There's not a lot going on in "Podsoland." The weather isn't great and life has been
pretty routine. Not much to blog about. But when I looked at my photo file
I found a few things have happened. We had friends over for dinner with an
international flare two weeks ago. It's the curry I have written about before,
but I thought the toppings were so colorful I had to take a picture.
The children of our local deer family have grown and visit every day.
This time I knocked at them from an upstairs window and they saw me and
stared me down. I moved away and so did their eyes, I came back and
they looked at me again. They are getting very at home in our yard.
The Gardener is about as far away as he can be. We keep in close touch
with F*ceTime--what a wonderful thing--but I feel like I can't catch up with
him as he is 12 hours ahead of me. Meanwhile when he is away
I do enjoy cooking some veggies that he can't eat.
Two-thirds of the grands were over and they are really
into tents right now. Amazing how long they wanted to stay in this
old pack n play--that is, as long as it was a tent.
My cousin happened to be on a train in Chicago that passed through the
town where I grew up. How thoughtful of her to text me a pic of the iconic
water tower that I saw nearly every day of my childhood.
We had the "Great Stain Bust Away" at our mentor group the other
night, making a natural stain remover. Each girl brought a stained item to work on.
Most of the stains were successfully removed we heard the next day.
Being young moms, they all said they
could. have. brought. ten. garments.
Dotsie, you've had quite a lot going on in your world. I loved seeing the beautiful vegetables and your curry dinner table looks wonderful. Do the deer eat your plants? We don't have them in our neighborhood, but we have friends that have a time keeping any plant life around their home. Your grands are having some great old fashioned fun. Children sure do love forts. ♥
ReplyDeleteYou have been busy...I especially like the phot of the Grandkids!! Have a grand weekend!
ReplyDeleteWhat fun to do a stain buster test....are you going to share what works? That is a beautiful table! So cleverly and attractively set. Those little grands peeking out are the cutest! (My grands don't care for tents.)
ReplyDeleteOh yes, share the stain buster! It looks like blue Dawn detergent may be one of the ingredients, so would vinegar be one as well? I use a mixture of this to clean my bathtubs and shower!
ReplyDeleteTents are fun for kids!
Daily busyness is nice to hear about as well!
Praying for your hubby as he travels.
Deanna
love the teapots in your header . . . love that someone texted you a photo of the water tower - one of the upsides of all our technology . . . love the tent!
ReplyDeleteI remember the tents my brother and I made at my grandmas.
ReplyDeleteI fondly remember the tent phase and I love the two sweet faces peeking out. The curry dinner fixings do look colourful and tasty, I wish my husband liked curry.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed catching up here tonight. Loved the pics of the grands! Also loved hearing about Grandma and her long braided hair. My Gradma seemed old her whole life. Not Nana, but her mother. She always wore those heavy black shoes and thick stockings. Her hair was white at an early age. I also love that you mentor young women.
ReplyDeleteXO Kris
You know sometimes it is the little things added up to be quite awesome things. Thanks for sharing your tid bits!
ReplyDeleteCome on over, tomorrow is last day for my shamrock themed give-away!
I love a good curry.. your veggi stir looks divine.
ReplyDeletehow wonderful to have deers in your back garden..so sweet
I wonder what it is about grandchildren and playing in a tent. Mine loved it.. i had to use my big bed throw to make it for them.
great to invent home made stain remover.. nice to have friends.
god bless.
val
Your curry fixings look so beautiful on the dark table cloth!! Striking. Exotic.
ReplyDeleteThe deer children... they do appear to be making themselves at home. They might wish to share those beautiful veggies with you. hehee What would we do without FT???
SWEET faces peeking from their tent! Oh, how fun! And, I love that quilt... ;)
I know those little mommas could EASILY have brought ten garments each! LOL!
Dotsie, you have a LOT going on for "not much". ;) blessings and hugs ~ tanna
I've enjoyed viewing your random "not much" goings on!
ReplyDeleteBest,
Bonnie
That is so cute about the grands and tents. What kid doesn't love a tent! I love your beautiful food photos. Wasn't it generous of God to make food tasty AND colorful! I'll have to try that curry. Yum.:-)
ReplyDeleteYour not much is about as busy as I get now, life is very calm now.
ReplyDeleteMerle............
Dotsie, you could get several posts out of this one just by giving us all the different recipes for everything! Our deer eat my hostas. I wish they'd come back, though, in the Fall and nibble all the dead leaves off the ones they haven't eaten earlier.
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm glad you shared your very colorful, very sweet "not much"!! I absolutely love the photo of the grands in the pack and play. I mean "the tent"! :D
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about changing up the menu a bit when your husband is away. When Ron was away for a week in November helping our son with his move, the girls and I ate so much Mexican/spicy food! By the end of the week, we had had our fill.
A very interesting variety of 'not much'! :)
ReplyDeleteA very interesting variety of 'not much'! :)
ReplyDeleteWell it looks to me like there is a lot going on. I just love the veggie chop... I am inspired right now to shop for the ingredients and do that for myself.
ReplyDeleteTake Care!!
I'd love to know what that stain remover was! I always forget to put an apron on and often stain something when I cook. I plan on making a "taco night" soon for my kids and grands and hope it will look as delicious as your curry night. I see deer like your backyard as much as they like ours! We had to buy a giant "pooper scooper" to clean up after them--I'm sure you understand why..lol!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and catching up on what you did last week.
ReplyDeleteSpring is here now. We hope!