Saturday, July 7, 2012

Sum, Sum Summer time!

Summer Salsa... Summer fruit... Summer sewing....  I am doing just about everything outside these days. Even today when it's 95 degrees and about 100% humidity!  It's nice and cool in my studio downstairs, but I just want to be outside...

 Turning dresden points outside... ;-)

My mother has been sewing too. She's been putting together some squares I had laying here... Don't they look good? Glorious Luscious RED...

Glorious color happening in my garden too... The Hollyhocks are blooming like crazy... Then I walked around to my garden and saw a scene out of "Caddy Shack"...

My onions and beets were disappearing down HOLES!  Darn voles are back , munching away on them all, and pulling them straight down into their tunnels!  Just the tops were sticking out... So I went and pulled all my onions, even though they are not full grown...  I guess I will be finding some yummy recipe to use all these onions up...  Chutney? relish? soup?  freeze them?  hmmmm.  Got one to share?


Then I look up, and talk about pesky garden beasts!  A deer right up against the deer fence...  So cute, but stay out of my garden, Buster! Deer here, practically laugh at my dogs when they run up to bark at them... Makes my dogs crazy when they can't scare them off! Ha ha!


That's what's cooking over here...   Ah! ...and a few rain drops to add to the humidity!

How is it, over yonder?

22 comments:

  1. The same here, hot and humid, but the rain was nice, hopefully we will get more. There is the art show in Wickford this weekend, really wanted to go but too hot to be walking around.

    Debbie

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  2. storm went thru here last week and knocked out our power for FIVE days!! so im boycotting outside at the moment...our house was 92 degrees when power was finally restored...and its 103 now. no thanks!!

    i love your dresden...those strips are wonderful! i think dredsens might be my next scrap project...anything goes.

    my mom just bought me a locker hook kit...so Coco and I will be crafting together...me locker hook and her working on her latch hook!

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  3. That is what I like too! Outside, outside, outside... can't get enough. Too bad about your onions and beets, but the flowers look great! Love your mom's red squares.

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  4. Those stripes make the Dresden look so cool...I mean hot. Oh I just like the snappy look. Your mom's cheery quilt is going to be perfect for those Minnesota winters!

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  5. Fabulous salsa dresdens! Rain, storms, floods here, disappointing summer - nothing's growing, hoping for a late bit of sun :)

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  6. Sharing 1st cup of coffee with you. I'm sitting in my new favorite chair (looks like yours) but it's inside near the heater. Outside is grey damp and foggy. Typical Sydney winter. Thanks for the holly hocks reminds me of summer as a child.
    Hey Mom love the red I'm off to do mt 15min tomatoe red fabric. Maybe it will warm me up.

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  7. Oh how a loom forward to a week of just stitching away...whew...I will be so thrilled I won't know what to do or where to start lol....smiles

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  8. love the dress V!
    wish we were in your garden now

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  9. Looks like you're having a lovely time! Good for you!!

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  10. I caught a deer drinking out of my birdbath this afternoon which is about 10 feet from the front door.....tried to to get a picture of him but he finished his water and left.
    oh strips......love strips!
    Yes, summer is just divine, can't wait to be over this sore throat to go enjoy it again.

    Happy sewing and three cheers for red!

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  11. Yes it is too hot here too! But good to be outside, will try to remember this feeling when we have 10 inches of snow on the ground!

    Love what your mum is working on! Those are my kind of colors and fabrics. Please keep us posted.

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  12. Glad we don't have voles in our country. Pukeko birds are bad enough at pulling bulbs out.

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  13. hot here in MA too. dresdans looking great! My Dads garden has been invaded by deer- got his beets and beans- Ours so far, ok but the raccoons are watching the corn! Last year they demolished the whole crop- little buggars- we are starting in with the summer squash and zuchinni- recipes anyone? ha ha

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  14. One would think you lived in the woods :)! your mom's red squares are fabulous - great eye.

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  15. Fabulous stripey dresdens! Love all the colour and seeing what you are up to. xo

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  16. Love the stripe dresdens. Hot down south Texas. I did hear rain this week. Have a wonderful weekend..Judith, Texas

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  17. I TOTALLY agree!!!! And guess what? a DEER came through the opening the neighbors tree created in my fence.. and ATE my hostas and a nice potted plant.. bleh!

    ps... love the dresden.. but I'm SURE it is NOT your colors ... I will take it off your hands ...

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  18. Your dress is beautiful , and you in it too !

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  19. http://www.yummly.com/recipe/Sweet-Onion-Jelly-Recipezaar

    try onion jelly. I tried it one year and now it is a staple at our house. love it on everything bagels! YUM. I even get requests for it at holiday time. people want to be on my "gift list" LOL

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  20. Summer finally came to Seattle so we have been glorying in the 80 degree weather! LOTS of playing at the Lake! My DH is in Vermont however and he says it's hot hot hot so he is taking it easy and just ENJOYING it! LOVE the salsa dresdens and your Mom's wonderful REDS. I am working on a leopard skin quilt for my daughter to take to college...she decided she HAD to have it!!! Stay COOL!!!

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  21. 112 degrees on my back porch last week, for what seemed like days. your dresden plate is hot and spicey. bring on your summer dress fashion show.

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  22. I wish I could pull off summer dress wearing like you do. Looks like you're having a nice relaxing summer. Aaaahhhhh . . .if I tried to sew outside, I'd be covered in about 14 cats and a horse!

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