Fruits of No Labor

Another day went by that I was not in the garden, but instead I was having cocktails with my friends after work. It really interfered with my work-out too, sorry Gee! But we did enjoy spaghetti squash for dinner, leftover beans & zucchini, salad and Gnocchi. ‘Twas my first time trying gnocchi and a challenge for me to cook because I am not so good boiling water… yes, it’s true and I am not exaggerating.

Our guests are staying a week so that Polkah-Dot can have surgery. I suggested it because first and far most important the Ark Animal Hospital is awesome, and they absolutely love what they do. Second, veterinary service in our neck of the woods is actually affordable (not cheap). Piper & Michael gifted me a bread book they picked up in town, which is good timing since my last batch of bread was a less than wonderful.

Piper & Michael played some of her original songs while I worked. It's always a joy to have them visit.

I picked some lovely clover (without bees) while taking a short walk with My Guy* and stuck them in a “Rock Pot” that I use to sell in 2006, and I've not really made any since then. Every house that has a child and dandelions in their yard should have one. It should be a staple like flour and butter! I sold them for cheap, cheap, cheap.

This particular one has My Guy’s* name stamped into it.
I pick wild flowers and rocks for My Guy*. If you look at any nook-n-cranny around my house where I sit for long hours (office, kitchen, etc…) I have either piles of rocks or some of my reject bowls filled with rocks that I gathered while walking around the property. I was talking to my mom a couple weeks ago about my rock gathering problem, and it seems it started as soon as I could walk, and seems to have never ended… maybe I should have been a geologist?

The barn wood shadow boxes are made by Tiffany, a local artist & art teacher.

another sunny day

A hodge-podge picture so you can see the entire scene I had from the house stoop. We have not lost a chicken this week, and so I am very happy. I am currently working on the deck... it's just too nice not to! Thank God for wireless!


Monday we had a couple guests arrive, Piper, Michael & Polkah-Dot. They are working the We Fest and Polkah is staying on the farm for her own little vacation.


They could not have come at a better time! I was getting prepared for a Paint Your Own Pottery gig with Family Campers at Northern Pines Resort and had 39 painters scheduled. Oh man, the fun, frantic, festivities ensued without a hitch thanks to my super-artist-friend helpers.


So after such a busy day I used my $10 off Coupon at Beagle Books and picked up Skinny Bitch. Read 1/2 of it, nothing new there that I haven't read anywhere else. It's all just stated with such extreemely rude language that it's hard to get into it. Once I got past that, they are funny ladies.

I spent a little time teaching myself a silly song on the guitar so I can play it for My Man* while camping.

And for the next 3 days we'll be glaze firing 44 pieces of pottery.

Anyhow, it's another sunny and warm day in Minnesota... the kind that makes you wish you didn't have a job, just a good pair of sunglasses, a camera, a big floppy hat and a blanket spread on the grass... with a good book.