Pour myself

A cup of ambition…….. in honor of Dolly

Off the needles

 

Like I said I just love pastels a cotton and bamboo blend called Illusion from Lang Yarns. The pattern is After the Rain that I have knit several times. And it goes in the washer and the dryer!!  Our days are cooling a little here. —Ann—

I just love pastels

 

I was searching the boxes for activities for five year olds since we were spending a few weeks with the twins one week at a time and I found a doll bed that my cousin had given to me when her daughter outgrew it for my daughter. I had forgotten all about it, my cousin has a granddaughter the right age for it…..so sew make a new doll quilt and send it back to her along with the mattress and sheet. Most of the parts were cut and waiting  I just love pastels especially pinks and yellows together. —Ann—

Licking the bowl

 

 

 

 

Grandma duty this week yippee!! We made freezer jam with fresh raspberries from the local you pick.  The berries were few and far between but I persevered and picked enough for one recipe of jam. (The berries were thick on the canes just not ripe another week or two…..)  They helped wash the berries and crushed the berries and measured the sugar the added the sugar and stirred and stirred.  Wait 10 minutes for the sugar to dissolve add the pectin and lemon juice and stir for 3 minutes then into the container and lick the bowl. Just that slick.  I have been using the recipe in the pectin box forever and I do mean forever.  It was my first 4-H demonstration when I was 9 but back then it was powdered pectin and had to be cooked for a minute or two but still super easy.  —Ann—