Happy Homebody Monday #10 Baking a pie & Simple Joy

Happy Homebody Monday!

As I am writing this, it's raining which is fine because my rain barrel is out of water, we've been watering every day as the potted plants dry out so fast, I've planted seeds in there and it is a slow go.

But it feels like fall, which isn't necessarily a bad thing since it is my favorite time time of year.

I made a homemade chocolate meringue pie for my husband, he has been out of town this weekend and it will be a nice surprise. 

I found a recipe where you use a cast iron skillet to make the pudding, you could of course and I have just used a pot, but thought how wonderfully fun it would be to make it my cast iron skillet, it came out fine, and tastes good too. The recipe called to bake the meringue for 8 min at 350, which works out better for me as under the broiler it tends to burn.

Find out more about making this pudding filling in cast iron

Here

I went out to water last night, and met up with

Rosebud as she is affectionately known, they are all Rosebuds. Laying there near the Honeysuckle.

What I didn't know is that she ate all the flower buds off the beautiful scarlet geranium....she got me twice on this. I've moved the plant. But help yourself to some Honeysuckle Rosie there is plenty.

My soul enjoys simple joys

Happy Homebody Monday #9 Crafting

 Howdee Happy Homebody!

I'm not sure if I live north or south of the Equator these days. It is more fall like where I live, but today is June 1st. The rainfall has filled up the rain barrel and will provide many waterings of healthy rainwater to the garden plants when/if it heats up a bit. 

Yesterday we wanted to work in the yard, it was only in the 40's and windy, but dry. We opted for a ride to Amish country. With the weather and it being Saturday we figured there may be less crowds & traffic. It wasn't to bad at all. We didn't do our usual routine of getting bulk goods and the antique store, but rather went a little shop which carries fabric, felt and stitching kits. We went to lunch and enjoyed watching all the farm critters along the way. 

I've mentioned a few times here that I'm enamored with the penny rugs, and it might be something I would like to do more of, so I picked up a small kit to work on. I'm in between projects at the moment, as I did finish the filet crochet wall hanging. I've got some yarn ordered for a project which is going to challenge me a bit.

Here is the kit I purchased

I also brought this home with me. I do love me some Crinoline Ladies. 

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I'm not sure how this will be displayed, I'm considering a hoop. She is a lovely crinoline lady appliqued on to fabric, and hand stitched. 

Sun is out today so far, less windy and will be about 65 degrees, so the project in the yard will get done. It won't take long. I've pulled out my long ago made "flower bed"

 I made this many years ago out of a small pallet, somebody was tossing it out, I was taking my son to school (elementary), he is now 29 so we've had this little bed for a while. 

We added the fence post at the ends & sides. 

The project for today outside in the sunshine 

Because the flower bed is on the grass and I'm keeping potted plants (flowers) in there, ( well they will be flowers if the seeds germinate, have sunshine and warmth), my husband is going to put a ground cover and some rocks to keep the grass from growing in so we don't have to move it mow the grass. 

Thank you for stopping in!

Herbs they bring Joy!

Howdee!

Gardening & planting going on here slowly as we inch toward summer & growing season.

In today's mail I got herbal happy package, FedEx.

Mexican Oregano

I did include this is a previous posting

Mexican Oregano

A very nice smelling aroma on the plant, it arrived very healthy and packaged very nice with extreme care. 

I'll be planting this in the next few days or so as the temperatures rise to a more advantageous range for plants and growing.

~The Joy is in the making~ 

 

The Bread tray finale

Hello Happy Homebuddies!

A brief posting about the Filet Crochet Bread Project.

I'm calling if finished from beginning to end! Very happy with the results, but what I wanted to show is how I decided to display it. 

This is the tray which I ordered from Ebay, I took a picture of it, but it kept coming out blurry?

It is made of wood and rattan. A very nice vintage piece.

Filet Crochet Bread Tray Post

I did re do the scallop edge to make it less ruffly an bulky. It is a little less so, it needs a pressing not to stretch the fabric, but to tamp it down some.

This will be for display and not functional. 

~ The joy is in the making~