THE Gift..........

MY Niece's Fiance surprised her with a 79 Corvette the night before their wedding....the pictures say it all....



Is it mine?????? she asks....

More trip

Later that same day...Sunset.....and rain..we drove thru a major storm Wednesday night...we drove straight thru and arrived early in the morning...

Wisconsin or bust!

On our way to wisconcin for the wedding of our niece...

and......Socks of summer also starts today so here I am starting my FIRST sock for it...it also is my Blue Project Spectrum for June project.......

Family Portait

About 2 months ago my good friend Joan( who also happens to be a professional photograhper) offered to take our Family Portait as a Birthday Gift to me....well...they are finally done and they were definately worth the wait!!!
and here are a few she took of Rae and her boyfriend Joe




( they're still in that 'lovey dovey" stage..LOL)

this n' that

Here's a sprinkling of stuff happening on the homestead..Dishcloths...for the Dishclothalong... An Afghan for My neice's Wedding gift... I've been making one for each of my neices as they've gotten married so it's come to be expected now...( the dishcloths are for her too) I hope she likes it...I'm not sure what her color preferences were so I'm hoping the colors are ok...and my 'blue " Stash for Project Spectrum



and there's my first attempt at spinning my own yarn!! I mentioned earlier that a nice woman online had offered to send me a drop spindle and some fleece..and I just got it!! she even sent me some 'colored" fleece.....and it's BLUE....LOL
and then there's Brad weedwhacking the ayrd...and finally today's bounty from the garden...cucumbers and green peppers...the thyme of course is from the grocers...LOL..but I DO have parsley, dill, basil and chives in my garden..





and more bounty from today's garden....peas....beans ( green and wax)carrots and beets and sweet corn

Yummmmmmmm.................

A Day at the Beach

Today was the first day of summer vacation for Britt so I took the girls to the Beach....

we had a great day....the water was wonderful and we all got a smidgen of tan..well..Rae is ALWAYS tan..LOL


there was an Art Fair on the boardwalk that we checked out and then got dinner from one of the vendors on the boardwalk...and had a picnic

A gift....just because..........

I made this shawl for my friend Joan because.... well...she's my friend and I like her..LOL

Maggii Attemps Domesticity

Ha Ha ha.....every once in a blue Moon...
I get an itch to be all Suzy Homemakerish ...this was my latest Domestic pursuit....LOL

Rudees

Brad and I recieved a Gift Certificate for Rudees on the Inlet about a year ago...we finally used it( the day it expired...LOL) Rudees is a pretty popular restaurant in Va Beach....I had never been though....lived here for 10 years and never been to Rudees...Brad had though.....hmmmnn..must have take his girlfiend??? Nahhh LOL...
one of his commands used to go there a lot for Hail and Farewell lunches

Real Women Eat Quiche

mmmnnn...yummm


.....this quiche was made for us by a really nice woman from our church....we gave her fiance our old RV...
we wanted to get rid of it( we just never use use it anymore)...actually we WERE going to give it to my brother Bruce...but ..well.....he's not going to need it anymore.. :( the guy we gave it to has a big parcel of land that he's building a log cabin on...and was living in a small Winnebago...our RV was 35 ft. and quite spacious....so we offered it to him..in return he has brought us 4 loads of gravel for our driveway and his fiance has been bringing by quiches...LOL.....they are delish!

more blue

Here's some 'blue' from around the house......................



Friday morning breakfast.....Zingers and Coffee...
My turquoise pots and pans....don't look tooo closely at all the smoke and greasemarks....try as a might, I just seem to get it all off without ruining the turquoise finish......a small canister and salt and pepper shakers hubby brought back from one of his trips to Amsterdam....and then two shots of my entry way hall and staircase...I absolutley LOVE the dk. blue of my entry .......it's just too cool for words.....I love walking into my home and seeing all that deep lucsious blue...and recently DH painted the aqua blue upstairs and I LOVE how it offsets the deep blue....it makes me happy everytime I walk into the house...

PS Blue for Breakfast

This mornings Breakfast..I decided to bring out the 'blue" dishes in honor of Project Spectrum...this is kindof fun...it's brings out an new elelment to my everyday living...I look for ways to incorporate blue into my day...............................................................and it's interesting because I never really cared much for blue until recently.......lately it's one of my favorite colors....especially aqua and turquoise type blues....as you could see in one of my pics from the other day I have turquoise pots and pans....I LOOOOOVVVVEEEEE them!! I've been incorporating a lot of blue into my decor....I remmber the days of 'country blue" with 'ducks'...back in the 80's....oh how I HATED that look and vowed I'd NEVER decorate with blue..LOL

In the Garden Today

Here's Our Garden........

and here's todays bounty...peas ...beans....and beets.....the peas were added to a pasta salad and the beans and beets were boiled and eaten on the side......yummmmm.....MIL makes the best canned beets.......I plan to get the recipe and directions from her when we go up to Wisconisn for my Niece's wedding

Blue Inspiration

Last Sunday's WR

here is a blurry pic of my refashioned jean shorts I wore on sunday....I didn't get a good pic of the shirt I wore...it was very frilly.....lots of ruffles on the front...

Day 6

so far so good.......I was tempted yesterday and almost gave in .....but I stuck to my guns......Sunday I cut the legs of an old pair of jeans a couple inches below the knees..and rolled them up just above the knees....and wore them to a Church Picnic..with a black ruffled blouse and black ballet flats.....they looked cute....and they're versatile...I can wear them rolled up for long shorts or down for capris.....

No blue to show yet for Project Spectrum.....did take some pics I need to upload......

I made a few dishclothes last week and the week before....need to make one this week.....I'll probably make a 'blue" one.....to fit in with Project Spectrum...I think I'll even make it the knitted BallBand dishcloth from the Mason/Dixon book I just got, since I joined THAT KAL as well...LOL

Can't wait for the Summer of Socks to Officially start......I REALLY want to start a pair of socks, but I'm waiting for the "Offical Start" as I'm taking part in the "Most Socks" contest...and I can't count any socks started before the 21st...My first pair will probably be 'blue" for Project Spectrum..LOL

In other news..... a lady I know Online offered to send me a Drop spindle and some roving so I can learn to spin!!! I have sooo wanted to learn...I keep putting off just buying a spindle....chickening out.....but since she's offered to give me one I figure maybe this is the catalyst I need.....

Great progress on the lace dress I'm crocheting for the wedding...I'm almost done!!

Posted in BLUE for Project Spectrum!

Wardrobe Refashion Day 2

Well so far so good..LOL....no new clothes shopping for me so far..of course it's only been TWO days...LOL...of course if you knew me...I mean REALLY knew me...you'd know that it IS a BIG DEAL....

I started on a crocheted dress for a Wedding I'm attending in late June...the 24th actually..my niece is getting married the day before my 23rd Wedding anniversary...

I got a pretty good start on the dress and so far it's looking really nice....

Oops I Did it again........

I joined another group......Project Spectrum.....this seems like a nice easy going, no pressure one, though..I just have to make Blue themed things for the month of June.....then in July I'll have to make purple themed stuff....then neutral themed for August...I'm coming in a bit late on this one...I already missed March , April, and May...