Hello and Good Morning!
How are you this Tuesday? I finally got out and walked yesterday. It has been a long time. You know, the weather has been our famous Philly HHH (hazy, hot & humid) weather which is not (for me) conducive to walking. Then, of course, I was on an antibiotic for three weeks due to Lyme Disease and was not supposed to be in the sun. So, it has been weeks since I walked and boy was it nice to get out and it felt great to walk. I drove over to the park in Oaks and did a 3 miles stretch (1.5 miles up and back). The path is paved, but it was very muddy in places and I noticed a lot of debris along the side - branches, twigs, etc. Where the Perkiomen Creek meets up and joins the Schuylkill River I saw this:
Not so pretty, but it shows how high the water must have come up in last week's storm. I did not see any signs of the old heron nests I had found some months back - I believe they were destroyed or washed away in the storm. I'm planning to walk again today - either back at Oaks (going a little further) or at the canal path.
Meanwhile it is Tuesday which means it is time for Tiny Needle Tuesday or TNT. Here's where I am on the "Permit Me Not To Stray" sampler by Heartstring Samplery:
More flowers and the Evil Serpent has been introduced! Still a way to go on this one, but I'm pleased with it so far and like the progress I've made. It's a fun stitch. (Note the helper's paw in the upper left corner...Tyg keeps thinking he would like to learn to stitch...or at least play with the thread...)
I didn't get any more done on it last night because I baked two pies instead! We had some blueberries and apricots in the frig that needed to be used sooner rather than later, so I combined those with some cut up rhubarb I had in the freezer (and a bunch of sugar). I made two small pies and will take one to Colin & Mailing tonight (we're heading over to their place for dinner tonight). I didn't follow a recipe - just sort of eyeballed things. Fletch had a piece of one of the pies last night and pronounced it delicious. Yay! A win!
It suddenly dawned on me over the weekend that Colin & Mailing's wedding is less than two months away! And I have no idea what I'm going to wear! It is a back yard wedding in October and is "garden attire." I do have two dresses that could possibly work that I have never worn. Both are sleeveless, but could work with a wrap. Sunday I drove over to Marshall's to look around. I often have very good luck there finding things. And, I did find a cute pair of sandals and a cute pair of pants (score Tahari pants marked down to $10!!), but no dress. The interesting thing to me is that their dressing rooms are closed - no trying on clothes. However, clothes are returnable - so you can go home and try them on and then bring them back and return them. It doesn't really make sense to me why their dressing rooms are closed, but whatever. The pants fit (and the sandals which I did try on in the store). Maybe the next time I head to the office I wlil check out TJMaxx.
Well, time to pour another cup of coffee and get started on the work day. Hope your week is going well.
It just occurred to me that the border of your sampler reminds me of halved avocados. No wonder I like it.
ReplyDeleteI think Tyg just likes to photobomb your blog pix. He probably feels like Fridays aren't enough to showcase his good looks.
Sampler looks good! I'm glad to see Tyg is keeping an eye on things.
ReplyDeletelove that paw in the corner! Beautiful design.
ReplyDeleteI think the rooms are closed because they would have to wipe them down after each customer, too enclosed. Bathrooms you can wash your hands but they are also ventilated so maybe that's why they are open. But not in all stores! Found a few that had restrooms closed also.
I am very impressed with your eyeball pies (that didn't come out right). And your TNT!
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, there is a lot of the 'rules' that don't make sense! At least you have a back up of a dress with a shawl if you don't find a new one! The cross stitch is coming along beautifully-looks like you accomplished a lot since last week! Wow to the walk changes!
ReplyDeleteHello, Vera
ReplyDeleteYour sampler is pretty, you are really moving along. I am glad you have Tyg there it help you out. A garden wedding sounds nice. I have to try on all my clothes first, I will not be buying anything for awhile. Take care, enjoy your day!
The sampler must be fun to stitch because you’re making remarkable progress. So sweet to have a “helper” on standby. Enjoy your walk. Today, the air is full of thick smoke from wildfires, as it was the last two days. No walks for me in the thick smoke.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing progress on the sampler. I just love that serpent after I spotted him.
ReplyDeleteWhen Son got married last year I bought the first dress I saw in a shop window at the mall and then it took me hours and hours of walking to find shoes to match. Thank goodness that was the last of kids getting married because I don't find any of that kind of stuff much fun.
Such a pretty sampler. I love the subtle colors. Good luck finding a dress for your son's wedding. Dress shopping is a challenge - many are too young and others too dowdy or too frilly. When I finally found a dress to wear to my son's wedding, I sent them both a text and told them the wedding was on because I finally had a dress. The dressing room thing seems odd to me. Your post makes me realize I haven't been out to shop for clothing since before Covid. I don't know what they are doing here about dressing rooms.
ReplyDeleteYour fruit pies sound wonderful. My mom was an amazing pie maker and her last years of baking were almost all apricot pies.. served with vanilla ice cream.. yum. Very exciting that the wedding is coming so quickly. I hope you find just the right dress for this momentous occasion. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)
ReplyDeleteMy eyes went directly to Tyg's sweet little paw when I saw the photo. Before I even looked at what you stiched. Our cats all had the habit of patting us on the facw with their little pawas.
ReplyDeleteI have to think about a dress for Alex's wedding too. I've re-gained my weight that I worked so hard to lose. Buying clothes is no fun.
Blessinds,
Betsy
love the cat paw! I have to find some dresses for two weddings and an outfit for the rehearsal dinner...I've got time though.
ReplyDeleteI love that sampler, Vera. It's coming along in such a pleasing way -- the colors and the design work so well. (And, yeah. I've said it before . . . but avocados!) :-)
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