You may remember that Vince put in some corner posts and then put boards around the top of them so I could put blankets over the 4 x 4 raised beds of broccoli, cabbage and Brussels sprouts. This is how I had them covered with moving blankets. On sunny days, if the temps are above about 35 degrees, I will take the top blanket off so they can get sun, I will water them, then before the temps ...
Stitching With My Friend
Yesterday was the day I stitched most of the day with my friend, Debbie. I've been calling her "my friend" and I asked her yesterday if I could say her name on here and she said sure . . so, my friend now has a name. You know how much I love being at home and I love stitching alone because there's so much going on with canning, cooking, dogs, gardening, etc. that when I have a few minutes to ...
Blessing Sampler Finished
Last night I finished the Blessing Sampler, well before the end of January (but it is fairly small). It's Only Once by Sweet Wing Studio. I mostly used the called for colors. I did change the white house to a pale lavender and outlined the sides in a bit deeper lavender. The birds were supposed to be white doves but the white wasn't showing up at all so I made them into blue ...
Why Do I Do Things Like This?
For hopefully the last "my entire family is crazy" post for today, here's one more. A week or so ago I wrote about finding the New Year Sampler that I had started in December, 2021. Another one from those very early days of cross stitching. When I came across this project bag, it had no floss in it. I looked everywhere for floss. I was pretty sure that when I bought this chart, I ordered ...
The Vet Visit
The visits to the vet are getting harder. We left and Vince said . . in 10 years Oscar will be 13 and we are not going to be able to handle him unless he calms down a whole lot. I'll start with the good news . . nine months ago when we were last there - for his annual visit - he weighed 21 pounds. The vet said that's an ok weight but don't let him gain more. Today, he was 17 pounds. That's a ...
An Early Workout
Nope, not a good, heart racing kind of workout but a major fight with Oscar type workout. I feel so bad for that dog with his anxiety issues. He has to be at the vet this morning at 8:30, which means he got a tranquilizer at 6 a.m. I broke it in half, put a half in a piece of cheese, got that down him. I only had one bloody spot. Got the second half down him, two more nips on my hand but it's down ...