What did I do this weekend?
It has been a hot and sunny weekend here in the deep mid-west! It did rain last night and that was very welcome. I had a single ripe tomato on my plants and this morning when I went to pick it, it had gone, stolen, presumed eaten. One of our furry long tailed garden friends I am sure is the guilty party. I always try to grow lots of tomatoes to share with the squirrels but to take the very first ripe one, that was mean. Lesson learnt, when I see a ripe tomato, don’t leave it, pick it! Over the weekend I bought a few new art supplies in the form of acrylic gouache and some basic kraft paper to make sketchbooks from. I love the colours this gouache comes in and choosing a few was a difficult job. I bought this book from the library sale cart for a whole 25cents! I don’t think I will use it for anything except sitting on my shelf because my grandad was a morris dancer and …