Blooming

I've been watching little yellow blossoms appear on my tomato plant for a couple of weeks now, and today I counted 23 that have turned into little green tomatoes!  I am sure they will all ripen at the same time and I will be up to my ears in tomatoes...I'm planning now to make lots of marinara sauce with olive oil, fresh basil, and garlic, and freeze it for the winter.  Yummy!

Also "blooming" is my daughter's speech!  At 16 months old, she "talks" non-stop.  Mostly jabbering, but I know she's trying to communicate.  I need to record some of this sweet speech!

My ironing board "grew" a new cover last week.  I found an online tutorial that showed how to take the existing cord and casing and use it with new fabric to create a new cover.  The fabric I chose is a robin's egg blue with bold red geometric shapes.  Love it! 

Lastly, creativity is in full bloom as I've been preparing to teach a keyboard workshop this weekend at my church.  The title is "Chord Charts Without Tears" and it's a 50-minute session on how I approach learning new chord charts (worship tunes).  Since I am a strong sight-reader with a classical background, I probably approach reading chord charts and playing in a band slightly differently from your average musician.  Hopefully something I share will inspire others to try some new things!

Happy, productive days!