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Showing posts with label Cambridge MD. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cambridge MD. Show all posts

Friday, April 11, 2014

SPRING THINGS

Although this week began with some wheel-spinning, and a loss of creative mojo, and a bit of unfocused dithering around, things are looking up.
It finally, truly, looks like spring...
It even feels like spring, now and again, which has brought Miss Mathilda out from under the "cat toaster" in the tack room, and outdoors to glare at the birds.
Yesterday, was delightful. My aunt and cousin came for a visit, and a Girls' Day Out at Blackwater. We're all budding photographers, so auntie brought some appropriate boardwalk bling...
And some goodies like this worn, but oh so lovely old quilt from her sewing room de-stash, which just happens to coordinate perfectly with the watercolor I painted earlier in the week. 
Now my stitch-y wheels are turning and I envision a fabric version. Mojo unblocked!
A camera day in Blackwater is something we've planned for a long time. We were lucky to have a gorgeous day and very obliging wildlife.
I'd never caught more than a fleeting glimpse of a muskrat before, but we were able to get quite close to a pair who rolled around in the shallow water, and nibbled on green twigs, seeming not to mind us at all.
We watched an eagle catch a fish so large that he could barely carry it, and this osprey sitting in a tree with his lunch.

A late lunch at Stoked and some shopping at Sunnyside, and A Few of My Favorite Things, and it was time to go home, to take care of my critters and dash off to photography class. 
A lovely long spring day.
Have a dandy weekend, blog friends! XO.


Saturday, December 7, 2013

STITCHING CHRISTMAS

I feel as though we're hurtling towards Christmas at breakneck speed. I sometimes need reminding to slow down and enjoy the process. With that in mind, I spent yesterday stitching these snowmen...
Creamy wool suiting on natural linen with Perle cotton and embroidery floss.
Not sure if I'll turn them into ornaments or make a banner for the mantel, but now that I have them started, I should be able to turn out quite a few. I have a work light behind my sofa now, which makes nighttime stitching so much easier. Old movies, a cup of tea, and some hand-stitching with my feet propped up makes me a happy little Christmas elf.
I hear there's a winter storm coming, so I spent this morning making the barn tidy. Still need to go out and give this mud wrestler a good grooming so I can put her blanket back on when the temperature drops.
Our nieces are in a Christmas parade in Cambridge this evening, so we are meeting their parents for an early dinner, then we're going to try and squeeze into the new brew pub, Reale Revival which is on the parade route. That should put us all in a holiday mood. 
Haven't finished shopping. Haven't finished decorating. Not panicking just yet...
XO