The Bees are Here! The Bees are Here!

Good Afternoon All!

It has bee(n) a very exciting few days here at No Regrets.  A couple of weeks ago, we were asked if we would consider bee-ing a Host Family for a Bee Hive.  We didn't even have to think about it.  Of course we would!  What do we have to do to get ready for you?  Where do you want to put it?

The couple who wanted to set up the hive needed to find a swarm/colony to relocate and would be in touch. Last week, they were successful in locating one and were even more fortunate to have a house guest visiting them, who just happens to be a Bee Keeper.  A day was planned and the bees arrived safe and sound, after dark, on Monday night.  The next morning was the set up and relocation of the hive.  The bees are happily settled in to their new home, just in time for all our fruit trees to blossom.  We are so excited to have them here.  Hopefully they are the beginnings of several more hives to come.

Moving the bee colony and their hive to their new home

Inspecting the frames

Looking for the Queen

Pollen on the frame

All done!

And one of the little guys was already hard at work later that evening!
Go Bees Go!

One of the hive owner's came back two days later to do an inspection and health check.  He reports that they are doing very well.  Things are definitely as they should be.  All is well in their little world.  We will keep you updated as the summer rolls along.

The Tulips we planted last autumn are Absolutely Stunning!  It was certainly worth the wait!

Many of the Spring perennials are finally beginning to put on a show.  The yard is coming back to life.  We are absolutely enjoying walking around to see how everything is doing.

Bleeding Hearts in full bloom

The Humming birds finally arrived a couple of days ago.  It is funny how some years they come back at the beginning of May - around Mother's Day and other years not until after the Long weekend.  I am ready for them early May and always happy to see them return.  This red feeder is always the favorite.  We have it set up where we can see it from the living room couch.  Another favorite is in the gazebo in the back yard.  We spied a hummer at that feeder while we were having our lunch today.  Always a bonus!

The Hummingbirds are back for the season

It has been so lovely in the evenings that Papa and I have been having a quiet visit on the front deck after supper.  We can hear the waterfalls in the pond and watch the steers playing about in the lower pasture.  There have even been a few dragon flies buzzing about.  He makes us a Raspberry Wine Spritzer to enjoy as we finish off our day.  It doesn't get much better.

A cool beverage on a warm evening

The other day Papa found an egg without its shell in a nesting box.  Every now and again we get some egg anomaly that we didn't know even ever happened.  This one not only came without a shell, just the membrane, it also was yoke-less.  Weird, Indeed!

A shell-less, yoke-less egg!

I finished a small version of the *Simply Charming quilt the other day.  I decided to quilt it on the domestic sewing machine instead of loading it onto the long arm.  It was a very relaxing endeavour.  Sometimes simple is best, and in this case, I really feel the simple linear quilting suited this cute little quilt.  Got it bound and it's ready to go!

*Simply Charming quilted, bound and ready to go!

While out and about weeding these past couple of weeks, I have noticed more and more Wild Strawberry plants in different locations.  I don't know where they have come from or how they got there, but they appear to be thriving.  A bonus, indeed!

Wild Strawberries in our pasture

Our thoughts and prayers are with those in Northern Alberta as they battle yet another devastating wildfire.  These fires have become an unwelcome and far too common occurrence any more.  Hopefully some much needed rain comes sooner than later.

Until next time, be safe and hold your loved ones a little closer.

Warmest regards,

Gremlynn

Laundry, Tulips and My Sweet & Sour Pineapple Chicken and Ham & Bean Soup Recipes

Greetings Fellow Planet Dwellers:

Weather Report:

What did one clothes pin say to the other clothes pin?  Wanna hang out sometime?  Hee hee!  We were expecting rain today, but it is looking like it might bypass us again .  So, to thumb my nose at Ma Nature, I have hung not one, but two loads of laundry on the line.  If anything will bring on good rainfall, that surely will.  Hopefully!

Garden & Greenhouse Update:

We are enjoying our first Long English Cucumbers of the season from the greenhouse.  There are baby sized green peppers and tomatoes in there as well.  Yay!

We got the rest of the garden planted, including the bedding plants.  I thought it might be a bit early for the plants, but Papa has been following the weather App on his new cell phone and reports that the fear of frost appears to have passed for our area.  Hopefully the weather App knows what it is talking about! 

We filled all the deck pots and planted out the rest of the bedding plants yesterday.  He is happy to be able to be able to move around in the greenhouse again.  He planted a new tomato in the greenhouse this year and is quickly discovering that this one doesn't like the heat as much as the one we normally grow.  Hopefully it adjusts and fruits.  I would sure hate to have to take cuttings from our usual Roma Tomato plants, to get a second crop going.  That's the one thing about gardening, you are always willing to try something new - Not that it is better than what you already grow.  You win some and you lose some, but we keep trying!

The Tulips have finally popped.  They are late this year, but it has been so cold that none of us really wanting to hang around outside, so I don't blame them.  They are just beautiful and I get the bonus of being able to enjoy them from my studio desk.

Beautiful Yellow Tulip

A few of the 250 Tulip bulbs planted last fall
So nice of them to show up

We have been enjoying a steady diet of asparagus lately as well.  This and most of my herbs have all made their spring revival.  Every year I have to replant one of another for a variety of reasons, but the asparagus, chives, oregano, thyme, mint, green onion, rhubarb, lavender, yarrow and a few others have returned to the garden party again this year.  So very happy to see them all!

Our daily harvest of asparagus

I simply saute and season with Salt and Pepper

As we were planting out, I had a good look at the yard to see almost everything has survived.  We appear to have lost a Clematis, a Hops plant and an Englishman's Ivy, but everything is late, so we are going to wait on them for a bit yet.  Even out garlic has been patchy this year.  Some varieties are full on, others, not so much.  We'll just have to wait and see.

Day Lilies and vines along the retaining wall

Bleeding Heart and one of Papa's many peonies
These are at the front step

Kitchen happenings:

When we are busy in the yard, the crock pot becomes our very best friend.  Who am I kidding?  I think I use the crock pot more than any other appliance in my kitchen!  It is such a time saver and I love to dump, forget about it and let it cook.  It is wonderful to come in and smell wonderful, homey smells.  You only have to make a pot of rice or slice up some veggies and you have a great meal, ready to serve with minimal effort!

This week's Crock Pot Hero was Sweet and Sour Pineapple Chicken

My Recipe:

1 diced onion

1 can of pineapple chunks, juice included

1 sweet bell pepper - any color - mine were frozen so I got a mixture of red, orange and green

thawed/raw chicken parts - I used 4 bone in breasts, but you can use drums, thighs, whatever you have

Layer these into the crock pot, in order given above, with the chicken on top. Salt and pepper the chicken then add the following:

For the Sauce, mix together the following and pour over all:

3/4 cup cold water

3/4 cup white vinegar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 tsp paprika

1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce - or full salt if that's what you have

2 tbsp cornstarch

Set crock pot to high for 4 hours or 6 hours on low, and let it do its magic.  Just make sure chicken is cooked.  I serve this with brown or jasmine or basamati rice - your preference.  Nice and tangy and the chicken is super tender.

Makes 4 generous servings - or enough for two busy gardeners for 2 suppers!  Left overs rock!

I also made a great pot of  Ham and Bean Soup this week for our lunches.  As usual, I was rummaging in the cold cellar, searching for inspiration when I came upon some pressure canned Ham Stock, with Ham. Cool!  Ham and Bean Soup, it is!  I grabbed the stock, two pint jars of pressure canned Romano beans (that I rinsed before adding to the pot), and a quart jar of stewed tomatoes.  This went into a 4 quart stock pot with half a diced onion, 2 garlic cloves, minced, 2 carrots, peeled and diced, 1 heaping teaspoon of commercially make Chicken Stock Paste, Salt & Pepper to taste, a handful of dehydrated celery leaves (I am out of my frozen celery) and some of my dried Thyme.  I love having ingredients on hand to whip up a quick and nutritious meal.  It was just awesome.  I was happy it lasted for 4 lunches for us two.  Bonus!

Ham & Bean Soup for lunch

My dehydrated Thyme
I leave it on the stem, in a zip lock bag
If I am adding it to soup, I strip the leaves off
If I am adding to a roast or stew, I leave it intact and remove the stem before serving

Studio News:

Not much happening in the studio when the garden is calling for my attention.  I am always happy for a windy day or otherwise unpleasant day to play inside!  I do very much love it outside, but I get a little cranky when I don't get time to sew.  

I am finally finished my lined and zippered pouches.  I found some fun glass beads that I attached to the zipper pulls with some wonderful 8 wt perle cotton.  Each bag is unique and I sure had fun making them!

My lined & zippered bags complete with bead zipper pulls

Once these were done, I went looking for another project.  I found a baggie of Safari pre-cut squares.  I had saved them from a previous project, so they are only 4.25" square.  When I added another fabric to the mix, I had enough to make up a #Simply Charming quilt.  When I wrote the original pattern, it uses 5" charm squares, but I can make this work by adjusting the other block measurements.  I will probably add an outer border to make it a bit bigger, since I am using much smaller squares.  I am happy with how it is turning out.  If anyone is is interested in the pattern, I do have it available for purchase in the studio, or you can order it and I will happily mail it out to you.  You can see this and my other patterns on offer, on my Facebook page:  www.facebook.com/PPQSPONOKA

New child sized quilt started with my own #Simply Charming Pattern

It is wonderful to see the green grass and hear the birds sing as I putter in the yard.  I even got to enjoy two meadowlarks singing away the other day.  One was in the back pasture calling to the other, just a short distance away from me.  I couldn't see them, but I sure enjoyed their afternoon performance.

I wish you all a wonderful weekend.  Enjoy the beautiful weather.

Take care.

Until next time,

Gremlynn

 

Papa's Cell Phone, Pruning Tomato Plants and Gremlynn's Hot Chocolate Recipe

Good Day!

Papa's Cell Phone:

Modern conveniences aren't always so convenient are they?  It is truly amazing how archaeologists can dig up completely usable pottery from 1000 BCE, but we can't get a cell phone to last for more than 10 years.   What's up with that, anyways!?

Papa has been using a Samsung slide phone for these past 8 years. This slide phone has been the fodder for a lot of titillating conversation, a real source of amusement for the tech savvy, and good for a few laughs or rather, guffaws from those who were truly amazed to see him use it!

When he left the corporate world, he unplugged.  Completely.  No computer.  No e-mail.  No internet.  Nothing, except, for his Samsung slide phone, which he used exclusively to text family and friends.  And then it died.  He was finally completely unfettered!  And he did seriously contemplate going completely device free, but soon realized that in this era, he would have absolutely no contact with anyone at all!  Everyone else is fettered!

So, after about a week of contemplation and discussion, off to Best Buy we go.  Did you realize that they still make Geezer phones?  Cell phones used only for talk and text?  Who knew?  He wasn't so behind the times after all!  The down side with these older style cell phones is they don't have a designated key board.  His slide phone did.  So a Smart Phone it is.  Unfortunately, in the passing of his slide phone, he lost all his contacts and lists.  So, I have been busy Messengering everyone on his contact list, to have them text him their phone number to rebuild his contact list.  Modern convenience really isn't so convenient, after all.

Mother's Day Brunch:

Our son and daughter-in-law invited the family out to their place for a beautiful Mother's Day Brunch last Sunday.  And an amazing meal it was!  Complete with happy and artistic grand buddies who not only painted and planted clay pots but painted beautiful wooden plant pokes for the moms in attendance.  We had a delightful time and left absolutely and completely full to the brim - both our hearts and our bellies.  They even sent left-overs home with everyone afterwards.

Mother's Day Gerber Daisies

Beautiful Mother's Day Brunch Dessert Table

Mother's Day Brunch - crepes, egg bake, artichoke dip, fruit and dip

Adorable Plant Pokes and painted clay pots from my amazing Grand Buddies

Chook Happenings:

The chickens were separated by gender the other day.  It looks like we have 18 hens and 14 roosters.  The 18 hens and one rooster will become our new production team.  Sadly, the other 13 roosters are going to be this year's roasters.  I have to say that these new birds never did go through the awkward teenage stage most other birds go through.  These are a quiet bunch and very friendly.  Which, is an absolute bonus for me since I am so not a bird person.  Give me fur over feathers any day of the week!  Egg production from the new flock should begin sometime in September.

Hens moved into their new nesting area.

Greenhouse and Garden Update:

The greenhouse is doing well.  No more leek eating critters have been captured and the abused plants appear to have all recovered.  The peppers are now beginning to flower.  We have cucumbers on the vine and the tomatoes are doing very well.  I thought I would share a bit today about tomato pruning.

Why prune your tomato plants, you ask?  To allow air movement and light into the plants and to remove unnecessary weight.  When tomatoes are planted too close together or the plant is too dense, air borne disease can damage/kill your plants and otherwise destroy/retard fruit production.  By pruning, you allow air to circulate and remove the unnecessary foliage, giving more room for bigger fruit on the producing branches.  The fruit that is produced on the suckers tends to be small and the extra weight doesn't do the plant any favours.  We prune as well as run a fan in the greenhouse to encourage air movement in among the plants.  This also assists in the self pollination, which helps to set fruit, as well as helps build a stronger plant. 

Tomato plants have suckers that grow between the main stock and fruit producing branches.  These can be easily removed by snapping/bending off with your finger and thumb, if they are small.  If they get ahead of you or you missed one or two from a previous pruning, you can clip them off with a pair of scissors or plant snips.  You will end up with more vigorous plants that will be less susceptible to disease.  You will need to do this throughout the growing season as as the new fruiting branches form, suckers will also begin to grow in the crotches.  

Sucker is marked with "x" between the main stock and fruiting branch
Each branch will have one or two suckers between it and the main stock
Continue to monitor your plants throughout the growing season and remove as they form

Sucker "x" has been snapped and bent over to now be removed

After sucker has been removed

I absolutely love having the greenhouse.  We built our very first one back in the 1980's and have had one everywhere we could ever since.  Our previous home in town didn't have room for one and we really, really missed it.  Thus, it was a top priority to build another one, when we built out here in the country.  In our personal experience, what we save on bedding plants and vegetable starts actually pays for the greenhouse its first year of production!  And it is a great hobby as well.  You really get to be up close and personal with your food production.  It is very cool when you can plant a seed, grow a plant and enjoy the bounty of your efforts, all within a very short amount of time.  And it smells amazing in there!

Green Bell Pepper flowers

Long English Cucumber

New vineyard with the grape vines that Papa started this past winter
Notice the greenhouse and water catchment system for the greenhouse
Mr Wilbur is always ready to assist as needed

This past week also saw us planting most of our garden.  Monday was warm and sunny so we actually spent the whole day outside and got all the cool weather crops in.  This included spinach, lettuce, beets, peas, onions, and Swiss chard.  We also planted 2 rows of Gladiolus bulbs - one in each garden plot.  We have always planted flowers in our vegetable gardens.  The Glads are planted in memory of Papa's Grandmother, who so loved them.

I noticed that the perennial herbs have all come back and the asparagus is poking through the compost that Papa top dressed them with last week.  The fruit trees are leafing out.  Swallows and robins and bluebirds are all flitting about making merry in the lovely spring weather.  It is a beautiful time of the year!

Studio and Workshop News:

With the wet weather that followed Monday's planting, Papa has been busy in his workshop and I have had some studio time.  I get a little twitchy when I don't get time out in the studio.  He has been making pre-drilled, ready to assemble birdhouses, a bird feeder and more plant pokes for our booth in the new Tin Chicken Antique Mall and Mercantile, opening later this spring.  I have been working on adorable lined zippered pouches.  It is a nice change of pace from my usual larger pieces.  

Ready to Finish Bird Feeder

Bird House Kits, which will include all hardware and instructions for assembly
and Flower Plant Pokes/Row markers, ready to paint

Garden Bugs Wooden Plant Pokes/Row Markers in Production

Lined, zippered pouches

Gremlynn's Hot Chocolate Recipe:

With the cooler weather, a nice steaming cup of Hot Chocolate can really lift your day.  I have found that commercially made Hot Chocolate Mixes left an unpleasant aftertaste in my mouth.  I came up with a recipe to make my own, and there is absolutely No comparison to the commercially made mixes.  Quick and easy to make up, it is a real treat!  And it stores indefinitely in a sealed glass jar.

In a large bowl, mix together the following until well blended:

3 cups Skim Milk Powder

1 cup white sugar

1 cup pure Cocoa powder, sifted (Fry's, Hershey's, etc)

2 squares of chopped, shaved for finely diced semi-sweet baking chocolate squares

To make per serving:

2 heaping Tablespoons of this mixture for each 8 oz mug

Add a bit of fluid (milk or water) to dissolve, then

Finish by adding boiling water or heated milk to fill mug and stir until combined

Top with whipping cream and sprinkles if desired

Add marshmallows if desired

Enjoy!

Hot Chocolate with whipped cream and sprinkles

And that about does it for news this week.  I hope this finds you all well.  

Enjoy your May long weekend!  

Until next time:

Gremlynn

   

Asparagus Patch, Spuds and a Tomato Macaroni Soup Recipe

Greetings Earthlings:

Yard, Garden and Greenhouse Update:

We have spent several days happily out puttering in the yard this past week.  Puttering in the yard is an ongoing theme at our house from about April to November.  The ground is still very cold, but we have asparagus and garlic poking thru finally.  And we are already eating the green onions. 

Papa has been in a planting and yard tidying mood.  He rebuilt his Asparagus patch containment boards this week.  He had been meaning to do this for some time, but decided that this is the year to do it!  It looks fantastic!  I will be much less apt to step on the new shoots now.

Miss Smokey helping me as I walk about taking photos

New Asparagus Bed

He has also got his vineyard area ready to plant his grapes, has a new wind break up - to hopefully help save our poor fruit blossoms from blowing away before the bees can do their job and he has planted Alberta hardy Blueberry shrubs, Cherry bushes, a few more Haskaps and Saskatoons.  The back orchard is now officially full - or at least, I think it is full!  Time will tell.

The greenhouse is in full swing.  We have tomatoes in bloom, cucs are beginning to form and I noticed that the peppers are beginning to flower.  Yay!  It is wonderful to head out to the back yard grocery store whenever I need something.  It is such a convenience to have.  I so look forward to all the tasty veggies as they are ready to be enjoyed.  

Baby Long English Cucumber

Pepper plants beginning to flower

Tomato Plants are beginning to bloom

He came into the house the other morning and announced that the petunias had gotten so big that he was going to have to put them into their half barrels much earlier than usual.  They won't be going out to their summer location yet, but they were just getting too unruly in their cells.  He figured if he left them much longer, they would surely suffer.  I am surprised at how big they are already!

Transplanted Wave Petunia ready to go

And he pulled out the seed potatoes that he is wanting to get ready to plant.  We exclusively grow Alberta Blush here in our garden.  It is a cultivar that originated in the Wetaskiwin, AB area.  We originally purchased our first seed potatoes from T & T Seeds out of Manitoba, after seeing them offered in their catalogue a few years ago.  What first attracted us to them was the name Alberta Blush and where they were first field tried, very local to us.  We were hooked after our first harvest!  

These are the potatoes of your childhood memories.  They are creamy when mashed, don't go to mush when boiled, bake beautifully and make amazing fries.  And they store incredibly well.  In fact, we are still eating last year's crop which is stored in our veggie pit!  They are absolutely an all around multi purpose potato!  We usually grow more than we can use, so it is easy to keep back a few as seed to plant.  

We were especially happy we did so last year, as they had a crop failure and didn't have any seed potatoes to sell.  We were very lucky to have our own saved.  This is officially the only potato we plant any more.  If you get a chance to try some for yourself, you will quickly see what all the fuss is about.

Alberta Blush potatoes for this year's seed

Chicken Coop News:

Papa has also been busy getting the chicken coop ready to separate this year's chicks - the new layers from the fryers.  We don't mix our flocks.  We keep our meat birds separate from our layers and this year's pullets separate from our current production team.  It is a safety feature to contain any issues, should any ever arise.  

Current Production Team:  They have the run of the coop and the chicken yard

Papa brought in a Super Sized Egg the other day.  It was twice the size of one of our normal eggs.  When I cracked it, I expected that it would be a double yoker, but wow!  It was the equivalent of 2 full sized eggs!  Poor Chicken!

Look at the size of this chicken egg!  The ones to the right are farm sized x-large!

No surprise that it was a double yoke

Equivalent to 2 regular eggs.  Yikes!

Studio News:

Not much Studio time again with the extra yard work.  I did get the table topper finished though.  I decided to quilt it on the domestic and was very happy with the end result.  I also found another bag of Half Square Triangles that I have since sorted and pressed.  They range from 3/4" square to 2 3/4" square.  I am thinking making up small zippered bag(s) from this collection.  I haven't decided how I am going to lay them out yet, but it will be fun to think something up.  I am still crocheting in the evening.  I have one small purse made and am working on another one.  Too fun!

Finished Table Topper is 23" square

Cute little purse with beads

These items will be available for purchase at the Tin Chicken, after Chris opens in her new location, later this spring.  All of the items we will have available there will be individually hand made and unique, one of a kind pieces.  We are thrilled to be able to have a space there to share and show our works.  

And check out the new business card/hang tag

Kitchen  Happenings:

I just finished baking up 5 loaves of sour dough bread earlier today.  Three sandwich style and two rustic loaves.  This will freeze well and last us two about a month.  They also thaw beautifully and are a real convenience for me to have made up.  

Three sandwich style and two rustic style sour dough bread loaves

We haven't bought bread in years.  I first started baking bread way back in the early 1980's, when we were first married.  I would bake 8 loaves every Monday.  Papa would take a full loaf a day to work.  He worked at a feed lot in Czar, Alberta at the time.  The hours were long and the work was very physical.  His day would start at 7 in the morning and end at 6 pm.  The loaf of sandwiches was convenient and easy to grab a bite throughout the day, as he needed to refuel.  My bread was more filling and far more economical during our salad years.  Considering a 10 kg of flour would go on sale for $3.99 and a loaf of bread was about $1.50 at the time, it didn't take a genius to do the math on that one.  

I don't bake anything like I used to in those early years, but we still prefer my homemade bread to this day.  And he still hovers, with his knife in one hand and a jar of peanut butter in the other, waiting for the loaves to come out of the oven.  Then complains that he is burning his fingers as he cuts off a slice!  I guess he still likes his fresh bread, too.  😉

We had finished up our beef stew for supper last night, so I needed to make another soup for today's lunch.  I didn't know what to make, but it needed to be quick, as it was a busy morning.  I was also prepping for our Supper Club tomorrow night and decided to make a macaroni salad to go with the BBQ I am planning.   As I got a pot of macaroni cooked up for the salad, I became inspired for today's soup.  

Tomato Macaroni Soup:

1/2 large onion diced

1 rib of celery, diced

1 clove garlic

1 tbsp butter or oil or both, if you like!

1 litre of stewed tomatoes

1 litre beef broth (I used my pressure canned stock with beef included)

*1 lb of ground beef or left over cooked beef, if you are adding meat - it is great without as well

1 can tomato soup, undiluted

6 cups water, divided: 4 cups to cook the macaroni with 1 tsp salt added and two more cups to add to the soup

1 cup raw, uncooked macaroni or another smaller style noodle

1 handful (about 2 tbsp dried or 1/2 cup fresh) basil

1 tsp each of salt and pepper, to taste

Put 4 cups of water with 1 tsp salt onto boil in a separate pot.  Add macaroni and cook per instructions 8-10 minutes.  Pour cooked macaroni into colander when done and set aside.  Discard cooking water. 

Meanwhile:

Dice up the onion, celery, garlic and saute in butter/oil or both if you like, in a 4-6 litre stock pot until clear.

*If using hamburger, add it to the soup pot and scramble fry until done.

*If using left-over beef, dice up and set aside.

Add to the soup pot, the beef stock, stewed tomatoes, can of tomato soup and the remaining 2 cups of water.  If using left over beef, add this as well.  Add seasonings and bring to a boil.  Simmer about 1/2 an hour to let flavors meld.  About 5 minutes before serving, add the previously cooked macaroni.  Bring back to a boil to reheat the macaroni and simmer a few minutes more.  Makes about 6 servings.  We two, get three lunches out of one pot.

I have found that precooking the noodles in a separate pot saves them from absorbing all the stock in the soup pot.  This and they don't tend to go to mush.  

Serve with crusty bread

It has been lovely to sit on the deck with a cup of tea lately and enjoy all the birdy antics as they shop around for the best nesting boxes to set up housekeeping.  It is wonderful to hear them sing in the early morning.  Such a lovely way to start they day!  I am watching for the hummingbirds as I have heard reports that they have arrived in Southern Alberta.  Time to get the feeders out and some nectar made up.  They are always so much fun to watch!

Not much else for news this week.  I am always amazed at how quickly a week slips by.  I don't think I would have anything to write about until I go back over my calendar and realize just how much we got done in the past 7 days.  We always seem to run out of day, before we run out of things to do!

For all you Mom's, Auntie's and Gramma's out there, we wish you a very Happy Mother's Day!

Enjoy your weekend and we'll chat again next week.

Take Care,

Gremlynn