Just Chatting

 

This week, my I Pod died. I knew it was going to be soon and I thought I could man up and go about my business. I tried, I really tried to not think of it. Then it was over with and no more music going on in my head. I am challenged when it comes to technology. I have a dumb phone. I finally learned how to use our remote so the grands wouldn't think things about their granny. My new I pod though has a touch screen. I cannot not get this touch screen. So my I pod keeps doing things and playing things and I just stare at it and wonder why a touch screen has to be so time consuming. I know it will take awhile to feel at home with it. I didn't buy the big one but this tiny little thing that looks like a toy.
I found out something though, I can work harder and longer and not get as tired as when I am listening to voices in my head. Such First world problems right?

 

The black berries are starting to get ripe. This is the first year that this vine has produced. I think I would like to try making black berry jam. I have never made that kind before.

 

We have some baby yellow squash. I am so excited. It has been about 4 years since I have been able to grow it. I am watching it like a hawk, making sure that no bugs get it first.

I finally have some sunflowers. They look so pretty out there in the garden. I am seeing lots of different kinds of bees. Some I have never seen before. This poor little bee, looked like it has flown its wings off.

I have done some sewing and rug hooking. Here are the two rugs I have been trying  to hook.

This one again, just because I love the pattern so much. I love all of the different motifs that are in it and it just comes out so pretty I think it is one of my favorites.

 

I bought this little rug pattern from that sweetest lady in the world, Cathy Greschner. ( The Orange Sink)  This pattern is called "Long May She Wave." I started it late yesterday afternoon and I love this size rug because it hooks up so fast. Not to mention it is just fun.

 

I just finished this too. When it just gets to hot to do anything I pick up my little stitchery projects. This one was such fun to do. I liked the colors and the sheep.
This is from my new favorite designer, Shelly Auen. Primitive Stitchin.

 

I thought you might like to see some mud ball progress. I thought they had decided to not do it anymore but they have started working on it again. Since every time we have company the question that gets asked is " Can we see the mud ball?" It has now got so big that every time they put new mud on they expect it to split. It is now like that game I played as a kid, " Pick up Sticks." Now it is " When will the mud ball implode."

One of my sons birthdays is on Friday the Thirteenth. There is also a full moon that won't be on a Friday the thirteenth until 2049. I always like things like that. He thinks it is special because he says " it is like getting a present from God."

Anyway, just some of the things going on around here. I hope you have had a nice week. It was ten degrees cooler this morning,  so it is wonderful.

Until next time,
~Kim~

 "And this warning take, I beg:
Not every wolf runs on four legs.
The smooth tongue of a smooth-skinned creature
May mask a rough and wolfish nature.
The quiet types, for all their charm,
Can be the cause of the worse harm."
---"Little Red Riding Hood," Histories;or, Tales of Times Past,
Charles Perrault, 1697