WOYWW #418

Welcome to Wednesday and WOYWW!  What is WOYWW?  Go check out Julia's blog for the deeds and come play with us!

My desk this week...not much different then last weeks view but I have been busy doing a few cards and other stuff!  I spent a couple hours Skyping and talking with my daughter in California while I made a couple cards last night!  I really miss her but she is having a wonderful time living out there.  So much to see and do in the San Francisco Bay area!

The desk is still cluttered with all the papers, glitter, and glues I used to make the cards.  I went to Michaels a couple days ago and walked out without buying anything so nothing new to show you today!  I know I must be sick for sure!

The Cards that I have been making!  the cupcake card...I decided that the white needed to be colored so made it up with green sparkly frosting top...definitely changes the look!

A double pocket card I made for a swap!  It was fun but I don't think I will be making many more.  

 I have been trotting out dies and different embellishments I have been saving to make cards...It doesn't make sense to buy more cause I probably have more then I will ever use in this lifetime...thought if I need something specific I will buy it but I have decided to really curtail craft shopping just to shop!

don't you love the bunting on this card!  The paper is from  Stamps of Life as is the Congratulations die...

Another card with SOL paper and dies...I found the resin flowers in a drawer and thought it would work perfect for the  color combo swap card of maroon, tan, and blue!

Okay that is it for WOYWW posting today...but there is more.  Hope all you deskers have a great week and I promise to get around this week.  I didn't do so well last week but plan on making up for that this week! 

This week has just flown past.  I went to the Dr. last Tuesday and was told I would definitely have to have surgery and based on the CT and MRI I had done on Friday he will tell me when and if I need to get it done sooner or later!  OMG!  I hate surgery but I am really hating this pain more!  It is difficult to get up and down out of chair, forget walking up and down stairs, and the numbness and tingling is pitiful!  My back evidently is out of skew....  Isn't it fun they give you pictures when they explain stuff.  I will go back to the doctors and let you know what is up.

My garden is really growing and doing awesome things...Chuck has harvested all the potatoes, onions and cabbages now....We are filling the empty spots with more potatoes and squashes.  

This is one of the hibiscus I wintered over in the kitchen window...It has started blooming and looks like it has more healthy grown in the making!  I love these flowers! So cheerful!  Makes me think of tropical islands!

A view of the sunset by the pool...this is such a calming place to sit and reflect!  

The onion harvest...the picture doesn't do them justice!!  Some of these onions are softball size...The picnic table is 70" round so you see they are good sized!







Also picked some of the first of the blueberries a couple days ago!  It isn't much but is a start.  The plant has been planted 3 years so I am glad to see it producing!

A couple pics of the flower planter...

 It is nice sitting out here and enjoying the weather!

  Okay!  Done deal!  I am going to go get dressed and go the the therapists office now!   Hope everyone has a great week and I will be around shortly...

WOYWW #417

Happy Wednesday everyone...big celebration of WOYWW year 8 was awesome last week.  I am working on ATC today and will hopefully get them sent out by the end of the week!  What is WOYWW?  Check it out on Julia's blog...

Not a lot going on on my desk...it is a mess at best again today!  It seems like I just manage to shuffle things around on good days...Needs to be reshuffled so I can find space to work!

I have been sorting through some boxes and have come across a lot of interesting stuff...some too good to throw away and some that I wonder why I have held on to it!  2 boxes of stuff is on its way to a new home!

The garden it going great guns.  I will try to get out this afternoon and take some pictures.  Chuck picked some more Chard and we processed it this morning so I guess that is my active desk...  Tried a new way of processing the chard...in plastic bags in the microwave instead of boiling/blanching the leaves.  Seems to have worked and a lot less messy!  

Chuck chopped up some onions, garlic, and chard stems and tossed in on the greens I had processed.
The greens have stayed so bright.  I wonder if they retained more nutrients in this process?  I hope it works and they stay well in the freezer.

I chopped up all the stems into bite size pieces and plan on using them for soups and stews this fall.  Chuck planted a colorful type of chard this year...I am seeing a journal page in my future using this picture as inspiration!

I love love the color, contrast, and texture in this photo....

Okay that is it for me!  I will try and make it around to a few groups when I get back from another appointment this afternoon.  I went to the neurosurgeon and he says there is no question of if I need surgery on my spine or not but when I am willing to lay down and let him do it.  Hmmm....that is going to take some long hard thinking!  Anyone had a decompression laminectomy and spinal fusion done?   

WOYWW #416 And how my garden grows!

Happy Wednesday friends!  I am so glad I remembered and got my post in earlier today!  Will miracles never cease!  If you are wondering what I am on about well...today is Wednesday and it is WOYWW!  What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday!   Julia started the group 8 years ago this month and we all get together every Wednesday to blog hop and renew friendships from around the world...I  started following WOYWW in 2010 and have interacted with people all over Europe, Africa, the Middle East, USA almost everywhere!  Click on the link and go check it out.  Julia has put up directions on how you can play too!  Normally not such a big introduction but hey I thought 8 years deserved it!

Okay on to my desk for today...not much of a change...maybe a little more picked up...had to cleanup and put away a bit cause it was becoming overwhelming!  Thought today I would show a little wider view...I have my desk half way cleaned off

As you can see I have cleaned off a bit of the desk so I can work and make some more cards this week.  I need to get caught up on birthday and graduation cards!  Here is a wider view...and I can see the floor now!

I did manage to make one card this week for an inspiration challenge...they gave an image of a wedding cake and this is what it inspired!

I was going to add some Washi tape that said all you have to add is ice cream but it didn't look right to me so this is what it ended up looking like!  Do you like Washi tapes?  I love them.  See that big box that says dance?  it is full of the stuff.

Okay that is it for the WOYWW post.  I am making some ATC when I get home from the doctors to today if you are interested in swapping contact me.  

Now on to the garden for the people who want me to post pics!  The first picture is of Chuck's native/wild plant garden by the front stoop that he has been working on for years...It looks like a wild patch and blooms constantly all year!

These are some of my favorites.  I love these cosmos he planted several years ago.  These have mutated from just the purple color to a combo of purple, purple and white, and just white.  They are awesome!

Shasta daisies, Gallardia, and yellow primrose

Spider wort...blue on the left and purple on the right

I like flower pot and more structured....my flower pots.

In the backyard there are a lot of changes going on!  So many things growing and we have started harvesting.  Chuck dug up all the potatoes and replanted. Total of 14.5# of Yukon gold potatoes out of a pound bag of seed potatoes.  That is significant considering they cost $3.99# here in the states.

Ever see an artichoke growing?  We never had so Chuck decided to plant some.  He  tried bed and flower pot and this is definitely better!

The cabbage, kale, and chard are doing awesome.  We have planted cabbage in the past but he is experimenting with the kale and chard.  The kale is the least favorite of the two.

 Onions are starting to produce some are really getting big.  Chuck harvested all the Garlic a couple days ago!  Some of the bulbs are as big as an onion!

The brick flower bed is really coming along nice...here are some photos of that! 

 Chuck planted the pansies and the flowers in the next pick came up volunteers.

 

Corn is still having some issues with equalizing their grow.  Chuck planted and thinned plants all at the same time then all of a sudden they started growing at different rates!

 Tomatoes are starting to bear...the plants have been having issues with curling and deformed leaves but they are still bearing fruit!

Did you know different beans have different color flowers?  I didn't.  Beans on the left are just blue lake bush beans and the ones on the left with purple flowers are black beans.

We were given this plant as a wedding gift 42 years ago.  It is over 7 feet tall today!

This is one of many babies I have cloned off that tree.  I can't keep much of anything growing but this plant loves me!

 The potted plants on the deck! 

 I bought a blueberry sprig a couple years a go and this year it looks like we are actually going to get some berries!

Well that is it for me this week.  Hope everyone has a great week!