May 31, 2011
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
May 30, 2011
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Bruschetta
Julie’s Bruschetta 3 cups chopped tomatoes 1 cup choped fresh mozarella zest and juice of half a lemon salt, pepper and herbs de Provence, to taste handful of fresh basil, chopped 1 clove of garlic, finely minced toasted ciabatta … Continue reading
May 29, 2011
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Expanding
The first phase of the front garden expansion is in and planted. The weather is really ideal for that this week being cloudy and rainy so the seedlings can harden off with no effort at all from me.
May 28, 2011
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Zippity doo dah
This quilt really flies! I very nearly finished the quilt top in two sittings.
May 27, 2011
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Pisqu
The final pattern of Sock Madness was released yesterday and these are pictures of my test knit. I’ll be finishing my pair much more slowly than our grand champion.
May 26, 2011
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Endless Summer Quilt Kit
Remember that quilt kit I bought at the Shop Hop at the end of March? I got up the nerve to cut my fabrics. It went *very* quickly, so quickly that I’m disinclined to buy charm packs ever again because … Continue reading
May 25, 2011
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Sloppy Joe
Julie’s Sloppy Joe 1 pound ground beef, extra-lean 8 ounces mushrooms, finely diced 1/2 red onion, finely diced 1 tablespoon minced garlic 2 ribs celery, finely diced 1 jalapeno and 1 red chili, minced 1 cup ketchup 2 tablespoons … Continue reading
May 24, 2011
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Mr. Chippie visits Riley
May 23, 2011
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Library treasures
Something new squeezed into my schedule this spring is volunteering at the library a few hours a week on Wednesday mornings. They are migrating to a new cataloging system but have to pay 20 cents for each title they move … Continue reading
May 22, 2011
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Another stash party block of the month
This time I tried out my handy dandy new half-square ruler. It was SO fast to do the cutting for this block. I see more of those rulers in my future!









