Not knitting

Today was a day for non-knitting tasks that keep getting neglected for knitting.

All the sewing stuff on the dining room table finally got packed away. However, we still won't be actually eating at the dining room table...

Because it's now been turned into a mini-greenhouse area. I'm going to buy my vegetables and annuals already grown from the garden centre, but the perrenials are so much more expensive.

I'd hung on to the gardening trays from last year, so I thought, why not start some perennials from seed?(It's also a nice way to bring a little life into winter) I've had everything for a couple of weeks, but never got around to planting it.

I picked up some Sunflowers and Black-Eyed Susans which will eventually be planted at the side of the house where there's plenty of sun. I'm not sure where the Lavender will end up - maybe just in a pot on the patio.

The Sunflowers were a variety pack so I have no idea what I'm going to get

It was quite the mix of seeds.

You may also spy some cat grass in there. That's for the boys since there's not much outside at the moment...

Not that it keeps Rocky from eating it.

I'd like to get a few more seed packs, but I can't decide what to get. What are your favourite perrenials?

Cleaning out the dining room also gave me room to bring my easel down and get working on the painting I've been commissioned to do

My editor from the magazines has asked me to turn one of her daughters into a fairy. Years ago I did a couple of her grand-daughter.

 

Honestly, I'm a little apprehensive about it. I haven't painted anything in years (this painting might have been the last one) and I've barely drawn either.

And that lack of artistic activity also meant that all this wonderful paint...

.is completely dried up! I had intended to start the painting today, but all I could do was the base sketching. I'll have to hit the art supply shop tomorrow. At least it's close to work!