A craft epiphany this morning - something I daresay neither of my parents encountered (there was no evidence): I have too many things going on at once, with the setup for projects I need to work on for a while. Before I start another one (quilting) I need to wrap up a few other things. When I think back to the archaeological digs one reads about, when a slim metal shard reminds us that women had just a few scarce needles for their thread and sewing, when every trade bead was precious, I know we are well beyond those days. The problem is too much, not too little. Organizing the sewing studio was an excellent start. Now I need to expand the organizing to the rest of the house. As I research the heavy duty sewing machines out there I realize that this is enough of a commitment that I need to use this as a reward for myself for finishing or donating stuff I'm not using any more. And it gives me a lot to look forward to for motivation purposes.

I decluttered stuff in the pantry shelves yesterday as I moved garlic that is too pulpy to cook with into the garden to see if it will grow. Chances are it will, and the transformation from old clove to new bulb will happen in the soil over the winter and spring. And if it doesn't, no big deal. I'll have plenty that was already sprouting (because I didn't harvest all of it in the spring, I left it to grow much larger after another year.)

The next garden task is to use the trimmer to scalp the grass from beds and prepare for planting some winter crops. Some are cold hardy (broccoli, cauliflower, potatoes, etc.) if you put the floating row cover over the top in particularly cold weather. And because I have that stuff now I need to keep in mind the placement of crops so covering them is easy.