Folding furniture

I heart IKEA and their folding furniture. I got rid of my standard dining table and replaced it with one that has two wings that fold out, and six deep drawers in the middle. Add four folding, bright red chairs.

Plus one outdoor chair.

Finally, a folding stepladder so that I can stop climbing onto my kitchen counters to reach the highest shelves.

Look at all that extra space now!

This will all be going with me to my future tiny house.

Spinning

I am taking a yarn spinning class at Purlescence Yarns. It is fun to work with fiber in a new way, and I always love producing things with my hands. The best part is that the store is lending us wheels to work with at home for the duration of the class! I got an Ashford Traveller.

Early attempts at spinning were, predictably, lumpy "art yarn."

But look at me now!

I bought some cheap extra roving for when I run out of the white they provided. Fun!

Spring!

The first ripe strawberry of the year was, of course, delicious!

I got a good spinach harvest before the plants started bolting.

I purchased ladybugs to help control the aphid population. I was happy to see them still hanging around and copulating for the next few days.

I digitized a ton of old client files and am in the process of shredding the paper and adding it to the worm bins.

Plus I finally harvested the one bin that was full of worm castings (and a small number of sticks). I still have 3 bins going.