New Finishes and stuff

This is my latest project. It is another contest biscornu from The Victoria Sampler. As you can see this is a fall one this time. I wonder if we will have a winter one too. I really took my time on this one. Don't get me wrong it is not hard at all. I was just lazy mostly and spread it out of the whole week rather than probably about 1 1/2 days.







Here is a not so good picture of Bethany's Sampler finished. I will see if I can get a better picture of it. Now I have one more to do to sell.



I need to kick my butt in gear this weekend and get me entry forms one for the Fall Fairs so I can get my tags before hand.

Ok as you all know I have several gardens around the house plants and veggies. Well I have never seen anything like this before. I have a sunflower with another sunflower growing out of the center of it. I will post more pictures of it as it progresses. Only things like that happen in my garden. My niece calles it the mutant sunflower.

Garden

Ok here are some new pictures of my poor pathetic garden for this year.

As you can see I have several coneflowers (echinica). I forget what this is called but will look it up and post it later.





Ok I tried to turn this but I don't know what happened. But this is a yellow and black coneflower that grows upto 8' high.









This is called Tomatoe Soup and to look at it that is exactly what it looks like.



The rest of the pictures are of the garden in general. I have several coneflowers purple, white, green, tomatoe soup,yellow, tiki torch and one that starts out orange and then goes pink. Can we say coneflower obsesed?

WIP progress and stuff

Ok I have the main picture now outlined and the word "Freezun" in. Not bad progress for 2 1/2 hours today. I have now started the blue boarder where the snowflakes go. Hopefully it won't take much longer to do.

My garden is really comming along nicely. It smells like a funeral home with all the lilies I have. At least that is what they remind me of. Here are some pictures of the garden I really like.

I love this picture. It is of my Shasta Daisies and my Cherokee Sunset Gloriosa Dasisies. They make a nice contrast together.

This is just one section of my lilies. I have 4 spots in my garden with various lilies. I have pictures in my webshots of all my flowers in the garden. Adding more almost daily. Feel free to check it out. They are all in Garden 2008.

http://community.webshots.com/user/AuntieKathy

Today was my first day back at the gym in almost 2 1/2 months. It was great. I have been told to start slowly but that kinda didn't happen. I did 30 minutes at 2.8 on the Treadmill. 15 minutes on the bike and 15 minutes of weight training. Then my friend called me and asked if I wanted to go for a walk. SO I walked for an hour. I really like this being able to exercise again. Tomorrow I am taking my niece and 2 cousins to play 18 holes of glow in the dark mini golf. That should be loads of fun. I should be so sore by Thursday that I can't move but it is back to the gym and mega gardening. Doesn't sound like too much stitching is going to get done. I am sure I will find some time for it.

Feeling pretty good.

Even with all this heat I have been feeling pretty good. My medication change seems to be holding my arrhythmias so far. I have had to take a supplementry dose a few days but nothing too bad yet. I seem to be able to do alittle more which is what I wanted so that is good. At least the feeling of not getting enough air in my lungs and the suffocation sensation is now gone which is great. Those feelings were starting to scare me and I don't scare easily. I should find out at the begining of August if this new medication is affecting my Thyroid or not. Lets hope not.

I have another finish today. I am not sure how many that is for this year now I have lost count. I think I am ahead of you tho Beth. I did "Think Spring" by Calico Crossroads. See previous post. All I have let to do is put on the charms and make it into a pillow. That should be interesting since I do not sew. Ihae o get th charms toorrow when I do my large stash shopping. I got some gift certficates and money for my birthday last week so that is why the shopping. Plus The Golden Threads (the needle work shop) is holding their Christmas in July sale.

My garden is coming along nicely this year. I have put loads of pictures in my webshots album under Garden 2008. I have a few more to add right now and there will be more as the day go buy so check often. http://community.webshots.com/user/AuntieKathy

Rhodes Butter fly and stuff

Ok this is not a great picture but this is the top of my biscornu. I now just have to sew it together> I have started but don't like how the beads are sitting so I might take it out and then put the beads on seperatly with nylon thread. I will be so happy when this is done.

More flowers are out in the garden. I have taken pictures but a few more are out today and I think more tomorrow. So in the next few days I will add those pictures to my garden album.

Today some how I have pulled all the muscles in my back on the left side. I was getting the stuff out to make Mackenzie and myself smoothies for breakfast and must have twisted the wrong way. I pulled everything so badly that I couldn't even breath. Things a worked out for the most part but still have a few spots that are in major pain. I haven't taken anything all day for it but I will take muscle relaxents tonight. I am afraid if I don't I won't be able to move tomorrow at all.

Off to watch NASSCAR and Dale Jr. win.

Hand dyed fabric and stuff

Here is some fabric that I dyed today. I am not sure that I like the colours.

Please tell me what you think. The light pink is Periwinkle and Crimson Red. The green one is Olive with Yellow. The dark one is the light pink mix with a little more Crimson and Yellow mixed in. That one is not to bad. I would like to change them but not sure how or to what. The light pink one I am thinking of getting Royal Purple and using a toothbrush to spray it with. Then the next decision is what to put on them. The green one I think will be for an M Design. Please feel free to make any comments and or suggestions.

I finally finished mulching my large flower garden. The mulch is a red cedar mulch. I personally think it takes away from all the reds and pinks in the garden but oh well. Maybe next year I will put black mulch down. The only problem with the black is when it is dry it is grey and then when wet it goes black. Whereas the red stays red all the time. I have added some new garden pics more flowers are blooming and a few more will be out in a few days. I have also rearranged the pictures so that all the same flower is all together with the over all garden pictures at the beginning then the individual plant, my niece's gardens, the back garden or mom's garden and then the veggie garden.

I have a natural weed killer that I am going to try. Apparently it kills anything it touches. Once I have tried it I will let you know how it works.

I am almost finished my Rhodes Butterfly by The Sweetheart Tree. I have half the outlining left, the beads and the stitching for the basting it together. Hopefully soon it will be done. I have not been working hard on it otherwise it would be finished.

Today is the first day that I have not really had to have a nap in the afternoon. I am not overly tired right now either. I will be starting to decrease the Bisoprolol Thursday and see just how the Amiodarone is going to do. I am hoping this will be an acceptable drug and not give me too many hassles.

Garden

Well here are the long awaited garden pictures that I keep talking about. They are in an album in my webshots but I will post a slideshow here too. I have taken individual pictures of most of my plants just realized that I have missed afew. I will be updating the album as the plants start and flower as well since the bloom at different times of the year. Some you will have to wait till next year to see the flowers are they are spring flowering plants. Please check the webshots regularly to see the progress of the flowers. I have a few plants that are newly flowering so I will add pictures next week. I will also have the garden finished with the red cedar mulch so I will post pictures of the whole garden.

My webshots link is http://community.webshots.com/user/AuntieKathy



by AuntieKathy

My garden is planted

Yeah tonight I finally finished planting my garden. I am so happy. Now I have to clean up a few areas and do some general matinence (dead heading, pulling out a few dead things, etc) then I can mulch the garden. Once that is done then I will start feeding it. Mackenzie and I planted her gardens the other day so they are done now too. They just need to be fed, mulched and thinned as the plants start growing. I just have the vegatable garden left to plant now. I still need to pick up tomatoes and zucchini for that. I am starting to feel better that the major garden projects are getting finished. Mom planted some in her garden tonight. Since I am finished mine I probably will plant hers so she doesn't totally wreck her back.

Today we went to St. Jacobs which is a little town where Mennonites live. We went to the "farmers" market but it is mostly hucksters not very many farmers anymore. We were able to get fresh asparagus tips (yum) which is great and we got some fresh pure Maple Syrup. The market was such a disapointment cuase it used to be really good. We stopped at a little Mennonite backery on the way up. They have execellent bread and pies and such.

Today was not a bad day.

Dinos done

Here is the last Dino for my blanket. It took me a little longer than I had hoped but that is ok since I have been busy doing other things. Here is a pic of all 4 of the dinos together on the baby blanket. I was a fairly quick stitch.Today I started another baby blanket. This one has waterbabies on it. I started the one fish in the middle and took it out about 4 times. I almost have it finished but found a mistake in it. I have worked it in the best I can cause I am NOT taking it out again. IF this is how easy the first square went in I hate to see how much trouble I will have with the other 5.

I have my garden almost completely planted now. Still have a few plants in the backyard to go in and still need to buy some more. I will take some pictures tomorrow of what is done as of now and will make an album of last year and this year. There have been major changes.

My rhythms have been bothering me terriably. I have been out of rhythm everyday since last Sunday with the pacemaker going off 4 different times yesterday and 3 times so far today. I am trying to just continue life as normal but some times it is hard.

Busy in garden

Well I have been busy in the garden. I will attach some pictures. They are not really great cause I took them with my camera phone. I will get some more as I do more. Today I took out a bush and some ornamental grass. That was hard especially since my hip is killing me. I will have a break from gardening this week as it is supposed to rain all most all week and then acouple of night we are supposed to have below zero temps. Have to get out there and cover everything up.

The top picture is the start of my garden from the driveway and the stairs going up to the front porch. The one on the side here is at the end of the stairs ( there is a bit missing in between). The black edging is what I have been putting in the last week. What a pain that was.

You can also see these pictures in my album with descriptions of what the plants are. There are some other pictres there too so I won't post them all here.

I am feeling better from being so sick. I increased my one drug again yesterday because I have a series of test on Wednesday and I want to see just how badly it comprimises lung function so that the Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist can decide what they are going to do. I can already feel that I am not getting enough air into my lungs but I want is documented in black and white (that way the cardiologist can't say anything). It will also be interesting to see what my heart rate sits at during the Echo and then how high I can get it during the stress test. I will post the results Wednesday night.

Well I have been busy stitching still. I finished a dino on a baby blanket that I am doing. I started him Thursday and finished today. He is the first of 4 check the post before this one for a pic. I started number 2 tonight as well. Should have him done maybe Wednesday. Well I am going to finish now so that I can buy some more stash (not like I need any more).

Garden is getting ready

Well again today I was out in the garden. I finished up putting in the edging. Boy what a chore that was. I have two boxes left and am seriously thinking about taking them back. I can get something different for the veggie garden and the back garden. I was replaning my garden and thinking about what will come out and what will stay. I have offered some plants to a few friends now I just have to wait and see what the verdict is. Tomorrow I am going to buy some Gerber Dasies and some Pansys to complete the first section of the garden. Then I need to remove a few things and add some dirt. Then I will be ready to put some other plants in the next section. This I am hoping to have done by the end of the week so that I finish cleaning up the largest part of the garden and do what needs to be done there too. These are pictures of my garden 2 years ago. Some of the better gardening I have done.

Ok here is another finish for me this year. I know you are all probably getting tired of hearing me say here is another finish. So I will just post them and not draw attention to the unless they are something. At the rate I am going I could have nearly 50 finishes this year. Wow then I would have to go buy even more stash than I already have.

I am feeling alot better these days. I didn't do too bad at bowling tonight 188, 176, 111. Ok the last game wasn't so hot. My average is 154 which is really good hence it was 116 when I started almost 8 years ago.

Smoken now

I finished this Mill Hill pin yesterday and have about 1/4 of the Chicken A La Mode done. Should have that one finished tomorrow. That makes 15 projects in 16 weeks. My needle is looking a little worse for the wear though. I think it will break soon as it is quite warped.

Today mom, dad and I went to check out a Art and Artisan show. We thought it might be something we would apply for and sell out crafts at. Well basically all they had there was jewelery, paintings and wood. Oh and some sculptures. We decided that our stuff probably wouldn't go there and it was an expensive venture to try and not make the fee back.

When we came home I planted my Lenten Roses and did a little bit of clean up. I am trying to decide weather I will leave the Ninebark bush in or take it out and put some dasies or something like that in there. I am also considering taking out my grass on the far side and putting in some other stuff as well. I need to do something drastic to the garden as it is too flat. I have a few friends that I will ask if the want some of the plants I will be taking out. I will have to take some pictures of before, during and after Kathy's attack. I am going to get some Gerber Dasies to fill in the boring areas as they have lots of colour.

Obviously I am feeling better now. Last Thursday was the start of 4 weeks for this cold. I was told the other day they are calling it the 60 day cough. Well I have almost done 30 so only another 30 togo.

I will get to see how much the cold and my medication increase is affecting my lung function. A week from Wednesday I have an Echo, Stress Test and Pulomonary Function Tests. That will be a good indicator of what the meds are doing.

My Roses

Today we got three of the Lenten Rose bushes for my garden cause they were 30% off. I have to finish cleaning up the garden and then I can plant these. YEAH!!!!

I got a white one, a maroon one and a pink one (I think). Now I just have to find the right spot for them.