A Picturesque Wednesday....

GR&DF - Happy Thursday!!! Only one more day until the weekend. I think we all deserve a pat on the back for making it to the end of the week - almost there. Yesterday was a very snappy day for me and my camera. I wanted to start off with a mistake I made in yesterdays post - the silk is not HDK by HDF - Hand Dyed Fibers - by Vicki Clayton - I think I read and reread a post before posting and there are still mistakes. Last night I started to pull together the silks for my next biggish project and it will be a mix of silks I think. Because so far I have a few HDF's and a few Soie d'alger's. I am also thinking I will shift some of the colours to Belle Soie (Miss Sharon is releasing 3 lovely new BS colours at Market - must have them!!). I worked some more on the outline of the next square on Shores - no snap.

I did make it to the Farmers Market yesterday and have some snaps of my little visit....

A pile of beautiful peppers


I love marigolds and thought this picture with the purple flowers was nice.


These gigantic piles of mild bell peppers reminded me that there are only 93 more days until Christmas - it is certainly sneaking up on me this year!!


I am thinking these are some of the last watermelons of the season.


Another lovely mix of late summer and fall vegetables.


We love a potato at my house - and the fingerling's and purple Peruvians are great roasted in the oven with a little olive oil and salt.

On the way home I got a hankering for a cup-cake so we stopped off in the Mission. We had to park a block or so away from where we normally do and this little "Delicatessen" sign I thought was very clever.


Outside of the Mexica-tessen they have a couple of tables on the sidewalk - I like that about San Francisco, there are usually tables and chairs all over and near little cafes to sit and enjoy the world passing by - The great mural is just more of the out door art that decorates our city.


Once again I needed to take a snap of the little cakes.....


There was a tray of my favorite cup-cakes - this is the first time I have ever seen signage, but with or without a sign a pineapple filled, frosted goody is always welcomed!!


Here is a tray of some wonderful pan de huevo - egg bread - this is the yellow topped kind, which is vanilla flavoured sugar on top. This bread also comes white topped, and chocolate topped.


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I so enjoy this neighborhood of stitching - the Blogs and friends I have come to know over the years have been both kind and generous. These kindnesses that have been done to and for me I try and pass on to others - so when I am asked about something I might have in my stash or something I am stitching, if I can I lend, trade or pass on these things. I think of it as my way of giving back to the greater whole that is our community. I was approached by another stitcher, Vera, about my "Ellen Birdseye" chart that I stitched a while back - knowing how hard this OOP chart is to locate it was my pleasure to loan it to her to stitch. Yesterday I got back my chart and some unexpected treats. Here is a snap -

Along with returning my chart Vera sent me a darling Fall pin cushion with our initials and a great wooden Spurtle. Knowing how I love wooden kitchen utensils this was a new one to me. It is of Scottish origins and dates back to the 15th century. Used primarily for the stirring of porridge's and soups. How super is this!! I am bowled over by the unexpected kindness - thank you so very much!!

I will leave you with one extra snaperoo - I did a couple of loads of laundry last night while watching "The Choir" on BBC America. (how great is this show!!) - and if you remember that Lolly likes warm clothes from the dryer. I brought the clean tub of clothes into the house, put it down for a second and turned back to start folding and found this looking back at me....

How cute is that!! I had to get this stuff folded and put away so I picked her up and pulled a totally hot sweatshirt from the bottom of the tub and wrapped her up like a burrito - she was very happy until it cooled off - at which point she crawled out looking for another warm sweat shirt to roll up in. By that time everything was folded and put up.

There you go sports fans another Wednesday done and gone. Thank you all so very much for stopping by and taking the time to comment!!

Take care,
edgar