Yard sale finds, gift, beaded heart

 

Good morning Folks ~ Here it is Sunday once again. Time is zipping right along. Our weather down here in south east FL is not as chilly as it was. It’s still pretty cold, to me, right his minute as it is 55 and feels like if is 53.  But, the high today is supposed to be 76, that will be lovely. 

I can’t believe it’s been a week since I ‘restored’ the clothesline.  Every time I see it a big smile breaks out on my face. I love the ‘heart patio’ too, which I worked on the following day. Thank you all for your kind comments. They mean a lot to me.

I stopped at a couple of yard sales on my way to work this past week and found some goodies.

The bits of old lace 10 cents each, the wonderfully scented candle 20 cents, and the four teal colored valances one dollar. I plan to use the fabric of the valances in crafting. The old crocheted bits I want to use for heart projects. Well, I’ll keep the rose edging for myself. I don’t want to cut that up.

This Sterlite 3 drawer unit with wheels, $5.  It smells new, like it was never used.

A friend of mine gave me two doilies that are very pretty.  The round one is done in very fine thread, and I can only imagine the hours that went into this as I crochet myself.

This piece is folded in half, it is very soft.

My work in progress. The piece is getting heavier with each bead sewn on.

I got the idea to put the round doily over a lampshade in my creative space.

View out the window barely, as I see that my windows need washing.

The above photo prompted me to go outside to see what is happening out side.

 

I  heard the first bird song of the morning earlier, sung by a Cardinal.

It reminded me of a verse found in Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens:
for they neither sow nor reap;
which neither have storehouse nor barn;
and God feedeth them:
how much more are ye better than the fowls?

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Have a lovely Sunday and a great week,

FlowerLady

Blooms, lost-found, tide will turn, lots of photos

Hello Folks ~

I hope you are all doing well. I want to thank you again for get well wishes and prayers for DH. He is getting better and we are thankful for that. Since it hurts him to chew food, I’ve been making him smoothies for breakfast, and different soups for lunch and supper. We’ve had pumpkin/potato, potato/carrot, cauliflower/broccoli and there’s a pot of split pea soup for tomorrow. I’ve been adding organic beef and vegetable broths, herbs, spices, onion and garlic. I want to make a beet soup next. These soups are all blended so that he can just drink it up from a cup. 

I am so glad that he’s doing better. There’s still a way to go until he’s back to normal, but he’s so much better than he was. As oldsters, we think we are still able to do things, but age, heat, humidity, vitamin depletion, etc. can and do take their toll. We’ve learned from this experience in many ways. I’ve also been thinking more about those in chronic pain and about care-givers.

We felt a change in the air today when we were out running an errand.  It is the end of Sept. so there should be some changes going on and we enjoyed being outside.

Over the past week or so I ‘lost’ two things, couldn’t find them anywhere and I looked high and low. I finally told DH (dear husband) and he started thinking of places for me to look, some I had already looked into and others, no findy items. Yesterday morning I was still frustrated by not being able to find them,  I picked up my library book bag and ‘found’ one of the items, an embroidery book underneath. I let out a whoop and DH said you’re going to find the ‘scissors' next.  Between 5-10 minutes later, I was sitting here in my chair, and pulled the bigger scizzors out of their pouch stuck my fingers in the space, and lo and behold, there was the pair I was looking for. I was thrilled.  I hate misplacing things.  I usually find them sooner than I did these two items. I’ve been flustered and preoccupied with DH and how he’s feeling that it’s a wonder I didn’t lose more things.

The little scissors I got when my late MIL passed away, with other craft items, so they mean a lot to me. I love the patina on them.

You can see that the scissors each have their own little space in my pincushion, scissor and debris bag,(I won this several years ago in a drawing and love it).  I absentmindedly put the little scissors in the wrong pouch, then put the larger scissors on top of them. Now they are where they belong once again. Sheesh.

This is the heart I’ve been working on. I added the lace stitched on with French knots. I’ve still more embroidery and beading to do before I feel it is finished. The colors are a bit more subdued than in these two photos, because of the lighting.

This is a little heart I worked on the past few days.  I love it.  It is 2 1/2 inches wide by 2 1/4 inches high.

Now, here are blooms I took photos of yesterday morning. It was very cloudy.

Blanket flowers

A weed, that I think is a Florida native, not sure though.

A fallen frangipani bloom.

Hibiscus

Passion flower. These are so amazing I can’t quit taking photos of them.  They are still blooming and there are quite a few buds too.

Philippine violet

An old poinsettia that is getting ready for it’s time of year.

Salvia greggii

La Marne roses.

Louis Philippe

Climbing Maman Cochet

Louis Philippe growing up over my shed.

Front gate from the sidewalk.

Side front entry gate into patio area, off the driveway.

Driveway gate. I love the plumbago from next door, very pretty.

That’s it from soggy s.e. FL. We had quite a bit of rain over the weekend and lots of cloud cover. I hope today to be able to wash and hang out laundry as we’re supposed to have some sunshine and little if any rain.

I’ll close this with a quote I came across recently.

FlowerLady Lorraine

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“When you get in a tight place and everything goes against you,

till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer,

never give up then,

for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn”.

Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionist and author.

A tad warmer this morning

Good morning Folks,

This morning it was 47 when we got up and felt like it was 42. Yesterday morning it was in mid 40’s and felt like it was 36. It is still ‘cold’ for us down here though. Below is a picture of the scullery window yesterday morning. The orchids are usually outside, but during cold weather they come indoors.

I stayed indoors for the most part yesterday as it was windy which made it feel cold all day. Tomorrow is is supposed to be pleasant and I hope to get outside to play in gardens. I still have some work to do on the back reworked area.

Yesterday I wanted to do some beaded embroidery and here is the completed piece. The heart itself is about 2”x2”, with the frame 6 1/2” x 6 1/2”. I’ve got to mount the piece then put it in the frame. I really love embroidering and using beads makes it even more enjoyable. I used an old mother of pearl button too.

This morning we do our errands then it’s back home to our humble abode. I always love pulling into our driveway, driving through the opened gates, parking and closing the gates being back in our little haven.

My box of crochet thread should arrive today. I can hardly wait to crochet with those luscious colors.

Hope you all have a great week and a nice Valentine’s day. I’m planning to fix a stuffed steak in the crockpot. We already have the steak in the freezer, I just need to get a couple of things at the grocery and I’m ready to go. I enjoy cooking, but on holidays I enjoy it even more. I learned early on in our life together that I could follow a recipe and make a wonderful meal for a fraction of the cost of eating out, and we would have left-overs too.

FlowerLady

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Who, being loved, is poor?

Oscar Wilde

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Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart.

Author Unknown

Next

Good evening everyone ~ Hope you had a good start to the week.

I’m about ready to go get horizontal to real for awhile before sleep.  I vacuumed and dusted early then headed out to mow, then I became ‘Bead Lady’ once again.

Yesterday afternoon I did a little weeding in the main garden after a nap, but while it felt not so bad when first out there, I quickly realized it was still hot and humid so decided to quit. Hopefully tomorrow I can get out there early to do some more work.

I finished up two more sachets, they are so addicting.  I can hardly wait to have a blank heart canvas in my hands, study the beads, then pick threads and go from there.  They all just take on their own character.  DH said each of them has their own musical tone, I thought that was really neat and a nice compliment.

Here are the latest two. One has ‘old’ beautiful rhinestones and really sparkles. I keep them all the sachets in zip lock bags to preserve the lavender scent and keep them clean.

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as to dealing with the ‘psychic vampire’. She was truly quiet and calm the next day.

As to one commenters post, yes, there are lessons to be learned in dealing with these people.

I’m glad you all enjoy our roses, they are certainly a joy to me.

That’s it for now. Enjoy the rest of your week.

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There is only one thing

more painful than learning from experience,

and that is not learning from experience. 

Laurence J. Peter