Sew, Bake, Garden - Go Mama Go!

First stop: Garden Center. Definitely worth the extra dollar it costs for certain plants. In fact, it turned out to be cheaper than Home Depot this time because they had a special on small, potted perennials. The lady who helped me was so, so helpful! She explained a lot of things. For one thing, did you know the difference between black eyed susans and brown eyed susans is that black eyed susans are clump plants that look like nursery plants and grow up bunches of reliable blooms. Brown eyed susans are the more wild variety, you might say, that grow up one stalk here and there and tend to have smaller blooms. Also she sold me some 5-10-10. Of course I've read about it before but every time I've read about fertilizers, I end up thinking they are all pretty much the same. She explained that perennials use up the nutrients in the soil and need to be fed each fall (and optional but recommended in the spring). This bag of 5-10-10 looks like little gray pebbles. She said the "miracle grow" I use is mostly just for annuals. Good enough! I'll try this stuff in November and hope for a better crop of perennials next year.

Next we intended to go to the library but on the way there, we passed another one that was closed. For fear our intended library might be closed, we decided to save it for another day. Instead we stopped at the market that has small carriages.

So cute.

While Julia napped, I sewed. Ellie is supposed to try to play on her own during this time. She would prefer not to have any solo time so she often visits me. It has become necessary to put up a bit of a blockade! Ellie noticed the dog and cat slip under the gate. So she tried it too. Quite limber, this child.
The cat likes to lay in the window and watch birds visit the feeder outside.

Baked banana bread. Coffee. Yummy snack.

Pretty high quality day. Kid time. Sewing time. Baking. Gardening time. Lots got done.