rest easy, dear Dolly

 

and know that i will always love you 

welcome back

 the sunflowers are looking raggedy and i was thinking that it is time to cut them back ... sunflowers are gorgeous from a distance ... up close they are scratchy and woody and unruly and messy and buggy and they don't smell good and my neighbors think they are weeds...

but this guy?!? this guy has another way of thinking...

he/she and his/her family have been missing since the bird die off six years ago and it was awesome to see him/her hanging out and willing to pose for Melissa... 

the sunflowers are staying...

henry the xxviii

i gave this panel to Melissa for her half birthday in june...

since then i've been highlighting it with embroidery - plain old stem stitch,  for the most part...

after hours and hours and hours of stitching, the only way that i can see a difference is if i look at the back...

june 27

july 4

july 12

july 23

and enhance the picture with the auto feature...

anywho ... it FEELS pretty doggone cool even if it doesn't LOOK much different...

august 16

he's kinda cute, isn't he?

A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas

it's opposite day

when  the sky is white and the clouds are blue

*note to self - the haze is smoke from wildfires that have killed four firefighters and a pilot in Colorado

i dunno...

i think i might need this...

i know that i want it...

i could skip a few meals and/or delay paying a bill or two...

maybe if it goes on sale...

A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas