Planting & A Small Harvest

Hello, friends.  Last week, I redeemed 2150 Swagbucks for a $25 GC.  Cabbage, chicory, and a few more broccoli shoots were harvested.  J had a birthday, and I made him German Chocolate brownies, as layer cakes are not a skill I possess.  I transplanted 10 peppers to cells for J's business partner, and started squash seeds... tromboncino, ronde de nice zucchini, and yellow straightneck.  The wildflower seeds gifted by my stepson have begun blooming.

For whatever reason, none of my lettuce germinated, so J picked up lettuce seedlings, plus cabbage and broccoli.  J planted the cabbage and broccoli, and I got the lettuce in the ground Sunday evening, before the rain.  We're hoping for a nice long spring, so we'll get to harvest them all before they bolt.  I repaired a boot with shoe goo.  When renewing a magazine, I used a $5 off coupon code.  My car received it's first washing of the year, prompted by all the pollen.

My camera will no longer transfer photos to the PC, and is acting wonky in general.  M used it for work several years, then gifted it to me.  It's over 20 years old at this point, so I surely can't complain.  J checked, and the software is no longer supported.  I've looked around a little, but gosh, new ones are expensive, and I'm clueless as to what would work best for me (simple, with minimal bells and whistles).  For now at least, I'm just sticking with my phone camera.  Wishing you a peaceful, light-filled week.  Update:  I just remembered, Food Lion is having BOGO on Lindsay organic olives, which are some of the few without citric acid.  Though they're not inexpensive, that's what I've been buying for a couple of years, without ever seeing a sale.  You can bet I stocked up!

Starting To Come Together

Hello, friends.  Progress slowed on the skoolie while we were sick, but it's picking up again.  Joseph purchased and mounted shades for the windshield, and two front side windows.  I've been working on curtains, but it's been a bit of a struggle.  I'd mentioned I'd gotten blackout fabric at the thrift store, and though I had enough, it required piecing each of the four panels with three pieces.  When I finished sewing the bedroom curtains, and placed the first one together with the blackout piece, I found I had been working with the wrong numbers, on the blackout portion.  That's all I'll say about that.  J has bought more blackout fabric, but it's literally on a slow boat from China.  It'll eventually get here.  I've begun working on the bedroom door curtain.  I'm using fabric remnants from the bedroom curtain project, which required piecing.  I've got the main curtain sewn together, and the backing picked out from my stash, but we need to come to an agreement on what to do about all the seams from piecing it.  I'd like it to have the look of a quilt, using matching fabrics.  We'll see.

Joseph added a louvered panel to the genset access door, and added another louvered section for the bus engine's air intake, and riveted them in place.  He feels improved air flow will be a plus.

He fabricated a mount for a spare tire, and mounted it to the front of the skoolie.  I helped by holding it while he cut excess rod, and tightened bolts while he held the nuts.  I was excited to find two local small paintings this week, for great prices, along with a small bowl for the skoolie.  I'll share the paintings once they're hung.  It feels like it's starting to come together now.  Though our long hoped-for date of late March has come and gone, we're getting closer all the time to our maiden voyage.