happy stuff.

this past weekend, i was able to give some surprise crafty gifts to some friends and now i can blog about them finally!  if you follow my flickr account, you may have already seen this quilt (i couldn’t wait!  i was so excited!)  this is the front: and this is the back: i’m thinking of [...]

mr. happy stuff loves apple pie.  it’s not my favorite kind of pie, and i’m generally not so crazy about crumble toppings on things (so messy!  so dry!) so you know it’s got to be love when i decided to bake my man a dutch apple pie this past week.  i had a frozen crust [...]

yesterday was the second annual “bike the barns:  tour de csa.”   longtime readers might remember last year’s event and let me assure you that it was just as much fun this year.  this year, the ride featured a totally different route and four farms we hadn’t visited last year.  the ride started near enough to [...]

we went camping with church friends this weekend.  here are some of my favorite photos: scenes from a canoe love the clear reflection in the water on both the shot above and the one below. can you see the walking stick insect? how about now? it was huge!  someone found it on their tent.  it [...]

normally, when i buy flowers at the farmer’s market, i tend to stick to big bunches of a single type of flower, but this last week when i was there, i noticed a booth i hadn’t paid close attention to before.  the bouquets had such great color and texture combinations, that i couldn’t resist trying [...]

well, my quilt block for august’s common threads project is done.  do not ask me how that house is staying up in the tree, or why it’s got a super-fancy door with a doorknob, but no ladder to get up there.  you just have to use your imagination, people.  betty asked that we include our [...]

so, i said i’d post something crafty, but i didn’t say it had to be something i’d made recently, right?  here’s an apron that i made a loooong time ago.  the design was created using a hand-cut freezer paper stencil.  i think i thought i could make more than one print using the same paper, [...]

today’s lunch was boar’s head turkey with sliced pears, cranberry mustard and havarti cheese on a homemade wheat tortilla.  i probably should have waited for the cheese to get a little browner, but it was already melting off the sides and i just couldn’t wait any longer.  it was delicious.  yes, really pears.  try it! [...]

I”m working on another “secret quilt” for a friend that is almost done, but since i can’t quite yet show you that, check out this double yolk egg i cracked open when i made pancakes this weekend! isn’t that a sign of good luck or something?  or am i thinking of a chinese silver slipper [...]

because of the quirks of my work schedule, i haven’t been to work since last thursday.  originally, i’d planned to take advantage of this stretch of time off by taking a trip to visit a friend, but in the end,  i decided to just lay low and stay home.  it’s been very relaxing.  here are [...]