Spring notes

The weather feels like it has already transitioned to full-on summer and the warmth has prompted all of the spring blooms to arrive earlier than usual. Everywhere I go outside, I want to just stop and check out what is happening and come up with ideas for planting and cultivating this little chunk of land for which we are responsible.

My computer took a quick bath in a cup of spilled water and has not yet recovered. I am not giving in to the idea that it may be fatal at this time because I have so many photos that I had not yet organized. Fortunately, I did save to discs all of my photos of Shilo for the first three years of her life and I have a significant amount of my photos on flickr. Hopefully, I will get this resolved soon.

I pulled in to Mom's house this morning and pulled Shilo from her carseat into my lap. I was up on and off last night with bits of anxiety about parenting decisions and Shilo's happiness and my fears, all of which might be connected to my hormones. On the road, I was the recipient of Shilo's typical frustration with her car seat and so I wanted to sit with her a moment longer before I got out of the car. We were looking in the front yard and I pointed out the bird on the ground by the tree. She quietly responded that it was a robin. Her knowledge of this little fact calmed me, for reasons not entirely known to me at this time.

Pillowcase dress

I made my first pillowcase dress for Shilo and I am thrilled with the result. It is most definitely not perfect, but Shilo loves it and it was a great learning experience for me. I learned how to do a rolled hem and did a fair amount of troubleshooting on my machine. The free pattern was found here.

I am getting hooked on this sewing machine of mine. I told James just this morning that it feels good to learn a new skill. I do not believe I have taken on a brand new endeavor in awhile. The last thing I have to do is add a button to the back and that should keep it from slipping off of her shoulder.

Veg garden

Grandpa Chuck and Grammy Sue gave Shilo a vegetable garden that she could plant indoors for Christmas. A week or two ago we figured would be a good time to get started.

The garden kit has an acrylic pane on one side so that you can watch the root vegetables grow beneath the soil. We planted carrots, radishes and onions.

We planted three seeds of each vegetable: radishes, onions and carrots. The radishes were the first to sprout and now the carrots are following right behind. We are crossing our fingers that the onions will be coming soon.