Bye bye August!

Hi all! I thought I'd get on here and post one last time for August. Boy, here we are on the fast track once again. I am looking forward to Fall though! Edited to add-the rose bush picture did not load:( Today's post is a bit newsy but I also have another finish and progress. Let's do the finish first..

Red House in Winter by LHN, with called for flosses. The linen is a mystery though but it could either be a PTP or Stormy linen from Wichelt. Either way, it sure adds to the atmosphere of this winter design. It didn't take me long to stitch it up. Last time all I had was the roof and the first third of the left side tree. When the FFO bug bites me, it'll be a hanging pillow ornament. I have progress on two WIPs..

These Is My Words by LHN. Lisa, thanks for the offer of your skein of CCW Roasted Chestnut. I ordered the skein plus others from Needlecase Goodies on Etsy and it arrived in just two days! So I started filling in the cabin. My next WIP to draw is Yule or Yuletide from the Primitive Hare. This was found in the magazine PNPS 2016 Christmas/Winter issue but I think it's on a chart now. Here's how it will look..

and what I have so far..

The mantel and the mortar in the brick work is GAST Brown Bear and I have a feeling I'll need another skein as I'm going 2 over 2 on a nystery linen. Last time I worked on this all I had was the y stitched. The newsy part! I can smell and taste certain things still. I'm craving the things I couldn't taste but now can! Like diet Pepsi, pizza. I had chili rellenos w/rice and beans for lunch and couldn't really taste the rellenos! Ugh. The congestion is finally gone, after nearly 2 months. We've had a 2 week dry period here with no rain but you should see my yard! I weedwacked yesterday and need to finish today. The humidity has gone up, I can feel it. Our monsoons are regurning and by Wednesday itll be stormy again with remnants of tropical storm Nora sending moisture our way. Shouldn't be anywhere near as bad as what Louisiana is facing! My thoughts and prayers are with those people there. Anyway, here's some pics of the jungle..

So I can't see what order the pictures are in but I'll tell you about them. The Morning Glory's my mother planted more than 30 years ago but they come up whenever we get a lot of rain. They make me smile. That purple flower with the yellow stamen is a weed! The stem is as thick as a pencil and covered with stickers. They're hard to wack. They come back every spring regardless of of moisture. The prickly pear cactus is going gangbusters. I need to protect it from Javelina. They eat the fruit, stickers and all. Last but not least the rose bush that has bloomed a second time this year. It looks better now than the spring bloom! I finally got WiFi back in the house and now I don't want to work or go to sleep! I'm bingeing on flosstube and getting caught up on that. I watched all of Nicole's Needlework and am now watching Carol the Saltbox Stitcher. I need to get Netflix going on my Blu-ray player, I can add apps to it. I can use my ipad again but since the browser on my ipad is incompatible with Blogger, I'm stuck posting here on my blog with my phone. A new ipad is in the works but it might be cheaper to get my HP laptop fixed. We'll see. I think that's it! Take care everyone, stay healthy. See you next time!

Happy August!

Hello! I'm back for an update. I have a new start, a finish, and progress today. Let's do this! My new start is a mystery Halloween piece by Tiny Modernist. I have the first part but all I have stitched is half of the tombstone angel..

The angel is taking some time! The called for fabric is a 32ct but I had this 35ct so it'll be a tad bit smaller and I'm good with that. I guess I'm behind because the 2nd part is on it's way! That's okay. So I fell off the WIP track when I received the mystery piece but got right back on when I picked Quaker Boo by The Sampler Girl, copyright 2010! I think it's been a WIP for just 5 or 6 years but it's now finished, yay!

I left off a few things on my piece, the top and bottom border, and the black and orange diamonds in the big medallion with the cat inside. See the PDF for what I left off. After that finish, a drew another WIP and it's These Is My Words by LHN. I have to wait for CCW Roasted Chestnut to arrive as the skein I have is not enough. I am worried about dye lot issues so I'll wait to fill in the blank spaces on the cabin. After I'm done here, I'll stitch on the hanging quilt at the left. Here she is..

In between all the above was Fleurs 1805..

The date may be different as it's not here with me. I've had to sub with DMC a few of the floss colors but it's turning out nice. That's all my stitching to date! A health update: it has been a month since I had covid and in general I feel good, still have minor issues with a little congestion and I can now taste and smell a few things but not everything. I can pick up chile, and very sweet tastes. It's getting better but not as fast as I would like. Covid is still out there as our local numbers show. Mondays always reveal new infection rates. We are now in a dry period here in AZ. I cannot believe all the rain we got but unfortunately two young girls lost their lives being swept away in flood waters. It is so green here and I have a jungle outside to weedwack which I'm taking a break from. I may have to hire a guy who to finish up because the vibration just kills my arms and hands. The rain may return sometime this week. I believe this is it. Thanks for reading my posts! Please stay safe and healthy. See you all next time!