During breaks in the rain, a few things happened outdoors. The squirrel picnic table was installed. It took the "tree rats" (as a friend calls them) about overnight to find the "picnic."
The next day: picked clean. The squirrels even cleaned up after themselves, gathering up all the corn that fell onto the ground.
The vegetable and herb pot is producing tomatoes. They're small, Siam Mini Tomatoes.
The hydrangea bushes in the front of the house are blooming nicely and growing, too.
We finally have some apples, after three years in the ground. I'll go out on a limb (tee-hee) and say that the birds are going to love them.
The birds should love the strawberries, too. This one is about 1" long. There are quite a few. I hope they leave us one or two to pay us for our work.
All the blocks in the T-shirt quilt are sewn together with the sashing. Just the borders to go, and the top will be finished.
The quilt would go together faster, but I have to keep an eye on Rocky when Charlie is out in the yard. Now that the weather is nicer, he likes to go outdoors, too, and walk around. Someone has to supervise him, though, because he can barely see or hear, and occasionally he collapses on the ground and can't get up again. He has a hard time getting down the stairs from the deck, and he can't get back up them, so we have put up a baby gate to keep him on the deck unless we're out in the yard to watch. I put him out on the grass in the morning for ten minutes while I fix the dogs' breakfast. Then I put him out several times during the day. I have to go get him, because he can't find his way back. (He never did have a very good sense of direction.) Rocky just visited the groomer on Friday. It's still cool, so he wears one of his fleece jackets until his hair grows back in a bit. I'm so glad he survived long enough to enjoy some nice weather again.
If you have a few minutes and are willing, please go to Amazon and B&N and search for "Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook by Peggy Stuart" in Children's. Every click on the page for the book makes it more likely they will keep a good supply in their warehouse and stores. If you are outside the US, you may have a separate website for these retailers. If you have a copy of our first book, Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook, it would help if you left an honest review on the websites, especially if you bought from them.
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What's on my needles: Finished Pippa's Stripy Pullover. A few more rows done on the Hinterland Pullover. Soon it will be long enough for the ribbing. No progress on the emPower People Kerchief.
What's on my loom: No progress on the Trailer Rugs, but I'll be needing them soon, so....
What's on my sewing machine: Still the T-shirt quilt.
What's in my hoop: No progress on the Whole Cloth Quilt.
What's in The Doll's Storybook: In this week's story, The Perils of Pauly and Pippa, Pippa finds out that she has had an advantage over Pauly by coming into a family of other dolls who know what kinds of things are dangerous. She teaches Pauly all the things you have to watch out for, including how to cross the street.
What's in The Doll's Storybook: In this week's story, The Perils of Pauly and Pippa, Pippa finds out that she has had an advantage over Pauly by coming into a family of other dolls who know what kinds of things are dangerous. She teaches Pauly all the things you have to watch out for, including how to cross the street.
What's on my iPad/iPhone: Still listening to The Woman Who Smashed Codes by Jason Fagone on the Audible app.
What's in my wine glass: La Crima Purpura again, "Vino Tinto Seco" (Dry Red Wine) from Spain, notes of cherry, but dry.
What's my tip of the week: If you weigh your yarn before you start on a project, then weigh how much you have left when you're done, it will tell you how much you used. It's better than weighing the finished project afterwards, which might have several different kinds of yarn and perhaps some buttons. It also will take into account any tails you trim off after weaving in at the end. (High humidity can make yarn weigh more.)
Where are my books: The stories in each book first appeared in the blog and they are reproduced with few changes. Emil: Stories from The Doll's Storybook is now available for preorder from booksellers world wide. The link for Book Baby is here. The three stories are Best Buds, Getting What You Want, and The Boys Cook Dinner.
Mariah: Stories from The Doll's Storybook is also available. The three stories in the first book are Being Little, Besties, and Distraction.
If you don't get free shipping from Amazon or B&N, buy from the BookBabyBookshop, because 50% of the price goes to St. Jude. Other booksellers pay much less.
Note: This blog post was produced on the iPad and the MacBook, using the iPhone for some photos and some photo processing. No other computer was used in any stage of composition or posting, and no Windows were opened, waited for, cleaned or broken. No animals or dolls were harmed during the production of this blog post.
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