The Campout...

I treated myself to a new mug from tattered flag.

This is a rug I finished some time ago it is on the floor we walk on it everyday. It is a little wavy so not perfect.

We picked blueberries and since I follow king Arthur flour 

they have a bake along once a month and this month was blueberry hand pies while they over flowed they were yummy.

On to the campout we went with family on my husband's side.

There were about 24 of us some came and went but most of us stayed. This was our first campfire so fun to be with all the different ages.

And this would be my sweet B the little fish.

We swam together, I really enjoyed the time with her and her mom and Dad. 

There were horseshoe tournaments with the campground.

My brother in law won. Then they had a corn hole trounament and our nephew and his friend won that so the family swept the campground!

And this would be sweet B with her pet bunny who camps with them.

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A very busy time, summer is slipping away faster and faster I noticed the difference in light in the afternoon and evening.

But is still warm and wonderful and we have lots of beautiful weather ahead.

I have a birthday this week so a year older and a bit closer retirement.

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Have a wonderful week!

Busy Summer

This past Sat I was waiting to meet up with my daughter at a McDonalds and I saw this so pretty. We were headed to a bridal shower that was a lovely English tea. It was yummy and lovely.

Then we went to a fund raiser. This is a husband and wife team that hook rugs. I mean lots and lots of rugs!

 

And they have wonderful gardens also. 

This is a very small sampling of their work.

The wife to this team went to star island the same time I did.

So she was kind enough to give a couple of us hookers a private tour of her beautiful home and her rugs. Just amazing work.

We have been picking blueberries...

I am a big fan of King Arthur Flour and each month they have a bake along. This month blueberry hand pies. I am not sure if I over filled them or baked them a little to long I will post it to their site and they will give me tips. But I will tell you they are so darn good and will use this crust recipe again.

I have a birthday coming up so I treated myself to a new mug from 

the old tattered flag. I will take it to work for my morning coffee.

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We have a large family campout coming up this weekend

The best part is my sweet B will be there so excited to spend the weekend with them.

Have a great week.

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A Summer storm

On Sat we went on a garden tour it was in honor of the 250 of a little town near here. The fun thing was it was free and because there were not many attending it was very personal. We met some lovely people. 

We saw 5 gardens some were very unplanned and others were 

by landscape architects. Myself I love a busy garden it is like a great party and all is invited. This lady also had raspberries as big as your thumb oh for a container to fill.,,, 

The day as hot and after a good shower I settled in for some great movies. This one is Woman of The Year. There is no one better than Katherine Hepburn.The movie after this one was the first time Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart were in a movie together. I do not remember the name. But she was 19 and he was 44 they married a year after making that movie.

We put the kayaks in to check to see if the blueberries were ripe. 

we got a few but still a little early

We have been hot and humid last night a storm came through that rattled my bones. Rain, hail, sharp lighting. It hit a house in the next town and caused a fire.

Oh my poor plants but they did OK except the hollyhocks I had to stake them tonight.

Since I haven't worked on my rug much I will show you a rug I did some time ago. I put it out for Easter and leave until after the the 4th has gone by.

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I have been reading 

Gifts From The Sea 

by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 

Even after all of these years it is so relevant and wonderful.

I read a few pages in the morning before work. 

Have a wonderful week!

Progress...

Well not much to crow about this week. Lots of work

and not much fun.

This is my Star Island rug I have finished the 3 dorries.

and no that is not a flying sheep it's my magnet. It is coming along bit by bit. I need to get it done before I go back to Star Island. (I can't wait to go)

I know I have shown this rug before but it is yard sale season and just as a reminder if you find an old rug. I purchased this for 2.00 it was falling apart every where, If you touched it it ripped, and I didn't know what to do??? So husband got 

A piece of plywood we painted it black and I glued it on the board.

I do not recommend doing that to anything but a rug that is so unstable it will fall apart. After I ran a light vacuum over it and hung it on the porch and low and behold it has been there for years and years! So I was able to save it!  And I completely love it!

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The blueberries are ripe! So we will hit the kayaks when it stops raining to pick and pick.We got lots last year and it was so wonderful to eat blueberry muffins when the snow was swirling and we were remembering the warm days in the kayak.

Have a wonderful weekend, we have a garden walk we want to attend if it is not raining. 

Happy July

This rug I hooked some years ago. It has several mistakes but I still love it.

We had some home time so we kayaked a bit it had been a while

but the old body felt good after.

We saw loons, loons that were still sitting on their nests

and not happy to have us near. 

We also got a chance to see the fireworks near by.

We got some time with this little firecracker.

As most of you know I have had an issue with sleeping it is a bit better but not by leaps and bounds. I pulled out my hooking I am taking a few minutes before bed to hook while sitting on our porch. It will hopefully help me relax and get ready to sleep.

My lavender is in bloom so I made a lavender wand to go in my wool to keep the bugs away. I laid one on my pillow it is suppose to help you sleep.

I hope you are all enjoying the long days. We have had some wild weather we had several tornado warnings in the same day which we never get so it was very nerve wracking. We had flooding rain

Which caused all kinds of issues. But the sun came out and was lovely for the 4th. 

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Have a Great week!