Where have I been?

Spring and summer have been busy, and the summer just flew by.  Boys had baseball and camp and the next thing you know, it was September, and school was starting.... so here's some of what I have been stitching on.....

Button Bracelet I made in Sinsinawa at retreat (March 2014)

What I worked on while on retreat (March 2014)
My To Do List - Lizzie Kate

Humming bird

Hummingbird, turkey, and hanging flowers

How the garden started out :)  2014

Spinach!

I think this was a graduation card. (May 2014)

Green beans!

Garden bounty 7/12/2014

Huckweaving bookmarks (June 2014)

There was much more from the garden.   The tomatos did well, and I got one zucchini.  The cucumbers didn't do well.  Beans and peas were good.
I did a few more bookmarks, and worked more on Lizzie Kate, as well as the Wedding Quadrille.  I just don't have pictures right now.  I'll try and get caught up with current pictures.

Stitching Funk

Since I finished the fun and beautiful bookmark, I have been in a little bit of a funk.  I can't seem to get my enthusiasm up to stitch much.  It might be the summer weather, but I think it was the bookmark.  I need to find something to get me going again.  Maybe I'll start thinking about those huck towels I got up in Fargo.

My hummingbirds are back, and we have a fence up around the garden!  

Hummingbird, female

Two turkeys in the yard

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there's the male hummer, and two female turkeys

Catching up and Enjoying Spring

I've been busy these last few weeks, got the garden in, went biking with the family (if you can call it that when there's a 2 1/2 yr old on a too small trike!) and got some stitching in.

We've had some visitors to the feeders this spring - the usual crowd of goldfinches, and a pair of orioles.  We haven't had them here at this house before, and given the amount of open space we have, I was quite surprised. We saw a tom turkey way out back with his feathers all in display.

Two Baltimore Orioles

Some of our Goldfinches

Tom the Turkey

The boys helped get the garden in.  Big thanks to DH who did the tilling!  We've got lots of good veggies planted, and some sunflowers too.  My oldest son got some sunflower seeds at kindergarten orientation this spring.  When the flowers bloom it will be almost time for kindergarten!

Freshly planted garden

A few months ago I got my EGA magazine, and was fascinated by a drawn thread bookmark in there.  I read and reread the article so many times I almost have it memorized. I finally went through my stash and got out what I needed to start it.  I am very excited.  It's gone quite quickly so far.  I also have been working on my pay it forward ornaments, and on my bargello tree.

Pay it forward - ornaments one and two

pay it forward - start of ornament 3

Drawn thread bookmark

Drawn thread bookmark - with article from EGA magazine

 

Bargello Tree

Even better than finishing the stitching on a piece, is getting it finished and on display.  I got my Herb Garden Sampler back from the frame shop, and hung it up in the house!

Ravenhill Herb Farm - framed and hanging!

Signs of Spring

It's early for so many leaves on the trees here, but I cannot complain. Everyday something new is blossoming, and it's wonderful. Today I was walking past a courtyard here at work and was taken away by the flowers on the trees that just two days ago barely had leaves.

Freezing Fog

So, I still can't get used to the fact that fog appears in the winter. Where I grew up, that just didn't happen. It's strange and beautiful. Here are some pictures I took this morning:

Lilies 2007

lilies in my yard

Iris

Birds

More tulips

more flowers

Tulip

I found a new setting on my digital camera for up close photos, and it even has a flower icon, so I've been taking too many pictures :)

SPRING FLOWERS

Here are a couple of pictures I took tonight of my tulips and hyacinths.