Latest needlework and life

Good afternoon Folks,

It is Monday afternoon, partly cloudy, still hot and humid, but not as bad as it has been.  Fall is coming, hopefully sooner rather than later.

As to the ‘psychic vampire’, she was very subdued Saturday and that was such a huge relief.

We did our errands this morning and it always feels GREAT to get back to our little haven. 

I really look forward to the next few days off from work to putter around here.  I need to do some homecaring, I want to make a cobbler using star fruit that someone gave us.

I am eager to get out into my main garden to do some much needed weeding.  I want to work on the patio area that I see when I look out the window from my little space where I create.

Yesterday I got in the mood to do something with some quilt batting that I have and ended up finishing two sachets by last night and started on the third.  I finished the third a little while ago.  I have the materials cut out to make another two and can hardly wait to start. DH has started calling me Bead Lady now, as I sit for hours with needle, tread and beads.

My workspace is a wreck as you can see in the picture below. Beads and thread etc., covering every inch of space. 

Speaking of beads and thread, I want to thank the ladies who have sent me both from their stash.  I greatly appreciate it and think of each of them as I embroider and bead.  I also won a $20 gift card to use at Amazon and bought more beads there, plus these wonderful beading needles. They have a long eye from one end to the other, except for the ends, so that you can open it up and slip the thread in, very easy to thread.  The needles are very thin and just right for beads.

So here are my latest efforts, stuffed with a bit of fleece and dried lavender that I bought in bulk, I can’t grow lavender down here.  I love the clean, fresh, wonderful scent of lavender.  I’d like to get some balsam for that wonderful Christmas scent, need to look into that.

These are for sale. Will keep you posted when the next ones are done.  Can’t wait to see what color schemes they turn out to be.

I ordered some melt and our goat’s milk soap earlier, to make up bars of soap for us with different essential oils.  I’ve read how goat’s milk soap is very good for your skin.  We already have a collection of essential oils so I’ll make up some with tea tree oil, some with floral scents, and some with sandalwood and other ‘manly’ scents for DH. I don’t think he’ll want to be smelling like ylang-ylang, jasmine, roses, etc. Anyway, I look forward to making them up and stashing them away, not to mention using them.

Guess that’s it for now.  I need to look at beads and thread to start on the next sachet.

I want to thank all of you again for taking the time to visit and leave  your comments.  They are greatly appreciated.  It is a real pleasure getting to know so many of you and I enjoy visiting your blogs too.

Enjoy your week.

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Summer blooms, etc.

Good morning. Can hardly believe that it is Friday already. Below are some pictures taken this week.

Hope you all have a great weekend. I'm working at my job today and tomorrow, so no gardening those two days. I'm just going to say that the first one is of the Blackberry Lily or Leopard Lily bloom. The rest I'll fill in later, as I've got to get a move on. Click on pictures for larger views.

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When words escape,
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Bruce W. Currie

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Duchesse de Brabant





Dwarf Orchid tree bloom.



Old Blush bud.



Pink Pet or Caldwell's Pink



Trumpet vine blooms.



Vanda Pencil orchids



Vincas







My shed's garden with crepe myrtle in full bloom.



Queen Crepe blooms in the foreground.



Latest lavender filled sachets.

Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL

Six out of seven

Good Friday morning to all of you. I'm off to work in a bit, work again tomorrow also, so no gardening for the next two days.

I did get six out of the seven things I listed that I 'hoped' to do yesterday. I was pleasantly surprised.

The one thing I didn't do was embroider more on the zebra longwing butterfly.

I filled 400 caps with herbal powders. I timed myself and it takes about 12 minutes to fill 100 with my handy cap-m-quick. What a great little tool.

I filled the two sachets that I had ready for filling and the smell of lavender is very soothing. I decided to do some bead embellishment around the edge and like the look.

I did get quite a bit done outside before it got too hot and that felt great. Then we had a nice thunderstorm with lots of rain yesterday afternoon.

I inadvertently cut rose blooms off my pink pet when trimming things up the day before so picked them for a tiny bouquet.

Pizza was yummy and we have the other half for supper another night, probably tomorrow. As tonight I feel like reheating left-overs from the night before, serving it over a brown and wild rice mix.

That's it for now. I need to make our lunches and get ready to head off to work.

Enjoy your day whatever you do.










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Rethink how you work. Just because you've always done something one way, it doesn't mean it has to be like that forever. If you can modify something to better suit how you work, do it. Streamline your tasks and don't aim for perfection. Take breaks. Do everything you do well and find the pleasure in it - it will be there lurking, you just have to find it. Be proud of what you achieve every day because you are providing a comfortable home for your family, you are making the most of the resources you have and looking after what you own. That is a good thing. And most of all, stop thinking that you'll never get through it all.
Excerpt from Rhonda at Down-to-earth blog.

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Zone 10 ~ s.e. FL