There have been several thrifting adventures in recent weeks. One of the things on my list was a devilled egg plate. We’d come across a few, but they were all pretty plain. I told Dave I didn’t want just any old devilled egg plate… I wanted one with some personality. He asked me how a plate could have personality, I told him I’d know it when I saw it. And suddenly I did…

If that isn’t personality, I don’t know what is!

The next item wasn’t exactly on my list. But on our many adventures, I seen single fish plates. I’m sure you know the type… clear glass, shaped like a fish?

While neat, I’ve always passed up on them, because I thought… what would I do with one fish plate? But on our last adventure, I came across a stack of them… for just $7!

In the end, there were nine plates total over three different styles/sizes. I told Dave the next time we have company over and food is served… we are eating off fish plates! And right after finding them at one thrift shop, I found two of these fish bowls at the next..

How fun is that.

Speaking of fun….

I couldn’t resist this Hello Kitty purse! It’s made of silicone and is surprisingly roomy. I immediately switched it out and used it as my purse for the rest of the day. I got about 10 compliments on it throughout the rest of the day. Dave was laughing about that.

And last… this is just a tiny one…

As soon as I saw this wee chicken pin cushion… I just couldn’t leave it behind. I hope this isn’t the beginning of a pin cushion collection….

“You’re gonna share that tuna sandwich… right????”

Burton was pretty ticked we haven’t had any sewing time in the last couple of weeks so on Sunday, I pulled out the Round Robin quilt to appease him.

It needed one more round, and as I mentioned in my last SAHHR post, I mentioned the last few prompts just weren’t working for me. So I went completely rogue and I made fancy, goosey pinwheels!

We needed to make 22 pinwheels, so I ran out of time to get them sewn together and on the quilt.

I’m hoping I might snag some time one evening this week to do that. I’d love to have it done and ready to quilt when I head to Mom’s.

March is an exciting time in the garden. Almost every day, we have new blooms. It’s mostly crocuses and snowdrops, but after a long, cold, winter, they are welcome.

These guys are all along the front walkway so they are a nice pop of colour right up front. I was starting to get a little worried. Only yellow ones were coming up – but I know I have purple and white as well. Finally, some purple ones popped up on the weekend.

Around the same time, I spied these little guys.

These are my Winter Aconite. The first fall we were here, I planted five or six little clusters of them. The following spring, all of them came up. But last year only two little clusters. Now it seems there’s just this one. This one does seem to have multiplied. Hopefully it will hang on and spread. The bees do love these blooms.

Speaking of hanging on… the snowdrops in the catio yard have survived Lemmy’s outdoor gymnastics so far. These were planted to second fall we were here (2022), and I’m happy to see they’ve noticeably multiplied. There’s a couple smaller clusters in the catio as well.

Last I’ll leave you with another shot of the pink pussywillows.

They are really putting on a show this year.

The Marmelade Mates were back on the job and working over time this weekend…

and as a result we got block #9 done… and block #10!!!

Two blocks in one weekend – can you believe it????

We even got a small start on block #11

As you can see it’s a little more involved than both block 9 & 10, so it will probably take a touch longer. And I’m off to Mom’s this coming weekend… so you won’t see any more tiny stitches until April!

We have a sock!

Just one! But it’s a whole, completed sock!

And we’ve got a small start on the second one. Can I finish it by the end of the week? I’m going try!

Like it’s been for many of you – the weather this past week has been absolutely fabulous!!! It’s been so nice I’ve been able to do one of my favourite things…

Hang my clothes on the line!!! It just never gets old for me! But it also means….

Snow drops! Last year we had Snow drops in mid-February. But this year we just had snow. Lots of snow. Their overdue appearance is very welcome. These ones are in the woodland garden, and they were just planted the year before last.

There are older ones in the catio, and while their aren’t as many blooms yet, you can see we’re going to have a good show when they do (Unless Lemmy steam rolls them!)

And I didn’t think we’d see crocuses for at least another couple weeks but…

We’ve got one! And if that doesn’t instantly make the week better – nothing will!

Except maybe this!

This isn’t a flower. It’s my Atlantis Sedum. Those rosettes are leathery leaves. And they will turn cream with a green centre. But I had no idea they started out pink until I spied a touch of colour under the leaves. What a wonderful surprise!

As alluded to yesterday, we’ve been moving things around. On one of our thrifting adventures last week, I bought a new desk for my office. I have been working at a beautiful antique desk that belonged to Dave’ grandfather. It’s a lovely piece of furniture, but it wasn’t ideal. It was a little small for my laptop, second monitor, keyboard, and printer.

We got this lovely l-shaped desk for a steal at the Sarnia ReStore. And while it does take up almost all of my tiny office… it makes for a much more comfortable working space. Considering I spend 40 hours a week in there, comfort is a big plus.

But… it does mean that there was no longer room for the cat tree by the office window. I did a little rearranging of the plants, and made room for it in the upper living room.

Happily, the cats haven’t seemed to mind the change.

In fact, I think they might prefer it. There’s certainly more too see out the front window then there is from the office.

On one of recent shopping adventures, I got some new sheets for the bed. I’m not exactly sure how his Lordship feels about it though….

I guess he just doesn’t get as excited about new sheets as I do…

There was no sewing this weekend. Saturday, as you saw, I spent having a flora/feline adventure. Sunday, I spent most of it doing some re-arranging and spring cleaning (more on that tomorrow). When I was done, there was still a couple of hours left before dinner, so I decided to get a little work done on my paint-by-number. It’s been sadly neglected for at least a month or more.

I am, however, very pleased with the progress I was able to make in those two hours. I’ve only got the flowers left to do, and I got through about 1/3 of the shades of pink they require. If I can put a couple hours in on it every week.. I should be able to finish it in decent time!