...it is indeed time to start thinking about Christmas...specifically little crocheted stuffies requested by the grandbabes...
...while I was thrifting the other day...I found some gorgeously appropriate unicorn eyes...don't you think?...
..so then I gathered a rainbow of unicorn coloured yarn from stash...
...and got started making a unicorn...because Little Sissie requested that Grandmommy make her a Unicorn...and when Daddy suggested that maybe she would like a fox instead because she already has about 10 unicorns...she insisted that she wanted Grandmommy to make a unicorn...so a unicorn it is...haha...
...I'm using the Ulyssa the Unicorn pattern...but just for the head...
...because...doesn't she have the sweetest unicorn face you've ever seen?...
...finished the head...and added the nostril flares and the eyebrows...
...made the ears and the corn...
...attached the ears...
...and the horn...
...I still think that's the most adorable unicorn face ever...
...but now I'm switching patterns because I don't want a reclining unicorn...I want a standing one...like a pony...
...so for the entire body...I'll be using this YouTube tutorial pattern...Hermoso Caballo Amigurumi...
...I'm making each of the hooves a different unicorn colour...
...and I cut up a soft drink cup to make the hard bottoms inside the hooves...
...what's in your workbasket this week?...have you started your Christmas making/shopping yet?...
~Have a lovely day!
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Monday, September 21, 2026
...9.21...Over the Weekend...
...breakfast was vegan scramble, a vegan biscuit, vegan sausage and applesauce...quite substantial...
...then of course we did the weekly shopping...
...nothing much of note...we were out of both olive oil and avocado oil...so that made this a 'spendy' shop...and we're trying the Better Goods version of Plant Based cream cheese...
...so first...let me show you all the stuff I brought back from Mom's...she had a little bag in my bedroom where she had collected things she wanted to give me...
...and inside was a cute bento box...a veggie steamer...a sweet little white summer top...and a rose scented bar of vegan soap...
...the steamer and the bento box...
...and of course we brought back some garden veggies...
...and some nuts and a baggie of leftover Christmas cookies from the freezer...
...and she had potted up some Elephant Ears plants for the Man to plant under our oak tree...
...on the food prep front...we cooked a pound of great northern beans...
...and roasted a small butternut squash...
...then we went outside and planted the Elephant Ears...
...using the drill attachment to make the holes deep enough and soft enough for the new plants...
...and then popped those in the ground and gave them a drink...
...then we picked a few things from the garden...
...and finally the Man got out the power washer to spray out our garbage and recycling bins...we only do this about once a year...
...so while we had all of the equipment out...I washed the dusty patio furniture from the back porch...
~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
~Wishing you a lovely start to your week!
Labels:
Home,
Weekending
Saturday, September 19, 2026
...9.19...Dinner and a Movie...Back Home...
...we had an uneventful drive back home...
...for dinner...I picked a little bit of lettuce from the garden...
...and had it on (guess what)...a sandwich...just tofu, vegan mayo, mustard, lettuce and tomato...
...and I made a batch of air fryer french fries to go with it...
...and then of course we watched another episode of Ted Lasso while we ate...
...I did get and finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold...it was good...it's a story about a woman who kills her mother...and like The Lovely Bones it happens pretty early in the book...so there's no mystery...so it's more just about the people around her and how everyone reacts...it was a quick and easy read...
...up next is a Thomas Hardy book that I'd not really ever heard of...Jude the Obscure...apparently the original title was The SimpletonsHearts Insurgent...and like most of Hardy's books this one is a tragedy...no happy ending here (I peeked)...Jude and his cousin/lover both struggle against the mores of their times...it's really long and not a super easy read...but I'm enjoying it...
...what have you been watching and reading lately?...
~Have a lovely weekend...
...and then of course we watched another episode of Ted Lasso while we ate...
...I did get and finished The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold...it was good...it's a story about a woman who kills her mother...and like The Lovely Bones it happens pretty early in the book...so there's no mystery...so it's more just about the people around her and how everyone reacts...it was a quick and easy read...
...up next is a Thomas Hardy book that I'd not really ever heard of...Jude the Obscure...apparently the original title was The SimpletonsHearts Insurgent...and like most of Hardy's books this one is a tragedy...no happy ending here (I peeked)...Jude and his cousin/lover both struggle against the mores of their times...it's really long and not a super easy read...but I'm enjoying it...
...what have you been watching and reading lately?...
~Have a lovely weekend...
Labels:
Books,
Dinner and a Movie,
Vegan Food
Friday, September 18, 2026
...9.18...Friday Update at Mom's...
...we're painting the ceiling first...so we took down the overhead heater units...and we also removed the exterior door and the understairs closet door...
...Mom said she didn't think the ceiling had ever been painted...
...you can really see the difference...
...and I look like I'm concentrating on it really hard...haha...
...next up...we painted all of the trim and the exterior door...Mom wanted to leave the closet door natural to tie in with the natural cabinets on that wall...
...and then we used some artist's yellow pigment to mix up a 'custom' colour...from a colour card that Mom picked out at Ace Hardware...we got a really close match...
...so we went all around the room cutting in around all the trim...
...meanwhile Mom was just on the other side of the exterior door power washing the patio and sidewalk...there's a huge difference there as well...
...and in no time at all...we'd done two coats...(and three in some places)...
...so we left it to dry while we had some fun...
...because it was still really warm...mom wanted to uncover her pool and use it for the few days that it would still be warm enough...so I borrowed a swimsuit and jumped in...
...mom snapped a couple of photos of me swimming around...it was refreshing and a lot of unexpected fun...I didn't pack a swimsuit because the pool is usually closed up by Labor Day as it's starting to get chilly in the mountains...but not this year...
...after our swim we got dressed and loaded a couple of chairs into the car and went to our old Alma Mater to watch our nephew play soccer...he and his sister both play goalie for their respective teams...so he's the one in the bright red kit in this photo...he made a few awesome saves and his team won 4-1...it was a fun game and visit with the nephew and his wife too...
...and when we got home we put everything back in place...
...it really brightened and cozied up the room...Happy Birthday Mom!
~Have a lovely day!
~Have a lovely day!
Labels:
Family
Thursday, September 17, 2026
...9.17...Delicious Vegan Food...at Mom's...
...I did not do a very good job of photographing the vegan food at Mom's...we were pretty busy...haha...but we actually did eat breakfast...
...this was a delicious lunch Mom whipped up in about 5 minutes...black beans...tomatoes from her garden...with some lettuce onions salsa and chips...it was really good and fueled an afternoon of painting...
...another quickly constructed dinner...mid painting...okra and tomatoes from her garden...with some snow peas and carrots...and I had brought some marinated tofu...we ate in the living room off of the trays from the top of the fridge since the dining room was out of order...
...and then we took my lovely Mom out for a birthday dinner...and she's wearing one of the shirts I 'fixed'...
...and of course I had more than one plateful of food...a yummy salad plate...
...and then an overstuffed one with mei fun, a veggie spring roll, Buddha's Delight, a BUNCH of garlic green beans (my favorite), and some sesame tofu...
~Have a lovely day!
~Have a lovely day!
Labels:
Vegan Food
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