I'm Rae. I make fonts & blog. I reside in a city on a lake but spend most of my time living in my head.
spring is late. To help it along we took our first top-down Miata ride last night. You know the one where you have the heat on and wear Winter coats. Just trying to move things along.
Our lake has much open water. These shots were taken near Tenney Park on Lake Mendota, the bigger lake.
Oh and we may get snow on Monday. What can I say.
another post following the theme that it is still Winter ish here. I am now going to say it is almost Spring. I just noticed yesterday that there is water right next to our retaining wall. That is serious cause for celebration!!! But there is still an awful lot of frozen lake out there. But it is starting to get that mushy look.
Here is a cute pair of Scrunchy Ombre Arm Warmers. This is also from KnitPicks and uses the same yarn as I used for the Frida Mitts. This is washable wool. And they got even softer after being washed.
I am still making Chicken Gnocchi Soup. This soup you can make last minute and it is very forgiving. I use it as a base soup and then add extra veggies that I have. Sometimes I use a roasted chicken or even canned chicken in a pinch. It is always good. I prefer the Trader Joe's gnocchi as it seem to be a little smaller. This is a make it and eat it soup rather than a simmer all day type of soup.
For the recipe click here.
Tomorrow is April, so if you need any new Kitchen or Food fonts there are 4 on sale 50 off. Links on the right.
Every year I try and grow tomatoes. Every year I have less than great results. Each year I learn a little more, try something different and try a different location in our small condo yard.
Now I am buying the biggest plants I can get at the Farmer's Market. That does help. Plus the woman told me that I have to water daily and water 1-2 gallons per plant. And in the heat of the Summer water twice a day. Watering certainly has been part of my problem.
Location is another as we don't have a really sunny spot. This year I am using the sunniest spot in the yard. The wooden slats were on our upper balcony on the rubber roof. We are replacing those and the good little recyclers we are decided to use them for the garden area.
John moved some perennials and dug down and leveled the ground and put two of these in, one on top of the other.
Got some deeper, bigger pots for the tomatoes. Other pots are for basil. Will add another row of smaller pots for other herbs and some maybe some flowers.
This is this Summer's attempt at container gardening. Can't wait to plant but it is still too early here. What plants I do have need to go out during the day and come in at night. But a sure sign that Spring is right around the corner.
spring might just be around the corner, maybe. We do have 2 nights of hard frost this week which will be hard on the little flowers starting to peek through the ground. Still have snowbanks of dirty snow. But everyday we see more open water. I really hope we are done with snow. Everyone is ready for Spring. And tomorrow it is April!
saturday we spent the day watching the ice melt on the lake. Chunks of it would break off and float by. Oh yah Spring is on its way!
A Saturday trip to the farmer's market yielded asparagus, rhubarb and plants.
The first kayak outing of the year was only minutes long.
Good thing we didn't haul them across town.
I'm Rae. I make fonts and blog. I reside in a city on a lake but spend most of the time living in my head.
