Look what I did!

another "passing the time" activity ---I took up knitting again and kinit this baby blanket!  I haven't held knitting needles since I was about 10 years old----so I found a yarn store, found a fantastic lady named Betsy who was VERY patient with me and re-introduced me to knitting and gave me the pattern to this blanket---and was on call when I needed her--like how to weave in the tails when changing colors, or how on earth do I bind off???? 
in the end, I'm very proud of myself and the end result of my new hobby!!!  dish cloths for everyone for Christmas this year!  ;)

Spring in North Carolina! it's garden time!

Trying to stay busy and eat healthy all at the same time----one of the easiest and most enjoyable things we've done this year!    Matthew's  been a busy guy building these raised beds--even though we have the land, the drainage is a killer and we lose more plants than survive, so we went mostly raised beds this year.  Here are some pix of our gardens----soon to be filled with tomatoes, peppers (5 types), cucumbers, squash, onions, potatoes, radishes, etc----also pix of our herb garden--I'm very proud of this because I have been totally "winging it" and it keeps coming back and I get to use all of these herbs in cooking! YUM!  Matthew enjoyed making the stepping stones with our neighbor David last year.   The other pix is a box filled with 3 types of lettuce--guess what we are having for dinner??!?

 Also, tonight as I went out to take these pictures---look what I saw slithering across our driveway! YIKES!!!! luckily a great neighbor came over after hearing me scream like a little girl and scooped him up and tranferred mr snake to the end of the road. The gorgeous flowering plant is a lenten rose given to me by a dear friend a few years ago and it is finally blooming--they take a few years to bloom and settle in---I thought I had killed it, and instead it rewarded me by the beautiful sight this year.