Wednesday, May 7, 2025

What's Going On...

I have had some very busy days, filled with so many fun things....

I've have had fresh flowers and lilacs from my garden in the house for weeks,

and it makes such a big difference in making a house feel like a home.

If you have been reading my blog for any length of time, you know I have been subscribed to 
Home Chef getting 3 meals per week. 
I often wrote about those meals, 2 posts are here, and here, 
and I also did a cost comparison with a meal I would generally prepare for dinner 
and the cost was the same.
Home Chef saves me a lot of time in the kitchen, the ingredients are fresh, fun to cook, 
and all the pre-portioned ingredients are all together, in one bag.
They require at least 30 minutes to prepare and they were always delicious.

 Pasta with Ragu Bolognese Sauce 
This meal was delicious, extraordinary...it came with a blend of cheese to sprinkle on top...
I used some home grown basil from my garden, to finish it off.

I now subscribe to Cook Unity as my new meal package delivery services. 
I order 6 meals per week, one for each of us, which covers us for 3 dinnertime meals. 
They are like t.v. dinners, all the prep-work work is done, 
and they have a very large selection of meals to choose from. 
With no prep, they are generally cooked in the microwave 2- 3 minutes...
the meals come fresh, never frozen.


I have been knitting, these can be washcloths or dishcloths.
If I choose to gift them as washcloths I include a handmade bar of soap.


I spent time Saturday knitting at the Coop with some of my knitting crew.
I purchased this black alpaca yarn to finish off the scarf I am knitting for the hubs.

This is the scarf, it will have one more 12 inch block in the alpaca black.
I am excited to finish it and it will keep him nice and warm next winter.

I am loving my "Bucket List" calendar,
April was great!

I have lots more to share and some really exciting news....
that's for tomorrow so be sure and stop by.

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Porphyrophile

 porphyrophile -
(n.) a lover of the color purple;

purple has long been associated with
creativity, spirituality and the extraordinary -
making it the color of dreamers, thinkers, and those who see
beyond the ordinary

Columbine

Poppy Anemone

Candle Larkspur

Anemone

- isn't it lovely in flowers -