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Friday, June 24, 2011

Summer porch..summer projects...

A new tablecloth!    I love it..water resistant... 
French.... I am an orange lover and ...it has olive branches on it!!
 Mr. miss Holly..breakfast on the porch..the vegetable garden behind him..
 A very foggy morning...we have had LOTS of rain...I happen to be a rainy day lover but most people want to kill me when I mention it.....so.... I try not to...but rain on the roof...the sound of it..the smell of everything is so clean..I don't know ..it just makes me feel peaceful...
 lots and lots of lettuce....it is so so so so good....
 Kind of a silly little project but I have this thing about chickens....I was looking at vintage crochet potholders and saw an similar one...so I thought...I can figure this out...so it is not really the same but it has the right feel...
 Another chicken...trying a few different ways to make them...and under it my feedsack quilt...really an excuse to embroider...my vw bus... I saw this somewhere on a card
I think and thought " what a cool embroidery it would make..."  I would like to do a bunch in different colors....for a pillow???
 Miss chicken...this one is my own design....I know I know.... more chickens...
 and this little fellow is my design also....mr. wooley.....lots of french knots...
Anyway... I really need to FINISH a few projects...but I just have so so so many things I love to do.... I really must consider not sleeping....  Happy Friday to all you really nice people.....xoxo


Coming soon.... at seaview cottage.....
            Favorite Books...
            My incredible mother
            A visit to the Adirondack Mts.
          

Friday, June 17, 2011

Cats cats and more cats!!

This is Rusty...He is always cold ..poor little mr. and I usually have to cover him...
 This is Gus and he does not want me to sew......
 How could this be comfortable!!
 Izzy have a roll on the rug in front of the.........
 fire????? in the fire place??????  wait isn't it spring...... only days from summer????
Happy Friday to all you nice people out there and a big big thank you to all who have visited my site and are following!!!!  This is such a nice little world in the land of blog.........big hugs to you all!!!

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

June.....such a beautiful month here on the east coast...

 Bonjour!!  The last few days here have been just heaven!!  not to hot..cool breeze from the ocean...what we dream about...perfect porch weather!!  I so love this porch..when we moved into take care of my dad it was just half the size.. Mr. Miss Holly is a very handy man indeed with and I said you know I think this porch needs to be bigger!   and so it was!!!!  well it is just right now and we even have a porch bed!!!
 This was part of my morning P.j. stroll...  this is one of the prettiest times of the garden... my mum started the garden..well..she really built it...she was the most extraordinary person I ever knew..I could write volumes and plan to one of these days....  I have added and changed things ..but she really built it.
 back to the porch....... this is the coziest bed on earth... I sleep here a lot in the summer and right into the fall and early winter...but the birds wake me at 4:13!!!!!  still lovely...
 Buster bear has settled in for the day!!   He always sleeps with me!!  and talks to me all night..every time I move he says a little "prrrrt prrrrt !!"
 I did a little redecorating.. new paint on the floor...new ( old ) table from my wonderful neighbor Miss Barbara.  I said " I would love a round table "  and she said  " I have one you can have!!! "   she does estate clean outs and has always got things I love..... and want but do not really need...unless it is fabric or sewing things or!!!  round tables!!!
 I am not a knitter BUT I want to be..I learned to crochet first and I am pretty good... but I have never spent enough time working on knitting soooooo once again I am making myself just practice.... I love the basket weave stitch...crocheting is so fast... and I love to crochet but I really want to be able to knit!!!!
When I see this I think Paradise..... and it is....but I always feel as if I am boasting....I am not...as I have said in past posts...this place I live was a gift to my parents in 1962.....there was only a tiny 3 room summer  cottage built on it... 1912 was the build date... the cottage is still part of the house..  I cherish it every day and feel I am just a caretaker for the next owner hopefully one of my sisters children...in the meantime... I will share it with all of you...I wish you could hear the birds right now...the other day we counted at least twenty different  calls.....at breakfast!!!  we use no chemicals ever and my mum and dad did not either...so you walk into the garden and just pop a tomato in your mouth!!!    it is really heaven on earth!!!
                                                  I hope you all have a wonderful, happy, creative and productive day!!!!

oh and thanks for all the lovely comments.....those things really make ones day......xoxoxo