It's finally spring and the March snow is gone, so now it's time to check on my seedlings. A few weeks ago, I planted basil, lettuce and forget me nots from seed. I remembered to keep the soil watered, and my memory has paid off. The lettuce already has two sprouts and the basil has one. That's not too bad considering my windowsill doesn't get a whole lot of light. I hope they turn out well because a lot of seeds come in a packet.
If you have any tips about growing seeds, let me know.
I've never thought of owls to be a theme of a baby shower, but aparently it can turn out to be really cute. I attended a baby yesterday for one of my co-workers and from the food to decorations to games, it was about the details.
The food: the desserts have to be the cutest things I've seen in a long time. My favorites were the owl cake balls. The chocolate cake was the moistest cake I ever. Anothe co-worker of mine said that it may have been made by first make the cake, crumbling it up, mixing it with frosting, working it into balls and then freezing it. After that you dip it in melted chocolate and set it to harden. However it's made, it sure is some of the best cake I've ever had.
One of my favorite decorations was the photo display that had wires with clips hanging down like a tree. In addition to photos, it had pastel baby washcloths wrapped around white tissue paper and wrapped in clear celofane like a giant salt water taffy. It was very creative and looked easy to make.
The craftiness came full circle with the game that could be called "The Closepin Game." Every guest is given a tiny closepin. If one guest catches another guest saying a certain word, the can keep that person's pin. Our words were "baby" and "peanut", the baby's nickname. Our pins followed the them by having paper owls on them. Too cute!
All in all, the event was not only a treat to see such creativity, but a great time to celebrate and catch up with friends.
One of the things I like about Eugene is the random things I see there. On March 18, I was load my stuff in my car at a friend's house for a St. Patrick's Day sleepover when I heard something coming from the woods: turkeys. They weren't just any turkeys. They were wild. There were about five of them in a group, and they looked intimidating. I just had to snap a picture of them.
I know around here we get raccoons, squirrels and nutrea, which you don't go near, but what about turkeys? Do they have rabbies, or are they just territorial? So I kept my distance as they gobbled loudly at me, took the picture with my phone and ran back inside the house to tell my friends about my encounter. If you see the West Eugene Wild Turkeys, take a picture and send it to me, and I will post it on my blog.
