blue......

can't help it!!!

they work up so fast

why not??

The cotton I use came out with a new colour

denim!!!

I've had it for a while

and last evening I got it out and made these two...

the light is a little off

and they look two different colours

the top one is truer to the colour.

well, I'm off to cut the brownies

they should be cool now!

Hang around...I'll plate them and you can have one!!!

Happy Friday one and all.....

here's lookin' at you, kid!!!

Got these beauties at the grocery store yesterday.

Just couldn't resist them

so I didn't.

the answer is blown' in the wind!!!

the shadow knows!!!!

and speaking of flowers

if you go

here

you will find some more pretty flowers

that have shown up in the group on Flickr.

"Virginia-blue" is having a Friday feature on her blog to showcase

the talented entries.

The group is full of very different types of work

and it's fascinating to see what a hook and some yarn

can do!!!

Hopefully today will be a good day for everyone

and the weekend will bring

rest and relaxation for those of you who need it!!!

Tomorrow is the last day of the month

again...

Is it Autumn yet?

it's been one of those day

I'll catch you tomorrow

but to leave you with a smile on your face....

here is miss whiskers

trump!!!!!

It's been a bad hair kind of day

for all of us!!!!

:)

sunshine.....

in a cloth for the kitchen

to wash and wipe away

the blahs!!!

When there is drudgery to do

grab a cloth

bright enough to blind you

and

get on with what you have to do!

Like polishing the apples...

heaven forbid the neighbours find dust on your

pommes!!

Make sure you have many

of all colours and sizes

make sure they compliment the dishes

yellow and blue

so good together!!

give one to your sister

and listen to how much she loves it!!!

and take the hint!!!

Make one and instantly

put it somewhere

never to be seen again!!!

but you took its photo

so in a way you still have it!

and finally

(because I am bored too)

make one that is totally and

completely useless

pretty

but

useless!!!

Pile them all on the bed

move them at least ten times a day

and wonder......

when does a girl

have too many cloths and not enough

pommes to polish????

:)

not mad anymore!!!

SIGH!!!!

(from the amc site)

I set the recorder on Sunday to record

my new obsession

but it failed me

miserably!!

I was so disappointed yesterday

I couldn't stand myself!!!

silly I know

really silly,

but I have spent the last three weeks

watching the

15 or so episodes

of the previous seasons

and  I was SO looking forward to the first

episode of the new one.

I had to wait until

11.00 pm last night

to record it

and by then I was fast asleep

so this morning.....

I slept really really late

for me

and nearly killed myself getting the coffee made and the cat taken care of

and throwing myself on the couch

like a little kid with a special treat

and clicked

and

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

there it was.

I feel so much better today

There was the gang

in a new office

a year later

and they are all the same

but different

just like we are

I enjoyed every single second of it

except the commercials

which is funny

because that's what they do on the show

sucker us into buying crap we don't need or want

but anything they want to sell me

I'll buy!!!!!!

I'm a very happy girl today!!!

silly

but true!

:) :) :)

Bathies!!!

found this in the camera...

from yesterday..

before sanity returned

and the heat left us

I had to sneek a peek from inside

so it's a little (?) blurry

 there he is

soaking wet

but happy

.....

on the right side of the page you will see a link

 to Susannes blog

FruALBERTSSON as she likes to be called!!!

 :)

her blog is having an anniversary in a few days

and she is having a giveaway

it's a beautiful gorgeous

book mark

that she made.

so for those of you who know her

you know it's time to get over there and try to win it

I did!!!!

if you get there and it's in

Swedish

she has a translator

or I wouldn't have known anything!!!

:) :) :)

The necklace!!

So, you look around the house to see if you have something

Icelandic

Viking

Norse

-ish

and you find that you don't

so what to put the necklace on to show it off.

why

a wine jug from

either Greece or Tuscany

of course!!!

and where to put it

when the light is awful

either too bright or too dark

...

on the Egyptian tray

that sits atop the chest

from Indonesia

!!!

(note to self....visit Ikea more often!)

so here is what i did with the beads

after several versions

this is how I strung them.

the beautiful pieces of Turquoise

and the fascinating Volcano beads

with the Silver

and to complete the International-ity

of it all

a Tibetan Pendant

that the husband

bought me a few Christmases ago

that never had a place.....

Svana.....

I love it!!!!!!

X

how to make ear rings!

Sister dear......
here is a tut on how to make an ear ring

 or two..... unless you are van gogh.....

:)

:(

you will need

head pins

some are plain and some are fancy

jump rings and needle nosed pliers

ear ring posts

collect all of this

and take untold numbers of photos

IN FOCUS

and

proceed

put the bead on the pin.

with the needle nosed pliers

bend the wire towards you over the bottom "nose"

flip the pliers over and pull the wire to the back and around

drop the camera....but make sure you keep the focus

swear out loud so the cat hears you

and twist the wire around 2-3 times

cut the wire.... with the wire cutters you didn't show you needed

and you should have this

only you hope that the pin you use isn't an el cheapo and the silver coating comes off

like this

put the bead on the jump ring

which you have opened by twisting it

SIDEWAYS

and not pulling it straight out

add the ear post

close the jump ring

again sideways and making sure there is no gap

for the whole thing to fall apart

and

VOY LA

you got's yourself

a

ear ring!!!!

OR

you could go to a professional website to see how a

PRO does it!!!!!

that is why they get the big money

and I have to buy el cheapo

head pins!!!!!

:)

had enough.....

that's all I'm sayin'

!!!!!

Iceland landed .......a random act of kindness....

A few weeks ago

or maybe it was days ago

I posted the photo of my beads.

Svana,

who hails from ICELAND

told me she wanted my address so she could send me something.

She INSISTED....

well, today I got a package in the mail

from

ICELAND

the island

with the volcano

that no one can pronounce

that messed up the flights for weeks

that island.

It took no time at all to get here

and this is what she sent me....

but first you have to know about this young lady.

We met on Flickr

as you do!!

and through posting comments and such

we became what we call

Flickrfriends!!!

We've flickrmailed a few times

and I found out

that she is leaving her homeland to go and live in Norway.

Her husband is there now getting things ready for his family to go and join him in a few weeks

where they will start a new life .

Svana.....isn't that a great name!!

is the mother of five beautiful children.  FIVE!!!

:)

She has been packing their things in boxes

and making sure that everything is done and ready to go.

She has been very busy

as we can imagaine

but,

when she saw the beads

she asked me to send my address

she insisted

and told me how excited she was because she had thought of something she wanted to send me.

I got the package today

as I said......

a box of cards

with inspirational sayings

to make us all better people

from the Hidden People of Iceland.

I LOVE folklore!

These are my favourites..

I'll post better pics later....

and in a bag

were these.........

TURQUOISE  SILVER

and

VOLCANIC beads

from the land she will soon be leaving

to start a new life with her family.

she sent me a piece of her homeland

and I will treasure it for ever.

Thank you Svana

for your sweet generosity

for taking time out to think of someone you have never met

I wish you and your family nothing but

happiness health and good fortune

and

PLEASE

when you get there

send me a photo

of all of you

YOU included

standing infront of that great house

smiling, so I know you're happy!!!!!

(I won't post it if you don't want me to

I promise!!!)

þakka þú a þúsund sinnum minn sætur Iclandic Víkingur Prinsessa

I have to go

I can't see through the tears!!!!

:)

hazy hot and humid

is the forecast

the storm in the Gulf

may not get as big as they thought

which is such a good thing

but still not what those poor people need



(from some weather page I can't find again!!
the heat wave over us at the moment
told you I don't like pink!!!!)

the weather in the Northern US

is so out of control and wierd

it isn't funny

the amount of water that falls out these storms that just explode overhead

is just plain scary

I have read on many a European blog

that the heat over there

is breaking records

in Latvia one blogger said it was

50c

which is 122 F!!!!!!

That is just

crazy craziness!

I have been putting water in as many plant saucers as I can find

for the birds to drink and take a bath in.

They love splashing around and getting cooled off and clean!

I will try to get a photo of the

Robin who just stands in one.

He likes his feet wet and cool

I just missed a great little episode of

shared coolness

a Cat Bird was in the water

a Purple Martin flew all around him and landed on the edge

and got a free shower

as the Cat Bird splashed the water on him!

another little bird joined in the free spray...

and I didn't have the

bloody camera with me!!!

I really must remember to never go outside without the lens

primed and ready!!

The new group on Flickr

that I told you about yesterday

is filling up fast and I have spent

time looking and finding

quite a few lovely examples

of all this crochet madness

that has struck around the globe!

Deb, the lady who asked me to help her

with the search

has also gone a little cross-eyed looking!

OH!

and just a little while ago

she found a photo of hers that had made the

Explore page....

they (the Flickreenos, that's what they call themselves!!?)

post the photos that either have the greatest response

or match some techy computery searchy thingy

that scours the uploads as they come in

anyway,

I found three of mine there!!!

HUH!!!

Who knew??!!

I didn't until Deb showed me the way!!!

done and dusted

I love that expression!

so,

 the house is

swept clean of all the dirt that accumulates in no time

the furniture no longer looks dull and lifeless

and

the rugs and kitty sheets

are all clean and fluffy!!!

dinner is on the stove

and it smells

divine

and as a reward for all of that

boring but necessary stuff

I got the prize I won

on Louise from Gibraltar

in the mail....

hmmm

maybe I should clean more often!!!!

Here it is...

A little tray

that I can keep my camera and its bits on

and a little book

I can write all the things I want to crochet in.

or

draw in

or

take notes.....

I know that Louise is on holiday at the momemt

she said so on her blog

but I still want to say thank you

and I hope you have a great time.

For the rest of you who didn't get a reward for what you did today....

IT'S FRIDAY.....

you get to go home and chill

so

do it!!!

just a quick one...

I am planning on cleaning this pig sty I call a house!!!

but before I go and do that... :(    I wanted to let those of you who

visit but don't ever say a word!!!

that there is a new group over on Flickr

for anyone to join.

please visit

here

and there is a link over on the side >>>>>

It's going to be a hot hot hot

one today

take it easy

drink a lot

stay cool

and remember

it's

FRIDAY

again!!!!

:)

running out

of flowers to post....

the garden is winding down already

and what will I

take pictures of?

the house plants?

I bought these at the

grocery store

I show you how small they are

by keeping their hideous paper jackets on

lime green

and

neon pink...

but the roses are cute

allbeit the yellow one is

drying and a bit crispy!!

but it has new blooms and they should be alright

once I remove the hideous neon cover!!!

and give them drink and some TLC.

Outside it is brown and dry and in need of a good

spruce up...

but I'm sorry that can wait until

it's cooler

I sat out for a little while this morning

it wasn't so humid or hot

so I had my coffee there.

You can see the grass is brown and dry .

Speaking of the grass.

the young man came back with friend in tow

and cut the grass

and what a disaster that turned out to be!!

He ran over a yellow jackets nest and got stung

several times!!!

The wasps flew up his shorts and stung him

where they shouldn't have!!!

I ran to get ice

and made him spit on the stings

and

he kept saying

It's all good

it's all good

and

clearly it wasn't!!

I let him use the bathroom to see exactly where the sting

that hurt the most WAS

and he came back

and said

it's ok.

I felt so awful....

and kept asking if he was allergic

 they say that more than four stings can be dangerous

but he said he'd been stung before, cutting his own grass.

I ran up the road and bought the last two cans of spray

and the hubs,

who was perfectly calm and kept telling of his experiences with wasps nests,

sprayed the area.

We haven't had an irate parent come knocking  on the door

threatening to sue us

so, I guess

it's

all

good!

:-?

Wednesday......

On the day they show the biggest star

 EVER

found!!

from bbc page

here

 I see the smallest

butterfly

I've

EVER

seen.

 

I am not 100%

sure

it is a butterfly

and not a moth......

 

but it doesn't matter

he's tiny and adorable

and a great thing to see

first thing in the morning!!!

I didn't crop

and make him bigger

'coz I wanted you to see how small he is!!!