A Week of Eating Out!

Well since Mother’s Day it has been almost non-stop eating out – I got such a taste for the wonderful place we went to for Mother’s Day that I had to take my husband there (he was out of town and couldn’t make the family dinner).

It’s called Fork In The Road and it’s awesome…and very reasonable so anyone living within the area you really must go. So on Tuesday night we went!
http://www.foodspot.com/Clients/WI/Mukwonago/ForkInTheRoad/default.aspx?accid=19258

And then yesterday we went to
The Gingerbread House
for lunch and I WILL GO BACK!
http://gingerbreadfarmhouse.com/

I was told about this place by Ann from http://aholeinthebasketprimitives.blogspot.com/
and
http://1803ohiofarmbaskets.blogspot.com/

She was at my Home Show this past November and said I must go there…well it has taken me this long to finally get there…the one time we went, they were closed for the holidays…imagine! lol

We ate our lunch  in this cozy restored farmhouse in one of the little rooms all decked out with beautiful Spring flowers set in enamel Coffee Pots of all different sizes and colors for each table…how cute is that!
Each table is different as well – we sat at a huge wood antique off white farm table. It was a table for 6 but they put us there anyway – right next to the fireplace. The table next to us was a cute round bistro table with two of the most scrumptious Colonial upholstered chairs – they were perfect for dining and done in a dark gold and black mini check…oh to have those
in my house! yummmmm.
Here’s an example of the pots

The menu was wonderful…mostly sandwiches, salads and soups, and the desserts are – well, let’s just say you can’t resist any of them….and we didn’t….we split a ‘warm Blackberry Torte Cake….oh my goodness – that’s all I can say!

Well it has been raining here for the past few days and now I’m tired of it….the ground is wet enough for the plants and trees so NOW IT CAN STOP! Plus it’s so darned cold.

I don’t have much to say today so my post is a bunch of rambling
But I did want to say THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP FOR MY MYSTERY DRAWING….
I wish everyone could have been a winner – I know I’m a winner just by having so many wonderful friends and followers.

Hugs, Karen

This Graphic from Holly Berry Corners
 

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What Caught My Eye

From bees that build nests out of flower petals to some truly fine tips on taking better photos, there's a lot of spring activity in the cyber-garden.

I spent my weekend feeding peonies, thinning out oregano and weeding around my lavender bushes. It was chilly, so when I finished I came indoors and made some very nice lavender tea and started a new batch of lavender sugar. Everything is

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THE TIME HAS COME!!!!

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO MY MOTHER
She has been gone for many, many years (41 years)
but after reading Lisa’s
http://primsfromabove.blogspot.com/
post today I have this horrible missing going on inside me!
She is who made me who I am today

 

 

 

DRUM ROLL PLEASE…..

Yep, the time is here everyone….and I really took a lot of time getting the names on paper and cut them out and drew….

167 entries…
NOW THAT’S A LOT OF HOPEFULLS
Lots of crossed fingers and whatever else you could cross….lol
Well wait no longer….but first
here’s what the TWO winners will receive

A framed Old Glory
Black Crow Tandle
this is awesome and it’s in the Herb Cottage scent
smells like Spring and a Colonial Summer Kitchen
plus a fabric pouch with a Willow Tree and Sheep stitched on the front and stuffed with excelsior and a grubby candle

I hope you likeeeee!

Boy did we have some cold weather last night…
it got down to 34 degrees.
I went out to dinner last night with two of my sons/families to this wonderful restaurant in Mukwonago called
The Fork In The Road….
I just have to go there again…everything was wonderful!

Got to see all but my one son Dan/Jamie because they had prior commitments then when I got home I rounded up
all the old sheets and painters cloths to put over our plants – what a job at 8 pm!
It looked like a sheet factory exploded in my yard
and you saw how many gardens I have!

So this morning I’m out there rounding them all up – now they are damp so it’s in the washer with tons of sheets!

Oh my….I digressed didn’t I….I forgot to mention who won!
Guess it’s the devil coming out in me again.
Okay – I guess I’ll tell

Justina
http://pepercreekgatherings.blogspot.com/

Lynn
http://countryheartandroses.blogspot.com/

CONGRATULATIONS GIRLS….
I just e-mailed you that you won and so
I can get your mailing addresses.

Thank you one and all for being such wonderful followers and for posting such wonderful entertaining posts on your blogs.
Thanks you to my NEW followers…hope to see
you here again now and then.

Blogging has been a wonderful outlet for me.
Being a home based business I don’t get out much
(now is when you say awwwwww!)
what I mean to say is I’m always in the house sewing and don’t socialize as much as I really want to so having this outlet is wonderful…it keeps my brain working in a social sense

Hugs, Karen

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Herb Markers

It's remarkable how many folks end up visiting my blog because they're stumped for an easy (or more attractive) way to identify their herb plants.

Well, actually not so remarkable if you think about it. Many immature herbs lack a distinctive fragrance, and recognizing the difference between peppermint and chocolate mint can be a challenge.

Although my family can tell a parsley leaf from a clump

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Americana and something else

I was so busy last week creating and I had so much fun with it.
Remember the teasers from a couple posts
ago – well I have them finished.

Here is my favorite!
It’s Old Glory in black wood frame w/glass
and a perfectly grunged flag – Like it???

It sells for $18 plus traveling fees

I love this too..it’s my new hanging Tab Towel
that measures about 26 inches square and has either
a red or blue ticking tab hanger and sweet little patch
and all grunged up for hanging perfectly in any space

And they sell for $12 plus traveling fees

How about an Americana Ticking Towel
Love the little flag pocket filled with
wonderful smelling preserved Sweet Annie – gosh it’s fragrant!

This beauty sells for $12 plus traveling fees

Pocket Closeup
 

And, I have an over abundance of little candle paddles
They come in distressed Red, Black and Gold
and even have a tin candle cup
to hold any size taper or battery candle

They sell for $4.50 each plus traveling fees

Here’s how sweet they look in a setting

So what do you think??? Think they will sell?

Just maybe some of these
will be in that Mystery Package…
but you all gott a be good!!!!
Gosh I like to TEASE!

Karen

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Growing Marijuana (Grow Cannabis)

I'm not advocating growing illegal substances, but it's always nice to see folks so passionate about their herbs. Marijuana (Cannabis sativa) is a greedy crop that needs plenty of nutrients and lots of light. It doesn't like acidic soil.

Growing marijuana in any quantity indoors is impractical, but the new hydroponic setups, like the compact AeroGardens make it possible to cultivate a single

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Time is drawing close!

Okay everyone…are you excited about the
Mystery GiveAway???

Well I am – I’ve been drumming up ideas for it all last week and over the weekend wondering what to give away and not only that…have you seen the entries??? Oh man….there are a lot of you out there just so curious. I guess a good mystery gets to almost everyone doesn’t it?

Well I’ll keep you in suspense no more…here’s what’s
going to happen…being there are (to this point anyway)
151 entries – WOW!!!

So that being the case it sure doesn’t give you good odds does it? So here’s the deal…I’m going to give away TWO - just because! I don’t know if they will be exact or if I’ll mix them up or how the 2nd person will be chosen.

That’s all you are getting for now!
Am I being the good me or the bad me???  LOL

Yesterday was a full day in the yard doing mulch and what a job…we live on a corner so we have several areas of gardens that need lots of attention so when it comes to mulch day it’s a chore. I went out to start helping after he got the lawn mowed. We started trimming areas and getting some left over leaves out of the base of some of the shrubs and
then the cleanup before the mulch was delivered….and when it came it was gorgeous.
I had said we were were getting the black mulch…I LOVE IT.
I like the dark look of dirt rather than the bright mulch.
Here’s 9 yards of it!

It was non-stop till 7 p.m. last night and by then
we were totally done in.
We both hauled wheelbarrows of it to locations and then
I was literally on my hands and knees all day long
and by evening I could barely move.
So here are a few pictures of the day as it progressed.

Oh, I did get my Perennials in the side gardens before
we got over in that area because once the mulch
got down i wasn’t going to disturb it.
And wouldn’t you know…just seconds after I got one of the Woodland Poppies in – he ran over it with the wheel of the wheelbarrow…now I think he’s out to get me with my flowers because a couple weeks ago he pulled out all of my Coneflowers..remember!!!!

So here’s what we did all day in the yard…Now I just have to wait for everything to grow bigger and flower

 

 

 

 

 

Taking a much needed break…don’t you love the pants!
Look at my shoes in the next picture…they went into the trash.

Oh, I forgot…our son Brett came over to pick up something so we put him to work blowing the area clean – I don’t think Doug could have picked up anything more by then!

I still have to get these planted and I think they are going to go in window boxes for the garage windows – it’s such a bare area over there now that the boat is gone.

That’s it! Sorry to bore you with yard work but it’s all I have right now to share with you…but I did want to let you all know that the time is getting closer for the give away…
GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ENTERED!
Karen

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