hot hot hot

outside right now

it feels like

105 degrees F

40.5 C

sounds so much closer to reality in

F

!!!

I am not going out there

I refuse

so I'm in

and I'm staying in

and anyone who stays out there

is nuts

we ran out this morning to get

the resident handyman

his

Papa's day present

early yes

but on sale better!!!

so he's occupied for a while

putting it all together and

dreaming of the things he will do

or could have done had he had it sooner

it's a saw and a table that will hold anything he needs it to hold

and work on

I asked if I could use it to

hold my embroidery

and he said

yes!!!!

 

this is what I have been doing

among other things

I will be coming to the end

of my

"watermelon period"

very soon

I just have to make another set for someone

and then we will move on

to something else

the room is too clean and tidy

need another shot of inspiration

and that "shot" I had the other day

didn't come to anything

again

HAH!!!

so off I go back to the cool of the couch

and try to finish what I started

hope you are all well and cool

I think the not being able to comment problem is over

if you don't

hit the

keep me signed in button

it all seems to work

.....

but you have to keep

signing in

!!!!!

:o



FYI....

if you've had trouble leaving comments on

blogger blogs

I have

grrr

try this

when it asks you to sign in

"unclick" the

keep me signed in button

and it should work

I have been getting comments

thanks everybody

:) :) :)

but have been unable to leave any

so don't think I haven't been to your blog

I have

I have just been rendered

speechless

or left one on Flickr

:)

!!!!

don't all cheer at once!!!

if it doesn't work

well you're on your own

I did it just to see what would happen

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the inspiration...

that causes the chaos...

while blog hopping I saw this cushion on a site

the ripple one

from a shop somewhere

loved the colours

so I got out the closest ones I have

e voila

instant chaos

with the idea to make another one for outside

if it ever stops raining and storming

:(

can you believe there was another tornado watch last evening

they tracked it right over us...

the cell not a tornado

...and close to where the oldest lives

something hit down there that had people calling in to tell about it

and ask the weather man what it was

60-70 mph winds in a very populated area

hail and buckets of rain that one caller said was

twirling

at a time when there are loads of people out shopping and on the way home

haven't found out anything yet

colours close but no cigar

but gave it a go anyway

a circle is definitely not the way to go

and to be truthful that is frogged already

!!!

:)

will try to find a ripple that is short and sweet

very ripply but not wide

???

plus I have one more coaster to finish

before I start on another mad cap thought

...

so while trying to sort the cobwebs

I took a walk outside before the rain comes

and it gets too humid to function

 

the husband ordered and received the part of the

humming bird feeder that was needed

stood over me while I made the

nectar

and then retreated when told it had to cool before it could be

poured into the glass container

and now the

hummers can feed to their little hearts content

if any happen to fly in

that is

haven't seen any this year yet

but if they decide to come

it's ready

one thing

fingers crossed

the voles haven't demolished

is the hosta at the base of the

hummer pot

but this is something I don't understand

a huge mound of earth in the middle of the

liriope

it's a bit hard to see and comprehend

and I just hope that it isn't a

snake nest or something equally

horrifying

there is a snake in this bed that I saw a couple

of days ago

which is why I'm not weeding the weeds

I don't do snakes

ta very much

the day lillies in the pot are putting the blooms up

the colombine is over now and I'm so glad I put it in there

maybe I'll keep adding to this

with stray and volunteer plants as they come up

the black eyed susans are budding

remember the hairy yellow flowers

that made the shadows last year

we'll make more

:)

and this is just because

no sun in the sky

it's all in this little face

!!!!!

appalachian sun drops

and one more

pile of chaos

on the coffee table

stitch or hook

always the question

around here

and look who took a stroll through the back

yesterday evening

a female mallard

I always call them

 bobbie

because when she sees you

she bobs up and down in greeting

she is young

I can tell by the condition of her feathers and the colour

I took some nasty plastic bag bread out to make them stay

and bless them

they spat it out

and ate the bugs and seeds instead

I don't feed them that nasty bread

and I don't eat it...

I eat organic seeded bread and if I give them bread at all

it's that

so I hope the voles ate it and choked!!!

and her handsome mate

drake...

john drake

(for those of you who don't  know what I mean

that was from

Danger Man

on Brit TV a hundred years ago

"oh by the way...

the name's Drake...

John Drake"!!!!!

how can I remember that and not what I had for dinner the night before)!!!!!

he kept his beady eye on me to make sure I didn't mess with his chick

and I sat in the chair and kept still and quiet

and communed with nature

look at those feet!!!!!

which

as you know

I do

a

lot

she is such a pretty one

such an honour that they stayed and let me

snap

.....

maybe there'll be babies soon!!!

Oh god and then I'll have to worry about them disappearing

maybe we can hope they are brother and sister

and know not to....

.......................

see you laters

'gators

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fab friday

so far

well if you ignore the fact that

blogger

is buggered again

everyone is mentioning it

so before it all collapses

let me show you why it's a fab Friday

these

opened up

this morning

it was the first thing I saw

 and I smiled

!!

think they're called

Appalachian something or other!!!

now I KNOW

this is a rubbish shot but look at that

a flat headed duck mum

with a whole bunch a babies

click on it and it's a bit clearer

and we have a community

the parents have let the others come and join the babies

there's Honker with them

the one that isn't a Canada Goose

she acts as the Nanny I guess

because when I appeared she started with the hissing

I futzed with the camera and they started moving towards me

but the adults kept a close eye on me

and I got a little bolder

and this is what I have

babies

I spoke to them and told them I came in peace

and would they bring the little ones closer

and they did

one step at a time

and I giggled the whole time

look at it

a baby goose

a gosling

a cutie pie

a sweet one

I will call him

cyrus

so see, it's a fab friday

and not everyone is awake yet

hope you have

a friday

that is

fab-u-lous

...........................................................................

hubby just said we need to make a

yarn run

ooooooooooooooooooo

more wattymelons

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

see ya!!



try it you'll like it!!!

wattymelons

I haven't done anything nice for you lately

so I thought I would show you

how to make a set of watermelon coasters

I have had such nice feed back

on the ones I made the other day

I thought you would like to see how

easy and quick they are to make

NOW

 I made a big one for the friend

these are small slices

:)

and as the weekend is coming up

they can be made in no time

and you'll have something

 new and cute

to use on the

 patio

balcony

porch

picnic table

rug on the grass

(?)

or where ever it is you'll be

so here we go

I use  US terms

because I don't know the others

so figure it out

from what I say or the photos

OH

and this is a photo loaded post

I used cotton and a big hook size H

to make them chunky and rustic

if you want small and dainty

adjust the yarn and the size of the hook!!!

if you know how

make a magic loop

if you don't

look it up

or make a chain of 5 or 6 and join into a loop

make 12 dc in the loop

join into first stitch with a slip stitch

row 2

make 2 half dc where you joined

and then

2dc into each stitch around

you will have 24 sts

join with a slip st

row 4

make 2 sc into same place you join

and then do this to the end

1sc

2sc

1sc

2sc

into each st around

join with slip stitch

row 5

change to white and sc all the way around

join with sl st

row 6

change to green

and do whatever edge you prefer

this is

3 dc shell

miss one sc

sc into next stitch

3 dc shell

miss one

etc

or you can just sc all the way around

or you can do the

backwards sc

aka the crab stitch

this is hard to write as you have to literally go backwards

but it is easy once you know how

make a sc as normal

then you have to sort of twist the hook to get it to go into the stitch to the RIGHT of the first st

yo pull thru and make a sc

if you have trouble I am sure there are tons of videos on youtube to help you

that is where I first saw it

it's my favourite edge for things like this

as it looks like a rope

when you get to the end of this last row

finish off as you do

weave in the few ends

and

VOILA

you got's yourself

a little

slice of

wattymelon

to put under your glass of summer drink

and soon you will have two

and then three

and then how ever many you want or need

I do hope you try it

coz I

 know you will

really really like it

 who wouldn't

:)

I used good old

Lily sugar and cream cotton

don't know the colour of the pink

but to me it says

wattymelon

and the green is sage green

but you use whatever you want

see

tomorrow morning I can put my

cafe latte

on it

and smile

!!!!!

if I made a mistake or you don't understand

let me know and we'll fix it

'

K?

'K!!!!!

xxx