If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

If you do stuff, stuff gets done.......

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

May News #4 - flowers and masks


Hello everyone 

If you want to make the simplest mask I’ve seen,  watch this video 

Below are small child size ones 



Some very lawyer-ish masks for my son.  He wanted them all solid navy so I added a tiny tag of twill tape to the inside so he can tell which side has been facing out and which side goes on his face.  




Our home so looks so happy with all the spring flowers blooming.  Many of them are perennials my husband bought on clearance at Lowe’s in recent years.  



The bushes with white flowers are Mock Orange and I think they’re so pretty.  



The dianthus came back so big and full this spring -they are the big pink and red clumps.  


Below is a peony that only had one bloom last year.  This year it had more than a dozen buds.  


 

Right by our front door - did  you notice in these photos all our windows were open?  It was breezy and mid-60s yesterday so I opened all our windows and gave the house a good airing out.  




We had a redwood picnic table that was looking so weathered and not in a good way.  
So my husband turned it into a 12 foot planter that fits perfectly where the patio ends and before the fence.  
Then he planted it with more assorted plants from Lowe’s 










And a little funny thing
3 of our grandchildren were here yesterday while their mom had a doctor appointment. 
They were so happy to be here and acted so nice. 
Toward the end of the visit, Elizabeth and JJ were crafting but Elizabeth wasn’t happy that JJ was kind of copying her.  
I told her she was being kind of grouchy.
JJ said "maybe she needs a nap”



Hope you are all well
❤️Rhonda 

Monday, May 4, 2020

May News #3 - weekend painting, more masks 😱 and a new to do list

Hope you all have had a good weekend.  We had a nice one,  quiet one of course.  Are there any other kind during quarantine?  



This is my cactus painting from the free Friday night Facebook class.  It was fun


I keep hearing about people that need masks so I cut out a bunch more 




And my weekly to do list that I already started on today 




Chat with you all soon
❤️ Rhonda 

Saturday, May 2, 2020

May News #2 the edible plants

My husband has taken over the outdoor gardening.  His big project this year is putting pavers between the raised beds to cut down on weeding and mowing.  He’s doing it slowly as he has a bad back, bad knees, etc- but considering all that,  I think he made lots of progress doing it all on his own.  



Somehow that silly gnome birdbath came home with is from Lowe’s.  


Some of the tomatoes are just starting to form 



We’ve been eating our lettuce and spinach for several weeks.  We are hoping the heads will grow back and keep replenishing, but who knows?  At least one of them looks very hopeful.  


also in the beds are assorted peppers and onions 

And Potato Land looks be growing so good! 




In the wildest corner of the back yard is a rose Bush we bought at Aldi years ago
We had to get rid of all our knockout roses as they all had that awful rosette disease 



 

And on the picnic table is this year’s fairy garden.  Grands and adults all enjoy rearranging the figures.  


❤️ Rhonda