My daughter has been back to school for two weeks now, and the routine is starting to come together. She's taking some kick-ass classes I wish I could have taken when I was her age (digital art and animation? Yeah, our computers were all tied into a single console unit that was the size of a classroom; that didn't happen.) I'm rather jealous.
The garden has produced its first pickle-sized cuke (I planted them really, really late) with many more on the way, and the ginormous tomatoes are finally starting to get some color. I am a bit bummed that more of the blossoms didn't set with fruit... all those damn bees getting into my house, and a couple of them can't wander over to the garden and help with pollination? Arg.
I spent last Thursday and Friday making jam... one batch strawberry-rhubarb, and one batch peach-apple. Had a bit of trouble with the peach setting up... the apples did NOT help with fruit pectin in the least. Had to process the batch twice. Fortunately I am using my new Tattler reusable canning lids, so it wasn't a costly problem. I only had to replace the non-reusable lids on the two jars I'm planning on giving as gifts.
I also managed to completely goober up my tea towels with sticky jam stuff. Here's hoping they wash out.
One new piece went up on RedBubble, and fifteen fabric designs went "live" on Spoonflower. Check em out if you like.
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