PUMPKINS AND A GHOST--PLUS

 Good afternoon--you all--for many I see the hot hot weather is slowly walking out the door to hide till next year!!  Yet, the Nascar race is in Las Vegas today, and it's 100 degrees or at least it was yesterday there!!  so in the cars it gets to 120 degrees and they are in those cars for 4-5 hours or so at those temps--so I am feeling really 'cool' her in Florida, at only 85, and a bit humidity still in the air!!!!

So what has everyone been up to in the last 10 days or so since I posted last???

Here is some of the things I have worked on--

First up I did finish this little counted cross I found online ( or facebook???)

They used some light airy lace--for the curtain--I did not have anything that would work--then I remembered my stash of old hankies and found this one and it seems to have worked really well!!  I just love that cute little tea pot--this Ghost takes after me--tea drinker!!!!  (livingontherainbow)

Finished September's Country Hart design--

I made Chocolate cake with a strawberry filling!!! YUM---

I got the rest of Sept's orange jewel hearts all done--

And last night I got all the 'light colored ones' stitched up--

Now to prepare some in black, grey and browns to work on for Oct and Nov--

And I have already gotten this month's Tiny House all finished--

Can't believe it is done for the month, in 3 days time--I love the 3 little pumpkins in a row--Thank you, Melisa--

And I was finally able to get back to working on my blue baskets--

You know I have to have a 'cat' in one block--

OH--- and birds and a rabbit!!!

I did spend alot of time on packing up all my pink dishes and spring/summer items, and then getting out of storage all the Fall items--I am at the point now where I can actually decorate with the Fall things!!!

These two photos are more for my reminder that I did them-- as for the sweater --and that I am continuing to work on outlining on the cross stitch bird piece--I did a bit more on the bird piece this morning--

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In other news--

I can not fix the old cart--my new cart is smaller--but am using it for now--as this month I had a big expense with a new air purifying machine--I buy Winix ones--the last one started making a noise--and I decided it was time to replace it--that one I had for over 6 years and it ran 24 hours a day --every day!!  I have to run one to be able to breathe and do what I do---this new one is even nicer and is sooo quiet--and it doesn't need filter changes as often as the last one--so hopefully a win-win!!

When we did the Monday Van trip this week--I did stand in the aisle and did watch the lift operation--and I do see now how my cart could have gotten broken--so that mystery is a bit solved!! 

Now if I just knew for sure--what is safe to buy in the grocery store to eat--I would be a little happier!!  How does one buy groceries today????  I am sure that the dining room downstairs has served us some of the lab grown chicken--so don't go down for chicken there any more--like I said I may go down once a week to get lunch--last week--there was nothing I felt was healthy or safe to eat--not one thing--this week one of the alternatives is--Spam fried rice--what--?????  Now don't get me wrong--I ate some spam growing up--we  used to grate it up--add mayo and pickle relish for sandwich meat--but I can all most bet you it is not the same meat as back then--plus we were young--now we are old and need better nutritious food for our bodies!!!!!!!!!!!!

TIME TO SAY--HAVE A WONDERFUL HEALTHY WEEK WITH LOTS OF STITCHING, AND TIME WITH FAMILY AND FREINDS    

HUGS, AND GREAT WISHES--DI

Squirrels ???? and a new mouse!!!!

 Happy Fall y'all-Or Happy Spring y'all!!!

Though here in the south--it's just another day---of summer!!!though we might feel a little fall temps this week end--we will see????

I have had a 'goofy' week--

First up is the Squirrel--

I stitched and stitched on this squirrel-didn't think I would ever get him done--then I did the ring of fabric that I am putting around these--this is Melisa's bom called--Roundabout!!   Put the  ring on it--and guess what--the ring was either-- toooo small-- or the roundabout was too big??? 

the next morning I decided to print another pattern one off --and guess what--that darn squirrel was way too big--apparently I had enlarged one of my cross stitch patterns and the printer hadn't reset itself yet back to normal!!!!!!   

Soooo--I only had one choice to make here--re-stitch this one--

And so I did--this one didn't take me so long--the hardest decision was whether to make me a grey squirrel of a brown one--cause of the tree branches in brown--I went with a grey squirrel!!!  This one now matches the rest of the roundabouts--TY Melisa---  PS any one want an embroidered Squirrel???

And I got this months Tiny Home all finished--

Again--a Melisa design--my tree is getting full and we still have 3 more Tiny Houses to stitch!!!

I got a few more purpleorange hearts made--

On the Cross stitch front--

Yesterday morning I got the rest of Mrs Claus all stitched--her legs and slippers are all in--

now, to do the rug under the rocker with the puppy and kitten and present!! I do not like how dark the 'fur' is on the bottom of her gown though--I may take out a bit of the darker colors and use all the light colored threads, like her collar is at the top--time will tell, I guess????

I did a bit more on the Ghost piece this morning--

but forgot to take a photo--the window arch is in and this morning I did the red teapot in the far left hand corner--

And while I was waiting for the floor to dry after mopping it--I started this one--

on the right is a start to the sled and the brownish color is a start on the mouse--I am doing this on a newline of 28 linen I got from 123 Stitch company---

so I now have 3 counted cross stitch projects in the works--that just isn't me--I have mainly only worked on one till it was finished and then started the next one--oh--and talk about starting--I found this one--

I want to make for spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And I finished the pink heart quilt--

I plan to donate this to the Quilt guild at the next meeting--I did do this one for me--you know how I love pink and hearts--but I really don't need it--and it's a good size lap one--so----

Now for the rest of the story--

Last week I did a lot of cleaning--rearranging and sorted out 2 good sized boxes of things to give away--on Thursday I did ride the city bus to the grocery store and on the return bus (different driver) I ended up in a ladies lap cause of his driving and my super heavy cart load--so have decided I need to do a different time where I ride 'his' bus over to the plaza and ride a calmer driver on the way home!!!???? It is always something to figure out in life!!!  On Saturday I was loading the give away boxes in my cart and somehow twisted my back alittle--so had to take it easy the rest of the weekend--and then--MONDAY-- happened--the Monday morning van was going to Walmart--and I had 7 of us to go this trip and a lot of walkers for that group--I took my metal cart--but folded it up and left it by the back door in the Van--asked driver if it was OK where I left it and he said yes--at Walmart he used the lift to unload all the gals with the walkers and we all went shopping--I mostly got fabric (1yd cut packaged) for some baby quilt borders--when I went out and got the Van and went to put my packages in my cart--I made a Sad discover---one of my back wheels on the cart was all out of shape and bent-

But we had an even bigger problem--the lift would not  work unless Jerry did it manually--which is very hard to do--he did get the one gal who really needed it into the Van--and luckily one other gal--De De--was strong and we had the other gals come to the front of the van we unloaded their carts and carried the bags to the back and folded the walkers and loaded them that way--and when we got back here that is how we unloaded every one--now --did the damage on my wheel and cart cause the lift damage too--or what happened--that bar you see from the wheel--that is bent at a 90 degree angle and would have to be re-bent with a whole lot more strength than I have--and the wheel is still not really right--so I had to go online and order me a new cart--$43--so what did happen????? So rest of Monday and all day Tuesday was me being gentle to my body and all the discomfort it was in from all the heavy lifting!!  But I am so proud of this group of ladies--not one complaint =everyone helped out however they could!

I did finally get to go out last night to Olive Garden with my son and lovely daughter in law to celebrate his birthday--and yes--I got him another Star Wars t-shirt!!!

and another little sweater for the donation bag!!

I THINK IT'S TIME FOR AN EXTRA PIECE OF CHOCOLATE WANT TO JOIN ME--???

ENJOY ALL THINGS FALL THIS WEEK--WHO IS WORKING ON SOMETHING WITH PUMPKINS ON IT???

SMILES AND HUGS, DI

forget-- the after 60--try after 75 plus!!!!

BLESS YOUR 'PEA PICKIN' HEART

 This was one of my Granny's favorite sayings--and I don't know why--but as I was working on a project at my desk this week--that saying came to my mind--and it's still there--so for all my blog reader's I just want to say--Bless you--and have a wonderful week!!

So what have I been up to this week--

I did get this months Tiny House all cross stitched--

and I have the border fabric ready and the trim--just need to do the finishing on it--And I do believe that I did not change anything this month expect the colors of the floss for the sunflowers--oh--and a funny--not really-story--I got the border all stitched in and then the next morning cross stitched the grass in and was ready to stitch the last stem/leaf in for the Sunflowers--and realized my stitch count was off--what??? I realized I had turned the design the wrong way and was stitching it all in on the long width--so you know what had to happen before I could go on--???? Thank you, Melisa--

This months wool block came in the mail and now it is finished--

this block--was fun to stitch--and looks great with the rest of the blocks--

And here is 2 more of the Blue blocks done--

I also have 2 more baskets with something inside the baskets all cut out for applique, next--

And I got some more--purpleorange jewel hearts made--

And on Sundays I am try'n to work on projects that I don't usually do during the week and last Sunday I got the 4th Heart all crewel embroidered to go with this set--

the one on the lower left was the one that sat in my crewel work basket for a very long time--I do have a plan for how I am going to finish these 4 hearts--

And I got this embroidered Hexagon piece stitched to the background fabric and then yesterday got it layer with batting and backing and basted all ready for hand quilting--

and I also got this one layered and basted for hand work--

I also spent 2 mornings this week in the kitchen cooking up some things for easy meals and putting them in the freezer--and some extra house chores--as this next week I am hoping to do some real cleaning and sorting and getting some fall things out of storage--guess it is that time of the year--it's so hard to know when Fall is here --here in Florida-as it is still hot and muggy here!!!!

I do have a couple outside photos to share with you this week--

First I found this on the ground behind our building one day when I was walking around the building--how interesting it looked laying there--

Bit later at the bus stop at Publix--I took these sky photos--

I do love watching how our clouds built on top of each other--and this one--reminded me of what a tornado looks like--only they are much darker of colors!!!!

WELL--I HAVE LISTENED TO ALOT OF COVERAGE OF 9-11 AND LEARNED SOME INTERSETING THINGS AND SEEN SOME NEW TO ME--PHOTOS--I STILL FEEL SO SAD FOR EACH ONE WHO LOST THEIR LIFE THAT DAY--I ALSO SEEN THIS AND JUST NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THEM AND THIER WORK THAT DAY--

MY HOPE IS EVERYONE HAS A GREAT WEEK AND DOES SOMETHING JUST FOR FUN--

HUGS, DI

HAPPY SEPTEMBER---BUSY BUSY BUSY---

 The first week of the month always seems a bit busy for me--this month was really busy!!!

Monday--I kitted up 2 new cross stitch projects--one is Halloween and one is Christmas--then I hopped the city bus and went to Publix for water and some groceries-- in the afternoon I worked on applique of one of the basket blocks--and by the end of the week I had 2 more finished--

On Tuesday morning I went on the Van that comes (usually on Mondays-but we did Tuesday this week) and bought some paper products--real exciting??????

But Tuesday afternoon I got to do something I had not done in at least 2 years or more--I got to go to an actual Quilt shop--Called--Sew much Fun--it is just 4 miles up the road from me--but just don't have anyone who drives and likes fabric--but I emailed a lady from the Quilt Guild who I had met and only lives less than a mile from me if  she was going and she said 'yes'- so she picked me up and away we went----  I mainly went to find backing for this project--

I have tried several fabrics and nothing worked--so decided I need to go into a store to find something--was trying a couple things--when Karen --the gal who took me--showed up with a bolt of fabric and said what about this one--and by golly--it did the trick--

I never would of picked it out-- to try!!!  but it sets off the little hexies perfectly!!

So, did, I buy some other fabrics--of course I did--

got an older piece of Tilda fabric for my grandmother flower garden--

4 fall -- Halloween fabrics--really like all 4 of these--and yes there is black cats in with the pumpkins!!!

3 Christmas fabrics--love this Gingerbread one--the house the Santa mug ,the tree with the little gingerbreads on it,--on and on-- and the cute red one with the cute little gingerbreads and then candy canes--

and got 3 yards of this one--from the sale shelf for $5 yd--thinking backings for kids quilts--maybe???

And this color wheel fabric--for a contest they are having there using this panel--and the purple one goes with it--have about '2' whole ideas so far???????????????

Wednesday was a house work chores day--but then I started working on 4 blocks --that the quilt club is collecting  for a quilt--and would you believe I totally forgot to take a photo of them--I am upset with myself--I will just have to make a couple more--so I can do a photo--!!!!

Thursday was some errands here--like paying the rent--visiting with a resident who is getting over a surgery--and working on those flowers--was suppose to get  my hair trimmed when I got there she was doing a perm--she said I did not have an appointment--yet I has watched her write it down--(perms pay more that a trim????)  so will go next week!!!

worked on some heart jewels and finished up the blocks for quilt club--

Friday morning was  Quilt club at my local library and so I was on the bus at 9:15 am--they had a nice meeting and I met two friendly ladies--Anita and Cindy--so enjoyed the time there and from their donation table this little pile came home with me--

Opps--can hardly see the pretty gold one in the middle--all the rest are winter/Christmas prints!!

Since then I have gotten some orange done--

Have more ready to stitch together in the orange--

And in cross stitching--I got 2 projects started--

The top one is the cutes little Ghost--and the bottom one is this months Tiny House--

Yesterday when I was working on the house--got that strip of grass in and was ready to stitch the last stem and leaf in, when I realized there was a problem--I had turned the cloth wrong--so had to unstitch it all and turn the cloth and restitch it--fun!!!!!!

And you probably can't tell what new outlining I have done on this piece--but I wanted to show it again so it is recorded that I am working on--on Sunday mornings--

Oh--and last Sunday I got Augusts Christmas ornament embroidered--

Have a red, green, and now a gold one--was thinking each month would be a different color--now--am wondering if I just want to repeat these 3 colors!!????

We had an actual Tornado warning last night--some a bit north of here had winds to 65 miles per hour so some damage--here is a couple photos I took a bit later in the evening--

A really pretty rain bow  and later the air turned 'yellow' here it looks almost pink--but it was yellow--have seen some really good photos on facebook of how yellow it was!!!!

I FEEL SO BAD THAT SOME OF YOU ARE STILL HAVE VERY HIGH HEAT TEMPS--WHERE AS, WE HERE IN FLORIDA WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE HOT--ARE ONLY IN LOW 90'S--WE STILL DO HAVE SOME HUMIDITY--BUT NOTHING LIKE WE DID IN AUGUST--SILLY WEATHER!!!!  TAKE CARE AND STAY INSIDE AND KEEP SEWING--

HUGS, AND LAUGHTER TO EACH OF YOU--DI