Dirt under my fingernails

I've spent the last 10 minutes attempting to get the dirt out from under my fingernails and I think I am giving up for now... but that's okay.  For the past hour, Ro and I have been in our wee garden spreading some TLC and thinking about things.

Weighing Options:  What am I going to do with this many grape tomatoes!?
Wondering:  How did that lone carrot survive?  And, in the middle of the blackberry bushes at that!
Watering:  Our little onions and garlic are not so little anymore... my hubby planted such nice rows that I feel bad harvesting.  But not bad enough not to harvest!
Watching, Waiting, Mouth Watering:  Ahhh, the blackberry crop is looking quite nice we think.  Quite nice indeed.

Our garden is not big at all, but it brings great smiles and satisfaction to our family.  So, the remnants of dirt under my fingernails will stay there for now as a reminder throughout the day of time spent bringing smiles to our family.

Happy Monday!
Hettie

Transforming fruit and veggies

Aaah, end-of-school-year insanity!  I'm sorry I have not been around much as both Em and Ro are nearly done with school.  I've been working on teacher appreciation gifties, prepping summer activities and having fun in the kitchen both with and without the boys.  I promise to be back soon, but I wanted to post two quick pics of food transformations going on at our house this weekend.

Pickles... can't have too many of them.  The fast recipe is here on CelticMommy. In this big batch, I added extra peppercorns and extra fresh garlic and onions.  I can't wait to taste them!!

Fruit Leather.  Last weekend, we took Em and Ro to a local farm and bought a flat of strawberries.  Even with our berry-loving consumption, we had some left, so I followed this recipe (only slightly modified) from Simply Recipes to make a batch of strawberry fruit leather.  My kitchen smells just heavenly right now and I think these are going to be another fun homemade goodie we'll make again and again.

The last quick thing I wanted to bring up is that CelticMommy now has a Facebook page.  I have been posting extra pictures, tidbits, fun crafts and other things over there... if you'd like to see a bit of that fun, please head on over and LIKE it.

I hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!!
Hettie

What's in Your Fridge??

Warning:  Silly amateur video ahead... zero lighting style, shaking camera and high-pitched improv babbling.... yep, that's me talking!

Honestly though, my fellow blogger friend Jennifer from Savor the Thyme recently made a video of the contents of her fridge and asked us to do the same.

So, here are the contents of my fridge!

I must admit, I'm happy about the zero lighting style as it hides all the kid smudges!

What's in your fridge?  If you post a video on YouTube or on your own blog, please feel free to link it in your comments.