SUNDAY STITCHING, et al

 

One stitch at a time; I am using a large ,

easy-to-hold needle and not loading

it up--but just taking one stitch...

Slow but doable for me these days...

I work on 1/4 block at a time and do 

take 2-3 days off in between so as to not

strain my hands....

Here is my quilting "best friend"..my

little needle threader--this allows me

to use a bigger thread :

[DMC Coton Perle thread No. 8;

Color B5200--

a lovely soft, white...

perfect for my bigger stitches...]

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My little angel--a gift from a close,

now sadly departed, friend when my

Mom passed...stands guard over my Mom's

garden dish planting...which I just 

repotted....

AND

You can just see how my waxed

amaryllis is doing behind it--

(or not !!)

just behind my planter...

Its green stems are 

S  L  O  W  L  Y

pushing up...

Still hoping for it to take off--

so far, no luck!!!!

👽

I am hopeful that even if it

doesn't come all the way up,

I can take off the wax and  re-pot

the bulb for next year...

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Yesterday we brought up a 

gift for our daughter, Candice, for

her new home--

A new electric lawnmower...

At 56 she is a first-time solo

home owner and needs 

to learn to take care of so many things...

Here is "Dad" demonstrating---

and 

here is Candice 

doing her first "run";)))))

That first corner is a tricky one;)))

😁😂😍

Note that she is wearing her Winter coat--

it was so VERY COLD

and more like November than April...

We warmed up after 

with hot coffee and 

bagels with cream cheese.

Y U M ;)))

So much for her to learn 

about oil heat,

de-humidifiers--

electric bills etc etc...

all on her own....

as a new home owner...

Hoping to get her settled in

and comfortable soon...

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It is raining again here and the winds

have come up again...

A gray Sunday, made better

by watching the Red Sox, who in

the 5th inning have pulled out

ahead 3 to 2....;)))

GO SOX!!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(resting-on-a-Sunday)

RAINY DAYS, et al...

Lashing, wind-driven rains from the East

have given us a leaking window frame;

whether (weather haha??) or not

it's the actual window wood surround

or the flashing we don't know as yet...

So, DH has taped it up until we can get

someone to come and check it out..

👹👺👽👿

And, of course we noticed this late in the

evening when I thought I heard a loud 

splashing sound--at first I thought it

might be the downspout on the corner

near this window, but then I felt and saw

the water on the inside...ugh

Isn't it always something with a house????

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AND now....

On to better things:

I am pin basting "Late Autumn"

and 

working slowly on "Christmas Ojos (below)

I really so enjoy doing this--

one little square at a time...

hope my hands hold out...

✌👍👏

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File under:

Everything Comes and goes:

Picotee blossoms are beginning to fade

and all the while.....

others are still getting ready to bloom

↴↴↴↴↴↴

almost opening blossom 

and

 new bud ....

:)))))

Since I had such luck with this 

amaryllis I decided to

try a Waxed Amaryllis type:

no watering needed,

it comes ready to bloom 

with just a light source, 

but no sun...

This baby was also on sale...;)))

As you can see, it has begun to 

emerge...

;))))

💚💓💚

That's a "wrap" for today--

We are still having gusting winds

that are

whipping rains against our

windows...

!!!!!!!

Fingers x-ed that the tape

will hold....😟

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(stitching-away-slowly-euse)

P.S.  A bit "under the weather" here

so may be off for a couple days...