Summer Fun

Happy weekend all. I've had this week off during the Canada Day and American 4th of July.

Honey and I went to Toronto and Niagara Falls area for a few days.

Of course a road trip meant I got to do some crochet.

I also started some bunting triangles this week.

And finished my starflower mandala.

Nice to finish a project.

And as for the trip.

CN Tower

 Distillery District restored in Toronto with shops and restaurants.

And we went to the Ripley's Aquarium

And Niagara. Always lots to do and see here.

Happy Weekend all!!

Summer's Here

Happy first day of summer to those who live in the northern hemisphere. It's a lovely sunny day here.

I have almost completed my starflower mandala.  I am half way on the last row.  It will need some blocking for sure.  

My rose bushes I planted in May now have lovely blooms.

And for this warmer weather I went out last weekend and got my hair cut off.

Usually I've had bob or almost to shoulder length.  But, I have such 

thick hair that it is so hot in the summer.

The other half is not a fan of shorter hair but oh well.  

It's a bit easier to take care of as well.

Happy weekend and first day of summer all!!

Summer Joys

Happy weekend all!  It was a long week. I managed to get a few more rows in on my mandala.  I think there is only a few more to go, borders. It's definitely going to need blocking.

I have finished another row on this WIP.  You know one of those projects you set aside. 

I was organizing my yarn bin and sat and finished the yellow row while down in my craft area.

It's been harder to focus on crafting, especially sewing when it's so nice out.  The super hot

weather is still to come, which I am not a fan of, so I've enjoyed the perfect 70-80 degree weather

while I can.  Sewing can be for rainy days. 

So I did something daring and decided to go shorter in hair style.  It's been over a decade 

I've had shoulder length or longer hair.  As men seem to prefer.  With hot weather, no

air conditioning in my car and when you're slightly over weight you tend to get hot

very easily, I decided to do a shorter do.

I forgot to share with you crocheters a fun t-shirt I came across

on the net that I had to order.  It's from Teespring. 

Last weekend we had a local festival that we went to.  I made a collage pic

from it.  It was again perfect weather for it as well. I got the little green owl

in top corner for my garden. 

And lastly, my rose bushes I planted a month ago have bloomed.  

Well have a wonderful weekend all!

Glorious Days

The weather has been so nice lately it's distracting me from crochet. But I have managed a few more rows on my mandala.

This week we had a bit of a scare with our cat.  Our baby suck.

The vet say it's IBS-Irritable Bowel Syndrome.  He was put on a new medicine and it 

wasn't making him improve.  He would be listless the day I gave it to him and bounce 

back the day after.  But early week he didn't.  He wasn't eating or drinking and not 

making it to the litter box.  We took him in to the 24 hour vet. More blood work, at 

least it came back his kidneys were ok, which my honey was worried about. 

Long story short, he's on an antibiotic and back on his steroid for the IBS.

His appetite is back and he's drinking on his own. 

I stopped in a local quilting shop that was having an open house. It made me giddy looking

at all the colourful fabrics. Sample quilts and other projects were hung.  They sold quilting packs of fabrics pre-cut as well as fat quarters, which I couldn't resist getting a few.

Even received a goodie bag that had a fat quarter in as well.

I may just have to sign up for a class.

Went by the nature park yesterday and spotted these rarely seen birds.

And on my bike ride this week, spotted a few families of geese.

Happy weekend all!!

Mourning

This week, while on a lovely bike ride, I brought a crochet project with me in my bike basket.  Three quarters of the way I stopped to do some crochet and 

realized my favourite crochet hook (seen below) had bounced it's

way out of the basket.  My heart sank. I backed tracked the whole route

with no luck.  It's not that I cannot replace it but still... RIP 4.5MM

Have you ever lost your favourite crochet hook?

I've been working on the Starflower Mandala by Moogly. 

A bit of a stash buster.  I'm using my cottons for this.

This was the project I brought along on my bike.

I got a bell for my bike as well.  Pink of course.  I'm 

still working on my pink bicycle seat cover.  With the nice weather 

we've been having I'm had serious procrastination on crochet. That

or I'm losing some of my crochet mojo.   I know, never, but I guess

one needs to take a break to find it again.

Happy Weekend All!

Slow Progress

My mood blanket is coming along.  I decided it was only going to be lap blanket size so

I started on the border. I'll keep going with various colours used on the squares.   

And slow progress on my ripple.  I mainly keep this project in my car to work

on while waiting for anything or lunch break at work.

I signed up for this site, Influenster. Influenster is a community of trendsetters, social media masterminds, and educated consumers who live to give opinions of products and experiences.  This product was received for

complimentary testing purposes from Influenster.

So this kit was my first package to review.  It's a quick way to give yourself a manicure.

They are pre-glued and all you do is peel back the tab and press on your nails.

Of course your nails have to be clean and bare.  I have bigger hands however and found

there wasn't enough  bigger sizes to cover my thumbs fully. It's now day 2 wearing them and

they are supposed to last up to a week.

Anyway, have a great weekend all!!

Distractions

 

Happy Mother's Day weekend ladies!! The only crochet I've been managing of late is working on

the border of my squares blanket.  It's about baby/lap size.  I may just keep going with border to make

it a bit bigger. 

 

I received my second Cath Kidston item this week.  It's so cute.  I love this purse.

It goes with my coin purse as well.

 

This game here has been my distraction from crochet.

Well, more like addiction.  It's the tablet smartphone version

from the one on Facebook.

 

 

But another distraction is the gorgeous weather. We got some

flowers and rose bushes this year. Usually we don't do much

with gardens and flowers.  But it's a nice change.

 

Two rose bushes in our back yard.

And this rail planter for the deck with a nice assortment

of colour.  I especially love the Dahlia's in the middle.

 

Happy weekend everyone!