BrassyDel

Squoosh.

Posted on August 19, 2011 by BrassyDel

Squish. Squash. I have squash! Yellow summer squash and plump, green zucchini. I actually let them get a bit too big before harvesting. In my defense, they were hiding in their squashy, leafy bundles. Now I just need to find a good recipe for zucchini bread, preferably gluten free. And if it freezes well, even better! How do you love…

What a Sweet Little Tomato She is

Posted on August 15, 2011 by BrassyDel

After carefully rescuing them from the forest of weeds wildflowers, I was delighted to find some small, green tomatoes growing in the garden. Hubbles may think they are evil, a sort of dastardly poison fruit, but I love tomatoes. I will eat them raw, broiled, sliced with salt, in salads, on sandwiches, in eggs, et cetra, et cetra. They’re almost…

Spoiled.

Posted on August 12, 2011 by BrassyDel

Somebody got a brand new toy! It’s a big, plastic egg by Jolly Pets, is fairly lightweight, and the egg shape makes it wobble erratically when he pushes it. Also, he can’t bite it, and not for lack of trying. Tank is in L-O-V-E with this thing, so I hope it holds up well. He pushes it with his head…

Concerned Kitty is Concerned

Posted on August 11, 2011 by BrassyDel

Oh, say it ain’t so! Poor Concerned Kitty questions your motivations and decision-making abilities. Concerned Kitty is sketched with Micron pens 005 and 08, and fiddled with in Photoshop. Typeface is Creaky Font.

Overgrown

Posted on August 10, 2011 by BrassyDel

I promised you guys that I’d show you my garden space when it was no longer just tilled dirt. Well. It’s not just tilled dirt anymore. In fact, up until a couple of days ago, it was like this: Oops. I actually weeded it a couple of weeks ago, when it looked like this, and put down Preen. I think…

Curls and Pigtails

Posted on August 5, 2011 by BrassyDel

Neither of my babies were born bald, and I even recall asking the nurse if Pixie had hair as soon as her head was crowning. See, this is the magic of the epidural. I can guarantee you that if I was still in the level of pain I had been in before the magic juice epidural, I would not have…

If Brassy Can, You Can

Posted on August 4, 2011 by BrassyDel

One of the many things I have wanted to learn to do for awhile but always assumed was too hard, or something equally whiney and stupid, was home canning. As of just very recently, I can now can things! And you know what? It wasn’t hard. The key seems to be planning ahead, preparing the food, and following recipes to…

Woof!

Posted on August 2, 2011 by BrassyDel

More dogs. I think I am starting to get back into the “cute” groove. Yea!

I’m About to Save You Fifty Cents

Posted on August 1, 2011 by BrassyDel

Not the rapper. Money. I don’t know where I first heard this, but I’ve been doing this for awhile: regrowing green onions (which are about 50¢ a bundle at the grocer’s here). After you chop up your green onions, leave the stems. I usually leave a couple of inches or so at the bottom. Then, put them in a glass…

Toes!

Posted on July 29, 2011 by BrassyDel

At a smidge under 4 months old, Chappy McChappersons here is constantly holding onto his toes. His big sis Pixie wasn’t really into that for a bit longer, so I find it funny. He’s also pretty much perpetual smiles THANK GOD. Somebody around here needs to be!