New Starts

A week or so ago, I visited the Dogwood Patch. The plan was for Jerry to take the kids to the little beach at the lake and me to shop. Actually, Jerry was sorting out car trouble while I shopped...and the girls made me nuts. When he finally finished with the car and got the girls, I was finished shopping. But he really twisted my arm and persuaded me to purchase a little something to stitch at the tables in front of the large beautiful window at the shop. I chose "Heart and Hand" by Willow Hill Samplings. I love the colors; Wisconsin Woods is a new favorite thread!

I have also been working on a modified version of Bitterest Flower, by BOAF. I do not want to do the border and there is no way I am using that garish yellow on the leaves. I tried to fill the leaves with Dried Thyme, but that is not working. On the next rotation, I think I may try Desert Mesquite.

Eggs and Antiques

My parents' neighbor gave them these lovely eggs. I posed the eggs with some of my parents' crock collection. They were almost too pretty to eat!

Something like these, Angela?

First Biscornu...

Well, all the cool kids have been doing it for awhile, so I finally made a biscornu. I lost all feeling in my right hand, and my eyes watered through the whole process. My husband keeps asking, "But what do you do with it?" I have no idea. I have been using it as a pin cushion.

They ARE addictive. Now that I am starting to regain feeling in my hand, I may make another!

This is my start on Carriage House Sampling's "Frederick." He is very handsome, and soon his lady love "Frederika" will be released! I think they will look great together, but I do not know where they will go. They actually would have gone very well in my nursery. These are the exact same colors my mother chose to surround her baby girl. Ahhh...the 70s! ;)

June has been busy and hot!

Buttercup turned 5 this month. She did indeed get her American Girl Doll. She tells people she got it, "even though I am not 8 & up!" She celebrated with a mermaid pool party. Both of her "boyfriends" were there, so that was interesting....

Nutmeg told me that when she grows up, she wants a garden as overgrown as mine. Magical things apparently happen in wild, untamed gardens.

We went to my aunt's house for Fathers' Day. We had an indoor cook-out, complete with spaghetti, which my family is never without.
I had forgotten how much energy it takes to keep a 1-year old out of the electrical outlets!

And now it is time to educate the children, do laundry, and figure out what is killing my tomato plants....