Tuesday, June 19, 2012

A Simple Woman's Daybook

From Mama Bear's Journal....
FOR TODAY...Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 10:25am

Outside my window... 84 °F,  (29 °C), the humidity is only 46% so not too hot...it is very dry, the sun is shinning and there is a soft breeze blowing....both the seed and nectar feeders need filling...I am blessed to see the Mandevilla bush blooming again..

I am thinking...this is my week for cleaning bathrooms, dusting and vacuuming the master bedroom and changing the linen but all I want to do is sew......

I am thankful...that it has been pleasant, for the most part, when we have our happy hour out by the pond...........that I finally took the plunge and began to quilt the large "My Elm Creek Sampler" quilt, so far it is looking good........for Honey Bear's work schedule so that he is home until around 9:00 each morning and back home before 3:00 in the afternoon.......that I seem to wake up ready to get out of bed early in the morning for the first time in many, many years (who knew it was the medication)....

In the kitchen...Zucchini to grate and freeze, squash that needs to be cooked...Honey Bear wants to have BLTs for dinner, we have some pink tomatoes and can't seem to wait for them to turn red before we eat them.....

I am wearing...light purple pajama bottoms (with angels on them) and a white tank

I am creating...skirts for the tables in the studio......binding for quilts the club is using for a fund raiser and a speaker gift at state conference......quilt stitches.......pieces to embroider for the My Favorite Things quilt top.........

I am going...to stay home and sew today

I am wondering...about my neighbor who has plans to move to DC with her son...I've been to visit a couple of times and not caught her at home.....

I am reading...Explosive Eighteen (for book club and not enjoying it much) and A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, written in 1911...on the PC

I am hoping...to get much done on the quilt today (I can only sit and sew on it for short periods before my back hurts and I have to take a break) and do the tracing for the embroidery on at least 3 of the blocks mentioned above...

I am looking forward to...the first BLT of the season from home grown tomatoes

I am learning...much about the author of the book I'm reading.........about my secondary sewing machine (recently purchased third-hand).....

Around the house...things are mostly tidy..I'm changing bed linen today....fans are running......Smokey is sleeping

I am pondering...how time is slipping away

A favorite quote for today...
Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down 
from the Father of lights. —James 1:17

One of my favorite things...the sound of wind chimes (I know I've said that before)
A few plans for the rest of the week: hair appointment in the morning then lunch with Rene........Thursday evening: SS social at Mandarin

From my picture file............ 


I know it doesn't look like much but this is the nest of Carolina Wrens, located in the corner under our canopy which we have over the pond....we watched the pair build it and our Happy Hour is cut short most afternoons when she starts fussing at us to move away, usually when she returns after a foraging run for insects.

I'm linking up with others at The Simple Woman's Daybook.

2 comments:

  1. Short bursts at the sewing machine is the way to go. I love your wrens nest.
    Hugs

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