I have a lot of catching up to do. When I last stitched on And God Saw, Markup told me it would be completed July 17 if I kept up at the same rate of stitching. A few days of very little stitching and when I picked it up yesterday, Markup said it would be finished some time in November. Nope, not going to let that happen. I have as much fun trying the best the Markup completion date as I do ...
Fig Trees
We both love figs. I love them fresh, in jams, fig preserves, freeze dried . . I can't think of any way I wouldn't love figs. My grandma had a huge fig tree. I was a child but I could walk up under the branches that touched the ground and sit under the tree and eat figs til an adult found me and made me stop eating them. In Texas, we had 6 or 7 fig trees and they were great producers there. ...
A Small Garden Tour
I understand that no everyone has a desire to garden, and there's nothing wrong with that. I don't think I've told this story on here before but I've thought about it so maybe I have. On our way to town, there's a mobile home part and the mobile homes are pretty close and there isn't much space but at one that I can see from the road, they've brought in soil and built up a little raised bed. It's ...
Weird, Funny and Maybe Scary Stories
I don't want to be one of those weird, conspiracy theory people. I can hear you now saying . . too late! You already are one of those people but things have just been weird lately. First, this isn't lately and it's funny. I've told it here before. My uncle had a Chihuahua. I can't remember the whole story but I know Bandit had a pretty serious heart condition. I think he was supposed to be a ...
Rita Pictures
For those who requested photos, here are some that I pulled from the blog. I will try to keep these in order as best as I can. This first picture was taken within a few days of us catching her. You can see from her ears, she wasn't totally comfortable being held. I had seen her in the driveway, called her and she ran away from me. I left food and water out and told Vince I had seen a ...
Stitching Progress on And God Saw
As mentioned yesterday, I'm working on And God Saw and this is going to be kinda my tribute to Rita. If you missed that post, you can read it here. You all know that I love Teresa Kogut's work and this chart really has me wanting to do nothing except stitch! You may notice I changed linens. This is what I had started it on last night. Yesterday morning, with the light of day, it was ...