Good Morning!
How are you on this Tuesday morning? I am well, though I wish I had slept better. Finally taking Advil at 3 a.m. helped (I need to remember to take some before going to bed).
Being Tuesday, let's have a TNT update.
There is a new critter between Adam and the yet-to-be-finished tree. Another creepy crawly! There is another one (creepy crawly) that will go on the other side of the sampler, but it's not yet time to stitch that one. I know this is not the creature I have been promising. That beast will come...eventually. Not as much stitched this past week, but c'est la vie. Obviously I am not in a race. Here's a close up of the latest critter:
I'm going to focus on finishing the tree, but this week is ending up quite busy and I have not had time to pull out my stitching. Maybe later on.
While I was with Talbot yesterday Fletch got out to the garden and planted our glad bulbs! We will not have as many veggies in the garden this year, so he used part of the raised bed box that garlic plants (volunteers) are in for the glads. And, he will fill in with zinnias. Last year the deer chomped our glads as soon as they came up, but this year they won't be able to get to them since the garden is fenced. Well, here's hoping anyway.
Hoping to get to the greenhouse we like this week. I want more snapdragons to put in by the patio (the deer ignored them in that location last year) and more catnip to plant under the apple tree. I also want some herbs to have on the patio...or maybe in the garden - rosemary (of course), French thyme which did really well last year, basil and parsley. That should be enough.
This morning I'll head back to C&M's and open the sunroom door again for Talbot. I know he spent time out there yesterday afternoon. But when I left before lunch, he was sprawled on the back of the couch in the office room. Soaking up the sun.
The kids are having fun. They've been to the Great Wall (a mob scene according to Colin) and the Forbidden City. Still to come is the Panda House at the zoo. They have been sending lots of pictures which is a good thing since I'm missing Iris so much! She's been introduced to third cousins and I guess is hearing lots and lots of Chinese! She already knows many words in Chinese (ears, mouth, nose, etc.).
More errands later today since I did not get them all done yesterday. I went to the food pantry to drop off a donation only to find out they had moved. Luckily their new location is not that much further away, and I found it with no problem. Then I went to Target for one thing...which I couldn't find...but ended up leaving there with three bags of stuff! LOL. Today I will run to the grocery store after lunch. As usual, we are in need of fresh produce.
Time for me to get moving. Have a great Tuesday!
I'll keep my fingers crossed that you get lots of glads this year. I'm still pondering what veggies to do. I always do tomatoes, but we've been pretty overrun with them the past couple of years.
ReplyDeleteForgot to say that I like your new critter -- looks like a caterpillar to me!
DeleteLove this piece. I used to have Eve's hair, now it's like Adam's.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad your kids are having a great time. (Although I, too, have heard from other friends that the Great Wall is just ridiculous in terms of crowds. . . ) What a great early immersion experience for Iris! (Does Colin speak much Chinese?) Glads and zinnias sound like a great alternative to veggies in the garden. I'm hoping the deer stay on "their" side of the fence! Have a great day, Vera.
ReplyDeleteThat is the cutest creepy crawly I've seen in a while. So glad the China trip is going well. Iris must be a star!
ReplyDeleteI love all the creepy crawlies you've stitched! Talbot is such a handsome boy!
ReplyDeleteIt is wild to me that both our grandkids are doing the same tour of China. What a world. We thought we were lucky as kids to get to Ocean City in the summer for a few days.
ReplyDeleteThat is a pretty nice looking caterpillar, as is the rest of your sampler. I'm glad to hear that C&M's trip is going well. I hope Iris love the pandas! Talbot looks so nice and relaxed. I hope I come back as a lucky housecat in my next life!
ReplyDeleteI have to say that Talbot is looking mighty relaxed in the photo! :-) So glad that the kids are having such a good time and Iris is meeting so many new faces. It's amazing how fast they pick up second languages. "J" speaks conversationally in Japanese and easily switches back and forth with English. Daddy only speaks Japanese with her unless others are there and he's being polite to include them. She has the cutest, English/Japanese/American accent. I just love her and miss her so much.
ReplyDeleteHopefully the deer leave all of your flowers alone this year. I remember at the lake they planted dahlia's around the community garden and all but one year the deer completely ignored them. One year they ate them all and the bears trampled the ones that weren't eaten!
Blessings and hugs,
Betsy
our glads that my dad gave me were a flop. they didn't come up or the deer ate them or they fell over.
ReplyDeleteI am very ready to get some new plants to replace the ones that died this winter!
ReplyDeleteSounds like you have a gorgeous cutting garden on the way! My early days were spent in the garden and garage-turned-greenhouse with my Gram…and with a name like Iris, I can only guess that she will have some similar inspiration from her grandparents!
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