Spring Inside and Out

 

Hello my friends!

Hope all is well in your neck of the woods.

First today I wanted to show you my 

Spring Mantles.

Hope you enjoy the pics.

Next up some Spring outside.

My one lone yellow tulip.

Honeysuckle for the hummingbirds.

Kiwi vine for color.

The leaves turn to white around the edges

and then pink in the middle.

Our only tree in our yard.

This flowering pear.

Bob cleaned up under the wagon...

and forgot that was where our blackberries were.

Oh well no blackberries this year.

He also cleaned up this bed and mulched.

Not sure what shrubs I will plant in here now,

but I want some that flower.

Finally our evergreen Lilac shrubs.

These bloom constantly all Summer long,

and smell just like normal lilacs.

In other news,

on Tuesday President Trump came to Michigan.

He announced that they will keep

our air national guard base open...

and also bring in 21 new jets and tankers.

We are so thankful that our governor

put politics aside and went to visit him

to fight and keep 

Selfridge Air National Guard Base 

open...because President Biden had slated

it for closure.

I know this because someone 

who works at Selfridge told me so.

It had also been on our local news last year.

I drive by this base every time I go to work.

I sometimes see the jets and the planes

take off and land. Also this base is home

to our Coast Guard helicopters.

These are so needed in our area because

of us being surrounded by water...

and they go to all water emergencies...

even to take someone off a freighter who

has a medical emergency.

I left at noon to avoid the closure of the road I take.

So glad I did, because after his speech

at the base, the motorcade went over to

Macomb Community College...

which would have caused another traffic

jam for me.   

Anyways saving the base will be good

for the economy in the area.

They even put a big billboard just outside

of the base saying...

Thank you Governor Whitmer for saving

Selfridge Air National Guard Base.

Driving through the marsh now,

the lily pads are sprouting up.

Soon the yellow and white flowers will appear.

The egrets are back now.

No baby signets (swans) yet.

The one nest I can see from the road

still has mama sitting on it.

Well have to get to work.

Hope everyone enjoys their upcoming weekend.

Spring Has Sprung Blessings To All

Janice

Sunday Starts

Hello friends.

April is almost over, but would like to get

some Spring projects worked on.

Starting with Bedelia 

I love bunnies as most of you know.

I started at the bottom left.

Worked the bottom leaf and part of the bunny

the first night.

Then the next night went up the stem 

to the flower.

Dont know what the heck I was thinking.

I kept looking at the floss, 

the pattern and the floss codes on the chart.

Well dufASS me was looking at the chart...

and completely used the wrong color floss.

I also completely forgot what colors

I had chosen at the store. UGH

The two colors were supposed to be this.

I used these two colors.

At the store I chose to use this darker purple

instead of the brown that was called for.

Did not figure out my mistake

until I was almost done with the flower.

 I am NOT going to frog this whole flower out.

My dilemma now is do I stitch the other

two flowers the same way?

Or do I stitch them in the two purples

I intended on doing?

Your thoughts?

I already decided I was not going 

to stitch those motifs at the top left.

Just thought they were too busy for my liking.

Next up is my pitiful start

of Spring Saltbox 2.

Am loving the blues in this so far though.

Hope to get both saltboxes done soon

so I can display them next year.

Then I started this pattern on Good Friday.

The title of this one being

Antique Birds and Angel.

Thought it was a fitting start for this day,

having an angel in it.

Once completed, I will add in initials

of family members for my heritage wall.

My one day start.

Was not sure if I would like the red and green...

but the colors do compliment one another.

The start of the side border has

more reds, green and even a pink.

Stitching this on 36 ct 

Vintage Country Mocha

by Lakeside Linen. 

In other news,

Bob and I went to his cousin's

for dinner last night.

He finally got back from visiting

his mom and dad, sister and brother.

He was gone 6 weeks to Las Vegas.

We took too 2 slabs of ribs.

He also made 2 slabs.

I made devilled eggs and baked beans.

His wife had a strawberry rhubarb pie for dessert.

It was a nice evening catching up.

The freighters are back in the river...

and already even some foreign ones.

It is nice seeing them once again.

Also the fishing has been pretty good it seems.

The boats have been hanging all around 

our dock so the fish must be in our area right now.

Bob needs to get his license and get out there.

Having a perch or walleye dinner would be nice.

Well not much else going on.

I did tape the funeral for the pope,

so I plan on watching that today.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

Sunday Blessings To All!

Janice

Whippy Wednesday

 

First up is Viola Martini.

This is where I left last month.

I continue to work on this piece

for my heritage wall on Sunday's.

Finished adding in my paternal

great grandmother's names now.

Now if you have an eagle eye,

you will see that my dad's grandmother's name

reads Rosemary Husson- Husson.

Her maiden name was also Husson.

She was the cousin to her husband,

my great paternal grandfather.

True story.

We had to do our family tree in school

when I was in middle school.

My teacher gave me a "D" because

he thought I got lazy adding in my

paternal great grandmother's name.

Well thankfully it was parent-teacher's

conference that same night.

My mom took my paper and told my teacher

that what I had written was correct.

He then gave me an "A".

Am almost at the finish line.

I am 85% certain I will add in the border,

even though it was not in the pattern.

Me thinks it will give some definition

to this piece...the other 15% of me

wants to get this to the framer.

Who will win?

Next up is Strawberry Faire.

With Easter over, I am over

stitching on bunnies now.

Wanted to get back to my strawberry stitch.

This is where I left off last year.

Last week worked on the strawberry a bit more.

I really hate this strawberry.

It is why I gave up last year.

Am determined to finish it though this year.

Sarah Casey Unwin is another

pattern that is taking quite awhile.

Last time I had the middle flower completed.

Now I just have most of the right top done.

Lots of color changes in this one.

It is going to be a biggin.

I had finished 

the First Day of Christmas.

Partridge in a pear tree.

Two Turtle Doves is now finished.

These still need the beads added...

but will wait and do that once

finished with all of them.

Also once I have all 12 completed,

will turn them into stockings

to have on my Christmas tree.

In other news,

my daughter Michele celebrated 

her 44th birthday yesterday.

We are going out to dinner 

next week to celebrate. 

Michael's doctors would not release

him to go back to work.

It was discovered he has two broken toes...

and his tailbone still needs to heal more.

Maybe next month he can go back to work.

His attorney stated that suing the drunk driver

would probably be a waste of time

as she already has many garnishments

out against her for non-payment...

and no job. Go figure.

Am I  surprised...no.

I had a great vacation.

Mom and I spent lots of time together.

We ended up going out to lunch a few days...

and dinner a few days.

Stitched mostly at night while watching tv.

Well off to work.

Cannot believe April is almost over already.

Wednesday Blessings To All!

Janice

 

April CupboardScape

Good morning Friends.

Happy Easter Eve.

Today is my April CupboardScape.

Hope you enjoy. 

 

The basket of fabric eggs

from one of my previous posts.

A vintage Children's quilt.

My favorite chocolate box filled with faux flowers.

Some ceramic colored eggs I found at

Hobby Lobby years ago.

My newest bunny to an already

extensive bunny collection I have.

She is from Ann Clay,

My Primitive Home.

She lives in a 1700's home

filled with period furnishings and a bit

of whimsy.

This is one of her original pieces that she sells.

Since he is carrying eggs, I thought he would

look perfect here this year.

Who knows where you will find him

in years to come.

I love how this display turned out.

 In other news,

to clarify the savings a bit for our

Comcast (Xfinity) bill.

We were being charged monthly for a phone

we never used nor knew we had.

This should be a crime.

It was added in a previous bundle and when 

that bundle expired...they just kept charging us...

 I was told it was previously taken off.

Partially my fault as I do not look at my bill.

It is online now and I forgot the password.

Then we just went to a different plan,

minus Fanduel which Bob said 

he never watched either.

The drunk driver who hit Michael,

was driving someone else's car.

That person cancelled their insurance 

back in February, so there was no insurance

on that car. 

Michael is basically screwed now.

His attorney stated there is not much they can do.

She went to court and only received

two misdemeanor charges.

I just don't understand all of this?   

The kids will be coming over later today.

We will be having Easter dinner with them

and my mom.

Now I can relax tomorrow before heading

back to work on Monday.

Vacation is over. UGH

I hope everyone enjoys their Easter weekend.

Remember the real reason we celebrate.

Mom and I watched Quo Vadis the other night.

I love Robert Taylor movies,

however this one was rather sad.

It was about the Roman Emperor Nero

and what he did to his Christian citizens.

I had taped it and we watched 2 different evenings

as it was a rather long movie.

Anyway, hope everyone enjoys their Easter!

Easter Blessings To All!

Janice