Zucchini

My first vegetable of the season. I don't really like zucchini all that well, but I saw a recipe for chocolate chip muffins made with it. I might try to trick the kids.

I am growing flowers on my porch. Literally.

I haven't had a flower in my house in three years because the cats knock them over. For some reason they haven't found this bouquet yet. (I love the bag of Tidy Cat in the background.)

Chuy is still adjusting. True to her name, she chews on everything, including me, so we're trying to break that habit.

I've been taking her out to look for letterboxes and geocaches this week while dd was at art camp. Puppy gets so tired in the afternoon and conks out in the car.

*I really, really, don't like dogs.*

I'm not making anything lately. Reading, swimming, gardening, driving kids around mostly. I did finish a first sock, started the second yesterday, so maybe I'll have something to post next week. I already feel like the summer is getting away from me. . .

Pet Bandannas

I don't know where the weekend went. Don't have much to show for it.

I finished up these dog and cat bandannas for the Humane Society. The Girl Scouts wrote some cute little messages on them, but we didn't have time to sew them because we took too long baking dog biscuits. Here are the instructions we used. I made about 60 of these, and I figure I used 7 - 10 yards of scraps, so it was a nice stashbuster project.



Here's another Mason Dixon Ballband dishcloth. I've got a teeny bit of pink yarn I'm trying to use up.

I've got a case of the blahs when it comes to sewing. I wanted to make a new skirt to wear to a baby shower (the one I made those burp cloths for) this weekend. I have the perfect pattern, from the latest Burda WOF, but can't get motivated.

There's nothing I want to knit right now even though it's colder than a witch's stitches here. Maybe I'll start some socks. . . Or maybe some papercrafting - valentine cards or something. I signed up for a scrapbooking class one morning in February, so I need to get that stuff out. Oh, and I found an old box of soap molds in the basement -- now I'm getting excited. It doesn't help that I've developed a serious sudoku addiction. No wonder I can't concentrate on anything.