Simple Sunday Pleasures ~

Hoping you are all enjoying this most loverly weather 

that we're having here in Virginia…

perfect weather it is ~ 

...if it would stay this way all year long I would be one happy farmwife!

we love to be outside here at the farm ~ in any weather,

but especially on a beautiful June morning.

We had our breakfast on the porch again…

{fresh hen eggs, sunny-side up of course!}

and bagels with fresh raspberry jam.

I was snapping some photos and found this little bumbler-bee sleeping on my flag:

good morning!

 I love when the bees are still sleepy in the mornings ~

before they begin their miles of flights to gather pollen…

Zzzzz…..

Lazy was still groggy too…

but a little kibble and a short walk woke him up ~

We are in the process of looking for 'someone' to adopt to help Lazy here at the farm…

…to be his 'assistant' and friend.

our good boy

 I cannot step outside without Iggy following my moves through every window or door ~

he is strictly an indoor cat and hates when I leave him even for a minute...

stalker.

... here he is in the dining room windowsill…

mom?

our gardens are doing beautifully after such a hard winter,

just look at these friendly little faces :)

H A P P Y 

 and I put one of my tiny terrariums 

on my little red child's rocker on the porch…

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... not sure what the plant is, baby's tears perhaps?

added a seashell collected on one of my trips cup home in Connecticut

 I put some faux geraniums in this long basket on the porch wall near our rockers…

it's a nice quiet place to sit…

and I chose a couple of thread colors for another project 

that I'm stitching for my upcoming shows ~

I am working still on MY sampler ~ but

in-between charting new Hallowe'en/Harvest designs for cross stitch 

and a few new punch needle designs as well….

the fabric is my hand dyed Cupboard Cloth (osnaburg)
and I will freehand cross stitch on it for this project….

I chose browns & greys for this stitch ~

simple subdued colors

I should be finished with this one this evening,

so I'll share photos of it tomorrow…

my favorite scissors

Charlie will be here today for his Sunday supper ~

home made spaghetti sauce with fresh garden basil & oregano

tomato & mozzarella salad drizzled with herbed olive oil

fresh black olive bread

cranberry shortbread & chocolate ice cream

hoping you all enjoy a peaceful day my friends!

* Blessed be * 

Lori