Food Related

If you're ever hankering  for cornbread, but don't have the cornmeal on hand, pick up a box of this:

It wasn't Jeanne's most awesomest corn muffins, but it was an excellent substitute. Add a 1/2 teaspoon of vanilla and you're good to go.

If I can just find the end...

I'd be rich!

This was the aftermath of Sunday evenings thunderstorms:

There's just the barest hint of a double rainbow that wasn't apparent in real life.

Here's a closer view of the more prominent one:

Sundry Items...

I finished the 3rd March stocking:

Blackbird Designs March stocking:40ct linen w/ GA & WDW & CC threads

Here's the start of the first February stocking:

I just finished washing my six plastic lawn chairs. I offered to let Jodi borrow them- she's having a bunch of people over Sunday afternoon- her daughter's after wedding/on the way home party.

Why the chairs at the bottom of the stack were filthiest, is beyond me.

Almost done!

I worked on the stocking @ lunch yesterday and I'm almost done:

Just have to finish to 2 large leaves on either side of the stem.

When I got my mail, I found this inside:

I won this from the Online Needlework show last month from The Marking Samplar. It's a reproduction sampler called 'Mary Clark". It calls for 40 ct linen & is about  6" x 9" or so.

Emily says Axe's back ankle was puffy last night. I have to go check today. She may have been inside due to rain all day, and stocked up. I'll have to hose it or ice it today possibly. :^(   Last time it was during the winter & I could use bags of snow- very convenient!

TTFN

As I Live & Breathe!

Some stitchy progress on Garden Grew:

I shifted the scroll, so you won't be seeing the full effect for a while, sorry. But I'm happy because it's nice & taut.

More stocking:

I didn't have the last 2 floss colors on me, but luckily, it was about time to leave. Joanne brought the most luscious pastries from an Italian bakery in Weymouth. I totally inhaled an eclair- a FULL size, regulation, eclair, with real chocolate ganache, thank you very much! Delish, as Rach would exclaim.

I explained at  S & B tonight about my awkward computer set-up for the summer. My system is shoved over in the corner of the living room on what amounts to an end table. It's not the right height & I can't pull my chair directly in front, or set my legs underneath. My elbows are needling into my thighs as I type hunched forward. This & my lack of privacy, and the total disruption of my "schedule" due to the presence of my roommates (who aren't very disruptive, actually, as all things go), has kind of put a crimp in my blogging & stitching. Plus I've been reading like a fiend, which also tends to be to the exclusion of anything else. I've finished my pile of books, though, so maybe I can try to pick up the tail end of the thread, so to speak. I've been toying a little with a blog rotation: quote of the day one day, recipe another, photo of the day, I don't know; maybe it'll rekindle my blogging mojo.

Well, this has been the longest post in quite some time. Thank you for your interest & patience!

TTFN

look at this little guy!

OMG!! Look at those legs!

Some Stitching...

I finally finished page 5, and am officially 25% done with Garden Grew:

Although, there appears to be a wee open area in which to stitch an extra one of those cute ladybugs at the far right.

Here's the start of the third March BBD stocking:

It's the daffodil portion.

Now, off to wash someone's supper dishes that were left in the sink last night after they came home at 9:00 PM hungry.

I must say, the cowboy seems very good at motivating the daughter to pack stuff away. She's actually making progress with all the dorm stuff. My little pathways are actually leading to small open areas! And, she's been very good at riding every day.  I would have even mowed some lawn tonight, except the grass was too damp. Tomorrow will be good for that chore.