Sner Emowgency
by dmm
Yesterday was the first big snow of the season - a snow emergency was declared, plows were roaming the streets, and it was a great day to stay home and hide.


First, of course, we had to shovel our walk. But then we stayed inside, baked, cooked, and played games all day.





Thankful
by marymary
We’re thankful that yesterday we helped folks carve turkey and contributed to conversation and laughter.

At the House of Roses, we roasted (rose-ted?) turkey

made stuffing



made gravy (!!)


and ate.

Lentil Bean card
by dmm
As a Valentine’s gift for marymary, I designed a fake “Lentil Bean” card for the game Bohnanza.
Gaming, Gifts, Graphics | Comment (0)Turning two 8×8 chessboards into a 10×10
by dmm

I haven’t actually created a physical one yet but I figured out how to nicely cut two 8×8 chessboards into a 10×10 one, conserving the center fold and the borders.
Garden Again
by marymary
The garden has grown so much since I took those pictures (and posted them late) that I had to take more.
We’re having a rainy Fourth of July but the asagao are loving it. See how tall they are!

Here they are down in the cluster:

And here’s another gratuitous picture, close-up:
The carrots are happy. Here they are with two peppers (I mistakenly planted another Thai hot when I meant to plant 2 Fish Peppers):

Here are some more detailed shots of the bell peppers:
The flying tomato has blossoms:
Here’s the bean pot:

and here is the watermelon trying to grow in it:
Lastly, the lantana trying to recover from the week or so of hail and thunderstorms we’ve had: