Mysterious Memories

Mystery bin #2 turned out to be filled with mostly old photos, office supplies, letters, cards and other paper ephemera, but I did find a couple pearls.

This is a picture of my grandmother when she was a toddler.

I also found my great-grandmother's journal. I thought I had given it back to Mom the last time she came to visit.

My guy and I have been talking, as he's worse than me when it comes to saving things. I think it's fallout from both of us living in poverty as kids. Anyway, we've reached that point in life when we do need to let go of all the things we've held onto for so many years. This way when it's time for us to go to the next place, we won't leave behind a big mess for our heirs. It's a necessary courtesy, I think.

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Stuff

After finding this Caron one pound skein of lovely peach yarn in my thrifted lot I raided my stash for two cakes of Mandala in Pegasus, which matches it perfectly. For practice and hand therapy I'm going to make another Worth Street Afghan with this free pattern , but this time I'll use the yarn that was recommended for it plus the one pound skein. I'm not quite ready to do the vintage/recycled linen quilt I had planned (still a bit too nervous about the idea), so I'm going to use some color therapy and make a quilt from these thrifted green fat quarters. I considered doing another Yellow Brick road patchwork pattern, but I might go with a split rail fence like this one.

Better than Fried

I cut some chives from the kitchen garden to make garlic-chive baked fries for dinner. This is a great side dish for veggie burgers. Click here for the recipe from Taste of Home.com.

In the Kitchen Garden

Our strawberries are taking over the kitchen garden, but I don't mind. This week I want to make some strawberry banana nice cream (a vegan version of ice cream) and maybe a chocolate cake with berries and cream for the topping. There's thyme in the garden now, too, which I'll dry and jar for cooking along with the chives and the oregano. Next we'll plant cucumbers, as I use a ton of those in our salads and for snacks.

Rayen

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