Blue bottles

At the old house I had a bottle tree. I had blue, purple, green and clear bottles on it. I brought the bottles with me, but left the post. It was buried in the flower bed and we were short on time and I really didn't know when or if I would get around to using my bottles again. Anywho - a while back ago I thought I would give a shot at putting them in the front flower bed. We had two pieces of rebar in the garage that we weren't using so I had hubby cut them in half and I put three bottles out in the flower bed.


They were kinda low and didn't show up much, but I left it like that for a bit to see if anything was said about my garden art.


Then we went and got another couple of pieces of rebar and I put out two more blue bottles. I like 'em! This picture was taken awhile ago and the plants in there have gone wild - I guess it was all that rain we got, but everything has grown! Including the weeds. I tried to weed some last night but the skeeters like to have carried me away so I only got about half of it done - maybe I'll get more later today. I still have more bottles - I don't know if I will add to this 'bush' or maybe start another. After the mowing and weeding is done, I'll try to get a newer pic of the flower bed.

For now, I hear doggies moving about downstairs so I better go make sure they are staying out of trouble.

I am way behind

on all things bloggy - well, on all things in general!

We went to J'ville for a several days and I tend to get behind on everything when we are gone that long.

I made a cake to take with us - daddy's birthday is coming up and since I knew we wouldn't be there then I took the cake early. He was eating the last piece as we walked out of the house to come home!


I also took a set of pillowcases I made for his bed - I didn't get a picture of them there, this one was taken here before we left. They matched pretty good considering I bought the fabric with nothing to compare it to except my memory (which is totally unreliable!)



We got to see baby boy and his bride on Saturday. They are doing well - I'm still processing the fact that in less than a month they will be living in New York City. We also got to see #1 son on Sunday. #2 didn't make it to town this trip but I'm trying to get them all together before J&A leave for NY. It has been a long time since they were all in the same place at the same time and who knows how long it will be before it happens again.

I'll be making an effort to catch up with blogland and with the house the rest of the week - heck, it may run into next week!

I am still planning a give-a-way for the end of the month. I've added a few things to go along with the banner - do you want to see what is in the pile or would you rather it be a surprise?

Bluebird Pincushion

Bluebird Pincushion
by Blackbird Designs

I stitched this little pincushion on the trip to Minnesota in May but I just got around to actually finishing it into a pincushion. I used the called for threads and a piece of unmarked fabric I had in my stash. One color designs make good road trip projects!

Raining here this morning - at times heavy, at times just steady. Not sure how long it is supposed to last but I think the yard has had enough for now. (not that we won't have to water next week - don'tcha love Texas weather)

Need Snow

I finished the snowman pillow - I'm a little shy in the snow department though!
I will just leave it w/o stuffing until it gets closer to time to display. Still don't know if I have a pillow form or if I will have to make one.

Breakfast for four

I tried to get a pic of all 4 together but they kept moving - there are 3 babies.

They would like to have 'take out' but they can't get the cob off. (they managed to get one, but not the other two)

This one is behind the tree branches but if you look closely you can see them

I took the first two pictures through the glass in the back door - when I opened it just enough to stick my camera out they took off.

Hope you had a great holiday weekend. We had a yellow and blue 4th of July - meaning we painted the dining room - pictures soon. Sunday evening we sat out on the driveway and watched as the neighbors shot off fireworks. (should have taken the camera outside - oops) There were several fireworks displays around town, but it was nice to just stay home and not fight crowds. I'm really not into getting in the middle of a crowd to watch fireworks!

I knew you were coming

So I baked a cake!

Okay - no one is coming, but when I went to the store the other day I thought #1 son was coming for the weekend and this cake mix just jumped in my buggy. He found out he is going to have to work and can't come but I baked the cake anyway! No company means we might paint the dining room so hubby and I can have a cake break between coats of paint. :)


A few weeks ago I made this banner. I actually had it cut out and ready to sew before Memorial Day - I'm kinda slow sometimes.


When I made this one, I made another just like it - and I'm going to give the second one away. I'll warn you ahead of time, I've made exactly two banners so don't expect too much! The ties could have been a little longer but that would have required another trip to the store and I was in the mood to sew so I worked with what I had. Yes, I know, it will be after the 4th, but call it early for Labor Day!

This 15th of this month will be 3 years of blogging for me - actually just a few days before my birthday so I'm going to have a July giveaway. I have no idea what all will be in the give-away, but the banner will be part of it.

I'll take the comments from the whole month and pick a winner around the first of next month.

Two things - since I have no idea what all will be in the package - meaning I don't know what the size or weight will be, I need to keep it in the US for mailing. The other thing is I have to be able to contact you if you win so if you post anonymously be sure to leave an email address with your comment.

Weather update -
Wednesday 100% chance of rain - we got very little
Thursday 80% chance of rain - we had slow, steady rain parts of the day, nothing terrible
Friday - 60% chance of rain - we are getting drenched! It has been raining all day - at times very heavy. Kinda wet here!

Have a great weekend!

Happy Anniversary!

Today is my parent's anniversary.

Happy anniversary mom & dad.

Love you.