the views.
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