Ummmmmm....

                       Ummm, yeah, at least I can say I did some stitching today, a whole dozen stitches!

 In other news Cadbury is brilliant!  Now we can get their Creme eggs for Halloween - only they are named Screme Eggs and the filling is green instead of the familiar yellowy orange.  Love it!

Mid week

Just a little more done, and I have a feeling I'm going to wind up ripping out the ghosts (particularly the upper one) because of the mysteriously darker thread color.  I had to rip out the upper ghost once because I'd miscounted and I didn't think there was much variation to the Sampler Thread Picket Fence I'm using but apparently there is.  Either that or I got the piece dirty somehow.  Hmmmmm.....

Spent a couple hours early this evening wandering around the park, snapping pics of all kinds of flowers.  A lot of them are blurry.  I really really need to invest in a better camera *sigh*.  One of these days.....

A 'pod' of kayaks next to the rowing club. Love the bright colors.  But I'm not loving the enormous blister I got on my left foot.  That'll teach me to wear socks with my sneakers next time I decide to go on an impromptu photo safari!  Funny to think I slipped on the sneakers cause I thought they'd be more comfy than my sandals.  Guess the joke's on me!

Here a stitch, there a stitch....

                      
Walked over to the park today and discovered it was a heckuva lot warmer outside than I expected!  It was downright hot, guess that means summer isn't over after all.  Supposed to be around 30 C the rest of the week!

                                                            A little more progress!

4 Bats, 2 Pumpkins and a Ghost!

A little more progress of the latest Halloween design.  Stitched like a madwoman through hours of boring TV today.  TV watching is just such a let down after 16 days of Olympic coverage.  But at least the fall season starts on Food Network in the next week and then all the Fall Premieres should start once we hit September.

Its Heating Up

Here's my latest start - 6 Bats and a Black Cat by Blue Ribbon Designs.  Apparently I'm addicted to sparkly fabric these days cause I decided to stitch on a piece of PTP Crystal Relic rather than the suggested sand dune linen.  Well to tell the absolute truth, I didn't have a piece of sand dune linen so this looked like a good substitute LOL.

Anyway, the hot temperatures are supposed to be back this week and I've decided I'm already in autumn mode so I decided to keep going with the Halloween stitching. Might as well stick with what's working, right?

The one where I actually finish a cross stitch!

I FINALLY managed to finish a cross stitch, and given the number of times I had to frog out sections of this one, I'm rather surprised.  I loved the finished product, even love my fabric choice - it was originally done on a tan/brownish colored mottled fabric but I thought this might be fun.  And yay, for a change I was right!  This is from the Just Cross Stitch Annual Halloween issue - The Town of Halloween by Primitive Hare.

Saturday in the Park

Finally made it out to Cook's Creek and it had to be on the weekend when they hold their annual pilgrimage.  It didn't start until later in the afternoon so we were okay that way, but it did mean the church itself was closed so no photos of the interior.
Guess that means we have a good excuse to go back again!

We mostly had the grounds to ourselves and that gave us the ability to wander all around checking out different angles and taking multiple shots.  Couldn't complain about the brilliant blue sky and there was just enough of a breeze to keep it feeling rather nice out today.

Found some horses in a pasture and must have stood by their fence for about fifteen minutes waiting for them to come closer, and not stand with their back ends to us. Hahaha!

Checked out the new pedestrian/bike bridge over the highway.  It is rather interesting looking even though the walk was a little further than expected.  But the trail was nicely paved and only had to jump out of the way of cyclists a few times.

Berries!

On the way back we stopped at the abandoned homestead in the Park.  Its very cool, although I couldn't help wishing the Parks Service would maintain it as more of a living museum and plant a garden etc to really simulate what it must have looked like back in the day.