Dandelion Infused OIl & Rubber Stamps & Strawberries

   Hi everyone, it has been a month or so that my dried dandelion flowers were soaking in a light olive oil, so I strained it out this morning.

    The color is so lovely. I will use this for my dry skin, and I may also add some to a batch of my melt and pour soap. Haven't made soaps in awhile and I still have soap base left.

    I could also use some of this dandelion oil to make a soothing salve-I have ingredients for that too. (my craft room is full of all things creative-smiles)

   I had bought a case of these little jars and lids for my homemade inks-I need to check on those and see how they are doing-and these jars are the perfect size for my dandelion oil too.

  I did get out early this morning and cut grass with the weed eater for almost 3 hours. Still a lot of tall grass to get cut down but I got the worst of it. That job got to my back this time, so I won't go back out early evening like I thought I would. If we don't get the rain tonight, I will tackle some more early morning.

 I did get more ornamental grass seeds planted in the "greenhouse bottles" yesterday. Need to save up more of the bottles to finish planting. 

  I ordered some new rubber stamps from a seller I have bought from before on Etsy. I have a few of her Little Lady series and wanted a few more for my letters and the envelopes to the seniors for Letters Against Isolation. This month I chose a facility to write to in Hawaii.

  I always look up the facility before I choose to send letters there. This one was special. The history was that a lady purchased several acres on top of a mountain and built her home. Her immediate family could live there after her death but then it was donated to become a nursing and rehab. facility. They have added on over the years but the original home is still part of the facility.

 and another one-this series makes me smile here is the shop I buy from

  I did clean the strawberries and sliced them up with a little sugar so they could make some juice. In the freezer I found a dozen gluten free yellow cup cakes that I had made-so those are perfect with the strawberries and some vanilla ice cream for our treat tonight-yum

   I am off to watch the KC Royals baseball game tonight-they are playing much better than last year. Oh and I have a few hummingbirds at my feeder-finally.. Not too many here at the lake but we always enjoy seeing them. We also had a couple orchard orioles pass through as well.

  Wow May 1st is tomorrow-April went by too fast for me this year..  

   Happy May Day! 

      I remember as a child my sister and I with Mom made paper baskets to hold fresh flowers (from Mom's garden) that we hung on our neighbors front door. Does anyone do this anymore??