Trouble posting

Having trouble posting here today so I will post it on our facebook until I can figure it out. So sorry. 

ugh... peace.

Sewing Saturday and how far has the kitchen come along?

I started the day checking my tree cuttings. Surprisingly the Honey Apple Crisp cuttings are doing very where. I didn't think these would take or survive but they seem to thriving. They all around sprouting leaves.

Then it was off to sewing day. A bunch of get together once a month to sew, eat, and chat. We really don't limit it to just sewing but really anything for an excuse to get together and check in with what is going on in our lives. 

Daisy has been busy. 

Judy is getting busy. 

Diane is cross-stitching. 

Shelly is working on her broomstick afghan. 

My mom and Daisy are work hard with their embroidery. 

Daisy shows us her bag she made a while back. 

Mary is working on a quilt. 

Pat brought a gift of a lap quilting unit. Pretty cool. 

Pat showed off a few more gems. 

Elizabeth was amazing with her drawings on newspaper. She freestyled it with permanent markers on newsprint.  It was just spectacular to watch her. 

It was great to sew and get together with friends but soon it was time to head home. 

On the way back I stopped to look at some chicks for sale.  I ended up getting 5 Astralorp and 5 Silver lace Wyandotte .   Dude ordered a bunch of meat hens that are due in on Tuesday.  Turkeys come in in April. 

I got them home and all settled in. 

Dude worked on the ceiling in the kitchen. 

He is trying something new. I can't wait to see how it all turns out. 

I guess we'll just have to wait. Time for bed and some much needed rest. 

peace

Thursday and Friday.. . eletrical is fixed, jam and getting ready for St Patrick's Day

Thursday was a full day on the homestead but not of homesteading stuff.  Since we are on a well, we have filters all over the place . Today we had the reverse osmosis filters replaced today.  Then the electrician showed up to figure out why the kitchen had no power. Dude thought he may have done something while remodeling. I told him I doubted that.  He is a master carpenter and he would have made that type of a move.  I was right . The electrician found the problem over where our alarm system had been installed. The wiring was not connected and only working because every once in a while would hit each other and go on...weird . Anywhooo, it is working now.

I did go out and got some spinach.  As you can see I need to clean out all the dead stuff now.

I went through some of the seeds.  Typically in our area we plant greens, radishes, beets, etc on St Patrick's Day. 

Speaking of St Patrick's Day I decided to try and make as many things as I could for that day. 

March 1st 

I started with a simple card. 

March 2nd

Friday, I also made jam.  Strawberries are on sale right now. It's a great time to make jam.

Jam is fun to make and basically sugar and fruit. I do a pectin to mine. 

Turned out good. I like that there is just enough to taste in the bowl every time... even if Dude ate it all. 

peace