My bead store haul
I'm rolling in beads! Yesterday I went to a bead store for the first time since I moved to Tucson over five years ago. I had finally depleted my stash of oranges and golds, and that's all I planned to buy. HA!
BEADHoliday turned out to be room after room after room of just about every type of bead and beading supply that you could imagine. It's been in business 28 years in central Tucson and is housed in an appropriately colorful old building.
I was swept away with the colors and slight irregularities of the wood beads and bought one strand of each of these colors. (And there were more colors.)
Seed beads, turquoise ...
... an entire rack of leaf beads.
I'll be back!
Another thing I've been doing lately is roasting tomatoes and then using them in salads, sandwiches, breakfast plates and for snacking. It's impossible to buy decent tasting tomatoes in the stores here, but after roasting them with olive oil, garlic and seasonings they taste pretty good.
Do any of you do this, and what seasonings do you use? I just used salt, pepper, thyme and oregano and I'm looking for more ideas.
This morning I had some with a slice of spinach quiche.
On the Juniper front, she continues her love affair with books and with Pops the rescued feral cat. We think he's so grateful to finally be living inside with a loving family that he'll put up with anything.
Have a colorful day
3 comments:
OMG, you must have been like a kid in a candy store! Congrats on finding a good source! As for tomatoes, never tried roasting them, but I think I would try fresh basil with them - they play well together. Aww, sweet kitty and I love that Juniper is into books, even at this early age!
Oh my, I haven't been in a bead-dedicated store in a very long time, maybe not since Judi took me to her fantastic bead store in Hood River. I was going through my stash not long ago and like all other quilting supplies, I have a lot of beads to choose from but am not making anything of late requiring beads. But I'm sure I would run into that inevitable problem of not having the right ones when I needed them! Roasting tomatoes sounds like such a good idea for the otherwise bland store bought tomatoes. Stunned by that picture of your quiche in such a boldly decorated plate. You live well! And go Juniper with the cat. Before I developed my cat allergy at about 4th grade, I too could be found dressing up our cat. Once cats were not allowed, my poor dog suffered my attentions as I dolled her up with baby clothes including bonnet and booties and "marched" with her in a kid's parade. Yes, the best pets are the tolerant ones.
Be still my heart...you know my love of beads! HA So hard for me to see to bead embroidery as I did years ago. Having hard enough time working on needlepoint!
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