Looking out my front door

This is what I see when I look out my front door. When we bought this house both trees were not in great shape but we thought for sure we would have to replace the crepe myrtle. It was all spindly and had dark spots all over it. It kind of became hubby's tree - he was determined to save it. I would say he has done a pretty fair job! The reason they look like they are leaning is that every time I tried to get a picture the wind would kick back up. It doesn't really lean that far! My mushroom family are all still hanging out behind the hedges until I decide something else to do with them.
Have a great week!

The little plant that keeps on giving

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One of our neighbors gave us a bulb (or whatever it was) last summer - or was it the summer before? Anyway, I wasn't sure exactly where I wanted to plant it so I stuck it in a (ugly) plastic pot while I thought about it. It came to us in a little styrofoam cup and I really didn't have much hope for it. We just stuck it out in the back corner of the yard and as you can see it just keeps coming back! I swear we don't do anything to it, It dies off in the winter and we just leave it there/ We didn't cover it the few days we had really cold weather but it came back anyway. Every once in a blue moon hubby will squirt it with some miracle grow. I want to put it in a pretty pot for next summer. Now that I know it will come back, but I guess I'll have to wait until it dies back again. Gives me time to shop - I would love one of those pretty mosaic pots but unless I find one on sale I will have to look for something a bit cheaper. (for reference of the size of the leaves, that is a dinner plate in the pot) I need to slip out back and take a picture of the one next door - she had a whole panel of lattice work put up for hers to grow on and it is huge!

 

Well, that's all I've got today. The little bit of sewing I've done is on a Christmas gift so I can't show that and I am still trying to decide if I want to take out a whole set of letters on the FAS before I show it, I'm really hoping I can work around it - it is silk thread on 36 ct fabric and I doubt I would be able to match the floss since I bought it 8 years ago.

 

Hope you are having a great week! 

The secret mushroom society

 

This what you will see if you sit on the bench on the front porch. I'm calling it the secret mushroom society. I don't really have another place for them right now, so I'm keeping in the front flower bed - just keeping them behind the shrubs. I know they are there - and if I come across any that have potential as future members, I might snag them too!

 

I hope everyone is doing well! We went from pretty nice spring weather hello Houston humidity in warp speed. I still don't have any stitching to show - when I get some decent light I'll show you some progress on the FAS. Not a lot of progress since I kept making mistakes on one letter. I do not know how many times I had to take parts out and stitch them again. I had to throw a couple of lengths of silk away because they were so worn. :( I will say, in my defense, the offending letter was split up across the corner of 4 pages!

 

Okay - just wanted to stop in and say hello. Hopefully someday soon I will get myself together enough to actually post more than once in a blue moon. Thanks for hanging around!

A little pretty, just for me.

 

Most of my stitching and sewing lately has been for gifts so I can't post them here but I stitched up this cute little bag just for me. :)

It is a kit from Shepherd's Bush and the bag is about 5"x7". The thing I'm wondering is I should iron some stuff on the inside to cover the stitching - I'm afraid something my get caught and pull our some stitches. On the other hand, I have it stuffed with some extra fabric and I could just leave it that way and use it 'just for pretty'.



A little sneak peek

 

 

First you cut it all up, then you sew it all back together.



A late get-a-way post

So, if have been around here long, you know the girlfriends and I go to an annual retreat with

 3 stitches

It usually happen in March - and this year was no different except that it was cooler than usual and I'm just now getting around to showing pictures. They aren't great pictures because I took them with my iPhone. And, all of these are pictures of the finished samples at the retreat - I have finished two of my pieces and will show them later.

 

We have a nice sized needleroll - or I could see this finished as a nice pillow

I couldn't get both the boy and the girl gingerbreads in the same shot but there is another picture where the girl shows up.

 

My pictures are kind of out of order and I'm too tired to move them around - this is some of the 'loot' I came home with. The clear tote with 3 Stitches on it has most of our projects in it. I love sock monkeys and the one I have here that my grandmother made for one of the boys is in terrible shape (hint, they aren't fond of the washer and dryer) Anyway - the big one came from the retreat but I paired him up with the smaller one hubby gave me for Valentine's Day.

 

This was a little pin cushion- we got all the stuff in a little box then we could either finish them there or take them home. I really didn't know what I was going to do with mine so it came home unfinished.

 

Cute potholder

Felted wool pincushion with a couple of pins in it (and I bought some extras)

Here is a better picture of the ginger girl - she left off the border on this one and made it into a shaped stand up - looks good both ways!

And a stocking - cute!

Last but not least I came home with both the small framed stitching lady and the pillow (door prizes/gift exchange) I sat them on the bench with the one I had stitched years ago but there is such a reflection in the glass I don't know if you can really see it.

 

I'll be back with my two finished projects in a few days.

 

Hope you all had a wonderful Mother's Day.

Pink it is!

Remember the pictures from my last post?  Well, it seems the plants are coming back to life faster than I am if you scroll back to the last post or click on the link you can see what they looked like then  and here is what they looked like a couple of days ago. (couldn't take pics yesterday or today - takes all your effort to stay upright in this wind!

I still haven't spent enough time on here to figure this new interface out (and I hear they are pulling the plug on reader too - I really need to take the time to get that moved) but anyway - my Hydrangea is coming back nicely. Despite the fact that I put a hefty dose of the make it blue stuff on it they are blooming pink so I'm just going with it. I mean, I love pink but for some reason I love blue Hydrangeas.

 

 Oh well - as long as it keeps getting bigger, I'll take it. It is already bigger than it was when we bought it last year.

And take a look at my hosta! Last week it was barely starting to come back to life and now it already has a but on it!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.