Tomatoes Growing in my Kitchen

These are cherry tomatoes growing in my kitchen in my Aerogarden Pro 100 which also has jalapenos growing but they aren't blooming yet. One tomato plant has about 20 tomatoes that have set. I am happy with that.

Socks to go to my mom, frog first

The green socks were originally for me and were made for my large ankles, but they are so warm that my mom would appreciated them more than me. This means I have to rework them for her size, not mine. The bright socks at the bottom are for me and will continue to be, I am doing them toe up, in Knit Picks Felici on circular needles, size 2.25mm.

Happy Aerogardens and herbs

This is the salsa garden on my husbands refrigerater in his computer room. See the blooms? The other one in there is the gourmet herbs, which we are harvesting over and over.

My Aerogardens are thriving.

My Aerogardens are being really busy and productive. My gourmet herbs are being harvested again and again, and the tomatoes in the salsa garden are blooming and setting. The peppers aren't blooming yet. Rats, the images won't upload!!!

Cosy cat weather

Since it so rarely rains here in Southern California the kitties all found places on all the chairs to cuddle up in. One of the cats was wet as he was chasing birds in the rain (he isn't generally allowed outside so he took advantage and was bad) and he was soaking wet. We had to put down towels and cat beds all over the living room. I think these photos capture the cuddly-ness just right. This is Gremlin.

Happy New Year

I did the requisite Black Eyed Peas for the first meal of the day; heck, it turned into the ONLY meal of the day, I made what looked like a vat of it in my oval Rachel Ray cast iron pot that weighs like, 5 pounds all by itself with its' lid. I varied it this year; I added carrots, cross cut to signify gold coins (wealth) lots of my cavalo from the garden (Tuscan black kale, very tasty) to signify paper money along with celery. That and a boatload of onions to the peas made it a very tasty dish. Usually I will make a Texas caviar which is delicious but is a bit tedious to eat all of. I had some Cajun sausages so added those for the boost in spiciness and flavor. The blackeyed peas were fresh in the produce department this year instead of soaking the hard ones all night long. That gave them more texture, I think. All in all, I will do this again. I didn't add any salt, just some chicken bouillion in place of the salt. No need for pepper or other spices.
This is my first post of the year and I realized I have been remiss in not just posting, but posting about food.
Happy New Years to my blog buddies.

Sorry about the light color in the previous post

http://bobbissocksblatherings.blogspot.com/feeds/post/default

I thought that the periwinkle color would show up better than it did against the green background.

New socks for me

I finally finished a pair of turquoise socks; these are Opal Magic.  I have large ankles which explains the cuff area, not to mention that I finished them last night in time to wear them to bed and wore them all night long as it was cold.  Next time I will make them longer in the cuff area.

Newest progress pics

These are new pictures of my Arugula sock; it was down to where I would have started the heel; I decided to rip out and recast on more stitches in smaller sizes.

OnLine socks in Dune

These are 2 pair of socks in the same colorway; the one on the left is a pair by my friend Colleen done on her knitting machine as a test, and they look perfect.  She only has to kitchener the toe on the left one.  I hand knit the ones on the right for my sister, and the toes have been waiting for a couple of months for me to kitchener them or find someone kind enough to do that for me.  I suck at kitcheneering due to knitting with the right hand and sewing with the left.  It doesn't orient well at all.

I thought this would be a good example of both styles.