I love green! It has always been my favorite color, so when LeeAnna asked about green this week, I decided to dedicate my whole Thursday post to green.
How about green vegetables? This asparagus and mushroom stir fry was quite tasty. It was an easy recipe - asparagus, mushrooms, olive oil and your favorite seasonings.
It was my turn to host book club this month, so how about green plates and napkins for March?
Peanut butter cookies (always my favorite)
and dark chocolate almonds for treats - yum!
We read an interesting book for this month's discussion - A Patchwork Planet, by Anne Tyler. The main character is Barnaby, who is described as a loveable loser who's trying to get his life together.
The title of the book comes from a quilt that one of the characters was making. I loved this quote from the story:
"Planet Earth was makeshift and haphazard,
clumsily cobbled together, overlapping and crowded and
likely to fall to pieces at any moment."
I have made quite a few green things for our house over the years. You can tell these placemats have been used and washed over and over! My favorite shade of green is in the top placemat - what would you call that shade? Maybe emerald green.
I'm so glad Spring is on its way - that mean lots of green coming in the near future!
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I loved Patchwork Planet, gave it five stars on a review.
If I came to your book club, I would make a beeline for those cookies! Your greens are all so pretty. Yum on the asparagus! I have asparagus on my grocery list, it is always decently priced and fresh this time of year. Enjoy the rest of your week!
Anne Tyler is an author I have on my list to read her books in chronological order! I loved your green plates. . .what a fun book club meeting you had!
I've been an Anne Tyler fan for decades. I checked out her new book earlier this week. I like green, too!
Green is an easy color to like, IMHO! I haven’t seen asparagus yet in the store. I better look harder. We would love that combo!
Oh big yes to the peanut butter cookies!
You know, I have recently fell in love with green, so hooray! Great post! That asparagus/mushroom stir fry looks delicious! I found A Patchwork Planet as an audio on Hoopla! Thank you for sharing! Your placemats are gorgeous! Yes, emerald green is my favorite green. Take good care!
You have lots of pretty greens showing up this month.
Asparagus and mushrooms are one of our favorite dishes. The book sounds interesting...better than the one we just finished in our club. The placemats are pretty, too!
I have not heard of that book I will add it to my list!!
Mushrooms make anything great. ;-) PB and chocolate are always good together.
Nice placemats. I like the green -- I'm trying to use orphan blocks to make placemats but haven't done any for a few weeks. My quilt guild collects them to give out. (Hum, no idea where they go. I should probably check out where they are going.)
Lovely placemats, Diann...like everything you sew! I have read all of Anne's books...her earlier work is so wonderful-so look for those to read if you haven't already, and she says herself that she can't write like she used to.
A green theme is perfect for this time of year! We need a little renewal in our lives right now. I will have to check out that book you've recommended. Enjoy spring!
Oh yum! I am putting the mushroom asparagus stir fry on my list for this week! Hugs.
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