Blog entries - August 2010 http://www.inapeanutshell.com Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:27:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/abby-is-two-465.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/abbytwo_1.jpg" alt="abbytwo_1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />We took Abby to get her claws trimmed on Saturday and while we were there realized that we&#39;d just passed her second birthday. So instead of her usual post-nail-clipping treat we got her a little, dog friendly cupcake. It was rock solid and iced with yogurt (the kind that usually covers raisins) and Abby was very excited about getting to eat it.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.in... Shelley Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:47:47 +0100 Abby http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/garden-curry-464.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/gardencurry_1.jpg" alt="gardencurry_1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />I made curry for dinner last night and it was awesome. It started in my garden and ended on the table and was super easy to make.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/gardencurry_2.jpg" alt="gardencurry_2.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/gardencurry_3.jpg" alt="gardencurry_3.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4... Shelley Fri, 27 Aug 2010 05:31:53 +0100 Recipe Garden Food http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/im-home-463.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN0197.jpg" alt="DSCN0197.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />I actually got home yesterday but was too tired to do more than download the pictures from my camera (I took almost 400!) and grab a shower (4 am is too early to shower). My trip was great. I met a lot of my Dad&#39;s side of the family that I hadn&#39;t really known before and saw lots of cousins I only remembered as toddlers. I&#39;ll be going through all those pictures and pulling out so... Shelley Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:28:03 +0100 Vacation Socks Sock Club Knitting http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/quiet-house.html <p>This is not Shelley. &nbsp;This is Rob.&nbsp;</p><p>Shelley is away this weekend, visiting her Grandparents to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, so I figured I should keep the blog rolling. Unfortunately I don&#39;t have a camera here so I can&#39;t take any new pictures. &nbsp;Abby just doesn&#39;t know what to do with herself and keeps checking at every sound to see if it&#39;s her momcoming back. &nbsp;I took her over to my parents&#39; house last night to have some company and pla... Shelley Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:37:53 +0100 http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/a-balloon.html Look what we saw this evening!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/balloon_1.jpg" alt="balloon_1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/balloon_2.jpg" alt="balloon_2.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/balloon_3.jpg" alt="balloon_3.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/balloon_5.jpg" alt="balloon_5.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br ... Shelley Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:06:52 +0100 Around Town http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/some-rambling-about-knitting.html We&#39;ve been having a lovely August. It can be an iffy month here - some years it&#39;s fabulous, others it&#39;s grey and wet - but it is always the end of our summer. By as early as next week we&#39;ll start to see leaves edging toward yellow. The evenings already have that pleasant coolness to them and the shrubs that were blooming a few weeks ago are producing raspberries and rose hips now. Before I became a knitter Fall was a brief, chilly season before it got really cold; now it is one o... Shelley Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:27:45 +0100 Knitting Christmas Autumn http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/how-to-pretty-stickers.html <p>What do you do when you want pretty stickers but don't have any in the house? Dress up some plain ones! Here's a simple how-to:*<br /><br /></p><br/><img src="http://peanuttwo.mopguild.com/images/63/pretty_stickers_1.jpg" border="0" alt="pretty_stickers_1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br/><p><br />Grab some plain stickers, a rubber stamp and an ink pad.</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><p>&nbsp;</p><br/><img src="http://peanuttwo.mopguild.com/images/63/pretty_stickers_3.jpg" border="0" alt="pretty_sticker... Shelley Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:28:17 +0100 Tutorial Paper Crafts http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/volunteer.html Guess what this is?<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/weed_1.jpg" alt="weed_1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />I&#39;ll give you a closer look.<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/weed_2.jpg" alt="weed_2.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />It&#39;s a peanut!<br /><br />It must have been buried by one of the squirrels that frequents our feeder. I found it growing next to my new plot of spinach (it wasn&#39;t there a few days ago when I was plan... Shelley Sun, 08 Aug 2010 02:16:14 +0100 Garden http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/rockin-sock-club-july-august-2010.html Spoiler Alert!<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/rscJuly2010_1.jpg" alt="rscJuly2010_1.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />Guess what came in the mail today? July&#39;s Rockin&#39; Sock Club package and it&#39;s such a good one. Ready for some coloured goodness? Read on ...<br /><br />---<br /><br /><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/rscJuly2010_2.jpg" alt="rscJuly2010_2.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" /><br />Not one but two skeins of delicious yarn!<br /><br... Shelley Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:52:42 +0100 Yarn Sock Club http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/today.html <p>&nbsp;</p><img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN9518.jpg" alt="DSCN9518.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />... I picked a bowl of fresh sugar snap peas and sunberries. The peas were for my lunch. The sunberries are for the freezer.<br /><br />... I checked on my ripening tomatoes.<br /><br />... I plan to do a little more spinning.<br /><br />... I&#39;m going to try on and rip back the sock I&#39;ve been working on.<br /><br />... Abby and I will go adventuring for smooth rocks.<br... Shelley Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:22:00 +0100 Me Life http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/yesterday.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/rambleandride2010_3.jpg" alt="rambleandride2010_3.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />Yesterday, in between a slow morning and a lazy evening, we walk down to Old Town for the annual Ramble and Ride. Old Town is a nice walk from our house and I like events where we can take Abby along. We were a little unsure about the weather when we set off. There was a cool breeze and grey clouds passing overhead but when the sun hit you it felt hot. We took a chance... Shelley Mon, 02 Aug 2010 23:56:12 +0100 Life Around Town Abby http://www.inapeanutshell.com/archive/lazy-lazy-lazy.html <img src="http://www.inapeanutshell.com/images/63/DSCN9398.jpg" alt="DSCN9398.jpg" hspace="4" vspace="4" />I&#39;ve got stuff to post and things to do but with a whole extra day of weekend ahead of me I&#39;m putting it all off.<br /><br />This is one of the sunflowers in my sister&#39;s garden. It&#39;s taller than either Jane or I and has a huge scary looking spiky bud on it (is it still called a bud when it&#39;s bigger than your fist?). There are four or five of these flowers along the insid... Shelley Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:43:14 +0100 Miscellaneous Garden