See my ice dyeing article in the Aug/Sept issue of Quilting Arts.
Category Archives: irises
More Color Here
It is so busy here with all of the gardening and crafting and writing, but I just had to take some pictures and show you some of the color here at Happy Acres. Here are a two of my irises … Continue reading
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Tagged black raspberries, blackberries, cherries, gardening, irises
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Scones and Irises
The King has won! Well, the King Arthur scone recipe is the winner. The recipe can be found HERE. What I like about this recipe is that it is a basic one to start with. Then you add what you … Continue reading
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Tagged baking, cherry and almond scones, irises, Istanbul iris, king arthur scones, scones
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All Things Must End
Last night was the fifth and final session of my Journal To The Self® class. This was the first time I’ve taught this basic introduction to journal writing class in many years. What a wonderful group of women and a … Continue reading
Posted in gardening, irises, Journal Writing
Tagged irises, Journal To The Self, journal writing, journal writing class, journaling
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Happy Acres Colors
Everything is really popping here. I took several pictures in the past week and before I’ve had time to post, everything has changed. Last year I posted an iris count. Not sure I’ll do that this year, but will show … Continue reading
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Tagged asparagus, Candy Pop iris, cats, Cats Eye Iris, cherry trees, gardening, Happy Acres colors, irises, Pawpaw trees
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It’s Spring for sure!
Well, it’s looking like it’s Spring here at Happy Acres. Yesterday, we opened up the porch to let the cats enjoy the warm temps. This not the official opening since I need to wash down the floor, clean the furniture … Continue reading
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Tagged blueberries, cherries, frozen yogurt, gardening, spring
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Out of my comfort zone
One thing I wanted to do this year was to really push myself and explore my artistic side. Writing and photography have always been loves and comfortable, but drawing and sewing have been really pretty scary. For the last 20 … Continue reading
End of the Iris Road
Well, I think I am at the end of the road as far as counting our irises. As I mentioned in the last blog, many have still not bloomed, but looks like they won’t this year. Here are my last … Continue reading
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Tagged blackberries, cherry trees, gardening, iris, raspberries
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Iris update
Yes, I’m still counting them although we’re getting to the end. I have several that are not blooming this year or might bloom in the fall instead including two orange ones. I also have a black one that is budding … Continue reading
Love them irises
Well, I am still counting them! I’ve used almost 100 tags so far which includes all of the duplicates. A lot of these were taken after it rained, which it’s been doing a lot here lately. Here is #22. This … Continue reading
21 and counting..
Well, the count continues. The rain helped eight of the irises to bloom bringing my total to 21 different irises so far. #9 has dark mauve falls and light mauve standards with yellow beards. She’s a tall bearded iris. She … Continue reading
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Tagged gardening, Germanica Spinoff, iris, iris count
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