WHY???????????????

DUDE. DO NOT EAT APPLESAUCE IN THE BATHROOM. SERIOUSLY.

January Block of the Month

Four of these five blocks are for the block of the month trap. I finished the big one at the last minute, as per usual. The star is something else I'm working on. I am not sure how these colors are going to go together. This is supposed to be a 30's inspired quilt. We'll see how it turns out.

January Block of the Month

This is What I have to Put up With

Baby monkey - Why did Tigger look in the toilet.
Me - Why
Baby monkey - He was looking for Pooh

Help me. Somebody please come save me.

Look up at the top picture, the cardoon came back. Look down at the lower picture, the minnow daffodil bloomed.

Rainwater Harvesting.

Spent the morning with my MG group. We had a lively meeting and a great educational program. We have a rainwater harvesting demonstration at the Xeric Garden in Forney, Tx. Our president showed us the ins and outs of installing, using, and maintaining a 550 gallon tank. It is fed from the guttering of the building. It has a bypass that takes the first run off of a rain and puts it into another tube essentially washing out the leaves and such. This keeps gunk out of the tank. Only one half an inch of rain will fill our tank. The water is distributed by gavity feed with a hose attached. There is also a pump that creates water pressure. This eventually will feed soaker hoses or drip irrigation. As bad as the drought was two years ago, we are all looking for ways to be better stewards of our water. I still need to take a picture of Nancy's hillbilly rainwater collection system.

Blotanicals

Okay. I joined this group today and it is fun. Really interesting blogs. I even found one with great music.