Good Morning My Friends,
Here we are at the last Tuesday in August. Time for a TNT update. I'm happy to show you that a bit of stitching was accomplished during the past week.
I've made it to the other side!! The clouds are not yet finished, but they are getting there. And the brown, brown, brown stem/branch was filled in. Plenty more brown to come since, after all, that is a tree. But time for that later. Right now I'm happy to see the width of the piece. I started this sampler on 5/31/25. So three months in and not yet halfway finished. Much, much more to be stitched. Luckily I'm still enjoying it!
Another happy thing: we managed to have one gladiola stalk bloom! Yup, only one. The deer ate all the stalks - sometimes before you could even see any buds on them. But yesterday mid-day I walked by the front door and spotted this one and ran out to cut it before any creatures came by.
I put it in the vase with the snap dragons I had picked earlier in the day. I love the white piping around the red petals. So delicate.
Yesterday's errands went well. I skipped the library, but will head over there later today to pick up the four books (!) waiting for me. And I forgot to mention that we did watch "The Friend" over the weekend - the movie based on the book that is our RWU selection. I managed to stay awake (not sure Fletch did for the entire movie), but nothing great for sure.
Wishing you all the best for this last Tuesday in August. Get out there and enjoy it!
Those clouds do look ominous! (No wonder the sun is dismayed.) You are moving along with stitching, but I'm guessing it might slow down while you are busy with Iris in September. I'm glad you got at least one gladiola stalk. The deer ate all my asiatic lilies right before the the buds opened. I haven't trimmed the stalk so sometimes they come by for another leaf or two
ReplyDeleteBeautiful glads - I bought a bunch of bulbs to plant this year and never got them in the ground!
ReplyDeleteI am sorry to say I have done no stitching since last week! Sigh. I will get back on track... but I have had some knitting issues that I have been struggling with. Sigh. (and trying to catch up my August stitching!) Your gladioli look beautiful in that vase! I am glad you got them before the animals did!
ReplyDeleteAlways a nice accomplishment to mark the opposite side of the work! The Gladiola is beautiful! Those deer can be a menace to our flowers!!!
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