Can It Be Five Years Already

 

This was our Samoyed Tundra when he first came home.

Mikayla thought he looked like a Polar Bear.

That little furball turns 5 today.

His first car ride...and it was a long one.

I picked him up 15 minutes West of where

my mom lives.

I knew a family who bred these dogs.

They no longer do.

He was so little back then.

A real stubborn boy at times.

He was given the nickname back then

the "White Tornado"

Him meeting Ace the first time.

Tundra is at the bottom left in the shade.

His first trip to the gift shop.

Him telling me off with his head peeking out

from underneath the couch.

His first Christmas with us.

His friend Pebbles would visit him

almost every weekend at the gift shop.

Now he hardly sees her.

Pebbles is also a Samoyed.

Him at one year old.

At two he liked to show off.

Being three he thought he was king of the hill.

He would lay like that waiting for either

myself or Bob to get home.

(he no longer does this) 

Filling out at 4 years old.

Not a care in the world outside with Peepers.

I would let them both outside in the Summer

afternoons for a bit almost every day.

Now at almost five you will find him always 

somewhere near us.

This day he was watching me stitch and dozing off.

I tried to take a pic of him sleeping,

but he always opened his eyes just 

as I clicked the button on my phone.

He always kept hearing me even though

I could not hear anything. UGH Oh well.

Tundra, you have been such a joy in our lives.

He goes to the vet for a checkup in a few weeks.

Happy Birthday to you and many many more.

In other news,

you may have heard about the helicopter

crash here in Michigan.

It happened 8 miles from us at a 

restaurant called Cabana Blue.

This restaurant is on a very small island.

You have to drive over a bridge that crosses

  the canal which surrounds 

the island on three sides.

The last side is Lake St Clair.

The only thing on this island is the restaurant.

The drive to the parking lot, restaurant itself,

and a huge party tent for outside dining.

There is no helipad.

Boats come in off the lake and dock all around 

the one side, and boaters wade in to sit outside.

Sunday afternoon when this accident occurred,

I am sure there were many boats out there.

Not to mention the tent was right there where

this helicopter turned over.

There was a pile of gravel on the North side

where it was trying to land.

I think the pilot thought he could land there.

My assumption is he tried and failed

as I think the gravel was loose.

I drove by the restaurant yesterday and did

notice a digger was there now leveling 

off the pile of gravel.

The helicopter was removed.

Bob and I have gone to this restaurant.

It was more of a younger crowd to us.

Younger patrons and very noisy.

We have not been there since.

Saturday we are heading to my

neighbors 100th birthday party.

This young man still drives, paints,

walks and flies his own airplane

(with another pilot on board)

May he live another 100.

Happy Birthday to Paul.

That's my cue to get to work.

Thursday Blessings to All!

Janice

 

Sunday Start

 With Summer here now,

I wanted to start on more Summer and Patriotic.

Summer Saltboxes by Plum Street Samplers.

Am doing this on 28 ct Wheat linen.

The same linen I did Spring Saltboxes on.

Finished all of the white at the bottom,

and managed to get one of the sheep stitched.

There were 2 different whites in the sheep.

Not sure if you can tell from my pic.

Once these are both completed, 

will get them framed like the Spring ones.

Next I am working on Little Liberties

by Little Robin Designs.

I decided to stitch LIBERTY first.

Doing this on 36 ct antique white linen.

Floss in the color of Americana by

Weeks Dye Works which was not the called for blue.

Am really getting into Patriotic stitching.

In other news,

Sandie from Chatty Crone asked

how many hours do I stitch a week.

Roughly around 20 hours.

She also wondered why I was counting

my days to retirement when I own 

an antique store.

We do own an antique store.

Hubby Bob works the store.

I work for a major bank 

as a commercial loan officer.

Once I retire I can tell you the bank I work for.

Also when I do retire, I will work our store

a few days a week...unless we sell it by then.

We do have it for sale.

She also wondered if I worry about my mom.

Yes I worry about her since she lives

1 1/2 hours away.

We do have family we can call that

live in the same town if we need to.

Each of my siblings and I have a dedicated

day in which we call her now.

Robin from Cranky Crow asked what 

linen I am using on Blueskin.

Am using 28 ct Vellum. 

I purchased mine from 123 Stitch.

In fact just put another order in for it

because I want to stitch Nelson on this 

same linen.

Will frame both once completed. 

Probably not for years at the rate I am going.

Have not picked up Blueskin since my last post.

Blueskin is much bigger than these ones I started now.

Mary from Windy Meadows Farm

thought she found our stores Facebook page

with the yellowware post.

I had to ask Bob because I do not have Facebook.

He does the Facebook for our store.

Yes you found the right one he said.

For anyone else who would like to follow us

on Facebook, just click the badge on the right.

It will take you to our store.

I did not even know we had more 

yellowware in there.

We have 25 dealers in our store.

I need to visit more often. LOL

Also, I would love to go antiquing with you Mary.

It would be fun!

Everyone in the heat wave, please stay safe.

Even though we are by the water...it is still 

hot here too.

Yesterday morning I came out of the grocery store.

Lightning struck really close to me.

Then the thunder. 

Pushing a metal cart, I then ran to my car.

Loaded my groceries in and high-tailed

 it outta there.

Usually I put my cart back in its place, 

but not this time. 

Off to make breakfast for Bob and I.

French Toast and Breakfast Sausage.

Happy Summer Blessings To All!

Janice  

 

Whippy Wednesday

Hello friends.

Here is my progress on my WIP's

for this month. 

Antique Birds and Angel

Day 6

I decided to go down and work on the angel.

Her face was suppose to be a yellow.

Everything in this angel

is yellow, except the banner,

so I opted to make her face a peach color.

I wanted it to stand out.

Plus it does look like the photo.

This angel is suppose to be stitched

in all silk...but because I changed up 

her face, that was stitched in cotton.

I have never stitched with silk before.

At first it was hard to get use to.

Slippery...but once I got the hang of it,

it glides through the linen.

Since silk is more expensive,

these are the only ones I have purchased.

Day 7

Stitched more of the wing.

This is tedious stitching with lots of counting.

Decided to do the yellow first and now working 

on the gold.

Day 8

Finished the left wing and most

of her upper gown.

Almost outlined the right wing.

Day 9

I finished the right wing.

Started stitching the peach banner on the right.

Also stitched in the sash on the left.

This angel is getting monotonous.

Only two colors in the angel herself.

Gold and yellow.

At least now the banner will be another

color I can stitch.

For Strawberry House I opted to go

with the blue as the called for parchment 

you could not see on this fabric.

I think it turned out pretty good.

I told Bob it was my Big Beautiful Blue House.

Am getting into July 4th mode now.

This is where I left off last year stitching

on Patriotic Pinwheel Parade.

Next to Christmas, I believe I have more

patriotic decor than any other month right now.

Plus the majority of my antiques are in

old red or blue paint which is so fitting

with this holiday.

I managed to get two more bunnies stitched.

That flag at the top is a beast to stitch....

just very long.

Also started adding the pinwheel border underneath.

This pattern is so cute!

Plus I love bunnies.

Next up is Blueskin.

Started this last year and this is where I left off.

I have one more cherry to finish...

then onto the bowl to finish this

bowl of cherries.

Am getting tired of doing these.

I want to get to the horse.

I did change the flag from gray to blue.

Finally Sarah Casey Unwin.

I finished the big basket this past month.

Also the basket of the fruit,

the bird and then started the border underneath.

I do see now that I forgot to finish the one 

red flower to the left of the fruit basket.

This is not even half way completed.

I stitch this on Saturdays when I can.

Am starting to feel I am getting 

something accomplished on this one.

In other news,

Monday night Bob's daughter took us

both out for a steak dinner to celebrate

Father's Day.

It was so nice of her to include me.

We might get some severe weather come

in later this afternoon.

Am hoping we just get rain though...

we do need it.

The chipmucks have moved on.

I did see one the other day in the yard,

but they are gone from our window box.

On the other hand, I did see a juvenile

groundhog go into our wood pile.

Tundra saw him too and tried

 his best to get him.

My mom forgot my brother's birthday

which was on Monday.

He ended up calling her that night.

Asked her if she no longer liked him.

Then he said do you know what month it is?

She said June.

He then asked what day it was.

She said the 15th.

He said wrong...its the 16th. 

She said  well I sent you a birthday card. 

They both laughed then.

Need to get my butt to work now.

240 days to retirement...but who's counting. LOL

Hump Day Blessings To All!

Janice

 

June CupboardScape

How do ye friends.

Today marks a gentlemen's post.

I gathered me up some items that

a gentlemen of the day would require.

Hope ye enjoy. 

A little tribute for the father's out there.

In other news,

The Cottonwood trees are still shedding.

We are still waiting for our privacy fence

to be installed.

Am hoping all the dad's out there have

a fantastic Father's Day!

I lost my dad almost 32 years ago.

I was 35 when he died, and I still

 miss him dearly.

Well hope everyone has a great weekend.

June Blessings To All!

Janice

It's Berry Season

Hello friends!

With strawberry season in full swing,

here are my strawberry displays for this year.

Hope you enjoy. 

In other news,

the Cottonwood trees are 

currently shedding around here now.

It's like having snow on the ground

in June.

Saundra asked from my previous post

if my pillows were bowl filler size.

Yes they are, but Bob says it is silly

to make such little pillows. 

Even if I did manage to stitch

a pillow that was big enough to use...

there would be no way.

It would take forever and I don't want 

it ruined on the couch with Tundra around.

Mikayla is now a graduate.

There were 465 students in her

graduation class.

It took forever for them to get through

all of the names.

Sunday it was so hot and steamy too.

We were almost at the top of the bleachers

outside on the school's football field.

After almost 2 hours I was not feeling

the best and decided we should leave.

The ceremony was not yet over but we did 

see Mikayla get her diploma.

I was able to chat with Michael.

He was still not cleared to go back to work.

Now that the swelling has gone down,

it was discovered he has a ruptured disc.

His doctor is hoping because he is young,

this will start healing on it's own.

Otherwise he will need surgery.

He goes back to the doctor in a month.

His foot remains in a boot. 

Well have to get to work.

Hope everyone has a great week!

Berry Blessings To All!

Janice