Martini Knitter

Wednesday

Catch Up #1-Duke Gardens

I do apologize for the blog silence....the day to day has gotten away from me for the last little bit.  I would like to catch up if you will in the next few posts.  During our recent visit to NC we enjoyed a lovely day out with Keith's parents.  We visited Duke Gardens, it was still early for some things to be in bloom but what a spectacular place to explore.   

Saturday Sky and Backyard Fun

We are down in NC visiting my in-laws and we had a beautiful Saturday outside. I took the camera on a tour     around the backyard.     

It was 80 degrees yesterday

Saturday Sky

Is it considered gardening if it is inside the house?  Keith and I ran errands today and the first stop was the 15th birthday celebration at my LYS(translation 15% off everything), a quick breakfast at the bagel shop around the corner and then off to the home improvement stores.  After the wonderful and aromatic breads last weekend, I thought it might be a good idea to pick up a few herbs for the kitchen.  We found two pretty good size rosemary bushes and a six-pack of thyme. I even re potted them after dinner.  The moon rise was lovely as was our veggies!

The Weekend in Review

Gardening.. yes you read that correctly.  The house has some very nice beds in the backyard that needed some new  mulch and we had some spectacular weather for the weekend.  Keith worked on the yard and I spread 12 bags of mulch on Saturday and another 10 on Sunday.  We left the far left area untouched,  we are thinking of digging that one out and planting some vegetables. Here are the before and after.

I also managed to get a bit of baking in.  We found some beautiful strawberries at the market and that called for an angel food cake.  And foreseeing taking our lunch to work this week,  I went ahead and made a couple of loaves of wheat bread.   

As promised I have washed and blocked my Bloomin' Feet socks.  The sock blockers were a going away gift from Christine and this was my first opportunity to use them(check out the martini cut outs).  This was also the first time I have hand washed my hand knit socks,  I must confess I usually wash them in the machine in a bag on the gentle cycle and lay flat to dry.  I see much more blocking in my future, they came out fantastic. 

I will leave you with a couple of moon pictures that Keith took through the telescope.