Monday, January 29, 2018

My Gardens and Flowers

We are deep into the winter months.  The hours of daylight are short and I miss the green grass and flowers of our yard.  Here are just a few pictures of our flowers and rock gardens from the past summer.  Hopefully they will help to brighten your day!
 
 
 
The north garden....

 
 
...and south garden.  The flowers in my south garden didn't grow as big as in past years, I was very disappointed in them.
 
2017
 
July 2015 (grass sod was brand new and flowers were BIGGER!
In 2017 my daughter planted a small vegetable garden.
 
 
And our trees!  I'm glad we have a couple of nice trees now.  I can see them from the window above my kitchen sink.
 
 
That's all for today.  Until next time, keep dreaming of Spring and have a happy, sunshiny day!


 




 


Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Christmas Embroidery Projects

Here are the stitching projects that I did throughout November and December.
The one farthest left was the first one I did and it has an embroidered fruit boarder.  Every time I see it I think of the 1949 LUX Theater radio production of Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House because that's one of the shows I listened to (two evenings in a row) while working on it. 

 
I was so bummed out when the sun beams behind the strawberry baskets didn't was out.  I accidently washed them in WARM water instead of very COLD water.  An important embroidery lesson was learned and I will never forget...cold water!
 
 
I found this ADORABLE Aunt Martha pattern at my local Thrifty White Drug Store (that's where I find the best flour sack dish towels too!)
I whipped up this Market Day one using pretty Spring colors.
 
 


 
That's all for today!  Until another time, have a happy stitching day!