"Dragonflies in My Garden" is Finished

 I finally finished this wall hanging.  Since I have a granddaughter that also loves dragonflies, I will make it a gift for her.

Dragonflies in My Garden finishes at 17 by 21 inches.  I think she will like it.

I am thinking of making another one for me, but only the one dragonfly, the beauty that I saw in my garden years ago about 5 or 6 inches long and a stunning electric blue.  I have some large flower fabric that I can use as a background.

But for now I must finish a couple of other projects I have let slide.  One is a stained-glass project with golden roses.

This is how I left it.  Lots of satin-stitching needed before it looks decent.

Another is a panel that I just fell in love with when I saw it.....

I have been a horse lover since I first saw Trigger, Roy Roger's horse, and his golden coat and silver mane and tail.  That was a lot of years ago.  So this panel called to me.  The horse is not a palomino, but he's beautiful.  I added a brick barn floor and you see him thru the barn doorway.  The wooden sides fabric I added are the barn door edges.  I also added a cute little black pup since this photo was taken.  I really need to finish this and hang it on my wall.  It will be a restful and beautiful scene to wake up to in the morning or as you enter my apartment.  

In the housecleaning realm, I was posed a problem.  I have trouble these days bending down and I cannot possibly get down on my knees or I would never be able to get back up again.  What to do with the corners that need a scrub and are too small for the mop.  Well, years ago my Mother (I still miss her) was posed that problem and I remember how she solved her dilemma.  She took a yardstick and wrapped a cleaning rag on the end of it that was held on with a rubber band.  It worked for her.

My version was a trial run today so I just wrapped a couple of layers of paper towel on the end of an old broom handle I kept (I had used it while walking the dogs sort of as a trekking aid), and lucky me, it works.  I will just place a wet rag on the end when I need to scrub an area.

Here is a look at this contraption.  The old broom handle is sturdier than a yardstick and I can give a good scrub in those small corners and edges.  I now have clean corners.

In the garden area my seedlings are doing pretty well.

Here we have left to right Tom Thumb lettuce, Mini-Green peppers which on this date only has one bit of shoulder pushing thru, another cup of Tom Thumb lettuce and on the right are my Bush Pickle cucumbers.

These short cups hold Summer Thyme on the left and Stevia on the right.  All are looking healthy so far.  I keep hoping that our raised garden beds are made soon.  Its too early to transplant these anyway, but soon they will need thinning out and more room per plant.  I do not have the space nor facilities to stretch my indoor garden very much more than this.  Crossing my fingers that our garden gets built in a hurry.

That's it for now my friends.  I hope you are all doing well.  Stay safe.