Bridge in Monet's Garden - Page 20 completed

I finisned page 20 of Bridge in Monet's Garden last night.

Close up of page 20
I started stitching page 20 4/16/2013 and completed stitching it
on 5/27/2013

Bridge in Monet's Garden
only 15 more pages to go.

I got the following message from my Great Niece who is teaching in Spain.

It looks amazing!! I can't believe how far you've gotten. It's a true work of art :)  Emily

My Memorial Day Finish

My oldest sister asked me last fall if I would make her a couple of no-sew-cubes.  I finally got around to stitching and finishing one.  I know she won't like the bow and will have her daughter replace it with something fancier but I think the bow goes with the design.

Designer: Lizzie Kate
Summer ABCs
Fabric:  Sassy's Fabrics - Crescent Cream 16CT Aida
Floss: WDE
Started Stitching : 25/23/2013
Completed Stitching: 5/25/2013
Made into a no-sew-cube 05/27/2013
for my sister Barbara

Side view of
Lizzie Kat's Summer ABCs

Summer by The Stitcherhood

Last weekend I stitched Summer by the Stitcherhood which was a freebie.  I have stitched Spring and I will be stitching Autumn and Winter in the future.

Summer
Designer:  The Stitcherhood
Fabric:  Pink DMC - I think it is 14CT
Floss - DMC Variations
Started Stitching May 18, 2013
Completed Stitching  May 19, 2013
Madke into an ornament on May 23, 2013

Yesterday I started stitching Lizzie Kate's Summer ABCs.  I hope that this is going to fit onto a styroform block so I can make it into a no-sew-cube for my oldest sister.  I am also almost finished page 20 of Bridge in Monet's Garden.  Hopefully I will be posting a picture of this in the next couple of days.

Happy Memorial Day  Weekend to you all.

CCN's Santa's Village Half Finished

I just finished house 6 in Santa's Village - Reindeer Stables.

CCN's Santa's Village
House 6 "Reindeer Stables"
Started Stitching 5/6-2013
Completed Stitching 5/22/2013

Close-up of House 6
Reindeer Stables

More pictures of our backyard

I hope you aren't tired of seeing pictures of my backyard.  It just seems to change so much from day to day and I think the flowers and shrubbery are so pretty.  I am also adding a picture of my Great Great nephew and niece.

Matty (almost 2) and baby sister Avery (almost 4 months)

This is a clematis around the support
pole on the back porch

Hosta in a whiskey barrel

My only surviving Iris

Chive flowers in the herb garden

Azaleas and Rhododendron on the
side of the house





Happy Mother's Day

Wishing all the wonderful Mothers a day of love and peace. 

The Prairie Schooler - Oh Christmas Tree

I finished stitching another ornament on Sunday.  This is the 5th ornament I have stitched from this booklet.  I wish the color of the fabric showed up better as it is a very pretty green.

The Prairie Schooler Book #183
Oh Christmas Tree
Stitched on 16CT Sage from Sassy's Fabric
Started stitching 4/27/2013
Finished stitching 5/5/2013
Days 1, 2 and 3 of the 12 Days of Christmas

More spring in our backyard

This is a Viburnum
It was given to us as a little sprig from
Bob's Mon.  It has been transplanted several
times and is currently behind our garage.
It smells so good as you walk past it.

Our patio.
It will eventually be surrounded by
flowers and the picnic table will be there.

Yesterday afternoon Bob saw this
flock of vultures in the sky
so he took this picture.
He said there were at least 12 of
them flying overhead

Today is our 28th wedding anniversary.  It doesn't seem possible that we have been married that long.  Somedays it seems like forever and some days it seems like yesterday.  We are going out to dinner to night to the Carriage House Restaurant.  We have not been there before so I hope it is good. 

Bob will be working out in the yard today.  He took the last week off work so he could do yard work but hurt is back last Saturday so he realy hasn't gotten much done.  He did till the garden and mow the lawn but the list was much longer than that. 

May Stitching Update

Happy May Day. 

It is time for me to share pictures of my stitching in April.  I am not including a picture of CCN's Santa's Village as I just posted a picture of that last week.  I am looking forward to getting the next house which should be soon.

I am also posting some pictures of our backyard.  I hope I am not boring you with these pictures but our flowering trees look so beautiful. 

Today it is suppose to be in the low 70s and stay that way for the next couple of days.  I just love this time of the year.  The trees are all leafing out and the sun is warm, flowers are blooming.  What is not to love.

Here are the pictures I promised you.  I hope you enjoy our back yard as much as I do.

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Viburnum
Flowering Crab tree

Pink Dogwood

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Viburnum
Flowering Crab Tree

Purple Leaf Sand Cherry
Viburnum
Flowering Crab Tree

Bridge in Monet's Garden
Working on page 20

Bridge in Monet's Garden
Showing fabric I still have to stitch

PS Oh Christmas Tree
1st 3 days of the 12 Days of Christmas
Well I have 2 of the three days stitched

This is something I stitched in 2006
Found it in a drawer a few weeks ago
so I made it into an ornament
It is a little big for my ornament tree so I
don't know what I will do with it.

I also found this in the same drawer with January.
I stitched this in 2005.
I guess I was going to stitch each month but
January and November are all I ever stitched,
This also is to big for my ornament tree. 

Now I need to get up and get some work done around this house so I can stitch this afternoon.

Until next time enjoy every minute of your life.

Iris