Banner making

For anyone who has seen my previous posts and photos of banners that I have made, if you have thought something like "wow what an amazing artist she is," or "I wish I could make banners like that," fear not, because this is well within your reach. I would love to leave you all thinking that I am talented enough to freehand my banners, but I must confess, I'm not. Anyone who can do these three things and make an amazing banner

1) find clipart on the internet

2) use clipart in a powerpoint slide
3) Project onto a sheet and trace

Trailer

I finally have finished my trailer- I have spent the past few years working on fixing up a 1948 2-horse trailer, and this summer I finished it! Here are some before and after pictures.

A Walk in the Woods

Grape Jelly

Tomatoes

Infusing herbs in oil

Calendula Flowers

As a follow up on my post from a few weeks ago about calendula, I thought that I would teach you about infusing herbs in oil. It is very easy and very useful.

Step 1- Gather your calendula flowers as soon as they are fully open. You can buy calendula seed from seed companies like Johnny's and grow them in your garden. Make sure that you buy the right variety for medicinal use since there are some varities that are just meant for decoration. You can also buy dried calendula flowers from an herb company.

Step  2- Allow the flowers to wilt for a few hours.

People's Climate March

Over the weekend, my mom, my sister, and I went to New York City for the People's Climate March. There were an estimated 400,000 people there and it was the biggest climate march in history! We arrived at 81st Street to begin the march at 10:00 (the march started at 11:30) and there were already crowds of people waiting to march. In fact our subway car was jam packed with marchers, banners, and cardboard tubes (the NYPD only allows cardboard tubes for holding up signs, no sticks.) In the subway we saw a kid, about five years old with a poster twice his size made from taped together paper that said "SAVE THE SHARKS." He was wearing a plastic knight helmet and