I didn't do a whole lot of crafting this past week. Its been very busy at work and very hot outside, so I've had little motivation. I'm working on a project for the current swap I'm in so I can't show pictures yet of that project. I did sew up a project bag for my "work daughter" whose last day with us was Friday.
She's a knitter with cats so I went with cat prints and her favorite color green for the fabrics and stitch markers.
The peas are really coming to an end. The beans are out of control at this point. We've gotten a few cucumbers, they tend to be odd shaped but taste good according to my husband. Pictured is my one and only eggplant. I'm going to make eggplant parm tomorrow. The cherry tomato plant in the topsy turvey is nearly done now and pictured is our first corn. There is quite a bit more coming along. I shucked and froze a little already. I got a new tool to do it and it works really well. The watermelon probably should have been left for another week. It's so hard to tell until its cut, but it had really good flavor and alot of nearly mature seeds inside, so I think it was close.
That's it for me this week.
She's a knitter with cats so I went with cat prints and her favorite color green for the fabrics and stitch markers.
I pulled quite a haul from my garden yesterday. I've been blanching and freezing green beans every couple of days and this is what I picked yesterday:
The peas are really coming to an end. The beans are out of control at this point. We've gotten a few cucumbers, they tend to be odd shaped but taste good according to my husband. Pictured is my one and only eggplant. I'm going to make eggplant parm tomorrow. The cherry tomato plant in the topsy turvey is nearly done now and pictured is our first corn. There is quite a bit more coming along. I shucked and froze a little already. I got a new tool to do it and it works really well. The watermelon probably should have been left for another week. It's so hard to tell until its cut, but it had really good flavor and alot of nearly mature seeds inside, so I think it was close.
I went to the eye doctor Wednesday. I decided to finally update my glasses after about 10 years. I wear contacts almost exclusively but not that I'm doing the 24 hour shifts at Clifton-Fine I need my glasses if I get called at night. I ordered them online for the first time ever. It was very easy and much more reasonable than I was expecting. I'm very blind so it's always so pricey, which is why I haven't gotten new ones in a decade. I really hope I like them when they get to me. There is a return window so that's good too.
We went live with our new chemistry instrument on Tuesday. It actually went quite well considering how big of a change it is for everyone. I worked alone yesterday and other than being busy as all get out, I didn't have too many problems. We're still getting some of the interface kinks worked out. Our LIS is very archaic and doesn't have the functionality for what all we could do with the new instrument, and other things. It is what it is though, sadly, the choice of LIS/HIS is up to administration and they just look at the bottom line.
Oh, I almost forgot. I finished that really colorful dishcloth: Lizard Ridge Dishcloth
That's it for me this week.
-Q
What a lovely dishcloth. Beautiful gift for your friend at work - she is lucky to have such a nice friend to make her these lovely things. Garden haul looks great.
ReplyDeleteLove the rainbow colors. I wouldn't want to use it! The project bag is so cute. Love the fabric. I've heard good things about getting eye glasses via online.I too wear contacts so my glasses are decades out of sync with my eyes.
ReplyDeleteLove the colourful projects this week to go with the colourful veggies you collected. I did see a handy sheet on Pinterest about how to tell if a watermelon is ripe from whether it’s dull or shiny, the size of the webbing and the stripes and shape. Hope the new glasses work out well. Liz (Highlandheffalump)
ReplyDeleteWow! You have had a busy week. The garden always seems to kick into high gear just around the point in the summer that you no longer have time to deal with it, doesn't it? Super cute bag and adorable fabric choice - I'm sure she loves it!
ReplyDeleteThe dishcloth is fantastic. So bright and cheerful. Almost makes washing dishes a joy.....almost LOL. You garden produced some great produce this year. Your work daughter is a very lucky person. I am sure she loved the bag.
ReplyDeleteLove the colors in the dishcloth. It’s so bright and cheery! The cat fabric is great. What a nice gift. -Jen @Carolina Tales
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