Bada Bing - Bada BOOM!!

GR&DF - that was the sound of my computer not working yesterday when I got in to work. Heaven only knows what was up with this evil box of magic but I just couldn't make it open up and play nice. So I was at a loss to post any kind of anything - It just bit the big one!!! I tried off and on for a couple of hours and at about 8:30 the monster decided to work, but by that time I was not only behind in everything - I was unable to get any kind of post up - so sorry.

The weekend - or I should say the couple of days leading up to the weekend were really warm - our weather here in the City is usually very cool or comfortable, but sometimes we get the unusual heat wave and that was what was going on. Thursday and Friday, but especially Friday was the warmest of the three days - in the low 90's in some parts of the City. By Saturday morning you could tell the winds had shifted and by the afternoon our natural air-conditioning was back on and the fog was rolling in!!!

Saturday found us running around again in Dales Jeep with the top off (I wore a hat so no scalp burn) and finding quite a few treasures. Here is a snap -

Not as great a pile as some weeks but some nice pickins - I got a small planter, a tack hammer in the size I had been looking for - a great 3x5 flag, a nice old wood painted darning egg, a couple of DVD's and a sweet sterling frame with a picture of baby Freddie at 6 months old - it says so on the back of the picture - I cleaned that sucker up a little and the silver is a bright as if new it where a new frame - it was black when I bought it from the thrift store.

On Sunday we ran over to Eddies for breakfast and then stopped by the little farmers market over there. Here are a couple of nice market shots -

There where some beautiful heirloom tomatoes from Garcia Farms.....

and there was a new bakers stand at the Market - Bakers of Paris from Brisbane - their gorgeous bread was so tempting and....

so were the pastries - in fact they where so tempting we caved and got an apricot danish for Rico and I got a chocolate croissant. We also picked up a...

sweet baguette with seeds - the staff of life!! (sweet does not mean that the bread is sweet it only means that it is not made with sour dough - they have both sweet and sour breads)

Walking back to the car from the market we passed a small shop that had really interesting front windows - with a nautical theme...on the left was....

with a tiny mermaid floating in that glass ..... and on the right was this sculptural piece....

It was hard to get a decent snap but you can see how interesting she is. I enjoy just walking around different neighborhoods as you see the most interesting things in the windows.

On the stitching front I heard from Faye that the ornament I made for her had arrived. I knew that she likes Quakery things and she is from NC - so I thought why not combine the two - and I knew the perfect chart ... here is what I made for her -

It is called "Quaker Small" by Praiseworthy Stitches - two red birds and a great Quakery motif - you just can't beat that with a stick!!! I used Belle Soie silks on 32ct mystery linen. I made one of these for myself last year and just love it!! Faye says that she is very happy with the piece!!
I also finished up the stitching on Sail Away -

Here it is with only day light illumination - It is just chugging along - I loved stitching the three long bands - the repetitive in and out of the needle is so relaxing. Now on to the next part!!

Another piece I worked on was TiTD - and here is that progress....

I got the tree done and some of the fruit and leaves on - I need to get the letters and numbers on so that I can start that long and tedious filling in with the white.

I will skip the flickers today as this has gone on long enough.

Thank you for continuing to stop by read my babbling and still write nice comments!!!
I do appreciate them!!

Have a great one!

edgar