Romance of the Seahorses is Complete

I was so close to being done, I thought I'd finish it today  Its a nice day outside, sunny and bright so it works well by my sewing machine.

As you can see, my darling seahorses are entwining  in the ocean.  One has a fairy riding its tail.  I love adding fairies to my works.  This measures 19.5 inches by 27 inches and will hang on my front door.  It was fun making Romance of the Seahorses.

I am still undecided on my next work.  Maybe the fancy rooster, maybe it will be the mermaid.  Also the method is undecided if its the mermaid.

I will watch a few BritMysteries like Midsomer Murders today on Britbox.  I am hooked.  I love that show and also Murdoch Mysteries which is another that I can get on my computer at will.  I watch reruns on that show as well.

What's black and white and red all over?  A Zebra with sunburn.

Have a nice day.

Our Spring Gardens

Its May 29th 2019 and I took a walk thru our gardens.  Unfortunately the tulips and the daffodils are gone or nearly gone already.  I missed taking their pictures.  But here are others to enjoy....

This is the back yard pathway to the road.  We have some greenery and a few flowers for spring in the raised beds.

This is the same pathway looking in the opposite direction.  I love those two sets of young birch trees within the garden circles.

The Creeping Phlox is abundant.

My favorites right now are the lilacs. The scent is delicious and I love it.  These are still very young bushes put in about 3 years ago.  They have come a long way since last year when the buds were meager.

For those of us who adore Lilacs, here is that corner closeup.  We have them in a couple of places in the back garden and in the front entrance we have two young ones just sprouting their 2nd year buds which these bushes did sparsely last year.

Another favorite of mine has always been the Columbine.  We only have a few plants and this
one is still blooming.  The pink is very light.

A few more spring time flowers to enjoy.

In this corner we have several blue varieties which are just coming into bloom.

A bit of yellow to brighten one corner of a raised bed.

At the entrance to our building we have a couple of these planters, transplanted with colorful flowers for the season.  As time marches on these huge planters will be bursting with flowers.

Also in front in two shady nooks we have our hosta beds complete with rhodos for now and some lacy hydrangea which we will see as summer arrives.

Those who know about lilacs, know that they get better the following year if they are pruned so to that end, I have cut myself some flowers for my table.   My whole apt. is scented in Lilac.  I love it.  I hope they keep for another couple of weeks so I can cut more as the days progress.

This morning I layered and pinned my Romance of the Sea Horses and made a larger drawing of a mermaid.  I think I still need to go larger so that is on the drawing board for another time.
I have some Midsomer Murder programs to watch.  They are among my favorites and to get them and watch whenever I like, I have added Britbox.com to my computer.  Its a very reasonable cost for someone like me who favors Britcoms and BritMysteries.  I could watch them for hours.
But being such an Anglophile, I also added Acorn.Tv to my computer.  By having two places to go, I can watch all manner of British viewing, including documentaries and movies at any hour of the day or nite and not have to depend on PBS programming as I have in the past with those showing meagerly on Saturdays and a few scattered thru the late evening hours a day or two a week.

Have a nice day.

Romance of the Sea Horses Continues.....

I finally found my mojo and sewed today.  I got my Romance of the Sea Horses wall hanging out and tacked down the subjects onto the background fabric today.

It will be quite large when done but its going on my front door, so that's just fine.

In this one you can see the fairy riding on Blue's tail.  After all, fairies are quite adept at holding their breath for long periods of time so they can enjoy the fun to be had on a sea horse's tail.

Its been so long since I sat at my sewing machine, my back is giving me fits.  That means time to jot some drawings or ideas down for future projects.  I have a mermaid in mind but think it will go better as a Replique with the right fabrics.  I have not quite decided on that yet.  I have a small mermaid drawn but could make it larger if I want to continue with fabric collage, which I love doing.  Its such fun to choose fabrics to add to the theme.

I am in Maine and its been a long time getting into spring weather.  Last weekend we had a day in the mid 80sF which is rare.  Today its going to rain and its cooler.  The A/C is not on yet today.

I made homemade pizza last nite so that's on the menu for lunch today.  

As for the garden, I must take camera in hand if it does not rain tomorrow.  There's Creeping Phlox, tulips, daffodils, and our young (3 yrs old) lilac bushes are bursting with aromatic flowers this year.  I love the scent of Lilac. 

I won $5.00 at Bingo last nite.  I've only been twice and its the first win I've had.  The pots are very small but the idea is to enjoy ourselves, which I did.  I will make a Monday nite date to go to Bingo each week now.

Hoping you all have a fine day.