after almost six years of blogging (has it really been that long?!) we, as in michael, played around with a new layout allowing for larger photos and a new banner. the banner is a work in progress - there was a mouse pulling a toy duck but she hasn't quite made it onto the stage - yet!
our baby turns 15 tomorrow (has it really been that long?!) suddenly this seems very grown up. this morning i made 15 dipped candles for her cake. now its time for a string of bunting!
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it wasn't until i downloaded the photos that i realised i had a theme going.
i wandered in the other day to find praire stitching up a little outfit with some of the beautiful french canvas we have a bag of scraps of.
and some socks i am knitting from my stash of koigu yarn inspired by some i saw on pinterest. the weather here warrants sock knitting - it shouldn't!
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i am training a pumpkin along the top of the fence around our deck. i have to tether that beast at regular intervals but it has rewarded me with fruit
michael wants to build a shelf for this one but so far the vine is really strong
big bean (too stringy too eat though!)
lemon and honey tequila on a muggy afternoon
the other guard cat
and more wax processed from the cappings and a candle in the mutti tin
happy weekending!!
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weighing in at one pound, two and three quarter ozs or, to the gram friendly, 528 of them!
heirloom pink brandy wine ripening on the deck
my biggest this season, so far
and due to the ever attentive guard cat, the birds stay away!
watching paint dry - i reckon i sit and watch the tomatoes ripen
read some of my workshop notes
then do some housework. really. promise.
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i used to look after joanna when she was little. then she looked after prairie when she was little. now she has her own babe, esther. this is for her.
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i picked up a great book on picasso from the library and was looking through it as i savoured my first coffee of the day. the morning sun was beautiful. crisp, sparkly and brand new.
throwing great shadows
j'aime picasso
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this morning i laid out all the necessary items in front of p to finish the dog. funny that we can take a project almost to completion and then let it dangle and, to actually finish it takes such a short amount of time. is that just us or human nature. or are we exposing some deep dark psychological issue? don't answer that!
i love the little plaited scarf she made. the dog in the book was wearing a bandana but she wanted something different so choose threads using the colours in the ear fabric.
next: statistics homework. don't think i will be quite the help that i was with the sewing!
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yesterday i was at home on my own sans car when the gas bottle that runs our stove top, ran out. we always keep a smaller back up gas bottle but i started fantasizing about how i would make my coffee if the little one didn't work. it did and i didn't have to put plan b into action. but, i woke this morning with plan b still very much present.
light brazier
eggs in fryer for p
and coffee for me - it wasn't hot enough for the coffee pot so i sat it directly on the coals and the coffee was through in literally seconds. simple pleasures. we were cowgirls. we were laura and ma. we slowed down for a while and it was good!
these are my new cups - i adore them. painted on stitching - what more could a cowgirl want!
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our big guy turned 19 the other day. wow. last year of the teens. in addition to a vintage turntable, amp and speakers i made him a doll. never too old for dolls i chant.
i made the guitar at christmas time and i crossed fingers that the doll would come out the right size. he did! i painted him rather than embroider - oh the freedom, the speed. he lives in a checkered shirt though not green jeans - i don't know what possessed me!
the weeny buttons i got at tinsel trading and have waited for the perfect project.
life kicks in with routine this week. the summer holidays are over. p went back today and t still has a few weeks before university starts up again. next week i am starting a course of my own which i am very excited about - three whole months. i can't wait!
ps thanks for all the chair cover love - there has been a lot of sitting under the trees going on here!
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