Logan posing for me so I could take a picture of the berries we collected.
And then, instead of eating one by one... he decided to shove the whole handful in his mouth. True toddler style. :) I am a whole food cooking, swing pushing, boo-boo kissing, paper crafting, breastfeeding, photo taking, homeschooling, creative sewing, attachment parenting, woodworking, guitar playing, gardening, constantly reading, artistic and lovely full time, granola lovin', budding locavore mama to my three sweetlings, Alex (7/20/96), Cyan (7/13/01), and baby Logan (1/22/07).
Logan posing for me so I could take a picture of the berries we collected.
And then, instead of eating one by one... he decided to shove the whole handful in his mouth. True toddler style. :)
I harvested lavender this morning. I cannot even tell you how wonderful my diningroom smells right now!

I folded that part around until I had a circle or oval, and traced the bottom of it on to the cereal box... and that was the lid and bottom of the box.
And here is the one I pictured up top. I really love how it turned out.
I also found that it has a wonderfully sweet garlic flavor that makes AMAZING guacamole!
Here is the recipe I used today:
Guacamole with Garlic Scapes
4 large avocados
6 garlic scapes
2 small tomatoes
handful cilantro leaves
2 Tbs lime juice
3 slices large sweet onion
Add all but avocados in food processor or blender and process for about 1 minute. Mash avocados in a bowl and pour in the puree. Mix well and salt to taste. It was amazingly delicious. I may make some scape puree to save for other guacamole days.
Then I got to come inside to this:
This nature table, complete with a birds nest I found on the ground, a bees hive that was in our back yard, and with my kids newest crafty addiction: Needle felting!
This sunbathing sweetheart.
This sunbathing beauty!
New plants for the front of the house.
Pictures, hung securely to our walls. Our walls. :)
The best garage sale find EVER! ($5!!)
My newly re-found electric pencil sharpener. Oh how I love thee.
It is beautiful! But certainly not blue. lol! I am excited though, as it looks to have stayed really healthy. Never having flowers before I totally thought I would kill it dead. But it is healthy and beautiful and has two more blooms on the way!
I need to pick up a couple books on caring for roses from the library to learn about what they need. I hear coffee grounds are good. As is Epsom Salts. Anyone have any good organic rose gardening tips? And what about the yellow wilty leaves? I have a lot of those on the other rose bushes (not this one yet, thankfully)... does anyone have a good cure for those? If they were veggie plants, I would say they need better soil and more nutrients. Am I on the right track?