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Check it out — those little spindly green thing? They’re asparagus! And in only two more years, I will be able to have some. ;)

I decided to ignore Martha Stewart with all of her talk about ‘double digging’ and slowly filling in the hole. Instead I fully embraced these instructions. Now those are some instructions I can get behind!! When I read that, this is what I heard – dig a hole, toss ’em in and don’t bother with all the other stuff. Except super phosphate. Be sure to do that.

a close up

There is also a gardening mystery going on out there. I planted a few varieties of tomatoes. Look at what is growing amongst them. I just took one picture but they are everywhere!

what do you think?
my guess is cucumbers reseeded from the compost.

Ribbed Lace Bolero

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Lion Brand Cotton-Ease
2 skeins/414.0 yards

US 8 / 5.0 mm & US 10½ / 6.5 mm

Pattern: Ribbed Lace Bolero

Although it is D#2 in the pictures, this project was knit for my goddaughter Claire who is having a birthday this week. It is all boxed up and ready to go to the post office! Happy Birthday Claire!

This was a fun and quick project to knit. Which is a good thing for me because now the model wants one too. And possibly D#1 who was nearby during the little photo session and made appreciative comments.

I scream. You scream.

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we all scream for frozen yogurt?

It is that time of year. I have taken out my little Cuisinart ice cream maker. Do you remember my implusive ice cream adventure last year? It is all still true and if anything – more true! The Cuisinart is great and I didn’t realize at the time what a GREAT THING it is to have that extra freezer bowl. I highly recommend the extra bowl. I am going to a knitting BBQ today and offered to bring some frozen yogurt – the bowl needs to be fresh from the freezer to work and it holds 1 quart, so if you want to make a certain amount it is very nice indeed to have that extra bowl all ready to go.

and this recipe is still the absolute best.

Kopying Margene

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who am I

1. John Nowland, “first” white child born in Ann Arbor, at the 1898 Log Cabin in the Fairgrounds that became Burns Park, 2. icecream truck, 3. IMG_1438, 4. Children, 5. Ed Harris, 6. Fishin’ Remuz, 7. Scotland .!Thanks for the scenery……, 8. I.C.E – C.R.E.A.M, 9. a Very Mad Mother, 10. family day out, 11. Knitter, 12. corners

The rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

thanks Margene!