Choices, choices.....

So I went out shopping on my lunch hour. I actually had a number of things on my list. Colored pencils, sketch book - too $$$ at Staples, not the sort I was looking for at Target. Fabric for aprons - these are a gift. I have something specific in mind - and couldn't find fabric that meets my mental image. Cheap fabric for dress-up clothes for Anneliese's class - nothing that didn't look like a bugger to sew. Fabric for fall dresses for the girls - again, nothing that fit the mental image. Found a few things I wasn't looking for - pure linen on clearance sale - red, peach, violet, green. Some shiny brocade in wheat, mauve, blue, and sage that had a very 14th century feel.

And I came home with.... nothin'.

The linen is tempting. I should probably go back and at least get the red and some of the green for John. But I'm so un-motivated to sew SCA stuff at the moment.

My brain is stuck on "idle" - unmotivated.

Community Gardens

Sooooo.....

The Grand Haven Community Garden is designed as a facility that grows food for the needy with volunteer help. Which explains why it's an overgrown, weedy mess. Not that it's not a noble goal. It's just that you need to provide more motivation that that to get people involved. Other community gardens are full. This one.... not so much activity. The "Plant a Row for the Needy" program seems to have a better handle on the idea. As do a number of churches who just put out free produce at this time of year.

Whilst the GVSU Community Garden is more what I'm looking for. I need to contact them and see if A. They'll sell a plot to a non-student and B. if they have any available at the moment. I'd really like to get in a nice big plot of winter wheat and soon. (Yes, Lisa, I know you have lots of room. But I think it's a bit wet in the early spring. ;-) Maybe rice, though).