Sunday Starts

Hello friends!

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods. 

Am longing for the cooler temps

of Fall to come soon.

Which has me going to Autumn patterns 

for my stitching now.

This pattern by Primrose Cottage

is called Autumn Quaker.  

I decided not to stitch this in the called for orange.

Rather will be using yellow. orange and brown.

The fabric is 36 ct vellum which has a hint of green.

My next stitch is a mini sampler.

I want to keep the pattern a secret for now.

The linen I chose for this one is 

32 ct Moonstone.

It is yellow like this pic I took from the internet.

Could not get the true color anywhere in my house.

UGH

Finally my last new start is this one.

Quaker Block Print.

Not really a Fall pattern, 

but one I wanted to stitch.

I liked the letters.

I started this yesterday.

Am also not using the called for floss,

which was just one color.

Again like the other quaker pattern,

I decided to use 3 floss colors

 in shades of black and gray.

In other news,

I will be on vacation this week.

Bob and I are planning some short day trips.

We wanted to spend a few days down in Ohio,

however our doggie sitter had to go to

Florida at the last minute...so we cannot leave

Tundra by himself for a long time.

The Lebanese restaurant was Americanized

as Bob said.

Not one lamb item on the menu.

Lamb is the traditional meat his family ate.

According to Bob a  true Lebanese restaurant

 would have lamb.

The salad was the way I make,

 minus the radishes so that was good.

The hummus was good too.

Bob and I ended up getting the beef Kabob.

Our friends ordered Chicken Shawarma and

Chicken Kabobs.

The chicken Kabobs were very dry.

She told our waitress that they were like

trying to eat a donkeys ass.

I laughed because I had never 

heard this saying before.

The owner ended up giving our friend 

a chicken Shawarma to go.

For anyone who would like the salad recipe,

here it is.

Lebanese Salad

Romaine lettuce

Cucumber

Radishes

Dried Mint Leaves

Garlic Powder

Kraft Lemon Herb Dressing

(I use to make the dressing from scratch,

but Bob said this was like his grammas,

so why re-invent the wheel)

Chop the romaine into a bowl.

Cut the cucumber & radishes into pieces,

and add to bowl.

I only use about a third of a cucumber

and 3-4 radishes for 2 salads.

Pour the dressing to your liking.

I dont have the measurements for the spices.

I shake to taste. (so sorry)

We eat lots of salads in the Summer months.

I made a crab pasta salad last night for dinner.

Tonight this Lebanese salad with grilled hamburgers.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Sunday Start Blessings To All!

Janice