Some stitching and gardening

Happy Father's Day for all those wonderful fathers in our lives!

 I have finally planted some flower pots for my front porch and back deck. It is about time I think. When I went to the local nursery they had a somewhat sparse selection of flowers. I always put geraniums on my front porch steps.

 They do well there. 

I filled one hanging pot myself this year. I had saved the pretty pot from last year just so I could fill it this year. It is a smaller pot than what I have been able to find lately, which I like. There are a couple of other pots on display. They will fill in as the summer goes on.

I have a tiger lily that is in bloom.

My Kousa dogwood really put on a show this year.

So did the astilbe.

There are now 9 blocks quilted on Having a Ball. I have started marking the tenth block. There were a few days where I just wasn't interested in working on it lately.

Charming Santa's face and beard have all the beading done now.

 I have almost completed the minimal cross stitching on his hat. 

Most of this is beads.

I will be joining Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching, Frederique at the Quilting Patch and Alycia at Quilty Girl. Make yourself some tea or coffee and pop on over to their sites to see what other bloggers are stitching. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

A birthday trip and some crafting

 If I didn’t comment on your blog last weekend, it’s because I was in California and was a little busy enjoying my two grandchildren. We traveled so Hubby could meet our new granddaughter and we could celebrate our grandson’s 2nd birthday. Here are a few pics. The birthday boy had some fun with his dad in the local park.

Grammy and Grandpa got some cuddles with our new granddaughter who will be 3 months old soon.

 We had a wonderful time. 

It is finally getting warm here. Our pool was opened on Friday. Here’s the view from our living room of the pool and our new outdoor dining set.

I have done a little bit of crafting over the last two weeks. Charming Santa’s face has almost all of his beading done.

 

I have crocheted 16 of 221 granny squares. This is my TV watching craft.

 There is no timetable for its completion. 

Two more blocks have been quilted on Having a Ball. 8 out of 36 have now been quilted. 

The teal green block is the next one to be quilted.

Hubby and I went for a walk after dinner and found this little fledgling robin sitting on Hubby's car as we went out. 

By the time we returned it was no longer there, but the parents were flying around so it must have been in the flower bed. Later on I saw it on the fence on the side of our house with one of the parents. It could fly a little bit. The parents were watching so we just left it alone.

I will be joining Kathy for some Slow Sunday Stitching, Frederique at the Quilting Patch and Alycia at Quilty Girl. Make yourself some tea or coffee and pop on over to their sites to see what other bloggers are stitching. 

Thanks for stopping by! 

Small Happy Dance

It’s time for the Stitch Along update. Three weeks have passed and I’ve been busy. This is where Three Boats on a Tropical Beach was for the last update. I had just started stitching part of the third boat.

I’m so happy to say that I have finished page #14. It is the 7th page completed out of 24. This pattern is 6 pages across and 4 down. I am working top to bottom in columns. There is one more page left to do in this 2nd column. I hope that made sense to you. Here is how Three Boats looks now. 

The last page in the column is about 2/3 the size of the others. Here is a closeup of the bottom of that column.

Happy Dance!

This Stitch Along is hosted every three weeks by Avis at Sewing Beside the Sea who kindly sends us the needed posting reminders. 

Grab yourself a cup of coffee or tea and take some time to visit the other bloggers below who are part of this stitch-along. There is a wide variety of stitching projects. These talented stitchers are from all over the world, so please allow for the time differences and check back for each post.  

Avis, Claire, Christina, Kathy, Margaret,

 Sunny, Megan, Deborah, Sharon, Daisy, 

Cathie, Linda, MaryMargaret, Cindy, Helen

Thanks for stopping by!