nature's birdfeeder

we have tons of honey bear blooms dying and drying, so i decided to cut them down and strip the dead petals.  i had planned on popping all the seeds out and letting the girls make bird feeders, but alas alizah was busy with her guitar and mae would rather be riding her bike.  then i thought the sunflowers themselves would do the trick!  i’ll save the bird feeder idea for the next batch of flowers.

hubs says my hanging sunflowers are like something out of “children of the corn” LOL

also finished alizah’s floor cushion the other night.  she likes it quite a bit, but mae has truly become attached to hers!  she insisted on bringing it to school for nap time yesterday and when she realized she had left it there last night i think there was a moment when she was about to freak out.  poor little girl!

here’s alizah’s:

this one went along super fast.  much faster than the first.  that’s a good sign!

in knitting news, i finished knitting one of the hats my step-dad has requested.  he’s a fireman and thought it would be brilliant to have beanies with the various crests embroidered on them for his fellow firefighters.  i ordered some peruvian highland wool and thought it would be best to give three options as far as style.  i’ll be doing one with raglan shaping, one with fold-up ribbing, and one very simple run of the mill beanie…

i also started a basket from the more last minute gifts book.  so far so good!

and this is the raglan shaping on the first fireman’s hat

new garden creatures

both of these garden creatures scared the whits out of me tonight!  there’s nothing like moving a leaf back and finding a big green squishy staring at you!

Update on Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 6:46PM by pinkbrutus

props to my mama!  she came in and did horn worm control. <3 love her <3

how i love the little things

after a long day at work and school we came home and began preparing some of the garden beds for fall.  our tomatoes are still producing like crazy, more bell pepper and serrano peppers are popping up, and after a miserable few months of crappy pumpkins, i finally have one that looks promising!

alizah and mae had a great time finding all the fat green caterpillars in the radish (bushes!) and picking radish beans for a snack.  i think they may have finally had there fill of cherry tomatoes!

this is a little pumpkin that got detached :(  i’m trying to save it in my kitchen plant hospital!

 

and i know those sugar baby melons are supposed to be small, but this i ridiculous!  HA

i found this little fella under the tomatoes!  i sliced it open just for kicks and found it perfectly ripe.  i’m calling it a wateriwi (watermelon/kiwi)