What's shakin' bacon?

Here's a little of what's shakin. :)

The reading theme for this summer at the library was a Universe of Stories. To promote this theme, the teens made a a space-like-picture t-shirt. There were extras, so I made one for myself. It was an easy project and has limitless possibilities. The orange background was made by spraying a bleach solution on the shirt. The other colors came from sponge painting. We used to get Astronomy magazine and there was a picture in the same style on every cover, so I think the universe theme was carried out well. However, the shirt fits Theo better than me, so I passed it on.

And this is why we have AAA. One of our cars wouldn't start recently and we used our AAA membership to have it towed to the garage. AAA is expensive, but one use recouped all of our money and more. With only a couple of days of car shuffling, the car got fixed and all was well.

It's that time of year again when we have the community fair. I entered several things and won several ribbons. However, I am proudest of a 2nd place ribbon for this mini flower arrangement. Flower arranging is a stretch of my abilities, so I was happy to be rewarded for my efforts. I was especially happy since I grew the flowers for it.

Recently, I tried a tip from Kris that if you add a teaspoon of cornstarch to your cookies,  it will help soften them. I was skeptical, but it worked like a charm in the recent batch of cookies I baked. These were part of a host gift for a family we were staying with for my niece's wedding.

This year we added a meadow garden bed to our yard. We are still learning about these kind of flowers so we went to a local park to look at this one. It was a Girl Scout project and contained both annual and perennial flowers. I particularly liked the splash of red the fire hydrant provided.

This weekend Ward and I will be going to my family reunion in West Virginia. After that, we will be vacationing and visiting several sights in the state. For most of our visits to my parents over the years, we have been very focused on the getting there and spending maximum time with them. Now we can go to some of the places we have wanted to along the way. I hope to do a travel log, so tune in starting Friday to see where I go. (Of course, all is contingent upon connections, etc.)

Until next time...