Sunday Smiles - Trichromat vs Dichromat

 Linking to Gillena's Sunday Smiles.

Chinese Spinach

 A few weeks ago, I was weeding in the front yard and the grandma across the street came over and gave me this bag of Chinese spinach.  This is not the neighbours next door who also give me vegetables. Anyway, I think she likes my weeding work ethic!  She is Chinese and doesn't speak English.  I say grandma, I am also a grandma, albeit slightly younger.

Friday Art - Axolotl

 Welcome to Friday Art!  This is an Axolotl ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  Here is how to pronounce this word.  It is an amphibian, a type of salamander.

My 7 year old grand niece taught me how to pronounce this Aztec word.  She knows it having seen it at a zoo or aquarium where my sister-in-law took her.  We were surprised that she remembered this.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Friday.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - 'Plaid' Theme and Banana Yogurt Cake

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date. The theme is 'Plaid'.  Rain is on an indefinite break.

This is my 'Plaid' ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") in watercolour pencil. 

 For the Dinner Date I made a Banana Yogurt cake. It was moist and delicious.

 

Wednesday Memes

 

In bloom

 I was walking through a pathway a few weeks ago and spotted this trumpet vine in bloom.

The next day I happened upon these lilies in bloom.    Don't you love summer?

Here is the trumpet vine a week later:

Handiwork

 

At the end of last month, daughter L asked me if I could widen the neckline on the baby onesie pictured above.  I can only hand sew using a basic back stitch or do some hemming as required as I never bothered learning how to use a sewing machine.  I found this video on YouTube showing how to fix a small neckline and decided to try this method.

As you can see in the 2nd photo I was able to widen the neckline.  It gave me a real sense of accomplishment.  It took under an hour from conception to finish.  The fun was in figuring out what to do.  I still have no desire to learn how to use a sewing machine, not being the most mechanical person.