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?

Saying Farewell to a Blogger

Bloggers come and go, but when I read the last post on Monday from Daphne's Dandelions, long time host of Harvest Mondays, I was truly surprised that she would be one.  She is calling it quits.  She will be missed and the Harvest Monday meme will be missed unless someone steps up to take it on.

Daphne joins a long list of bloggers who have disappeared.  Most give you no warning. 

 Some you half expect when their posts get so infrequent.  

Some had been good friends and then poof, they are gone.  

Occasionally one dies but the family lets you know.  

So here's to the bloggers I have known.  Maybe they'll return one day.

Lydia of Roses and Other Gardening Joys

Dan of Urban Veggie Garden

Robin of the Gardener of Eden

Susie of Arabia

There are others whose names I can no longer recollect.  They no longer appear in my bookmarks.  I cleaned them out years ago.

And here's to the bloggers who have passed on of which I only know of Granny of

Annie's Kitchen Garden

So if you are calling it quits from blogging do a favor for those that read your posts, follow Daphne's example and let us know.

What to Do with All the Peppers

Yesterday I picked a basket of peppers.  Most of them a a mild jalapeño.  This morning I realized that the cheese stuffed ones we had last night would work frozen so I went to work.

Cutting off the tops and digging out the seeds.

Here are the ones seeded awaiting cheese.

Stuffed them with Pepper Jack cheese.

A tray full ready to be frozen.

Next batch awaiting seeding and stuffing.

Come winter I'll pop some in the oven at 400º and roast them.

They will be delightful!