Flowers = good...oregano oil = foul.

Some of the flowers in my garden this spring. From left: columbine; dahlias; poppies (untouched this year by squirrels, hooray! They must have had a successful intervention and rehab...)

From left: peony bud (with ant); native geranium (with bee). Heh...Ant and Bee.

I'm going to try and base some of my yarn dying colours on this year's flowers. So far I've experimented with some red (on organic merino batting) and some more mixed (blue, yellow and green on Aubin farms three-ply yarn). Moderately pleased with results.

Will take photos of dyed yarn tomorrow.

Have started taking oregano oil on the recommendation of a colleague who is trying to help with my dust allergy at work. It is possibly the worst thing I have subjected my taste buds to. At least in the top five. Must ask what it is that I've done to him that he should wish this gustatory horror on me..

Serves me right for taking health-related advice from IT guys... :)

Continuing the "cats in (fill in the blank)" theme of the evening...

Pelham attempts to recreate the "I is a burito" (sic) lolcat.

Being Pelly, she uses a mohair sweater instead of a facecloth.

New enviro dishwasher!

Mr. Wodehouse helping with the dishes. He likes to help.

We have somewhat different definitions of that word. :)

An everyday essential

Grenville in a stockpot. I bought the pot to use for yarn dying and had it sitting on the counter. Gren, of course, knocked it off the counter, as anything left on there is purely for his amusement. Stockpots make a LOT of noise when they fall from three feet up.

I have forgiven him as this photo amuses me muchly.

Mind you, he is lucky I'm a vegetarian.

Family blogs

My brother has a blog: www.fretful.ca. It is good. :)