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We decided to give a little scale to the hugeness that is our tomatoes (don't mind my grungy summer break clothes). There are five plants. Needless to say, these are our babies. :)

Summer Projects (Part Two)

I took another pottery class this summer with my mom. I tried my hand at coiling, slabs, and the wheel again.



Coil project. I'll probably end up putting a plant inside of it at some point. I like the honey/blac glaze.


My one wheel project. I actually got a pretty decent thickness this time. It's hard to tell, but the color is kind of olive green/tan.


Slab project. I had fun with this one. I wanted it to look like the inside of a viola with the base bar and everything, but I still stained it. It's not totally to scale, but it looks cool hanging in my office on campus.

I've also been working on a few crochet projects. Here are a few of my favorites. The first one is for a nephew coming this October.


I only did a few booties, since they take a little more thinking. These have cute flower buttons.


I love this aviator hat. I may make a few more of these.




It's been a fun summer, but I'm still looking forward to a few more adventures in the next month!

Summer Projects (Part One)

My dissertation draft is in to my advisor, so I have a few weeks to relax now that the semester is over. I've been loving spending time outside in my vegetable and flower gardens. This year's weather has been particularly ideal for growing vegetables, as long as we keep everything well watered. I'm definitely not a pro, but we do have good soil and a nice sheltered yard, so we are doing pretty well this year.


Front flower garden. I love how the color combination turned out this year. A little of everything.






We should have enough onions to last us through the winter again.


We have three summer squash plants are a few days away from having ripe squash. They are just starting to get big.


Our lettuce is a little out of control I could have sworn I planted it in a straight line. . .



We have quite the bean crop. I've never seen leaves this big (bigger than my hand), and I'll be picking beans Monday or Tuesday.




Our amazon tomato plants. They are almost up to my shoulders, and are finally producing fruit. Salsa anyone?

We also have a strawberry patch, plum tree, peas, peppers, and cucumbers. I better start stocking up on canning jars!