Blog Frog Friday 10-01-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Today, hop on over to my pad for a conversation about winning the fight:-)

Until Next Year...

My dreams of a warm September ends in this pile of pool shrapnel:-)

You provided many memories for us this summer and I look forward to the day that we meet again:-)

My Day Planner Runneth Over

I really need to stop volunteering for stuff:-)

Pergola That is Done

 That's right! It is finally done and here it is:

Whew! That was a huge undertaking but now, I have to get to work on moving the grapes over:-)

Blog Frog Friday 9-20-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Today, hop on over to my pad for a conversation about living the dream:-)

Still Working On It

In between the raindrops, 3 parties and overnight guests....



...we are still working on it:-)

First Day of Fall?

Happy Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on SevEn cLoWn CirCus! Today was the first day of fall so, even though it was 85 degrees, I still baked my apple pie.

Organizing the Breezeway Cabinet

With the busy al fresca dining season coming to a close, I found that my breezeway cabinets really needed an overhaul. I didn't take a before picture but here is the finished project:

What did you tackle this week?

Blog Frog Friday 9-17-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Today, hop on over to my pad for a conversation about socializing your kids:-)

Don't Forget to Save Those Seeds!!!

Remember this post from last year???

"Gardening is a way to say that you believe in tomorrow." If that saying is true, than I believe! And if that is true, I need to save some seeds to have tomatoes tomorrow...or in this case, the spring.

Saving seeds is easy if you follow these steps:

1. Seed a tomato

2. Place said seed into a very fine sieve:

3. Rinse the seeds gently. The goal here is to remove the gelatinous material that the seeds swim in and the thin membrane around each seed. This takes longer than you think because those membranes can be really stubborn. For the really difficult ones, you can gently rub them between two paper towels. This is what it looks like before and after:

4. Dry them on a paper plate. See how many seeds I got from a half of a tomato?

5. Once they are dried, wrap the seeds in a paper towel and place them in a labeled food storage bag.

6. Store them in the refrigorator until them at ready to plant in the spring.

Happy Saving:-)

Fall is in the Air

Fall IS in the air...and everywhere:

I love how my old fall decorations look next to our newly decorated walls!

Pergola

This weekend was erected this:

So, it will be the new home to my grapes:-)

Blog Frog Friday 9-10-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Today, hop on over to my pad for a conversation about local finds:-)

Bye Bye Basil

After 12 four-ounce and 2 eight-ounce jars of pesto plus a bunch of frozen basil, that's the last of it that I am drying-) See you next year:-)

Labor Day Weekend

This week, we tackled some Labor Day memories.This was my favorite:

Behold the artist at work:-)

Blog Frog Friday 9-3-10

I am happy to have you all here for Blog Frog Friday: a weekly stop at my Blog Frog community:-)

Today, hop on over to my pad for a local find:-)

Pergola Plans

This week, we worked on plans to erect a pergola in our backyard. Our grape arbor is not only on it's last leg but should have been replaced last year.


We are looking at building a 16X12 foot structure however, my husband thinks it will only be 14X10 inside. Do you think that is enough room to entertain underneath? It doesn't seem big enough to me.

First Day of First Grade

Happy Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom and Wordful Wednesday on SevEn cLoWn CirCus!

Waiting for the bus...

The rain didn't dampened her spirits! She was so excited for school to start:-)