A Couple Finishes ~

It has been a while since I have had hook in hand!  Not one loop has been pulled on my rug started in the Cathy Stephan class since class ended in late May, though I have hooked a few smalls.

I completely finished another dirty snowman.  He is on the left and not quite as dirty as the other.

I still have one more pelt board this size and will be hooking a Santa.  I hope to sell these at the show I am doing in October and if they don't sell . . . Christmas gifts 😁

I also finished another pumpkin with handtorn strips that I will donate to the hooking guild for a door prize at the hook in.

Some days if it wasn't for bad luck I would have no luck at all 😬  Last evening I drove to DSO's (5minutes away) and my little SUV ran just fine.  Heading home an hour and a half later, it was not running properly.  Headed back to DSO's since he is pretty good at diagnosing problems.  It ran ok to his house, then not ok, and kept getting worse and worse.  The auto repair shop I use is between our two residences, so I dropped it off.  Of course they were not able to look at it today (I totally understand that) but now I am without a vehicle for the weekend.  UGH!  Maybe I will have to stay home and get some stuff done . . . but that's no fun.

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Lauren

Happy Birthday America

 

GOD BLESS AMERICA

LAND THAT I SO DEARLY LOVE!!!

XOXO

LAUREN

Treetop Birds ~

 

Treetop Birds, an antique adaptation that I enlarged to 22"x 35", is hooked and bound!  I did not care for the colors of the original (but it has that blotchy background that Saundra loves) . . . 

. . . so in a class with Kris Miller we came up with this.  I think I have a love/hate relationship with it.  I am the one who chose the greens, and I do like those grey/greens, but I am not sure if it is just too much green!  BUT . . . it is what it is and it is DONE 😁  If you ever have the opportunity to take a class with Kris, don't hesitate.  She is a great teacher who is lots of fun.  The color is closer in the picture of the entire rug.

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Lauren

Dirty Snowman ~

 

I don't hook with white wool 😏  Anything "white" ends up being a dirty white, snowmen included.  I finished hooking this little guy weeks ago, but it took a while to get up my courage to cut him out and glue him to a pelt board.  I must say I am very happy with how he came out.  The size of the board is about 19" x 6 1/2".  I have two more of the pelt boards that I had purchased years ago and one more snowman already hooked.

Here is the sweet little table riser I bought last week.  It has some age but is definitely not antique.  Perhaps vintage?  Normally I have a bowl of stone fruit on the dining room table, but it is just too heavy for this piece.

Almost July???  Once again, how did that happen?

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Lauren

75th Jubilee ~

About a dozen members of the 1966 8th grade class of St. Joseph School took a little road trip to visit our 2nd and 8th grade teacher, Sister Marian Coughlin.  We knew her as Sister Mary St. Patrick, but at some point Notre Dame nuns were able to revert to their given name.  This is the third time we have visited in the last five years.  She just celebrated her 75th Jubilee (75 years of being a nun) and is turning 95 next month.  She doesn't hear too well but she is still sharp as a tack!

The guy behind her is the one who has organized our get togethers.  The lady to the right is Sister Valerie, who was one of our classmates, and just celebrated her 50th Jubilee.

If anyone would like to send Sister Marian a card (her birthday is July 19) I will be happy to send you her snail mail address.

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Lauren

Why I Sometimes Get NOTHING Done ~

Yes, Sue, I occasionally "play" more than I should.  If I play two days in a row that is unusual, but three days???  I must say I am loving life 😁

Friday was off to two antique shops, one a mall and one a small shop loaded to the gills.  I didn't find much at the mall (that I was willing to spend $$ on) but did get a little vintage (?) table riser.  At the small shop I found two treasures.  A sauce boat to add to my feather edge collection . . . 

. . . and a 2 1/2 inch tall Peaseware container.  The little finial has a chip so the price was affordable.  I did not even notice the roughness on the bottom until I saw in the picture.  It is not noticeable in person and I just turned it around so you don't see the flaws.

The piece to the right on the bottom shelf and on the top shelf marked St. Louis Exposition 1904 are also Peaseware.

The small shop is Wm. Hromy Antiques.  If you are ever in the north east-ish Ohio area, his shop is a must stop. His gardens are breathtaking.  His yard is very shady . . . lots of hostas and other shade loving plants.  So many concrete cats!  Heavy moss on some items.  And antique grindstones.  Dozens and dozens.  Some are propped up.  Some used as path pavers.  Two antique feeding troughs are now fountains.  I should have taken more pictures!!!

I am a big fan of junk for the garden, so did find a number of treasures.  One day I purchased the rusty old funnel and then I bought this plant stand (the butterflies will be hidden in plants and not seen).  Nothing great and the only thing I had that fit in the opening was the funnel.  I also got part of a weathervane.  Thankfully DSO is very handy and will add a pipe to put in the ground.  Picture later 😄

Happy Monday!  I hope your week is off to a good start.
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Lauren

Yard Stuff ~

The yard is looking pretty good if I do say so myself, but lots of deadheading to do!  As you know, if you somehow get caught up, it is time to start over 😁

The Stella d'oros are starting to bloom.

Walking down by the lake the other morning, this great blue heron was sitting at the end of this little pier.  As I tried to get closer to get a picture, he took off.

I had my mammogram today.  Gotta take care of those tatas!  I have been going every 6 months to have a mammo plus an ultrasound of the right breast.  There was a cyst they have been watching.  Great news . . . the cyst is gone so I don't have to go back for a year.  Today's mammo though . . . OUCH!!!  Only one other time, decades ago, have I had such a painful one and I believe it was the same tech.  She has been there forever.  I swear she must have popped it!!!  Next week two doctor appointments ~ just annual checks.  I am thankful I have good insurance.

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Lauren