General Stuff

Work has been a roller coaster ride this last week.  Lots of turmoil as to be expected with everyone.  It's going to be bumpy to start with but, if the management of  company is good, ultimately I think it will be fine.  Will just have to wait and see.  Like I said, retirement is on the horizon.  I have mixed emotions about that too.  

I got my second set of 100/3 Ver au Soie.  The colors are so beautiful.  I need to find something I can try it out on.  I do have HATS Sarah Spencer and got these silks for.  Maybe that should be my next project.  Currently, I'm using a photobox to store them in.  I will have to figure out how to ultimately store them.  Next time I'm at Joann Fabrics, I will have to check out storage boxes.  

Some pictures of the latest blooms in the garden.  The first is an closed Balloon Flower (Platycodons).  They look like balloons before they open. 

The flower after it opens.  I had a plant that was a lovely shade of blue, until Henry trampled over it one too many times.  These are a light lavender.  Side note, I love blue flowers!  Delphinums are my favorite and I had beautiful ones.  They died out.  

I have four different types of Coral Bells or Heurechera.  These are flowers from the latest ones I planted.  The leaves are large and a burgundy and green.  I planted them in an area that I've had a hard time growing things.  I think gardening is often a lot of trial and error.  The flowers are small but, fairylike. 

I was watching The Saltbox Stitcher last weekend and she showed a project she may be starting on.  It really spoke to me so I tracked it down on Carriage House Samplings.  That is one stern looking woman!

The verse:  No glory I covet
                  No Riches I want
                  Ambition and
                  Beauty are
                  Nothing to me.
                 The one thing I
                 beg of good
                 heaven to grant
                 Is a mind
                 independent and
                 free

I really like how some of the alphabet goes around the edge of the piece. 

I finished the top edge of the satin stitch border of Sarah Braizear.  I believe I have come to the conclusion, I hate satin stitches.  I thought about not doing them and just filling in with a regular cross stitch but, I will power through. 

Taking a break from it and working on some BBD from the Sewing Club book.  It will be the stitching group's Christmas present this year. 

It has been a very hot and humid this weekend.  The populartion of the county is about 25,000.  We
have been having 2-3 new cases daily.  Fortunately, there is better compliance with masks.  Thank you Governor Whitmer. 

Stay safe and healthy and keep stitching. 
Monica