Oleander, lavender and a WIP . . .

Behind the garage this is what grows on one tree.

It is almost obscured

by the over hanging branch

of the huge oak tree above it.

This yard is on a slope!

This is the tallest part of the tree.

This is a close up of the blossom.

It has dark around the outside and

light pink in the rest of the blossom.

That is the ratty old fence in the yard,

their yard.

Whenever we are gone those people

just come over and

work on that tired old fence.

They used a piece of wall

paneling the last time.

It is a beautiful shade of yellow and definitely

an eye sore.

So the flowers are a wonderful

diversion.

Part of the fence has just

fallen down into our yard.

I hate to tell them this but it

is going to have to be replaced

and none of it is on our property.

Smaller flowers up a little higher.

They are so delicate looking ~

too bad the flowers are poisonous.

Close up of the double blossom and a

bud waiting to bloom.

We have a huge lavender tree

in the back yard across from

the oleander tree.

These are some of the first blossoms

in bloom.

Soon the whole tree will be

covered in blossoms.

It is just breath taking!!!

Close up of that cluster of flowers.

This is a favorite of the honey bee

and the bumble bee.

I have also seen wasps getting nectar, too.

This is that same cluster but I

tried to get the blue sky in

the background.

It was very blue and

very HOT today!

Aren't they the most gorgeous?

I will

get some more pictures as

the tree bursts into blooms soon.

Last but not least here is my progress

on the book store. I have found a

light grey thread that I will be

doing the fence in on the

other side of the house.

Than I will pick the best one that

actually shows up.

I worked on the 4th of July piece tonight

and when I mail it and my partner gets

it I will post it.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart

for stopping by and checking out my blog!

God Bless your stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

For The Birds . . .

This is the progress I made last night and tonight.

Finished h, bird, i, j, and k.

I put my initials on the left hand side (LV),

another bird and five numbers done.

Yahoo!!!

I always hope I will do more but

who am I kidding I didn't get

home from work till 8:25

didn't finish eating till

9:15 and I stopped

stitching at 10:30.

I have to be at work at 9:00

in the morning.

I just am going to go to bed and

get some sleep.

Thanks for looking.

God Bless ~

Lenna

For The Birds . . .

This is a piece that has intrigued me since I first saw it.

I guess it is all those birds.

I have loved birds all my life and often

love to watch the marvelous things they accomplish.

When I come home from work I pass a place

that often gathers water when it rains.

There is a traffic light by this watering

hole.

Many kinds of birds will be

jumping and splashing

into the water and just be

bathing away without

a care in the world.

There could be grackles,

the black kind, or the

popular barn swallows that live

in the bridge which is up ahead.

Whatever kind they are, they are busy

getting clean.

This is the small amount of progress

I have made on it so far.

I discovered while I was going through some

of my WIP that I had kitted this pattern

twice with different threads.

So I took

the one set of DMC and traded them in

for more for a different pattern.

It's a very pretty color of blue fabric and

I am going to use a variegated thread

between the letters and the animals.

Think I will go stitch on it right now.

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

God Bless your stitching fingers.

Lenna

My Jade, Meow Square, and a Cat Needle magnet . . .

OK, lets start with my sweet Jade,

who is 19 years old today.

Happy Birthday Sweet Cat!

I took this

picture cause I love the difference

in the color of their noses.

The hair grows in a different direction

on their noses so it will show up.

Siamese cats are such a gorgeous

combination of colors,

all neutral,

except for their

aqua eyes.

She looks pretty good for an old lady.

This is a picture of the piece I am working on now.

It is "Meow" a square Flip It

and it is by Lizzie Kate.

She just happens to be one of my favorite

designers.

This is what it looks like now.

I just have the rest of the cat to put in.

Of course, I did have to do some

frogging,

what else do I have to do?

This is what is now stitched

and I have my cat needle minder, too.

Black goes in the empty space

of the cat.

I also have the block with the

meow and paw

print inside that square to stitch.

And last but not least, this is a

copper and gold needle minder

a dear friend, Bob, gave to me.

It was ~ I am so sorry

your beloved cat, Knee ~ Hi,

died so suddenly!

He is a dear sweet friend

and knows me very well.

I will cherish it always.

He has

given me many cat items

through the years.

You, my dear friends have come by

and visited my blog and left

me comments.

Thank You so much.

I will cherish them always, too.

God Bless your stitching fingers . . .

Lenna

The second cutest biscornu around

Well, here we go with the second cutest ever biscornu around!

Barbara Ana is the designer and she

plans to do two more of these

darling biscornus!!!

I got the second one started!

After the frog visited, and

I got it restitched~~~

Here it is!

Isn't she the cutest little person?

I just love her face.

Well, I am talking to my daughter, in Cape Town

visa vee skype.

She looks great, for a pregnant person.

She has on one of her pregnant tops she wore

years ago.

It frightened her husband when he saw it.

He exclaimed ~~~ Yikes!!!

Then he says ~ I thought I wouldn't

ever have to see that again.

She got another phone call so I am

just sitting here typing.

Now she is taking the bread out.

She got

a bread maker and she loves it.

One time

she made some dough and took a picture of

it and

it looked like a skull.

She has

since refined her process.

I think she makes some every day.

Well, I had better go to bed since it is

already 2 in the morning.

Your kind comments are so appreciated and it

helps me love this stitching so much and

inspires me to do better.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Lenna

A New Biscornu . . .

Found this beauty on the Creative Poppy

where you can get different

designers patterns

for just a small price

and a download.

I have started the first and this is

the second of four.

I love them they are so cute!

I must go to bed I can't keep my eyes open.

I had a very bad day at work, again.

Seems like my work isn't good enough to

please some people.

I am so tired of all the crap I really

don't know what I am going to do.

Life is too short to have to put up

with mean people every single day.

My boss doesn't get it and how

do you make someone who thinks

you should just hit your cat in the

head with a shovel when they are sick ~ ~ ~

Get it?

So the best thing I can do is just try

again tomorrow, but it isn't

looking good there either.

Thanks for looking!

I appreciate all my friends online.

God Bless ~

Lenna

Meow . . .

This is actually a teal and this color combined.

So it's variegated and

it's from Carries Threads.

I have had this pattern for years I copied

it from somewhere long ago.

I am going to use it for one of my exchanges

when I find someone who loves cats.

I mean really "loves" cats.

I am going to stitch me one

and make another name tag out of it.

I have put The Book Store up for

a couple of days to get some exchange

stitching done.

Never fear I will be back again

soon with the books.

Well, I guess that is all I have tonight.

It rained here tonight and there

was one blast of lightening

and thunder

that literally raised me up out of bed.

It was quite frightening!!!

I am just glad it didn't strike the

huge tower across the street and

make it topple on our house.

It was that close.

Thanks for coming by and visiting my blog.

God Bless ~

Lenna

A tree, a bird and two fences . . .

I put the tree and bird in last night

before I went to bed while

watching Superman II.

Tonight I stitched the leaves,

flowers and one of the fences.

One is white and the other is grey.

Which looks best?

Which one can

you see the easiest?

It's coming along rather quickly every

night. I am pleased with

my progress!

Tomorrow I must work on one of

my exchanges.

I have got to look up

when they should be mailed.

I have a regular one, any theme

and one is the 4th of July.

So far I have the any theme

one more than half done and I can

knock out the 4th of July

pretty quickly.

Thanks for being faithful to my attempt to post

every night. I appreciate your comments.

God Bless your stitching fingers ~

Lenna