In the Wild ..Next Weeks Adventure

Next week for 4 days  I will be attending Rootstalk in Salem Oregon. I have been planning this trip for months.  Four  of  my Klamath Falls Charming Chick friends are also attending.   A few days of Fun and Life Inspiration and Celebration. 

Tent Camping and meeting new people. 

 Browsing the  wares of vendors at the Crafter's Bazaar, Organic food, Botanical Illustration. Many classes and workshops to attend and  Live music in the forest. I am sure It will be an event to remember!  I will be taking lots  of pictures to share when I return, ( maybe I will see some of you there.)

Let the canning season begin

Well here  was my first preserving of Dilly beans. Only 5 pints  ready but I am sure more will be calling to be put up  this week. I planted heirloom tomatoes this year and I have been eating them as they ripen. They are so much better tasting than others I have planted. Basil is ready to be made into pesto too. The hens were out in the yard today feasting on  yard bugs & grubs. They are all laying now and I am getting 3-4 eggs a day. They are such good girls..So I let them out into the yard for an afternoon treat.

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Sunset on Wickiup Reservoir

Back from a wonderful  few days at Wickiup Reservoir again. Spent a few days with friends and family. This was one of the gorgeous sunsets we were able to capture. Pretty huh? The water was so still not a ripple and weather couldn't have been better. I took other pictures but cannot get them from my husbands  folder to mine to post. So enjoy this one and Perhaps later I can figure out a way to post more here.

Camping trip this week

 Going back to sit in this same spot next Thursday.. It was gorgeous and no mosquitoes, no rain, no wind. Perfect temperature.. We will take the boat  this time and do some fishing. We are finally able to enjoy our summer..  This is our home away from home.. We are dry camping here.. That means no public facilities as in no running water or electricity..no toilet, no developed campsite. With our camper we bring everything with us. We did have a big campfire pit and sat around it every evening roasting marshmallows...Yes, Camping life is good.........

New clubs, ready to go...

 I did it.. After not having a club in my hand  for 6 years I made the decision to take it up again.. I used to play with my sisters and enjoyed it so much. When we moved to Arizona. I was working full time and had no free time to enjoy this activity. Yesterday My husband & I went to  the driving range and I actually did quite well I thought.. I did not want to  buy a used  set and I saw a sale on them at Big 5 Sporting ending today. I found these to fit the bill so now I have a new bag in a pretty purple color, shiny new clubs  and I'm ready to go to the the course.. We may go play tomorrow but for sure today it's back to test  these babies out. (I can return them if they are not perfect for me...) Of  course I  will need to be totally outfitted with shoes, and proper "Golf attire" once I get my swing back and yes, take a few  refresher lessons.... Well, a girl must  dress in style right?

Meanwhile, back at the "ranch" the new hens have been at it steadily. These first ones are small but they soon will grade as AA large.. It is good to be able to enjoy fresh eggs for breakfast again.. 

Now there is room...

I now have a nice clean craft room where I can work without moving "stuff" out of my way.. How It got so messy so quickly is beyond me.. (well not really  because i was stashing everything  in there and not using it for a while) But now I have plenty of room to bead. I added a table just perfect for the project at hand. My bead supply is growing and I am sure I need to make another trip to the bead store soon.. I am addicted for sure. I have three cases of bead jars full and a few more in tubes, along with wire, needles, patterns and crimping tools..I managed to put away my "other " crafts in the cabinet and when I need  to drag out those items they are easily accessed. In the mean time.. A beading  project takes priority. It sure is nice to have a quiet place  to work and it  only took me 3 hours to get everything organized and re arranged.. I did leave my ironing board up and sewing machine available just in case I need those..

Today was a lazy Sunday and after making two trips to the hen house I found two beautiful eggs. Thanks to Aster, Marigold, Rose, Lily or Daisy.. not sure who produced these  yummy  jewels.. but Happy they did..
( Did I tell you I named the girls after flowers?) I am sure the egg production will be increasing any day...looking forward to getting 4-5 a day soon.

Squawking " Where is my nest?"

Squawk, Squawk, Mad at me.. I removed the old roost, the old nest boxes and replaced them in "Farmgirl Style"
While I was busy doing the major job, the 4 other hens were happy eating bugs in the garden. We opened it up to them and they love being out again, running to & from their coop. She finally settled down and found her new nest now draped in a cozy  quilt hung for "privacy". ( I used an old  carrying cage for the  nest room, it's bigger and easy access.)

I wonder how long before the other 3 sisters start laying. We are ready with One nest room.. They seem to only  use one so that's what they now have.

Last two picture are the size comparison with the older hens egg... also in the nest with golf balls...Stay tuned for  egg count...today  2

Gift for my friend Leila

I completed my first necklace while in Washington. Thanks to my sister and friend who helped me.  I will tell you it has already been given as a gift to my dear friend Leila. ( She  picked out the beads and "loved them")  I made the aqua Russian Spiral bracelet for her too.that I posted earlier....so I went back to the bead store and bought them, after she went home and  then added the copper beads and clasp. I hope she likes the finished necklace.  She will be surprised for sure. I have  must  get it in the mail today.
It was fun to do and I will  be doing more.. I am finding this to be a very relaxing hobby and will be spending more time in bead stores. I did get to go to the "Ship Wreck" Bead Store in Lacey Washington. OMG! what a store..I have never seen so many beads in one place. Good thing I do not live closer.. ( I do however have their catalog access!)

It started with just one....

My sister fromArizona came to visit and brought with her a few of her latest creations. I Loved them and she  talked me into trying my hand at beading my own.  After finding a couple Bead stores here in Klamath Falls,
We gathered a few beads and needles and thread.. Well as you can see  a few turned into a LOT of glass seed beads.. and now I am hooked. I know where my extra pennies are going to be spent...

  The aqua one on the left is one she made and I made the lavendar one . Also the smaller Russian Spiral purple. * this was my first project*  Shown  by itself also...Now I have completed an aqua Spiral and a rust & gold one. I need to have her show me again how to connect the clasps... I will see her this next week when I go to Washington to my Moms house. Clay will be crabbing with a friend  while we entertain ourselves at beading..  The last picture is of the Bracelet I want to make next..  My Arthritis or carpel tunel in my wrist has flared a bit so I have taken a few days off... hopefully I will be able to make another  this week... I am Hooked!

I have had requests to make some to sell and if my hands will allow it. I will try to accommodate those requests.  Don't you think they are pretty? Now I must stay away from the bead store for awhile.. I plan to go to a great bead store in Washington on my way to mom's called "Shipwreck Beads."  Oh!  my husband is gonna love hearing this.....  Well, I need some more clasps & a few different  shaped beads to do the next project....  Stay tuned... for how that turns out..

Bartender proper...

I stopped in at the Goodwill this morning.. just to browse... I spotted this cool bar tool set  combo-ice bucket made of stainless steel.. I have always made do when entertaining guests who drink socially ( like me) and those non- alcohol sippers as well, Now I can mix drinks properly and feel like a cocktail bartender... It was a steal for $8 bucks. Thinking I have a cocktail guide  recipe book in my cookbook shelf somewhere and with dinner guests company coming again this weekend , I think I should start preparing the bar... Cheers!

A morning walk and flowers too...

I must share with you blogger friends & followers, Yesterday, I  met  the sweetest gal . Mary Carroll some may know her as her  blog "biblioblog,"( she is one of the blogs I follow &  you can access her blog through my side bar.). She  lives close to me and we had never met, we have  been following each others blogs for awhile now...Blogging  bring opportunity to meet  new friends. We never know who we will meet from blogging do we... How great is that?

I had to stop along a walk this morning along  our country roadside to pick these wildflowers. Aren't they beautiful? I added a bunch of white tea roses that grow in my front drive way. A perfect bouquet for my living room table.

The second bouquet is of roses I planted a couple years ago and they faithfully have survived yet another year.. The pink one is a Lady Princess Diana, my favorite and the yellow ones are a climber and a surprise as I wasn't sure when I bought it what color would appear.  A few stalks of lavender finish the vase. Lavender grows very well  in my flower bed and I do love it as well.