Hey, Friends!

Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer filled with all your favorite activities and vacation spots.  Do you believe that it’s past the middle of July?  Oh my goodness, where does the time go?  The good thing about that is that in July I passed my 29^th year of service and have only two years to work until retirement.  Woo Hoo! 

Along with most of the southeast, we’ve had rain severe thunderstorms and downpours almost every day for the last two weeks.  The great part about that is that we haven’t had any 100° days, but the humidity is oppressive!  

One of my six 25 feet Bradford pear trees split and fell into my neighbor’s yard.  It was only inches away from his house, and a couple of feet away from his HVAC system.  Whew! My yard man came and cut it up and hauled it away. I’ve asked him to go ahead and top out the rest of them so it doesn’t happen again.  He’s done two others, so three to go.   

I saw a first recently.  Looking out onto my front porch, there was a squirrel having a little snack – on the paint of the rocking chair! Talk about nuts!!

From the last post – Yes, I did replace the white stitches (bubbles) with beads on the July WordPlay. Here’s the August Word Play, all ready to go into the frame at work.  

July is also my DS birthday.  We went to Captain Steve’s fish camp for dinner with Mom, then had Boston Crème pie for dessert.  Remember that I’ve been stitching a surprise piece?  Well, it was Da’Kats by Prairie Moon.  I left off the skull wall sconces and think it came out great.  He seemed to like it, and even commented that he really liked the frame! 

Thanks for stopping by, today and always.  I appreciate your thoughts and comments!

  

May 2013 be filled with Happy Stitching!

Peace♥Love♥Joy

Charlene♥SC

Spring Weather?

Hey, Friends!

It’s Saturday morning, and here I sit at my desk computer, with the thoughts of filing taxes at hand.  Do you think I’ve procrastinated just as long as possible?  Nah… I’ll sort through this stash and put it away, throw out some envelopes, shop a bit, pay a couple of bills, read your blogs, wash a load of towels.  I’d like to say Thank You, Mr. Lincoln!“Traditionally, Tax Day falls on April 15 unless that day happens to be on a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday. In 2011, April 15 meets none of those criteria -- it falls on a Friday, and there's no federal holiday that day. You have Abraham Lincoln to thank for your extra couple of days. You see, in 2011, Washington, D.C., will celebrate Emancipation Day on April 15, a day earlier than normal, since April 16 falls on a Saturday. Emancipation Day marks the anniversary of the day that President Lincoln signed the Compensated Emancipation Act which freed 3,100 slaves in the District of Columbia. In observance of the DC holiday,Tax Day will be moved forward one business day, this year landing it on Monday, April 18.  OK - enough of the history lesson!“

I’m very proud to say that I won the drawing from Stitching Dreams, Carol’s beautiful blog, and want you to see that Spring came in from my mailbox last week!  The sweetest ornament is hanging on my ornie tree and so much more precious in person, as lovely artwork usually is! 

They’re forecasting another weekend like last, with storms and tornado possibilities.  I tried to get some shots of the hail.  We’ll have to see how those came out – not the greatest, but you’ll get an idea of how quickly it came down – mostly dime size, but some nickel and a few quarters.  I do hear a little rumble off in the distance, and the rain is coming down!

Stitching is continuing on Bunny & Co. and I’m enjoying it, but ready to get it finished and move on to the next.  With just a few threads each night, progress is slow.  Did I mention that this is the Spring Framing Special at my LNS, The Stitch and Frame Shop?  I took my BBD  'Winter Wonderland' yesterday and we spent nearly an hour looking at different choices.  Peggy has to be one of the most patient women!  I love the choice I made for this one, and have picked two frame pieces that I truly love, but didn’t suit as well for this project.  I think it will be perfect for Anniversaries of the Heart!

Thanks for stoppping by today, and I really do enjoy hearing whatever you have to say!  Hope to get by to see you soon, too! 

PeaceëLoveëJoy
and Happy Stitching
Charlene ♥ SC

Summertime....

…and the living is HOT

The last comment I made about weather was “…not dreadful, but hot.”  Well, has that ever changed.  It has been dreadful for the last couple of weeks.  I heard something like we have had over 15 days of 90+ with high humidity but NO rain.  One time yesterday I got in the car and it was 101.  Now that’s summertime!!

Getting ready for time off work!  Yeah – I’m off until Tuesday, July 6. I’m having a staycation, and loving the thoughts of it.  Yesterday I ran over to a new place, Shops @ the River (?)  It’s a group of shops under one roof, and there are some nice things there.  I got a couple of stacking rings, and a very pretty dish – to display something … buttons, ribbons, something pretty and colorful?

Update on the lawn mower situation – insurance will cover the loss with depreciation – and when I purchase they will issue another check to cover replacement cost.  I did finally get someone to give me a quote, so I got him to put me on his every-other-week schedule.  Hope he comes back this week… 

Yes, I’ve been stitching a bit and I’ll show you, but won’t say much about it except it has been really fun stitching!

I got a message today with the dates of the Fall Weekend Retreat with Clara Blaylock: September 17-19, 2010 in Rock Hill, SC, sponsored by my LNS, The Stitch and Frame Shop.  It’ll be fun… hope to see you there!

Hope you’re having a great weekend, staying cool and doing things with the people you love most.

    Peace♥Love♥Joy
and Happy Stitching!Charlene

Olympic Stitching - Not

I hope you’ve all had a bit of the glorious sunshine that we have this weekend.  The high Saturday here was about 58 and today is supposed to be 63 degrees F.  What a difference a week makes, eah? 

Have you been enjoying the Olympics?  I’ve watched a few bits, and enjoyed the speed skating last night.  Hope to watch the ice dancing tonight, too.

Not a lot going on here this week – but did do a bit of stitching…

This is the “C” for Crochet block we’re stitching with Brooke’s Books Stitcher’s Alphabet SAL.  They’re really fun to stitch!

I stitched up this little heart biscornu with all intentions of sending it to a friend, but once again, I trimmed the fabric TOO close to the border and it frayed as I was putting it together!  Will I ever learn?

Here’s my progress on the March Weather Poem Round Robin.

Thank you for stopping by and please do come back again soon!

    Peace~Love~Joy
and Happy Stitching!

Charlene

Is it Spring, Yet?

I'm so sorry many of you are buried under inches of recent snow. The weather has been all over the place this last week. Yesterday, the high was about 36^, and today on my deck (that is in full sunshine) at about 2:00 pm it is... 94^. Don't believe me?



No, I don't believe it is spring yet, but this weather is confusing the plantlife. See the first daffodils...



and it appears as if, like last year, there may be no plums. The trees are already blooming, but it is far too soon. Another frost/freeze will kill them, and they're just too big to cover for this long a time. Click the pic to check out Mr. Robin in the lower right corner who does believe it is Spring!

December Weather??

Locally it has been around 80~ this week while I was out of town. Came back last night - today it was about 60! DS said I brought the cold back with me.