It's Raining...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Week escaped on me some how...

Yesterday had to run a few errands and today was a STAY HOME Day.  Walked kiddo and doggie around the neighborhood trails and lakes this morning.  This afternoon I finished putting the blocks in to rows of my 52 Week Flock of Geese Challenge Block for 2017.  I did make it larger so I shall say that is the reason it took longer☺

TAH DAH!!!

Watched movies and ate popcorn with kiddo this evening.  A GREAT evening.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there.

Kathy 

Flock of Geese in "Sew" Many Ways...

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

Out for morning walk with doggie bright and early this morning and met my new friends:

No baby ducks yet but a few Geese families were out for their morning swim.  SOOOOOOOOOO cute.  A Flock of Geese in the Making!!!

Ran a couple errands today that I did not accomplish yesterday.  

After dinner and doggie wash I did spend a bit of time in my craft room.  Made Block 72 of the 52 Week (yes I can count) 2017 Flock of Geese Challenge.  All of these blocks have been made from scrap fabric left over from other projects:

Heading out with doggie now for his evening walk. 

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Sunday tomorrow.

Kathy

Making Do!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I hope y'all had a fabulous Victoria Day Weekend.

Today was a stay at home kind of day.  I did walk the dog early this morning of course and took my bike out for a bit this afternoon but that is all.

My copy of the Butter Baked Goods cookbook was still out so I made a batch of Sugar Cookies.  I LOVE these sugar cookies; the recipe uses butter and oil and makes a perfectly crisp on the outside soft in the middle cookie.  Perfect for Tea Time:

Between Batches I knit on my XO socks that are from my January 2020 Biscotte Yarns Mystery Box.  Not sure what keeps holding me up on these socks.  Could be the circular needle that does not allow me to knit the left handed way that I want to!  Or....could be that the colour work requires attention:

I have now passed the gusset and so was able to try them on.  OMG are they comfortable!!!  Might spur me on to get this one finished so I can start on the other one☺

For dinner I used freezer food.  Since the 10th of March we have been eating what we have in the pantry and the freezer.  I have had milk and fresh fruits and veggies brought in.  Two trips to Costco since that time and both have been in the last two weeks.  I would like to say that we have made a dent in the freezer....but alas it is still full somehow.  Today I used some Bison sausages, perogies, and green peas from the freezer.   Sauteed onions and mushrooms from the fridge along with sour cream (will need to start a shopping list for this one):

I am not a fan or meat but on occasion for some red meat I will eat a wee bit of bison.  This is kiddos plate; I had a half sausage and might eat the other tomorrow with the leftovers we have.

Heading out to walk doggie now as tomorrow is work and I still have one more load of laundry to put through so that everything is clean!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there!

Kathy

Marshmallows!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Late last evening while out on doggie walk we stumbled across a marshmallow spill!  Seriously.  Not the first time we have come across this type of disaster.  So as my dog ate them I decided that I should make some.

Used the Butter Baked Goods recipe.  It's my favourite.  The marshmallows always turn out and the recipe is not finicky.

Kept some batter and made a batch of Rice Krispie squares:

For lunch I made Dill Pickle Soup using a jar of home made dill pickles:

Super yum.  Left overs for lunch for kiddo and I this week.

For dinner I grilled Lentil Burgers and we ate on the deck.  Felt like spring out there.

After dinner I made another 6 Flock of Geese Blocks.  Only 3 or maybe 4 more of these little cuties to go before I can start assembly of the quilt!!

Hope this inspired your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Victoria Day Monday EVER.  Stay safe out there.

Kathy

Saturday Things...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Up early for some reason.  Must have thought it was a work day.  Walked doggie.  Made breakfast and was headed out to do things by 0900.  Stopped for some fresh fruit and veggies.  Went to Johnson's Sewing to see what was new and pick up some more turtle fabric for use in some of my projects:

Found a few other things that I decided that I "needed" as well.

After lunch I touched up the paint on the patio umbrella stand.  Planted the flowers for the verandah and deck.  Untangled the garden hose and put out the patio furniture.  Potted the peppers and tomatoes in pots. Strawberries are in bloom.  Basil smells fabulous.  Deck looks like summer!!

Took kiddo out for a bike ride around the park and community before dinner.

Since it seemed like spring I decided to barbecue chicken legs, roast potatoes and served with coleslaw:

It WAS Delicious!!  I even ate a few bites of chicken before remembering it was a chicken.  The barbecue was delicious though with the potatoes☺

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Sunday tomorrow.  Stay Safe.

Kathy

Progressing....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Got to go for my own hair cut this evening!!!  119 days since my last haircut.  Let me tell you.....it feels great to be rid of the extra hair!!!

Knitted a bit more on my XO socks this evening:

Super tired though so going to walk the dog and head to bed.  Lots of little things to do tomorrow.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Saturday tomorrow.  Stay Safe out there.

Kathy

Open???

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was the soft reopening of the province.

After work I took kiddo for a hair cut.  He like me has not had a hair cut since January as we were both due for haircuts in March just as the hairdressers closed shop!

After his hair cut we went for burgers at Delux Burgers.  As a small local business I decided that we would support them.  Was FUN to go out again and of course the mushroom burger was delicious:

After we got home and doggie walked I made another two Flock of Geese Blocks for the 52 Week 2017 Block Challenge Hosted by Darlene D'Eon Designs:

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Friday tomorrow.  Stay Safe. 

Kathy

Knit On!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Back to work today and that felt good.  Miss my job when I am away from it.

This evening after dinner and all the responsible things I get to do in the evening I did spend a bit of time working on my XO Socks.  These are my January 2020 subscription box from Biscotte Yarns:

This is the first time that I have used a self striping yarn along with a solid yarn in a pattern.  SOOOO cool.

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you the BEST Day EVER Thursday tomorrow.  Stay safe. 

Kathy

Ready....Set.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Back to work tomorrow after a couple of weeks off due to my asthma.  It's spring so I always have trouble breathing but because of The Beast out there I was not able to go back until my lungs were back to "my normal".  Not healthy person normal - "my normal".

Today I got all of the vehicles out for their annual service check ups, oil changes and winter to all season tire swaps done.  Spent a lot of time in shuttles and waiting for shuttles,

Did a Costco run for some groceries this evening.  

Seven loads of laundry were also tackled in there and as of right now everything is washed and folded and put away!  Kinda proud of what I accomplished today.

In and around all of this I did manage to get another three 52 Week Flock of Geese Challenge Blocks from the 2017 hosted by Darlene D'Eon Designs:

More scraps used up.  😼

For dinner I baked a spaghetti squash.  Grilled halloumi cheese.  Topped the baked squash with grilled halloumi, tomato sauce, and Parmesan.  Yummy as usual. 

Now off to take doggie for a walk and then think about bedtime.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Wednesday tomorrow.  Stay Safe out there.  

Kathy

Knit One....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Did a few errand type things today and not really that productive.

I did finish knitting my latest sock and stitch the toe closed:

This sock is knit with Ancient Arts special colour Around the World in 80 days.  The pattern is Baker Lake by Canadian Designer Dana Gervais.

Going to have to cast on the next sock this evening before I take doggie out for his walk.

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there,

Kathy

Happy Mother's Day...

Happy Mother's Day Internet Friends!

I spent most of my day in the kitchen.  Before y'all sigh,,,, I LOVE spending time in my kitchen.

For breakfast I made buttermilk waffles with fresh strawberries, and raspberries.  Served with whipped cream and Maple Syrup from Quebec:

For lunch I made my son's favourite lunch of Macaroni and Cheese.  I topped with deep fried onions for a different flavour:

For Dinner I made a roasted cauliflower/lentil dal:

For dessert I made a coconut cheese cake square:

SOOO Yummy!

Plan to knit a bit before I take doggie for a walk.  

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday tomorrow.  Stay safe.

Kathy

WEEKEND!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

It's the Weekend!!!  Okay, not as exciting as usual with the Self Isolation but still.....It's the WEEKEND.

Not that I accomplished a lot, but it felt like the weekend for once and was a relaxing day.

I did make another 4 Flock of Geese Blocks for my 52 Week Challenge for 2017:

Not exactly sure what the total count is right now.

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Sunday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there🙏

Kathy

And then there were MORE!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

"Sew" today I sewed a few more of the 52 Week Flock of Geese Blocks.  I now have 50 of these little blocks.  All are made from scrap fabric used in other projects and "no" my scrap pile does not seem to be getting any smaller.  Not sure what my fabric does when I'm not supervising it...

I am thinking that 72 may be the final number of blocks for this quilt.  I did do a curb side pick up of border fabric at Sew Divine for this project as well.

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Saturday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there.  

Kathy

More...

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Took a looooooong walk today to clear my head.

Felt a little better when I got home "sew" I made a few more scrap blocks for the 52 Week Flock of Geese Challenge from 2017:

Thinking that I might make this a bit larger than the 52 blocks so as to have a bit of a larger quilt.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Friday tomorrow.  Stay Safe out there.  

Kathy

Making Do...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I decided today that I needed to do something productive.  At present we are still eating from the house with the exception of milk, and fresh fruit and veggies every week.

For dinner this evening as I did not go out nor feel like going out I made a Salmon Wellington with freezer and refrigerator ingredients:

Turned out delicious!!!  Plus there are left overs for tomorrow.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Thursday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there.

Kathy

No Cream!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

This afternoon I decided that I would bake scones.  

My Granny after working evening shift on one memorable occasion decided that we should bake scones with her at midnight.  My Granny was not a good cook/baker but the concept of baking scones at midnight seemed like a good idea with us as children.  Unfortunately....my refrigerator failed me.....I did not have any cream in there!!!!

So, kiddo and I made Strawberry Muffins:

They were delicious.....but sure not scones....

Hope this inspires your own creativity.  Wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Wednesday tomorrow.  Stay Safe out there.

Kathy

Carry On....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Not feeling particularly crafty today.  Still trying to sort out how one conducts a farewell from another province via Covid restrictions...

I did make a few more of the Flock of Geese Blocks for the 52 Week Challenge of 2017:

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Tuesday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there.

Kathy

What a Day...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today I guess is the first day of a new version of life for me.

Yesterday afternoon I received the call that my 94 year old Granny had "slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God".

We all knew that one day this would happen, but she always seemed to bounce back.

Still have not processed this fully.

Not a lot of creativity today.  I did make pancakes (not Awful Waffle Sunday) as they were quick, easy, nutrition and delicious:

Comfort food.

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Monday.  Stay safe...

4 More!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Managed to make another 4 of the Flock of Geese Blocks today!!  

TAH DAH!!!

Might complete this quilt this year!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Sunday tomorrow.  Stay safe out there!

Kathy

Three More!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Played with the bag of cut up squares I have from my fabric scraps.  Made another three Flock of Geese Blocks for my 2017 Flock of Geese 52 Week Challenge quilt hosted by Darlene D'Eon Designs:

TAH DAH!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity and wishing you all the BEST Day EVER Saturday tomorrow.  Stay Safe.  

Kathy