100 Days - Newcomer

I don’t think Cyrus has officially joined the 100 Days challenge but she sent me this pic of her freshly finished pomegranate. Gorgeous! I’m envious of people who can do counted cross stitch, especially at this tiny-stitch level. I’ve tried, it’s just not in my skill set. 

Rachel is ready to do the borders on her project. I’m wondering what she’s going to work on next since we still have lots of Days until we hit 100 in June. 

Wildflower #13 is done! And thanks to a new bingable tv series (Tracker) #14 is almost halfway finished too.

My Very Own Thumble

While we were in S. Carolina, Donovan picked out a present for me - my very own thumble. He also got one for himself, “mine is better but I thought you’d like the flower more.” He’s not wrong! 

(Because it goes on your thumb. Duh. 😂)

Donovan has started regular horse pony riding lessons at a local farm. On the first day, he called - very excited - to tell us his horse walked and then ‘ran’. “It was scary but I got used to it pretty fast.” 

They also did a trail ride into the ‘jungle’, where he heard lots of birds. He looks so big on that pony! He must have grown a foot since we dropped him off.

Received pretty pics from Rachel - ‘Baby is sewing a dress. Awwwww.’ - 

followed immediately by a text from Cyrus - ‘the thread is bunching! Why is the thread bunching!? Grandmaaaaaaaa help!’

Multiple texts, links to 2 articles and a few illustrations later, problem solved and dress finished. Happy Baby (and Grandma, who was thrilled to be able to help long-distance). 

Leo sent pics of their first baby turkeys ⬆️ and another batch of about a dozen baby chicks.⬇️

She said one of the bigger chicks escaped its enclosure and survived a few days on the lam before deciding life was better with security and free food. It was waiting at the gate when she went out that morning with feed. 😂

Plant Chores, Fun and Not So Much

Starting with the not so fun plant chores…

this Crown of Thorns sits beside our front porch and over the years has gotten a tad overgrown. We’ve been avoiding dealing with it because… look at those spikes!

But it was on my must-do list and tomorrow is trash day, so hubby and I chopped it back as close to the pot as we could get. Marie, my phone-a-friend, what-the-heck-is-this expert, says the white milky sap is irritating if it gets in your eye but not toxic to adults.

Plant on the right is a giant rosemary (the herb) that also loves this spot

Do I care if we killed it? Nope! Although I think it’ll take more than pruning to get the better of it. I’m ok if it grows back - hubby really likes the flowers - but we’ll keep a better eye on it going forward. 

There’s something about this spot that plants really like. 

This Aeonium Kiwi (yes I had to ask Marie what it was…) and the Crown of Thorns obviously busted through those blue ceramic pots we had them in and rooted into the ground. This one I like! Planning to take cuttings and hopefully get more of this growing in the yard. 

The fun plant chore? Replanting the amaryllis bulbs Gary and Cheyenne gave me in December. I was able to cut the plastic cover from the small bulb (white flower) 

but I had to call in The Tool Man to get the big one apart (red flower). I forgot to get a picture, but the bigger bulb has a pup/baby/tiny bulb forming near the roots. 

Hoping these survive and I can get 3 - or more - flowers for the holidays.