Last Harvest of 2015

This is it - the last harvest of the 2015 vegetable garden.

3 tiny zucchini

a handful of Jimmy Nardello peppers

1 green pepper

and a handful of mild jalapeño peppers

The garlic was one I took out to break part to plant.  I didn't need it after all.  I planted 29 cloves of garlic and I think that will be enough.

I didn't purchase garlic from Fedco this fall because I had such a large harvest and you can see how big they are.

This is the typical clove size too.

I pulled out all the peppers and zucchini and with the exception of the bed of garlic planted this mix I got from Hudson Valley Seed Library.

I'll have to see if it lives up to the hype on the bag.

Joining Harvest Monday now hosted by Dave at Our Happy Acres.

Catching the Clouds? or A Directional Sign?

This steeple looks like it could snare any cloud passing by.

The church caught my eye in Williamsport, PA.

Are those bells in the steeple?

I was driving but we were stopped at the light (see it on the lower left?). 

I like to think that the steeple was another directional sign that took precedence over the others.

Joining Inspired Sundays

What's This? (9)

Our windows have very red trim so when I spotted something green on one of them I had to investigate.

It's a very rare insect that chose to visit my house.

A walking stick.

I wondered how it got there but I guess it has wings.

On any part of a plant it would have been camouflaged but on my window - not.

It didn't stay very long or else something got it.

I only remember seeing one once before many years ago and not around here.

Back to Crafting

With the return of cooler weather I can get back into crafting cards in my craft room/loft.

The stairs I take look more like a ladder with alternating steps.  I'm used to them now, but first time users find them awkward.  

My loft sits above the mechanical room and is heated by the boiler, so in the summer time it's just too warm to work up there.

In the winter time it's quite cozy and I enjoy reading in my grandmother's wicker chair.

I try to keep it all organized.

It was a rainy, gloomy day on Wednesday so I spent the morning replenishing my supply of birthday cards using paper scraps that had accumulated on my desk up there.  It's almost clean now.

Most of these cards are a similar design, but it felt good to use up the scraps and not start in on new sheets of paper.

How do you spend a rainy day?