Monica and daughter, Layla of Bieri Farms let us come and pick  some green beans today!

My daughters, Ellie and Sophie helped pick!

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Ellie's bean is a smile and my bean is a mustache!

                    

What a fun way to spend an afternoon  with my girls! 

Thanks again to my dear friend  Monica for her hospitality!

Tinted Wildflowers!

Hello friends! 

 Well, my tinted wildflowers didn't turn out quite the way I remembered them the first time I did them!  Here's some pics of my second attempt!  You'll notice the red is not pictured...it was kind of a flop....

TIPS TO ENSURE GREAT RESULTS:

*Use fresh flowers, not wilted

*Any white flower will work

TO AID ABSORPTION:

*Trim stems pretty short

(tint doesn't have to travel far)

*Slant cut stems under warm water

*1/2 cup warm water to 20-30 drops food color

Iowa wildflower/weed update

Food coloring added? Check! Red? Check!
                                                        Blue? Check!
                                                                  Orange? Check!
Displayed in pretty little milk glass? Check!

Changing color yet? Nope. Not yet!

I did it! I created my blog! Yippee! I've been wanting to do this for so long!

These lovely little lacy ditch weeds are all over the place this time of year in Iowa.  I don't know what they are called, but I just love them!  When my children were little, we would pick these lil' lovelies on our walks.  Then we would place them in different glasses with a little food coloring added to the water.  It was magical to watch them suck up the color through their stems and change color over the next few days!  Now my children are grown and busy with their own lives, but when these wildflowers/ weeds appear It brings back sweet summer memories!  I will post pictures in the days to come to show you their magical transformation!