There is a slight change in the air. Last week I had been waking up to cooler mornings. It was nice to sleep with the windows open. And the leaves are starting to change from green to red and orange. We haven't had any decent rain in weeks so I'm sure this is what is causing the color shift.
Time to break out the hazelnut coffee creamer.
Well, I might be a bit early because the last two days we've had enough heat that I've had the air conditioning on.
Once again it's been a moment since I last put virtual pen to digital paper. I've been busy-ish.
Busy-ish and a bit in my own little world lately. My mind has been tangled up with all sorts of things. Thinking about the garden, hunting, canning, the animals, recording videos (☺️) and my projects. Oh, and reading.
Hunting season starts in about a month. We've been checking the game cams about once a week.
Here's a couple fun photos.
Turkey babies!
The tomatoes are starting to ripen. I harvested my first tomato. Yum!
I pulled the first cabbage from the garden ...
And made my first batch of sauerkraut from the garden cabbage.
Then I sliced a whole mess of cucumbers up ...
And made my first batch of dill cucumbers in what feels like forever.
I am very sad to say that they did not turn out. 😢 I checked on the internet to verify this type of cucumber was good for pickles. The internet swore up and down it was a good pickle cucumber on various sites. Alas. ... my hubby said they would make good relish ... I suppose. ...
I've been doing some gift crafting, so I don't dare share anything on the blog, just yet, in case the recipients read my blog.
The biggest thing that's been going on is the makeover we are giving the garage.
My hubby will be retiring in a few years and he's very deserving of having a good work space.
The last few weekends have been spent at various big box stores, looking at tool chests and other manly things that go in workshops.
This was when we were wandering around a Fleet Farm trying to find where they kept all their tool chests. Apparently tool chests that hold tools for working on cars is over by wood working stuff. (Yeah, we thought that was odd, too)
Checking out the weight on a tool box.
Debating on which line of tool chests to go with.
It was finally decided what to get and we put orders in for everything.
One thing was in stock, and we brought it home.
But first, painting.
We cleared out the area of the garage we wanted to start the makeover with, and started painting.
The painting went better than expected. It also took longer than expected because we had to put several coats on.
White paint was chosen, to help make it brighter. Then we decided to do something fun with the door that leads in to the house, and to match the color of tools chests.
Fun, right?
My hubby spent a LOT of time on the door, making it look as good as it does, and keeping those lines sharp.
The garage is going to be a work-in-progress for a bit.
In between the crafting I decided that I must have a notions tin that covers both cross stitch and knitting. I've had this container for ages. I started filling it up with this and that.
Am I missing anything?
Today I took the day off work. I had an appointment. Afterwards, I swung by the library. I haven't done that in *ages.*
Yes, I was looking at knitting books.
Since the C0v*d, I have barely gone to the main library. Usually I put requests in and have the books come out to the branch in my area.
Almost all the people are new. Well, new to me. It's a whole different vibe. Especially since they remodeled the library a few years back.
So now I have a stack of cozy mysteries to read, or reread, a few knitting magazines, and at least one knitting book.
I chose cozy mysteries because ... well, because they are cozy. A few weeks ago I put a request in for a book that I saw that was causing a big discussion in a book group I'm a member of. I didn't really know what the book was about but knew it was an important book in American literature.
Before I got the book, however, I decided to read more about the book, besides what it was about. Is anyone familiar with "Beloved"? Well, I can do tough topics.
However, it was classified as horror and that's when I decided "nope." I haven't read a horror novel in years and I'm not about to start now.
So I guess that's it, for the most part. I'm working on my next flosstube. The big 5-0. I'm not sure when I'll release it, as I'm working on it in bits and pieces. I'm hoping it will be a fun one for people to see. I keep watching how-to videos, here and there, on making and editing videos. It feels like the production of my videos are getting better. But, really, how much can you improve on flosstube videos? 🤷♀️😃 I'm always open to suggestions and tips.
The rest of the week is going to be a quiet one. Of this I am fairly certain.
Okay, that's my check in for now.
As my friend Becky would say, "Laters!"
