With daisies
Summer afternoons in Maine. The daisies are blooming near the deck. They look beautiful for a few weeks. My quilt top is progressing. To manage the size a little better, I’m going to stitch...
Category: seasons
Heat
We are dealing with the heat over the past two days. We’ve been walking early in the morning. It’s tolerable. Then breakfast, then watering the garden. There’s a shipwreck in the photo. Actually a...
Snow day in Bangor
A big day yesterday. Sam had to have hand surgery to fix a contracture of two of his fingers and his thumb. His surgery was scheduled for April 4 and it wasn’t really feasible...
Finishing, stopping, going
I finished the third crewel piece. I’m thinking back to the winter day in January when I began these. I really didn’t know what I was doing. I am not used to stitching with...
Precipitation
Interesting day. Different types of frozen or liquid water fell on and off all day. We tried to take a walk during a clear patch but ended up in another snow squall. Yes, it’s...
New growth
Today is the spring equinox! Time for a hoophouse update. Yes, there are living plants in there that were planted last fall and overwintered. I don’t want to jinx it. A lot could still...
Reading spring
I’ve made up a game to help get through March. It’s a game with myself to identify the earliest signs of spring, even when there seem to be no signs. The main one I’ve...