Well, not quite that busy, but I am fairly busy. 🙂
Last week, I had a MG meeting and a dinner with MGs from a couple of NY counties who were visiting NH. We had some great conversations, and I even spent a few minutes with some folks who went to the same high school I did which resulted in a lot of chuckles.
Today, I’m delivering those 141 daylilies for over wintering. How many pots of daylilies can one load into the bed of a Nissan Frontier? How about 101 in the bed, and the remaining 40 are inside on some plastic. I will be glad to hand these off.
Tomorrow, I’m headed to a Great Bay workshop to discuss the challenges and future of the Bay and then a pruning workshop on Thursday. In between, I’ve been working on some gardening projects and going through my fall list of gardening chores at home.
Everywhere I go, I see bees, lots of chubby bees buzzing all around but not bothering anyone.
Yesterday while loading the plants, we did notice a fence panel with broken brackets so we took it down, replaced all four plastic brackets with metal ones and put it back up. In between the cross rail, there was a paper wasp nest that had to be removed. They were fairly lethargic so that was a good thing.
After such a cool wet spring, our tomatoes are just now coming in full force, and we’re hoping to eat them all before the first frost.
I’ve also been doing a little sewing, notice I said, ‘little.’ I’m not in the sewing groove yet, but I wanted a small bag to carry my phone and a couple of things in on this Great Bay walk we’re doing so I looked through my options on Pinterest. I found the size I wanted and decided to just make one without a pattern. Then because I live in jeans, I took an old pair of capris and cut them up to use for fabric. It came out pretty good for being lightweight and walking in the pucker brush.
Hope you have a good second week in September whether you’re outside or inside, and remember the fall apple crop is coming in so stop by a local farm stand and pick some up. I stopped by Tecce Farm Stand in Durham last week and got a small bag of apples, and while I was there some cinnamon bread and blueberry crisp jumped into my bag as well. I’m happy to report, they were all delicious. I’ll be back there on Thursday for a refill. 🍎
Whew! You are busy! Love the bag you made from old jeans!
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It’s kind of funny isn’t it. I just needed something smallish to carry the essentials and my phone and that could traverse in the woods. It will work just fine for that. Repurpose – right. 🙂
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YOU not busy as a bee? You must think we don’t know you! I can’t even read about all you are doing (always) without reaching for the Geritol. Your photos are so beautiful! How I miss my zinnias! As I plan for next year’s garden, I’m going to be looking for every disgusting thing I can spray on plants to keep the rabbits at bay. And, speaking of bays, what a charming custom-carry you made for your Great Bay walk! I think you need to make another one to carry an emergency piece of pie. Apple now, of course.
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Too funny. Now, you can have another chuckle because I forgot last week I also made two little monogramed snack bags for a friend’s baby so he could carry his cheerios or whatever in them. Now, I’m thinking I need a redesign for a piece of pie. 🙂
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Monogrammed snack bags for a baby???? Only you! And, yes, one that is shaped like a piece of pie — with YOUR initials — should be your next project. How subtle it would be.
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Can’t you see it? I knock on your door, you answer, we have coffee and pie, and then I pull out my to-go-bag. Too funny. 🙂
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Yes! I can see it so clearly that I’m sitting here laughing out loud.
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Yes, you have been as busy as a bee. You must have been quite the Flash in your younger days. 😉 That bag is utterly adorable! And to think you made it from an old pair of capris. Finally, let’s hear it for jumping desserts!
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Yes, totally made from scraps and a zipper I found in a drawer. 🙂 Desserts just find my cart what can I say. 🙂
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Tee-hee! Same here with desserts.
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Sounds like you’re BUSIER than a bee! 🐝🐝🐝
Good idea to repurpose the capris to make the little bag. I have a feeling it will become an item you will use over and over.
Yikes! Good thing you have the truck to transport all those daylilies to SOMEPLACE ELSE!
Flowers are just beautiful, but especially the bee.
Have a great week.
🐾Ginger 🐾
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I’m back from delivering those plants, and the truck bed has been swept and the inside put back together. 141 pots of anything is a lot even in a truck. 🙂 Glad they’re delivered, and I can check that one off my list. Happy Monday, Ginger.
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That’s a lot of gumption to move that amount of dirty pots. Bravo to you!
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Nicee… :)👍
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Beautiful flowers. Great repurposing of jeans—looks nice and ever so practical. Enjoy your week.
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The Mexican Sunflowers were from a MG project I work on, and the zinnias were from a farm stand cutting garden. I could have stayed there all day watching the bees and the butterflies. 🙂
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You do more in a week than I manage in a good month! You inspire as does your photo of flower with bee. So cool. Oh to be a bee…
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The bees seem to be so happy that they just aren’t bothered by a human and a camera so it has been fun trying to get a decent shot. I’m one of those folks that is happier being busy. Everyone has their own happy zone. 🙂
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Lovely blooms still! And a great piece of needlework!
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Hope you are both well and having nice fall weather. It has been very ‘NH like’ weather here the past week. 🙂
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We are both “ok”, and heading out on a NE cruise next week that includes Halifax, NS, where we will rent a car to visit Marian’s sister in our 8h in port. We’ve had nice fall-like days here, and I am busy reminding myself to water the shrubs well this fall in the hope they will get through the winter better than last year!
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Your cruise sounds wonderful, and I hope you have a lovely visit with family. You bring up a very critical point about water shrubs. I’m still seeing lots of dead shrubs and trees up here that I guess people don’t have the tools, skills, or resources to remove.
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The bees and flowers are just lovely! You have been busy! I like your little pouch. Did you put a zipper on top to keep your phone and keys secure? It has more pockets than my expensive little pouch!
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If you could have been here while I was doing this you would have really had a laugh. I put the zipper in the front, then attached a pocket and decided I’d cut off one of the belt loops to keep the pocket closed because that is where I’m going to put my phone. Then I decided to cut one of the back pockets off the pants and put it on the back of the pouch. Then I decided I should line it which I did and was able to surge it so I didn’t spend time finishing the seams. I pieced the fabric to make the straps but kept the bottom part that had the hem and yellow thread. It really was pretty funny, but I think it will be fine when I don’t want to carry a regular purse like tomorrow at Great Bay. 🙂
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I hope it works perfectly! I would not have been laughing I’m sure. I’ve told you how bad I am at sewing. I would have ripped out stitches and sewn it backwards a time or two before getting it right.
I suspect you’re pretty good at it even sans a pattern! Let me know how it works out please!
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Love your handy little purse thingie! – especially how it incorporates the ready made pocket detail!
My thoughts about your energetic activity are often the exact ones of “Oddment” – I’m tired just reading what you zip through the day doing! And on top of it all, there’s your community and charitable contributions as well. A life well lived!
Also, over the past week, seeing the storm activity, I thought of you and wondered if your winter oasis was affected by Dorian? I hope not. A fellow grandma posted a meme this AM about how, in the midst of world chaos, we should just focus on what’s in front of us instead of taking on the whole planet, worrying. I think you’re a fine example of that – and for your readers, coming here to admire and relax, chuckle once in awhile, and soak in the peace and beauty of abundant bumbling bees (both human and insect!) are moments well spent in that pursuit!
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You are too nice. I totally agree with the fellow grandma’s theory on focusing on each day. Each day is a gift, and we get to choose – troll the net for people railing about something or be part of the blogging community, putter in our gardens, create artwork for our grandkids, quilt, read, play music, eat dessert, and anything else that makes us happy. Yes, we need to be informed, and we need to vote, but, my psyche can’t stand the constant roar. So, hang tough and don’t let anything get in the way of enjoying those beautiful and handsome grandkids. May you and the grands continue to rock the fun learning scale. 🙂
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I forgot to say that I’m happy to report that Dorian didn’t damage the immediate area where we spend the winter in SC. Thank you very much, Dorian, for missing it. 🙂
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Wow, you are busy, Judy. We have been finding bees on the remaining blossoms. It is always good to see them. I’m impressed with your phone pouch. I bet you get asked where you got it.
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Your Rose of Sharon probably calls to them. My Rose of Sharon had one, and only one, bloom this year. Yours certainly outdid mine. 🙂
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We’ve had years like that. This year, they were (still are) going crazy.
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Judy, I’m impressed that you added a zipper. I have made those before (same reason), but I take the easy way out and make a fold over top with a Velcro snap. Love the busy bee photos.
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Velcro works good too. I had seen a post on a different way to put in a zipper so I thought I’d try that while working on it. I was able to add in a little learning with a little creativity. 🙂
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You made a great job of the purse. Very impressive indeed. 👏🏻
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Thank you. 🙂
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You do like to keep your hands full! I imagine you happily buzzing about with all your various projects. Well done!
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I do inside and outside stuff, while you are out and about conquering mountains and rivers. 🙂
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Yes, but eventually I have to return home and a quick look around suggests that I should have invested more effort here 😉
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Clever you, Judy, that repurposed bag looks great. You could sell them on Etsy. 🙂
Fall is almost as busy in the garden as spring. Trying to get a jump on next year is probably futile, but I try anyway. 😉
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I try too. I know a lot of folks prefer to clean up perennial beds in the spring, but I do all I can in the fall so I can do other stuff in the spring. Plus, when you live where we do, everything is buried under the snow and doesn’t do much for birds anyway. 🙂
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Sounds to me you need a rest. Too bad you can’t come to MI next week.
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I can assure you of one thing – I’ll be there in spirit because if we were’t going to be in the northwest, I’d be there with bells on. I hope you all have a great lunch, and I’ll be looking forward to photos. 🙂
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What a busy time! You sure do get a lot done in a couple of weeks! It seems you have to work a lot harder in the garden than we do during the change of seasons. I love your little bag for your phone … hope you can get some apple pie in there for your walk! 😀🌞
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I think our challenge is the snow. Everything has to be put away because of snow removal equipment, and then the plants themselves have to be readied for 3-7′ of snow on them for 1-3 months. I’ll be looking for that pie today. 🙂
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I may be demoralized, but I am really yearning for another orchid. I can’t seem to do much with the outside. It has a life of its own. But inside, I can do more and at least I have some control. And soon, the birds and (horrors) the squirrels will return. My favorite comment of last season was someone who said “Oh, look! You have a bird in your squirrel feeder!”
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Garden where it makes you happy – inside or outside. 🙂 I thought of you all summer because I had good luck this year with my hanging planters that I did with tiny fuchsia plants. For some reason, this year they were beautiful. Now, that is a funny comment.
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You are very clever to stitch that cute little bag from a pair of jeans.
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It was kind of fun. I wanted demin fabric and just thought why not. 🙂
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I really like that little bag that you made.
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Thank you. I wore it today, and it worked well. 🙂
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I love apple season–we had Lodi and Pristines already and one of the orchards already has their own HoneyCrisp. And then there are those beloved cider donuts . . . . I am very impressed with your small purse!
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I’ve been hanging around you too long. 🙂
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Love that bag! Super cute and re-purposed – it doesn’t get better than that.
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Thanks, and it worked well today. 🙂
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Awesome.
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The bees are still busy around here as well. I could really use a pruning workshop – was it helpful? I will look for one.
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Good instructor, nice folks, and terrific conversations for an hour and a half. We discussed pruning per the plant/shrub/tree or pruning to your garden design, and where to make the cut for either choice. I came away with the thought that you prune as you want if you make good cuts at the right time of year. They’re having another one in March, but I won’t be here. I did take my handy dandy battery operated Craftsman saw, and I was told to ‘start my engine’ several times. 🙂
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You are so busy and get so much doe. I will tell you something funny…for a good while now I have disliked jean purses, and all of a sudden, I am wanting to make one for myself. I would sort of like to make one like you did…for my cell phone and not much else. But I also wouldn’t mind a bigger purse. No matter where I look I cannot find a purse I really like. I always just make do.
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I don’t like changing purses all the time so I stick with one until it’s time to move on. This little purse works well with my wallet, a couple of things, and my phone. I’m thinking about sewing the button on the loop and then putting velcro to close it. Buttoning and unbuttoning to get the phone is kind of annoying. I always sew a metal ring in the lining so I can hook my car keys to it. It keeps me from leaving or losing them. 🙂
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Sweet little bag 🙂 Super cute, resourceful, practical — ticks all the boxes.
Gorgeous flowers!
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