Whoop Whoop it be Fridaaaaay!!!!!

GR&DF throw those hands in the air - and say again - whoop whoop!!! Another week has ended with its usual fizzle, but the weekend - and a three day weekend to boot - is here at last. Now it is officially - for me at least - Fall and all the wonderful things that go with this time of year.

The mail brought me a wonderful piece from the 3 Round Of the Prairie Schooler Exchange. It is a Halloween Ornament - and the first for me this year - Here is a snap....

My partner was Jo Anne (no blog) and she has stitched and finished a beautiful piece for me. Thank you so much - I just love it!!!!

it has been a while and I thought you might like to see the pidges - both the baby pidge and the "vulture "group that sort of hangs out waiting for a free snack.
Here is a rather plump baby pidge -

She is way skittish and starts to swell up and often flap and peep if she is disturbed. We are thinking she will always be this way due to the trauma from when she fell out of the nest/window box, but who knows... she could just be a psycho city chicken. Now across the light well from the nest/box there have been a row of "vultures" that sit there all the time -


We think that mama stink eye sits the closest to the nest at the left and that two of them are the first batch of "CC" (city chickens) and who the fourth is we haven't a clue. Some interloper looking for a hand out probably.

My stitching last night was on an exchange piece so no snaps. :(
I want to finish up my Needle Roll Exchange this weekend so there may not be a stitchity snap on Tuesday either, but you never know. :)

I wonder if anyone else is as spastic about the upcoming "Christmas at Hawk Run Hollow" as I am. Miss Kathy B released a sneak peek of Block 1 and Block 4 on her blog here and they are in a word GORGEOUS!!!!! I know, I know.... I have that last square of VoHRH to finish and I have all of the "Shores" NPI silk - but no linen as my bean brain wont decide on what I want to do it on!! Now, here is "Christmas" - and I must do this piece. Not only is it Christmas but it would seem that she is using one of my favorite carols as a theme - I am really excited - could you tell!!!

I'll finish out the week with a sweet puppy shot of The Peach....


Can you tell she had been asleep until I pulled out the camera, not one of her favorite things.

Thank you all for stopping by and commenting!!! Have a great 3 Day Weekend!!!
I'll see you on Tuesday.

Take care,
edgar

Some Cakes a House and a Fox

GR&DF here we are again at mid week, and not only is it
Farmers Market Day but it is only 2 more days to the weekend!! :)

On the way home yesterday we stopped off at the store
and I just couldn't pass up these beauties-

I think that Madeleines are just about the best cookie/cake around!!
Just a delicious bite of lite pound cake. One of my favorite things.

Last nights stitching was my working on TiTD -
getting bit done on the house and here is a snap of that progress -


I am really enjoying this sampler very much. I am thinking I always want to have some kind of traditional sampler going all the time - and I have quite a few in the stash pile. The next one I think I will stitch was sent to me by a dear reader of this blog - It is called Hetty Child and is one I have been wanting to do for a long time - I am not going to stitch it in the recommended DMC floss' but in Bell Soie silks - and now I am trying to figure out which colours to use and substitute. Since there is only 7 colours in all it will not be too much trouble.

The 3rd Round of the Prairie Schooler Exchange piece has reached my partner - Nicola.
Here is a snap of the Pyn Keepe I stitched up for her -

This is called Fox and Grapes and has been in my stash for a long time. I used DMC floss but not the recommended colours as they were a bit off - or at least I thought so - the biggest change was the house colour - It is charted out in an off white - I did not like that so now it is light blue. I have wanted to do this for such a long time and this was the perfect opportunity.

Last night was a double feature DVD evening - starting off with "Hocus Pocus" - 1993 - starring Bette Midler, Kathy Nijimi and Sarah Jessica Parker. I have loved this film for years and seen it many, many times. I know it has its detractors and nay sayers but I think they forget a few things.... first off - it is Disney, secondly it is for kids and it is not to be taken seriously or be historically correct by any stretch of the imagination!!! It is a fun, clever Halloween Flick that is lots of fun - and I totally recommend seeing it !! The second flick of the evening was "Canterbury Tale" - 1944 - from the film making team of Powell/Pressburger - A wonderful look at England on the eve of D-Day - using the stories of three very different characters to propel the movie froward - it is not a love story - yet all three have unhappy loves in their lives - it is not a typical mystery - yet there is a mysterious figure and situation. Beautifully filmed in and around Canterbury and the Cathedral - at a little over 2 hours this slow paced film moves along at a very nice pace telling its own story.

There you go sports fans!! Thanks for dropping by!!

Take care,
edgar