Happy Mail & Crazy Color!

A bit more of back-log-blogging before I start posting about my WNY VegFest Adventures from the weekend.  I have some HAPPY MAIL and Crazy Color to share with you right now!

First up...Happy Mail from NuNaturals!  They repackaged the Oat Fiber and sent some more of the flavored stevia and syrups!  I will be doing more with these in the very near future that is for sure!

You may remember a few months ago that 52 Teas was doing a KickStarter Campaign to change hands from Frank to Anne.  Well, it happened and the new owners have taken over 52 Teas and sent the KickStarter perks to those you participated!  Here are the reblends I received and I am super excited about them!

PLUS the company will remain vegan and organic!  Woot!  Congrats and THANKS to Anne and her daughter for continuing this label or great teas!

I have already tried their Pancake Breakfast Black Tea and LOVE it!  I think it's more bakey-crusty tasting than before and I'm LOVING that!

This morning I received a surprise in the mail from OPAL!  She hand-made this amazingly beautiful knit hat and also send some embossing folders for my Cuttlebug Machine.

I really MUST get back into scrappin' and paper craftin'!

Maybe after fair is over :)

Again a HUGE Thank You to OPAL for these!

The hat will surely come in handy for the cold winters here.  She knows I LOVE LOVE LOVE hats!  And she's incredibly talented!  She is brilliant with fiber crafts!

In other news...

The rooftop garden is going very well!  We didn't do as much of a variety of things this year but what we are trying is doing well!

We started these peppers inside several months ago and actually these three peppers were indoor and window sill gardening attempts.  We didn't take these outside.

These are SUPER HOT!!!  I like spicy but I will be using these in moderation that is for sure!

They are about the length of my finger so they are pretty small but pack a powerful punch!

And I have been blogging about how we are gearing up for fair time and this is where this next photo comes into play!

This year we are going to have a Prize Wheel and here is what it looks like.  My father let us borrow it from his work and DH altered it.  Doesn't it look COOL!?  What CRAZY COLOR, eh?  Sure is colorful!  And we already have a LOT of prizes to giveaway!  That is above and beyond all of the travel mugs we are given to pass out from a local company and this year we also have about 300 bags of chips to pass out, too!  There will be 4 concerts in 5 days so that is where most of my time will be spent once radio life is wrapped up for the day!

What's Growing In My Kitchen & Produce Nook

I have a lot to be thankful for and a lot of things to blog about.  I will try and pair 'like subjects' in each post but there will be a couple per day so I can try and catch up from when I was away.

I enjoyed my time off - we took Monday and Tuesday as vacation days.  My husband's Birthday was March 10th and mine was the 16th.  We decided to take his Fiat on some day trips.  It worked out well and we were able to hit up a bunch of places that we had been wanting to go but more importantly we were able to get out of town without having to get a place to stay because we came home each of the two nights.  More on where we went in various upcoming posts but I will tell you that we hit-up 3 states...New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. 

But for this specific post I will tell you about a few things that I have been working on in my kitchen in the way of Produce and Window Sill growing.    As you can see in this first photo I chopped off the bottom of my celery and am trying to regrow it in my kitchen.  I've talked to someone who has done this many times as well as chatted online with some people who have tried it with success, too!  Some have done it in just water - making sure that the water is FRESH...and others have started it in their kitchen and then transplanted it in a container or in the ground after it started sprouting from the middle.  So I'm going to try this! 

Another thing I started in my kitchen recently was herbs.  I've done this in the past but this time around I found these neat tins with holes in the bottom that sit on a try so the water can drain but also soak from the bottom.  I'm doing Basil, Chives, and Parsley.  Both of these attempts - the Celery and the Herbs - are on the Window Sill in my Kitchen.

Also in my kitchen - but ALWAYS in my kitchen - are fresh fruit and veggies.  This is a look at what I currently have.  Multi-Colored Sweet Mini Peppers, Onions, Tomatoes, 2 or 3 different kinds of Apples, Bananas, Mandarins.  I have my greens in the frig along with some bigger yellow and orange sweet peppers, a large cucumber, and a few others.

Last night - the Bananas were ripe - so I cut them up and put them in the freezer.  This is the only way I can tolerate Bananas.  LESS is MORE.  1 or 2 chunks at a time in smoothies.  I recently finished some sprouts in the kitchen and hope to start some more tonight.  What are some of the things you have going or growing in your kitchen these days!?