New Books

I ended up getting this books over the weekend. I have previously read the Half-Stitched quilt books in the series and thought they were ok. The Oregon Trail book sounds interesting in that the author bought mules and a covered wagon and retraced the Trail. I only know a few things about Benjamin Franklin, and thought this book looked interesting. In regards to Jo's Boys I need to read the previous books but you don't hear about this and Little Men as much as Little Women. I find sometimes that famous authors have other books that are really good but for some reason they don't get the attention, hopefully when I get to read these that will be the case. Have you read any of these books?

Update on Grandmother's Flower Garden lapghan....

I have worked on this quite a bit more and here are the results. I am almost halfway done with this lapghan. I am not sure if I will have it complete by Christmas or not.

How is my vegetable garden doing?

Earler this spring I planted lots of different variety of vegetables; cucumbers, corn, green beans, sunflower, red and yukon potatoes, onion, carrots, lavender, basil, rosemary, oregano, peas, bell peppers, tomatoes, etc. However, not all of them made it and most of the ones that didn't I never replanted by seed; lavender, sunflower, tomatoes, basil, rosemary, oregano and cucumber. I ended up purchasing one plant of bell peppers, tomatoes, basil, rosemary and oregano. I really wish that I would have gotten more, and next year I already have different plans for a bigger garden. The soil isn't very good where I live so I have pots and raised bed. Next year, I plan on having several cinder gardens. I think some of the potatoes are getting close to being harvested and I planted a lot. Here are the pictures of my garden this morning. I see that two small bell peppers are starting and on the green beans that two small beans have appeared, so far the other bush bean plants haven't produced anything. I planted the basil with the tomatoes and the carrots with the onions. I think I needed a bigger container for the onions and carrots though.

My Spin Is....

 I am late in posting as I had been traveling. My book for the Classic Club Spin #13 will be Kidnapped. This was on a previous spin that I didn't finish, so glad that I will now have a chance to read it.

Classic Spin 13 List...

Another classic spin will be determined on Monday, June 6th and the book will need to be read by August 1st. Here are the rules for more information.

Here is my list, in no certain order;

1. The Outsiders
2. North and South
3. Wives and Daughters
4. Treasure Island
5. Little Dorritt
6. The Pioneers
7. Jane Eyre
8. My Antonia
9. Larkrise to Candleford
10. The House of Mirth
11. The Rights of Man
12. The Grapes of Wrath
13. Little Women
14. The Secret Women
15. Kidnapped
16. Barnaby Rudge
17. The Oregon Trail
18. Northanger Abbey
19. Private Yankee Doodle
20. The Prince and the Pauper

A Little bit of Gardening...

This year I have tried to garden a little, previously I had quite a few from seed; cucumber, corn, peas, beans, sunflower, etc. but we had some weird weather. I had about 18 of them and only about two beans and some of the corn made it. In containers I have planted; tomatoes, Yukon and red potatoes, onions, peppers and basil. The tomatoes, basil and peppers haven't done anything at all. So I ended up just purchasing a pepper plant from the store instead. I have also planted multiple carrots but so far they haven't appeared as yet, although I think some of them need a little more time to appear. Here are a few pictures from about a week ago;

Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon Wrap Up

 I was only able to read about 150 pages for this readathon, but it was a vast improvement over the last time only 30 pages. This was mostly for the Man In the High Castle, except for the first chapter in Northanger Abbey. By last Sunday night though I completed reading the Man In the High Castle. I think I actually prefer the tv series to the book, the book was more philosophical and was vastly different.  I started reading The Sudden Arrival of Violence last Sunday and was finished by Tuesday, it was a great conclusion to the trilogy but was a little surprised by one or two things that occured. I am also now halfway through An Unbroken Heart.What are you currently reading?