Emerson Garden

The first zucchini of the season!

As the story goes, at the end of summer last year, Scott realized that I enjoyed gardening far more than he did, and offered to lease me his garden spot for $1 per year. Truth be told, I would have paid much more money for the opportunity to play in the dirt (but don't tell him). The garden sits on the south side of his Sugarhouse bungalow, raised 2 foot with landscape timbers.  It measures 25 x 10 foot and comes with the companionship of Lola, a very friendly Springer Spaniel. 

I planted herbs: anise, chocolate mint, basal, and a plant the nurseryman identified as curry which smells good as a potpourri but is inedible.  I planted vegetables: pumpkins, kale, radish, tomato, and zucchini.  And to tie everything together I planted a wide variety of flowers: african daisies, columbine, echinacea, sunflowers, sweet william, marigolds, calla lilys, and some alyssum.

As with all gardens, the view in the early morning hours as the plants struggle to find the days sunlight is amazing; here is a look at the garden today and while I am very proud of the view from the back porch, I am already looking forward to removing, rearranging, and reconsidering this years plant choices in next years plantings.

Dirty Girl Run

In what appears to be the first official weekend of summer, 4th of July weekend, Vanasa and I started our summer (weekend) with the Dirty Girl Run at Wheeler Farm. We met for a donut breakfast at Scott's house then drove Sam 'topless' to the event.  We drew the third heat which meant we were able to sleep in, but as our heat began at 10:30 were were certainly feeling the effects of a very warm Utah morning.

The events obstacle courses included a section of hay bales, a section of tires, a vertical climbing wall, military style nets to crawl under and large construction pipes to hurdle and walk through.  The late spring run off through the farm provided plenty of opportunities to walk through very frigid streams and while the entire course was four miles, bottlenecks in several areas and other hazards made it difficult to maintain a runners pace for any length of time.  This all woman event is geared to having fun with friends and not so much working out.  Yes Vanasa, I had fun! Thanks for inviting me.





My Next Quilt

While visiting some of the best quilt shops in Salt Lake last week at the annual Shop Hop I stumbled upon a line of fabrics by Lily & Will by Moda available in either pastel yellow, pastel blue, or pastel green and chocolate brown.
The quilt shop displayed a log cabin inspired quilt set with a solid cream center square and two row of logs varying from fabrics within the line.  The blocks were set with solid cream sashing and brown cornerstones.  It was important that I took note of every detail of this quilt while I was in the store since I decided not to spend the $8 for the pattern - I reasoned that if is was to use the quilt as inspiration (rather than a template) I would have final project that was my own rather than a copy of work done by someone else.
I enjoy sewing in the summer as endless sunlight bathes my sewing room with natural light, with quiet music in the background, I feel a peace.

MISSING: ONE ROOMMATE!

After spending I don't know how many days roommate-less, I am now down to 48 days and a wake-up until I will be sharing my apartment once again....here are some of the reason why I am anxious to have my roommate back from Georgia:

- Season Two, Episode Three of 24
- Grape Powerade Zero on sale 2 for $1, four cases would be a killer deal but would take me 48 trips from the car to the apartment
- And did I mention I am out of propane?
- I only cook for one so I never have leftovers.
- Road trips, and bike trips and plane trips....at the spur of the moment
- Theological analysis of life's mysteries
- A house full of young men I do not know, all hungry and sprawled out on the couch

Nicolas, come home soon...I miss you

S C R A B B L E

A shout out to all of my Facebook friends with a word of apology for the posts I am sending concerning my new obsession.....Facebook Scrabble! It started innocently enough as all addictions do, I was looking for a free version of Scrabble to download to my Kindle and while on Google I came across the Facebook edition and had to give it a try.

I clicked on 'create a game' and chose 'public' and was hooked up with Lisa C who's second word 'juntos' was placed across the triple letter and double word squares essentially shutting me out of the game.  I would forfeit but I have my pride to consider. (juntos: pertaining to a small group)

The second game was played privately with an employee I was working with.  I added her as a Facebook friend then created a game called 'worktime' and away we went.  The game lasted over three hours as she and I took turns logging into our Facebook accounts and adding words between work assignments.

I am also in a public game with Jhoy, Kenan, and Kellie and two private games with family members.

BTW: if you have a frowny face because I have not yet invited you to play Scrabble online, just download the Facebook Scrabble APP, create a private game, and invite me.