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In an effort to beautify my little backyard area, and avoid having to see the trailer on the other side of the fence (I like my privacy), I’ve been planting things. Yesterday I planted a sunflower.
Tagged: flower, Home and Garden, Photoblog, photography, Sunflower
I meant to post this yesterday but didn’t get time to. oh well. I’m here now. I’ve been really crafty lately and have lots to post on this subject. I thought I’d start with this. I ordered some Mitch O’Connell pin-up girl templates from Sublime Stitching and transfered them to a tea towel. This is one of the patterns. I’m not sure what caused me to order pin-up girls because I’m not really into them and I never have been, but oh well. This was really fun to do. I could really get into embroidery. Actually, I think I already have. I love it. It’s really fun and very easy to do. But, still, just challenging enough to keep my mind occupied. I could…
Tagged: embroidery
Stay by Allie Larkin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Van is devastated when her best friend marries the man she is in love with. When she comes home from the wedding she drowns her sorrows in kool-aide and vodka and accidentally orders a German Shepherd off of the internet. A German Shepherd from Slovakia. That only answers to Slovakian. Hilarity ensues. And so does romance. I LOVED this book. I absolutely loved it. I looked forward to reading it and enjoyed every minute of it. I didn’t devour it. I just enjoyed it. The characters are wonderful. Somebody mentioned in another review on Goodreads that they are not good or bad characters. They just are. They are themselves and they are living…
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Tagged: Mt Hood, Photoblog, photography, zig zag falls
I have been sick. Oh boy. very sick. I started out with a little bit of a cold that turned into a fever for a couple of days three weeks ago. I started feeling a bit better the following week, (the week I posted here last) but never really got back to 100 percent. Then it suddenly got really hot. Like, it went from 50 degrees to 95 degrees in a day. I marched in the Mountain Festival parade that Thursday evening and then the next day it all went downhill. I started running a fever by Saturday and missed the whole Mountain Festival. I was so bummed out. I’ve been looking forward to it since I moved here I ended up running a…
Tagged: bronchitis, plague, sick
