Wordless Wednesday





A Blackbird Designs Cross Stitch Break

I can be somewhat of a workaholic.  I work myself sick and push myself so hard,
 then I crash and can go no further. 
When I get tired, I get weepy and mournful. 
I start missing my daughter or my dad, or Texas...
 just whatever my heart feels is worth a wallow. 

 

I couldn't take another minute of it today.  I snapped at 11:00 AM.  Shed a few little tears.  Went outside and laid out in the sun for some "light therapy" and vitamin D. 

 

 I came inside and pulled out a lovely work in progress. 

 

I love Blackbird Designs and wish I had the time to work
every single one of their cross stitch patterns.

I would wallpaper my whole house with them. 
(Love their fabric too).
 

I'm currently working on Anniversaries of the Heart, Pattern 5. 
 

 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...........my soul sighs cheerfully and feels mended.  It's just what my afternoon needed.  I needed to rest my busy mind and back, meditate and pray for cancer filled loved ones, count my blessings....
concentrate on anything but work!!   

Sewing is healing.  I feel as if I received a Vitamin B shot today. 

Now it's off to an early bed for me.  It starts all over again tomorrow. 

 

Do you need an afternoon vacation? 

What do you do when you snap?

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Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.”  

~W.S. Merwin~

 

 

Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark,
or most in the dark,

but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery. ” 

 ~Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter~

 

“Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery”

~Sappho~

 

 

To sew is to pray. Men don't understand this. They see the whole but they don't see the stitches. They don't see the speech of the creator in the work of the needle. We mend. We women turn things inside out and set things right. We salvage what we can of human garments and piece the rest into blankets. Sometimes our stitches stutter and slow. Only a woman's eyes can tell. Other times, the tension in the stitches might be too tight because of tears, but only we know what emotion went into the making. Only women can hear the prayer.”

~Louise Erdrich, Four Souls~

 

 

Thank you to my son who took the photos for me.  Such a SWEET young man.

 

Blessings, PEACE and favor to all of you.

(((group hug)))

 

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Dear Watson felt sorry for mama today. 

Nothing is better than sewing and kitten cuddles.

Sharing with these SWEET places
Elizabeth and Co. ~ Be Inspired
Far Above Rubies ~ Domestically Divine Tuesday

I can be somewhat of a workaholic.  I work myself sick and push myself so hard,
 then I crash and can go no further. 
When I get tired, I get weepy and mournful. 
I start missing my daughter or my dad, or Texas...
 just whatever my heart feels is worth a wallow. 

 

I couldn't take another minute of it today.  I snapped at 11:00 AM.  Shed a few little tears.  Went outside and laid out in the sun for some "light therapy" and vitamin D. 

 

 I came inside and pulled out a lovely work in progress. 

 

I love Blackbird Designs and wish I had the time to work
every single one of their cross stitch patterns.

I would wallpaper my whole house with them. 
(Love their fabric too).
 

I'm currently working on Anniversaries of the Heart, Pattern 5. 
 

 

Ahhhhhhhhhhhh...........my soul sighs cheerfully and feels mended.  It's just what my afternoon needed.  I needed to rest my busy mind and back, meditate and pray for cancer filled loved ones, count my blessings....
concentrate on anything but work!!   

Sewing is healing.  I feel as if I received a Vitamin B shot today. 

Now it's off to an early bed for me.  It starts all over again tomorrow. 

 

Do you need an afternoon vacation? 

What do you do when you snap?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Your absence has gone through me
Like thread through a needle.
Everything I do is stitched with its color.”  

~W.S. Merwin~

 

 

Love is what carries you, for it is always there, even in the dark,
or most in the dark,

but shining out at times like gold stitches in a piece of embroidery. ” 

 ~Wendell Berry, Hannah Coulter~

 

“Now the Earth with many flowers puts on her spring embroidery”

~Sappho~

 

 

To sew is to pray. Men don't understand this. They see the whole but they don't see the stitches. They don't see the speech of the creator in the work of the needle. We mend. We women turn things inside out and set things right. We salvage what we can of human garments and piece the rest into blankets. Sometimes our stitches stutter and slow. Only a woman's eyes can tell. Other times, the tension in the stitches might be too tight because of tears, but only we know what emotion went into the making. Only women can hear the prayer.”

~Louise Erdrich, Four Souls~

 

 

Thank you to my son who took the photos for me.  Such a SWEET young man.

 

Blessings, PEACE and favor to all of you.

(((group hug)))

 

**********************************************************************************

 

Dear Watson felt sorry for mama today. 

Nothing is better than sewing and kitten cuddles.

Sharing with these SWEET places
Elizabeth and Co. ~ Be Inspired
Far Above Rubies ~ Domestically Divine Tuesday

Yummy Spring Thrift Store Finds

I. Love. These. Birds.  !!!!  From Japan

Milk Glass Candlestick

(and my Gnome's name is Sue.  Johnny Cash called it)

Beautiful red glass votive and vintage party forks

(These vintage party things and votives both sell real well, if you're in the "business")

I've been buying up vintage cross stitches for years. 

I have no need for this, but it was cool. 

I had never seen it before.  1969, Moon landing. 

I don't know how to crewel, but I can't leave birds just sitting there. 

I'll either teach myself how to do it, or sell it.  :) 

Mustard Bag.  Pshaawwww......  I win! 

Actually, my daughter's is better (she found one in Texas),

but I am happy to have my own. 

I LOVE HER.  Sweet little thing. 

Another Homer Laughlin-esque vase and a vintage

Asian theme cross stitched table cloth. 

I love jars with the original lable still attached. 

Ohhhhhhh Charlie.....I love his eyes brows.  He is a candlestick.  Just love this guy. 

Oh, and Bambi. 

My kids are grown.  I don't know why these dumb little figurines call out to me. 

Buy me!  Buy me!! 

 

Well, that's all for this week. 

Hope your week was just as fun in the great treasure hunt of life!. 

 

Sharing with these SWEET Thrifty Peoples:

Thriftasaurus ~ Sir Thrift A Lot

The Cottage Market ~ Junkin' Joe Vintage and Thrifty Finds

The Nifty Thrifty ~ A Living Space

Elizabeth and Co ~ Be Inspired

 Young Heart ~ Thrifted

 

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YEEEHAWWWW...Bambi caught a ride on Dear Watson's Tail. 

 

 

~The End~

I. Love. These. Birds.  !!!!  From Japan

Milk Glass Candlestick

(and my Gnome's name is Sue.  Johnny Cash called it)

Beautiful red glass votive and vintage party forks

(These vintage party things and votives both sell real well, if you're in the "business")

I've been buying up vintage cross stitches for years. 

I have no need for this, but it was cool. 

I had never seen it before.  1969, Moon landing. 

I don't know how to crewel, but I can't leave birds just sitting there. 

I'll either teach myself how to do it, or sell it.  :) 

Mustard Bag.  Pshaawwww......  I win! 

Actually, my daughter's is better (she found one in Texas),

but I am happy to have my own. 

I LOVE HER.  Sweet little thing. 

Another Homer Laughlin-esque vase and a vintage

Asian theme cross stitched table cloth. 

I love jars with the original lable still attached. 

Ohhhhhhh Charlie.....I love his eyes brows.  He is a candlestick.  Just love this guy. 

Oh, and Bambi. 

My kids are grown.  I don't know why these dumb little figurines call out to me. 

Buy me!  Buy me!! 

 

Well, that's all for this week. 

Hope your week was just as fun in the great treasure hunt of life!. 

 

Sharing with these SWEET Thrifty Peoples:

Thriftasaurus ~ Sir Thrift A Lot

The Cottage Market ~ Junkin' Joe Vintage and Thrifty Finds

The Nifty Thrifty ~ A Living Space

Elizabeth and Co ~ Be Inspired

 Young Heart ~ Thrifted

 

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YEEEHAWWWW...Bambi caught a ride on Dear Watson's Tail. 

 

 

~The End~

Hot Air Balloons in Florida ~ *clicks heels*

We are way out in the country. 

They launch hot air balloons in the pasture behind our house. 

Literally, our back yard. 

There have been times when the balloons are so low,

they touch the tops of our trees. 

I guess hot air balloon season is upon us. 

I see them out there all the time now. 

 

Have you ever been in a hot air balloon? 

I have not.

Let's go!!

 

The quotes below are by Frank Baum, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  Of Course!!

 

“If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.”

 

“Everything you were looking for was right there with you all along.”

 

"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?” 

 

Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.”

 

 

“People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.” 

 

 

Blessings to you all.

Choose Joy.

 

Sharing with:

Pret a Vivre ~ Ready to Waltz

The View From Right Here ~ Weekly Top Shot

 

**********************************************************************************

 

Pooh and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,

ended on a high note last night with Bambi on his back. 

I'm not sure how much more he can take. 

Poor Pooh.

He said he hated me but took it back real fast out of guilt. 

 

~The End~

We are way out in the country. 

They launch hot air balloons in the pasture behind our house. 

Literally, our back yard. 

There have been times when the balloons are so low,

they touch the tops of our trees. 

I guess hot air balloon season is upon us. 

I see them out there all the time now. 

 

Have you ever been in a hot air balloon? 

I have not.

Let's go!!

 

The quotes below are by Frank Baum, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.  Of Course!!

 

“If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.”

 

“Everything you were looking for was right there with you all along.”

 

"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't you think?” 

 

Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.”

 

 

“People would rather live in homes regardless of its grayness. There is no place like home.” 

 

 

Blessings to you all.

Choose Joy.

 

Sharing with:

Pret a Vivre ~ Ready to Waltz

The View From Right Here ~ Weekly Top Shot

 

**********************************************************************************

 

Pooh and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,

ended on a high note last night with Bambi on his back. 

I'm not sure how much more he can take. 

Poor Pooh.

He said he hated me but took it back real fast out of guilt. 

 

~The End~