Sunday lived up to its name and was a sunny day!
I spent a relaxed morning. Neighbor T called to check on me and we chatted for a little bit. Later in the afternoon, I did a load of laundry and hung everything up, inside the house, to dry. In the evening, I watered the back garden.
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| Tomato Flowers! |
There are flowers on the tomato plant!
The cantaloupe plants, the ones I didn't transplant, are growing, too:
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| Cantaloupe Plants |
They are still fairly small, but...some look like they might be forming flowers!
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| Cantaloupe Flower Bud! |
The real test for these plants will be later next week, when we are supposed to have a mini heatwave!
I also watched some news in the evening and a couple of other programs on TV and knitted. Three hours of TV watching and this is the end result:
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| Knitted Hat |
I used leftover yarn from two sweaters, but they are both the same type of yarn. I think it might have looked better if I had started the hat with the darker blue, but, I am not going to redo the whole thing. This used up all the lighter blue yarn, but, there is a little bit more of the darker blue yarn. One hat ready to be taken to the cancer center on my next visit. I hope to have a dozen or so hats made by then.
In the meantime, my daughter has been busy making stuff, too:
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| Cardboard Shelving Unit |
She is using the boxes her grocery deliveries came in! She plans to paint the shelves and store her DVDs and things. I was reminded how, when we first came to this country and didn't have money for furniture, we covered cardboard boxes with fabric and used them as tables and for storage.
Today, I am grateful for:
- A sunny day
- Calls from neighbor and friends
- Working appliances
- Water for the garden
- Video chatting with my daughter
Today's joyful activity was knitting.
Tomorrow is Memorial Day and a holiday. My plans for the day include watering the front garden and maybe some sewing.
How was your Sunday? What are your plans for Monday?
That hat looks quite warm and welcoming, well done. Kudos to your daughter for getting crafty with the cardboard. We are all going to be so much better organized before this is all over, aren't we?
ReplyDeletethank you, Susanne. I am hoping that everyone else's organizing projects will rub off on me and I'll get to doing some organizing myself! Just can't seem to get motivated to organizing my stuff!
DeleteI love your daughter's storage unit. I, too, remember using cardboard boxes for tables, etc., early on in my adult life.
ReplyDeleteFlowers on your cantaloupe and tomatoes is exciting. It seems like last time you showed us cantaloupe it only had a couple of leaves. All your watering seems to be paying off.
It is rather clever, isn't it? I have three of those smaller boxes, myself, and now I am thinking that I might use them for added storage in my spare bedroom/crafts room!
DeleteI am so excited to see the cantaloupe growing! I didn't expect to see flower buds, so soon!
I can’t watch TV while crocheting because I tend to drop stitches when I do.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter is very creative.
I, too, need to look at what I am doing when I crochet, but, knitting, unless it is a complicated pattern, I can do while watching TV.
DeleteShe is, isn't she? :)
I won't even speak about your fruits and veggies, because I feel complete envy ... I dallied and never got anything planted-
ReplyDeleteWhat a clever storage unit your daughter devised-back in college and grad school days, we built wall units from milk crates (I think there are a few of those crates still in storage ... but I am not even ready to think about packing all that conglomeration up for a coming move ... gives me a pain to think of)-
Our holiday weekend is a non-event as we think about our sweet Whitney and continue to appreciate the wonderful care that is keeping her painfree and calm-
Fondest wishes-
Barb
Barb, I think you've had, and continue to have, enough on your plate without adding planting a garden! If you were close by, I'd share the produce with you, but, right now, I don't know what kind of harvest I'll get!
DeleteHa, ha, my college roommates and I had wall units of wood planks on cinder blocks! Packing up a house for a move is such a daunting task, isn't it? Make a list of what you absolutely want to take with you and pack those. Then, ask someone to dispose of everything else for you! Yeah, easier said than done, I know!
I am keeping you, Whitney, and your entire family in my prayers, Barb. Tomorrow, I will participate in the monthly rosary prayer gathering, online, and I will say a special prayer for Whitney and for you. (((HUGS))) Stay strong, my dear.
Hi Bless, Your plants are so exciting! I just discovered the first tomato on my plant this morning. I love that hat. I'm sure it will get a lot of use. Knits are so practical.
ReplyDeleteOoh, you have a tomato, already! How nice is that! I saw that your rhubarb plant is doing well, too! :) Thank you, the hat will be donated to the cancer center, but, I'm pleased with how it turned out. :)
DeleteWhen I was a young child, to have a box (wood in those far off days) as your dressing table, was special indeed. They were hard to come by, especially if the family was not affluent (we were poor)
ReplyDeleteI remember having a wooden box that something came in, when I was a child, and that box served many functions! :) The important thing is to be content with what you have, isn't it?
DeleteYour plants look really healthy. We had some rain so everything is growing like crazy and we will soon have a jungle outside!! We will be harvesting berries but I haven't started a vegetable garden.
ReplyDeleteYour daughter's improvised shelving reminds me very much of our early years in Canada when we found ways to create what we needed for storage. A shipping crate was given a paint and vinyl job with some shelves and became toy storage for DS. Years later the shelves were removed and a wine rack installed for DIY bottles. Now we don't make wine so I am wondering what I can store in it in the basement!
If Barb is reading this comment, I regularly pray for Whitney and the family. God bless you all.
Thank you, Bushlady. I am glad you got the rain you were hoping for to wash away the pollen and such.
DeleteI hope you find a use for your shipping crate! Maybe use it to store you maple syrup bottles?
I hope Barb will read your comment.
What a great idea to make good use of the boxes. They look good and strong. X
ReplyDeleteI like what she has done, Jules. I think they'll be strong enough for what she plans to store in them. :)
DeleteYour seedlings have really grown and are looking nice and strong.
ReplyDeleteI like your hat and think the lighter colors first look nice.
Your daughter is so creative. I hope we get to see a picture of the finished project.
Thank you, Debra. Yes, I'll share the pictures when she's done with her shelf unit! :)
DeleteOMGosh, you've been busy. I spent most of my Saturday writing up my Trivia Questions (and probably enough for this week's game as well), because I couldn't face writing them up on Friday night, which is my usual last minute preparation. I spent Friday in the garden making up my Triple mix for the planters and my main veggie bed, so I was exhausted. I MUST be getting old...er.
ReplyDeleteI am so impressed that you are able to knit up a woolen hat in one evening. It will be very much appreciated at the Cancer unit.
Ah yes, who doesn't remember cardboard boxes, plastic bins, milk crates, and lumber on cinder blocks as "make do" furniture. I think we have all been there.
You were certainly very busy on Friday! I'd have been exhausted way before I accomplished half of what you did! I'm sure everyone loved the trivia questions you came up with and good planning on your part to make enough questions for this week's game, too!)
DeleteIt was a very easy, quick knit hat. The next one took me two evenings. :)
Yes, we all created a bunch of "furniture", didn't we? :)