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Year of Projects: Week 46

     I made some progress on my Holden shawl this past week.  I completed another 1 and a half repeats of the lace pattern.  I've run myself out of another bead mix as well.  The rows are starting to get pretty long now.



     I got my front flower bed mulched in between rain storms.  It's been raining here alot and is supposed to continue this coming week.  I got a few things washed up yesterday.  I ended up with three bags in my yarn allotment from Grandma's house.  I washed up two of them.

     This one was either sewn by my grandmother or one of my aunts.  Its just a simple tote bag, but it will hold my current WIP project bags.  The other one I got washed up is a Thirty One bag.  I have a different style in this same print.  The handles are broken so my aunt had it in the trash but I rescued it.  Its in pristine condition other than the handles.  I'm going to either use it in my craft closet as is, or sew on new webbing handles.

     

     We went over to my parents today.  My son and I went down on the flats.  (The flood plain around the Black River.)  We were walking down to meet up with my parents and my daughter who were on a Gator ride.  Ronon had decided he wanted to go after all once they left, of course.  We had fun though walking along the tractor path looking at goose and deer foot prints and tossing branches and rocks into the river and ditches.  Most of the land has been converted back into a wetland.  It wasn't really great for farming since the river commonly would rise and drown out crops midseason on rainy years.  Lots of wildlife moved into the wetlands after they were installed including a few bald eagles.  I got to see one of them today.


Happy Mother's Day everyone.  Hope you all had a nice day.  Until later.  Happy crafting.

-Q




  

 

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  1. MaureenHDMay 12, 2024 at 9:51 PM

    I got to see my first bald eagle just last month. It was really neat. They are big birds! How fun to get to use project bags that were made by your family. I agree. I'd just replace the handles. The fabric is perfect for a yarn project. Hope you had a wonderful day.

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