There was a little honey bee crawling around in our back yard. I was concerned for his safety (I think it may be a drone, large eyes and no stinger), so I moved it outside the fenced area and away from the dog’s feet (and noses). I did offer him some sugar water, but he wasn’t interested. Good luck finding what you are looking for little bee!
I tried knot rolls this time, using the same simple bread recipe that Paul Hollywood uses for his eight strand plaited loaf. They tasted really good; chewy crust with a soft center! The knot was a simple overhand knot with the end tucked in. However my sizes were all over place, so I’m giving you a picture of the best roll, both before and after baking. Know though, that this was not typical. I’m not trying to prove myself; it’s a knotty problem to share but also to keep it real, so I will try to rise to the occasion in words, but not provide photographic proof. (I’m on a roll with these puns! And I’m done now.)
This spring we planted some red columbines to go with the yellow columbines. The idea is to have a little glade of multi-color columbines under the front trees, since the yellow variety like it so much out there. The blooms on these two color columbines are more downward facing, like little chandeliers. Hm.
I know skinny t-shirts are a thing, but there are times when they are too skinny! My eldest has a favorite print shirt that fits this category, and drives her crazy when it rides up. We did look for a larger size, but it has been a few years since she received it as a gift. To fix it, I found a thin knit fabric that matched the weight of the shirt (and coordinated with the print), then picked out the side seams all the way up, including the sleeve seam. Using a different, well-fitted shirt as a guide, I cut 3” strips of the new fabric and sewed them in using the jersey stitch on my sewing machine.
My eldest and I collaborated on a little cosplay project. She needed a crown for an English project (they are reading Julius Caesar by Shakespeare), but wanted to do the diamond circlet from Zelda Breath of the Wild so she could use it again at Halloween. She did not want to do it all in wire and have it get caught in her hair, so we raided the craft room for parts. We found non-woven colored fabric that I originally purchased to make mask filters. Surprisingly, this stuff does not take glue well. We ended up layering Modge Podge with leaf cutouts with a wire in the middle of the sandwich, and leaving it to dry on wax paper; when dry it held together and we could trim the extra dried glue.
I did order clear tear drop rhinestones, but the frames are made of yellow Playdoh because it dries hard after a couple days. The “berries” are wood beads (that were in my stash) painted with yellow acrylic paint. It makes painting beads easier if you put them on a wooden skewer first, by the way. The crown is gold colored aluminum wire (yup, from the stash). I did use the crafter’s panacea, hot glue, very sparingly (so as to not catch hair) to keep everything in place.
Not a perfect replica, but it is light and easy to wear.
