Wednesday

The Gerber daisy in tonight's photo is absolutely beautifu at the moment. It has been in our garden for many years and i think it comes back more beautiful each year. Look at all the blooms at the moment and if you look closely, you will see that there are more buds to open. Each day I find new things blooming. There is a niggling in the back of my mind that I "should" spend some time weeding...but all it is a niggling as I just don't see me doing much weeding at the moment. This week I have the "excuse" that I need any extra time, I "should" be preparing the Sunday School lesson...or the "excuse" that I really don't need to tempt my allergies as it is a high pollen time of the year. Anyway, the excuses have won out and no weeding so far for me. My other excuse is that weeds are so low down...if you get where I am going (or not going) with that excuse! I worked a little more of Sunday's lesson...the outline is "on paper" (in the app on my iPad) and I have started filling in some details that I want to share...still a ways to go...but it is started. I did make on of my Mother's recipes that I love and that Cheryl dislikes. It is one of my favoite things to make with left-over ham...Scalloped Ham. It is ham, hard-cooked eggs, white sauce, and bread crumbs. Cheryl is not fond of dishes using white sauce or that things are really thick (like Mother's pea soup...again, I loved Mother's pea soup...and her's fit the saying of "as thick as pea soup." I wonder about me liking things with white sauce...white sauce is one of the first things that I remember mother teaching me how to make...maybe that is why I like it...I remember learning to mkae it? I very much enjoyed my little casserole of Scalloped Ham. I was happy...and, Cheryl was happy that she wasn't here! I made an order the other day and it got here today...an iron an ironing board cover...fun purchase?!? I will say that I always like when I have a new ironing board cover...it will stay clean at least for a little while. This time I bought a dark colored cover...maybe it will look better longer? I haven't tried out my new toy, yet. I can't believe how many irons I have gone through over the years. The one that lasted the longest is the one we got for a wedding present. My more recent purchases of irons have been up to that quality! And, it makes no difference if I purchase a very expensive iron or the cheapest...they all last for too short of a time. I do use my irons more often than most, probably, because I sew. One of the rules of sewing that I have found very important is to press as you sew...makes for a much better final garment...words of sewing wisdom from my mother and others in the sewing world. I haven't tried the iron, yet. So far I have the ironing board cover on and I have the iron cord run through a guide that keeps it up and out of the way when pressing...but haven't gotten water in the iron or the iron plugged in. I had to leave for church a bit early tonight, as I worked on finishing the processing of two books so one of our patrons could check them out. I accomplished that task and then went in for tonight's Bible study. I came home, had supper, and am now settling in for a quiet evening with the TV and my stitching. I have stitched several more letters since yesterday...coming along with one of the other alphabets and moving on to complete the second page of the 16 pages for this sampler...long way to go, but it is coming along. I will probably stitch on this sampler for another couple of days and then go back to stitching on the Christmas ornament that I am in the middle of. To be continued! Be safe! Be well! Be cautious!