A Lazy Weekend Snap

A Little Baking

Gentle Friends thank you all so much for your kind comments and emails about the Hallowe'en finish!! -and- the input about charting programs - I am mulling over all the information and will come to some sort of decision at some point soon....  I have a plan, really I do!!

I thought I would talk today about a couple of things I baked last weekend and then this weekend.

Last weekend I wanted to try a recipe I found over at Mennonite Girls Can Cook.  A great Blog run by a group of really wonderful gals!!!  I chose to try one of their more recent offerings 
Poppy Seed Roll.   It is a tasty sweet bread with a nice poppy seed Filling.

... the recipe makes one pretty big loaf....

..... it sliced up nicely....

... and here it ready for serving.....  it was a treat and warmed up a bit in the nuculator hit the spot!!

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This weekend I made a  Honey Bun Cake from The Country Cook.  Brandie runs the Blog ans it is a great place for really fun recipes!!

I didn't realize I had used the same platter two weeks in a row, but them's the breaks!!  This cake is really very tasty when warmed up a bit also.

So there you go, two pretty easy treats to pull together.

That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by, do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Finish, A Start and a Question......

Gentle Friends I hope your weekend was top notch - the two days off for me were really nice!!  The weather was super, cool and breezy and bright.

On Friday evening I finished up the piece I had been working on.......

Bent Creek "Hallowe'en Branch"

Using the recommended Floss', on 32ct PTP "Dill"

June 18th - July 5th

I borrowed these charts, it is a set of three, and originally they each came with star buttons and black snaps.  Since I only had the charts I found my own star buttons and black snaps.  This was the first BC Branch I have stitched and I really enjoyed the stitching part, the fiddly bits were a little less than fun, but I am happy with the results.

I was still in a Fall mood, so I started another small Fall type piece......  here's a snap...

The Primitive Needle  "Thy Needle"

Using the recommended Floss on 30ct WDW "Tin Roof"

I was RAK'd with this chart a while back and it has been in the WIP basket just waiting for me to start it up... and it just hits the spot!!

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Now, for the question - if you had an antique sampler you wanted to chart and stitch what program would you use - PC Stitch or Hobby Ware?  Is one easier to use than the other or is there another program that is easier to use?????
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That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

A Happy 4th!!

Gentle Friends, have you ever felt overwhelmed by things in general...  well, work this week is overwhelming me completely!!  So, I am just popping in to wish everyone a safe and Happy 4th of July!!!

The weather here by the Bay has been in the low to mid 80's for the last few days - and for us that was just sweltering!!  It finally broke yesterday and the fog rolled in over the City in the evening - and we are back to cool and overcast!!  This morning while I was getting ready for work, and the City was relatively quite, I could hear the plaintiff sound of the fog horns blowing down at the ocean - I love that sound as it means heavy dense fog and cool/cold weather!!  There are very limited plans in the works over the next few days - and I'll be off tomorrow and Friday, but will be back next week - thanks for stopping by, do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

Wrapping up the Week... Thrifting, Hallowe'en Branch and Chihuahua Friday Snap!!

Gentle Friends another Friday rolls around and I just can not wait for the weekend!!  The weather here in the City by the Bay has been really lovely the last few days... we had some rain and dampness Monday and Tuesday then it got warm and sunny and should stay that way through the weekend.  When I say warm, I'm talking mid 70's and breezy, perfect walking weather.

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Last weekend we did some thrifting and here's a snap of the things I couldn't leave behind....

There have been some great DVD finds lately, and last weekend was no different. The four I picked up were all over the place theme wise, the "Santa Clause 2" is a Christmas film I didn't have, "Ball of Fire" I picked up as it replaces a DVD I loaned out but never got back, "The Wedding Banquet" is a great film directed by Ang Lee, and I picked up the Carol Burnett disc because it has the show that they did a version  of "Gone With the Wind" and Carol wore that great dress.....

... The "Went With the Wind " parody was iconic and the scene with the dress is a show stopper!!  The two books I picked up of course are Christmas related.  I also found the great Camel ornament, a little hard to see but he's there in the middle of the picture.

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Here's an updated snap of Hallowe'en Branch...

.... it's coming along just fine without any more mis-stitches...  fingers crossed for the frogs to stay away!!

and.... I liked the idea of a Chi' Friday snap....  and here are some of the herd at the top of the stairs.....

I'm not sure were the Lollinator was but here are Smokie, The Peach and Whahumpi, or as they are more commonly known around the homestead as....  Mokie, Sweet P and Humpa.

That's about it for today sports fans.  Thanks for stopping by, do stop again!!  Have a super weekend!!

Take care,

edgar

A Little Stitchin'

Gentle Friends sorry to have not posted yesterday, but I was working on something for Nicola over at "Nicola's Scarlet Letter Year" SAL. 

Today I'll post a couple of things, first up will be the HOE Summer Exchange piece I made for Linda, and here's a snaperoo...

... it arrived safe and sound.  I made a little Pyn Keepe, called "Bird Tree" by The Goode Huswife.  I left off the little poem.  I stitched it on a piece of 36ct Vintage something, using the recommended DMC Floss.  It so reminds me of Summer, and you just can't beat the Goode Huswife for a super design.  I finished it off with some trim from Nancy over at Victorian Motto, and a little Mother of Pearl heart on top.  I loved the way it turned out and Linda liked it, so that's what counts!!

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Now, a little update on my Hallowe'en Branch...

....   I am really enjoying this piece more that I thought I would, just a totally fun piece to work on!!  I made an order for some different sized and coloured buttons so that when I get the stitching done I can add those.  This is sold as a kit, but I borrowed these charts and so I needed to find other buttons for finishing - lets hope they will work out when they arrive......

That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by, do stop again!!

Take care,

edgar

Chihuahua Friday Snaps

Gentle Friends, today is the first day of Summer, and the last day of the week, with only 131 days until Hallowe'en, 160 days until Thanksgiving and 186 days until Christmas - we or at least I can overlook the hot weather and look forward to cooler temps that come with the Fall.  Last night after straighting out my floss for Hallowe'en Branch, a who hound got a hold of all of it while we were at the pool, and i ended up with a giant rats nest of floss that took over and hour to get straight and back in order - I then stitched quite a bit on "the Branch, but ended up having to frog just about all that I did as Had used am incorrect shade of brown - that even I couldn't fudge - so no progress was made.

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I did however want to have some snaps today so I took some of the Who Hounds, or as they were better known last night as "the Floss Tanglers."

Here's The Peach in one of the cat beds we have, she like to have it  propped up against one of the dinning room chairs and with one of the blankets kind of like a nest.....

... here's Lolly, another "nester" she really likes the beige blanket, you can just see the pale bed and the little blue bed that the blankets are on....

... here's the Whahumpa or Humpi as he is know around the crazy farm, he really enjoys being snuggled up against our baseboard heater, I made a little nest under a chair out of the purple fuzzy afghan.  It's a toss up as to either Humpi or Lolly in this spot, baking, but they love the heat.....

 and then we have Smokie, he has started to sit in the "Massage chair" so I put a little blanket there for him.  This is the chair that has the shiatsu rolling, heated messager with neck massage - a little bit of heaven IMHO.

I also went back and added Links to yesterdays recipes - I totally forgot to do that when I was posting - whoops!!

That's about it for today sports fans, thanks for stopping by do stop again.

Take care,

edgar