Hi, everybody, and I hope you’re all having (or had) a great weekend!
I missed Sunday Sevens last week, as I was knee-deep in baby quilting, so let’s see what’s been happening over here.
Some fun stuff has been showing up in the mail! I won these fat quarters from Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation . . .
. . . and these charm squares, some gridded interfacing, and a Craftsy class from Caroline at Sew Can She!
Two of those fat quarters have already gone into a small project that I’m hoping to finish tonight.
Now that the weather’s a bit better, I’m taking my mother out for walks again. The grass is greening up nicely, with the trees close behind; the forsythia is already glowing, as are the willow trees (yep, willow trees in the desert . . . I don’t get it, either).
But what’s that stuff on the right side of the picture there?
Tasting it didn’t seem like a super-great idea, but this ground cover looks and smells just like a wild type of parsley.
All sorts of flora and fauna down here by the river . . . .
Asparagus is starting to show up in stores here, though I don’t think the local crop is in yet. This made a nice side dish for my bacon-spinach-tomato-avocado sandwich.
And one more shot of Shelby, just because she’s so cute with her lopsided exclamation point markings. I was cradling her with my left arm, shooting like mad with my right hand, and trying not to move and make her run away. She’s been through some rough times with humans, and she’s still working on that whole trust thing.
As always, the ever-fabulous Natalie at Threads and Bobbins gets credit for starting Sunday Sevens.
Have a wonderful week and I hope there’s some cuddle time in there for ya.
STH
Stephanie said:
What a beautiful and cheery post, as usual! Just love the greens. Incidentally I have been looking into a foraging class in Italy and apparently although mushrooms can get you into trouble, there are very few greens that look like edible greens that are poisonous…at least there! Of course, I am still to chicken to eat foraged greens. I am going to go to sleep imagining I am strolling in those woods.
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STH said:
Ah, interesting tidbit about foraged greens! Like you, I’m pretty cautious about just chowing down on things I can’t identify. 😉 Right after I put the post up, I saw a notice on Facebook of upcoming local events, and one was a class called “Lomatium: No Wonder We’re Confused! Identifying biscuitroot and desert parsley.” So that might have been what I saw.
Anyway, I hope you had lovely tree-filled dreams. 🙂
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Lynn said:
Awwww… Shelby looks so sweet.
I remember once when I was about 5 or 6 years old my grandmother made a salad entirely of foraged greens. My mother was quietly freaking out, worried that her mother was going to poison us all but I ate it. I didn’t really like it but it wasn’t terrible and I wanted to please my grandmother and defy my mother so I pretended I really liked it.
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STH said:
Ha! A troublemaker even then! I’m pretty sure you and I are sisters. 😉
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Thimberlina said:
She’s one cute pussy cat! Our pets nearly always seem to steal the show in Sunday Sevens posts. Well, pets and cake! 😃
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STH said:
Yep, pretty much. 😀
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