JULY

Well here we are , almost the end of July . It's been so hot to do anything .

It takes  allot longer to do any work or even your hobbies .

So not much work done here . keeping the garden alive is hard and the lawns are so brown , we pick up the rose petals at dusk. Do any garden jobs then or early morning . The garden is coming alive now with butterflies , but very few bees this year. we are keeping the water pools full for the birds.

Stitching not good, I am trying, but it's  to sticky . I am still clearing out my craft rooms . Trouble is I make a start then stop . and start making cards !  Yesterday and today I am tiding all my threads into groups . in trays . It's so hot midday you can't do anything .

So we have had a rest this Summer, we don't like doing nothing we like to keep active , Hubby has mended a few items , that have waited  for years to be mended.

So how are you all coping with this very hot weather ?  

I will leave you with some pictures , I have stitched , but I have  not done any finishing . hoping to in the Autumn.

      This is just a small stitch I got to stitch , so hard to stitch when it is so hot 

    

I did finish a lovely puzzle  

It took me weeks to do but loved it.

And then the garden , trying to keep the plants alive has been hard work this year . So I will leave you  now , to  enjoy your walk through the garden  . 

     We will be having more hot weather on the way  no rain for weeks 

Water is getting short again so I am watering garden with cold tea .

And washing water , plants are hanging on but the lawn looks dead.

Take care all and keep safe.

JUNE.

 We are  now  well into  the month of June already .

The last 6 months went past me so quick 

And we have lost the beautiful sunny hot days and we are now having our fair share of rain, good for the garden thou.

But oh how I miss the sunshine . Never mind I am sure it will be back.   

                              Its back BIG TIME 

 It's back  just to hot now can't sleep . To hot to do any thing  we can't even sleep .

I am having to wear sun glasses now, my eyes don't like the brightness yet,

I was planning to stitch way more this year but time is so short so not so easy, but I try and get a few stitches in each day if I can .

It is so relaxing to stitch I still love to pick up a needle .

I have many hobbies but cross stitch is my all time best . 

Now be are 6 months into the year that past by so quick for me , another 6 months will be Christmas ! So is it time to start stitching 

For Christmas !  I think I will add some Christmas stitching in the Mix.  I had the dentist yesterday and the well woman appointment in the afternoon , all good so that, is out of the way. 

I finished my Spring flowers and on to my next project .

I have also been cleaning my big craft room out another area to do then I can get back to more stitching . I have given bags of goodies to the knit and natter group. I never knew how much I had in there over  the years it build up , also its hard to let it go. The puzzle I am doing is way to hard and I am still working to put 5 parts in every day .

There are over a thousand parts so its getting bigger and bigger.

Today another hot one , and its only early. 

And now it's so hot we can't do any thing !!!

So I thought I would put a post on .

I have been so slow at stitching this month.

Thank you for my lovely Birthday cards which were  so many.

I am still having trouble putting them on my PC so will try to get a few photos on here .

                    Thank you ,Jutta love every thing .

 

  Thank you Gabi , again I love both thank you.

   Thank you  Erna  love your card but my PC will not let me put it the right way up '

My PC is still playing me up it won't let me do many things on here any more . I will be looking out for an Apple Mac soon. I loved my old one.

 

I did get this one stitched for last Spring it's now Summer !

Below is an older one of my old ones to show 

 

I will leave you with some flowers in the garden , before I melt away.

   

 

 

                     

Enjoy your  Summer weeks , until it gets cooler I think I will .

            Stay inside . To hot to stitch Knit or even cook .

Take care , keep cool and drink plenty of water.

Beautiful May .

Beautiful May,  

I love May , all the flowers are coming into bloom and the weather is getting much warmer even hot . I love walking into the garden every day to see what new blooms we have. The roses this year are fantastic and the fragrance is wonderful.

The downside is going to lots of appointments dentist , well woman  and covid injections , which I had but was so ill the day after .

A little less sewing time but will pick that up soon , and I am hoping to get more finishing done . I spent time with a friend over coffee .

Then met Hubby for lunch and a little shopping.

We have almost planted  the tubs in the garden . I love watching the birds playing in the water feature , and seeing some lovely butterflies. What could be better. 

Well It's getting a little to hot to stitch now , we are having a heat wave . So I will show some older stitching , with what I am stitching on at the moment that some of you have not seen before .

I found this one above in a Cross stitch mag , so should have it finished soon. 

And the one below I stitched ages ago .I am still having a few PC issues with my photos .

 Here it has been very hot for some time , so I am enjoying the weather.

 

  

 

                  Have a great week and enjoy .

 

 

MAY

 MAY .

I just love this month , the garden starts to come in full bloom even thou I had roses out in April .  We had a very mild winter no snow, a few morning frosts , but lots of rain so many rainy days. We are changing parts of the garden , to make life a bit more easy.

I have been sorting out my outside craft room , what a job it is so many large books sewing things stamps I have collected over a few years , but I know most of these are going to my friends at the knitting and sewing club to make money for charity . It's a good feeling to let them go now. I have enjoyed them for many years . I will keep back about 10 of them  . So that's a good start to my clearing out . 

The last weeks we have also had some lovely sunny days , really hot now it's cold again.

You really can't plan things .but we have had a very mild winter .

My Daughter has a new rabbit called Bucks Fiz, So I thought I would stitch her a rabbit . 

This one is from the collection Tralala.by Corinne Rigaudeau /

 

                               Not sure yet how to finish it .

 Oh it's been one of those weeks , what with well woman tests and Covid jabs , and blood testing , my arms still hurt .

The flowers  this year have been beautiful again .

We have still not planted  all the plants out , but there as been a lovely show already  ,

Well enjoy your week  , we need to make the best of our time and enjoy what ever we love doing . 

 

Summer days.

Yes we are having some beautiful summer days . 

The last week was a good week .

I have been working on a few projects this week. I broke all my plans on my stitching like I do every year. I am not so good at making plans.

Some days I stitch on large projects and other days on smaller ones.

I do kit out bags of stitching up so I can put my hand in the bag and pull out a new stitch. So when you start to get fed up in what you are stitching ,  I pull out a new stitch to add with my others , this works for me .

I have spent many hours outside the last week , there have been many types of birds and butterflies a couple of ladybirds . and I have been busy in my outside craft room sorting , 

The garden is alive with flowers even rose buds are ready to break out , so early this year .

I have also gone puzzle mad , so I have just finished a really large one of a 1,000 pieces  of Italy.

I find it so relaxing for the mind.

Well a new week ahead of us . 

We  will be planning out our Summer planting , almost ready to put in our bedding plants very soon. Enjoy your lovely Spring .

The stich below is some thing I wanted to stitch for a long time. 

But I don't have the name of the chart , it must have been in a Magazine some time ago and I just took the chart out 

                          

                                       Loved this puzzle .

                                               

                                Enjoy the flowers of my garden .

 

 

I am still having PC problems and with my photos  . sill trying to fix it , but it's not perfect .

Enjoy a beautiful week .