Yesterday morning was just lovely. A tad brisk, but lovely. I walked down to the church behind our place and took some pictures of their trees (since we don’t have our own yet), and when I was looking at the pictures again this morning, they reminded of a line in a Josh Groban song: “Flaming flowers that brightly blaze/ Swirling clouds and violet haze/ Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue/ Colors changing hue/ Morning fields of amber grain …”…
Today it’s a little chilly – well, I guess 67 isn’t cold, but it is enough for a California girl to grab a sweater – so I’m doing dishes, laundry, and getting started on the embroidered pillow. And I’m ready for my next cup of tea!
Apparently September is National Sewing Month (according to the signs at JoAnn’s), and to celebrate it, JoAnn’s had their quilting material 30% off. As I was walking by, browsing for the “right” color green for the bird pillow, this green dotted material caught my eye. John loved it too, so we got 1/2 a yard, and the other day I made a pillow cover. It actually took two days to get it all done, in part because I took the…
another glorious sunset – rain is predicted for tomorrow our “dryer” basking in the luminescence
These are all ideas. I’m thinking of framing the bird print (top picture) or one like it. And I love the bird mobile in the green prints. We have a crib that we are painting white, and a rocking chair that just needs a seat. I bought material today to make a pillow for the rocker like the one shown above, just in light green instead of mustard. I’ll post a pic when (if) it’s done. We painted the ceiling…
Mmmmm … fall goodness. The other day I called John at work and asked what he thought of having a pot pie for dinner. He was quite enthusiastic about the idea, and could hardly wait to get home.It was one of those “fall is here, kind-of-sort-of” days, and I felt like making some comfort food. Chicken pot pie is high on my list of comfort food, along with Sour Patch Kids, gummi bears, hot chocolate, goulash, sour cream mashed potatoes…
What do ice cream truck drivers do during the school year? They just seem to go into hibernation until the next summer …
Last Thursday John and I went to the Good Samaritan Hospital and had an ultrasound. We came home with the knowledge that our baby is healthy and GROWING and looks quite perfect. The baby is also a little wiggler! The nurse had a hard time getting all the images she needed, because the little one kept moving. :P
Yesterday the remnants of tropical storm Ike came through – sometimes at 60+ miles an hour (notice the shingles on the church lifting up)! Ike promptly knocked out our electricity, so we had to improvise when it came to cooking dinner (and the headlamps from Anna came in VERY handy – thank you again!). As the electricity was out, we had to do something else for dinner. The apartment complex does not allow BBQs, so … this was a surprisingly…