49 posts tagged “weather”

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This my my version of a cake with teal, lime green, and brown flowers.  It didn't get picked up before I left on Monday so I'm not sure if this is really what they wanted or not.  But I'm happy with it.  Brown flowers are hard, but I like the way these turned out. 

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This is my favorite cake from Monday.  My directions on this one was yellow and peach roses. I made another one almost exactly like this one to put out in the cake case. 

We had a cloudy, cool, windy day today.  I didn't go outside except to water the dogs.

I spent most of the day today cooking.  I did take a nap and wash a couple of loads of clothes, and catch up on some computer stuff.  I finally took time to check my iStock account, and was happy to note that I had sold another photo.  It was one of the tomato worm from last year.  I haven't uploaded any photos in a long time.  Too time consuming.  I should go down to my sewing room and do some sewing tonight, but I don't know if I will make it.  I will more than likely go to bed early.  There is always tomorrow!

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While I was outside with the dogs yesterday, that were poking around at something in the yard, so I went over to see what it was.  This furry little creature looks like he is sunbathing, but I think he was dead.  My hubby found two more dead animals over by the garden this morning.  We have had a few mice in the house this fall, but not too many.  We still have cats, but the dogs make them stay away from the house in the sheds.  One of the females has a litter of half grown kittens.  Bet they are wild! 

It was absolutely beautiful here today, but I didn't get to enjoy very much of it.  It was already 70 degrees when I left for work.  We were swamped with cake orders again today.  I worked on today's orders for a couple of hours, then I had to start working on cakes, etc. for our cake case because it was empty.  As a result, I have to go in and work tomorrow.  If I had been able to help with tomorrow's cakes today, I might have been able to stay home tomorrow.  Oh, well.  We didn't have any plans anyway. 

Today was a typical day in July in mid-America.  Blue skies with white puffy clouds.  Here's the way it looked. 

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I have always loved fuchsia plants, but have never had one.  This is the one my daughter brought me for Mother's Day.  I LOVE it.  It isn't easy to get a good picture of, however, as the flowers hang down from the plant.  Don't worry.  I'll keep trying. 

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She also brought these lovely orchid petunias,

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and these impatiens.  The flower is over the hill, but the leaves are pretty by themselves.  I think I'm going to put the petunias in containers and hang the fuchsia on the porch.  I brought it inside for tonight because we are under a tornado watch.  I tucked the other plants up in the corner next to the house so they would be protected.  I cut all the iris that were open and brought them in so they wouldn't get beat up.  We had a little sprinkle this morning, and the wind is really picking up now. 

I have been rather lazy today.  I worked for 13 hours yesterday.  We were really busy with high school graduation coming up just around the corner to add to the normal craziness.  I had six full size cakes (about 3 feet by 4 feet) to decorate yesterday.  It used to take me about an hour to do one, but I got a lot faster yesterday.  Between 10 and 1 I did 5 full size sheet cakes and 1 half sheet cake that was both filled and decorated with flowers.  That is a record for me.  I was going along pretty good until about 5:00.  By that time I had worked 7 straight hours without sitting down or taking a break of any kind.  I was at the end of my rope, and the knot was coming loose!  LOL  I finally took a half hour break, ate a sandwich, and put in another two hours.  Don't think I could have gone much longer.  My nerves were pretty well shot.  I am kind of proud that this old grey mare could go that long.  That was a marathon, for sure!  Wish I could have taken pictures of a couple of the cakes that were decorated with spring flowers.  One in particular was quite stunning. 

I've got bean soup in the pot for supper, but I need to go add a some onions and potatoes.  Toodles!

Woke up this morning to the sound of rain on our metal roof.  I love it!  Kind of put a damper on our plans for planting garden.  I did go out with the camera just to see what I could come up with.  Got a couple of good shots.  But I can't get any of them to open in my photo editing program so I can resize them.  They are all too big to transfer on dial-up. Guess you will just have to wait until tomorrow.  It's past my bedtime! 

A beautiful day in the country today.  A little bit windy, but sunny and much warmer.  Lovely!

One of our daughter-in-laws came out this morning with three of our grandkids so they could have a change of scenery.  They had come out on Sunday, but I had to work, so the three year old wanted to come back when gramma was home.  It's nice to know you're wanted!

I have some more neat pictures to share, but my hubby needs to make a phone call.  Stay tuned!  I'll be back.  LOL

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Wow!  It has been a week since I have posted anything!  I haven't done any sewing either.  This is a picture of my old Mason jars after I cleaned them up and took them down to my sewing room.  I just filled them with odds and ends of things I had. 

It was nice and warm here today, but windy.  It's still windy and we have a threat of severe weather tonight and tomorrow.  Hope everyone stays safe tonight! 

I'm going to go down and do some sewing.  I found a wall hanging that I made sometime and completely forgot about.  I don't like the border I have on it now, but I think I know how to fix it.  I'll keep you posted. 

I think it was a really nice day today.  I drove to work in the dark this morning, and it was 7:00 before I got home tonight.  I worked yesterday, too, so I'm ready for a day off. 

I'm going in to town tomorrow to take care of some chores, like getting my car inspected, getting a hair cut, going to the bank and post office, etc.  At least I will be out and about instead of stuck inside! 

No photos today.  I wanted to get out and take some shots for this week's Photo Quest, but it was too cold and windy.  Yesterday was warmer, but the wind was terrible.  Plus, five of our grandkids came out late in the afternoon, so nothing got accomplished after they got here, except feeding and playing with them.  Our oldest granddaughter is 20 now, so she brought her brother and sisters out, ranging in age from 10 down to 18 months.  They were out last Saturday, too.  It is really hard to keep in touch when you don't see them.  We will get to see them again next Saturday, but it will be at a birthday party, so there won't be much one on one. 

I did finish another table mat today that matches the last table runner I made.  Took a nap, finished reading a book, and spent lots of time on the computer.  I had to uninstall my virus protection again.  I couldn't get it to activate, and I couldn't get logged in to my bank account.  It is aggravating!  I took forever for it to download updates yesterday.  My desk is cleaned all again, and I have the farm records up to date.  Yeah!  I don't want to wait until the end of the year again to do that! 

I have to work tomorrow at 11:00.  Monday's usually aren't too bad, especially if I have help.  There is just too much for one person, but we are still short staffed.  Anyone want a job decorating cakes?  If we have the people we need, we can keep busy, and still have time to be creative.  When we are short staffed, it isn't much fun, and you have to rush everything.  I thought maybe the economy would affect the number of cakes we sell, but it hasn't seemed to.  Of course, we used to have twice as many people on the staff as we do now! 

We got a downpour this morning, but no storms.  At least I didn't have to go out and water the bulbs/plants that I had moved.  I know this isn't the right time to transplant things, but in my book the right time to do most anything is when I have the time, the energy, and the inclination!  Sounds like it is going to be chilly again this week. 

I did spend some time working on my menus for my week as cook at the camp for kids with cancer.  Camp isn't until the first week of June, but I need to get things organized ASAP.  I will have to place my orders by the middle of May.  Sometime this week I've got to ask for the week off from work.  Anyone want to volunteer for a week working for a good cause? 

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This photo is actually rain drops hanging under the wire grid of our patio table.  I did some tweaking of the photo, but now I don't remember what.  We had a thunderstorm this morning, and another one this evening.  No severe weather, thank goodness.  I went out just as it started to rain this morning to burn off the fence row by our mailbox and clean out the flower bed there.  I had a hard time getting the fire to start, and I didn't get very much burned before it started raining so hard that it put the fire out.  I got to enjoy two of my favorite things - being out in the rain and watching fire burn.

After I came in, I was still afraid to use the computer because it was still lightening, so I started working on a new table runner.  I had seen  a picture of some quilt squares at Sue's Quilted Gardens made from scappy strips and I wanted to try making some blocks like hers.  I put a table runner together, but I'm not entirely happy with it.  I'll post a picture tomorrow.  After supper of leftover navy bean soup, I made another little table runner/mat to try a different technique, and I started on another table mat that I think I am going to like.  I'll try to finish it tomorrow, plus the other two table runners/mats that I have started.  One just needs binding and the other one needs to be quilted first.