Friday, January 23, 2009

New Interest

I have a renewed interest in cake decorating. I do not know if you remember or not but in the late 70's and early 80's I took several cake decorating courses and really enjoyed baking and decorating cakes for family and friends. I have not done any since, but have been looking over my old notes and think I would like to try it again.

The several days of warm weather have had me out in the garden doing a lot of little chores. I am still in the process of removing rotting timbers and I will be so glad to have them all gone. There seems to be no end of clean up and pruning chores, but each new one completed makes the yard look better. Hopefully by the arrival of spring all will be done. The live oak has begun to drop some leaves. This is a weeks-long process each spring and is unbelievably messy, but the tree is so glorious the rest of the time that it is worth it.

The daffodils are growing almost visibly and I so look forward to seeing the sunny blooms. I wish I had gotten on the ball and planted more last fall. I want to add more compost bins as I mentioned to you. I truly enjoy turning the bins and watching debris turn into black gold before my eyes.

Quilting today, so I need to get going.

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