Hiding Our poor little Bisou is terrified of thunder. Rain by itself doesn’t bother her, but thunder is more than she can bear, so she finds a little “cave” to hide in until it passes, and she quivers and quakes until it does. I feel so sorry for her! The […]
Monthly Archives: July 2013
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My husband has been reworking the fountain we have in our back yard. He raised the base and repositioned the whole thing a bit, adding new plants to soften its look; the bottlebrush was already there, but he added three hibiscus plants. One gives peachy-orange blossoms, one yellow, one red; […]
Cardigan A couple of months ago I showed the beginnings of a new cardigan I was knitting. I was sidetracked by a couple of things, including a not-so-lovely sinus infection that slowed me down for a time, but I’ve finally finished. 🙂 This was a fun project to knit, since […]
My birthday was a couple of days ago, and it was a pretty big one. 😉 My family really spoiled me with various gift cards that they knew I’d enjoy using, and there was a dinner at one daughter’s home, followed by dinner at a favorite restaurant last night with […]
Tool storage I won’t claim to be completely organized or compulsively neat, but I do have part of my little sewing room that works very well for me and that I thought might be interesting for someone else. The doorway into this room opens on an angle, which means that […]
Our guild here has an annual challenge for members. This time we were given two pieces of fabric: one was a black/white cotton print, and the other was a silver/black sheer dotted fabric. Ugh. I took one look at that second piece and decided not to enter the challenge this […]