Just Playin'….

Happy February & Happy Superbowl Sunday

 ~ my friends & folk! ~

I love this month ~

the month of

L O V E 

and it's also my birth-month!

I love it's colors, cold and cozy-ness.

i love that when it's February,

that means Spring is not far off….

my needle & thread have been relaying my dreams of Spring in my handwork…

just playing on some scrap weavers cloth

with some neutral Guterman threads ~

I've subconsciously created a kind of 'spirit-cloth'

onto which my thoughts are stitched ~

I have much more to do on this, but here is my start….

next I'll add this little basket to the bottom of the last cartouche.

then stitch all kinds of wondrous ferns, vines, berries & flowers ~

perhaps a few feathered friends too ~

{my inspiration for this stitch-ling came from Christine Kelly

at www.gentlework.blogspot.com}

once the basket and stitching is finished,

I'll then bind this like a quilt using the cotton fabrics below ~

the 'green' one is actually a pale robins' egg blue…

oh! I think I'll stitch in a few nests & robins' eggs

tangled amongst the vines!

I love birds ~ of all shapes sizes and colors ~

I have collected feathers since I was little…

and we share our little farmhouse with

Peaches, our Sun Conure 

{Peach is a boy…don't ask}

and

Barbara, our little blue/white budgie/parakeet 

{Barbara is also a boy…again, don't ask}

we enjoy their daily chattering, chortling and mischief-making….

...here is what Mr. Peach does at night 

after we've covered him for the evening ~

he's chewed a big hole through the sheet which covers him, 

so he can keep an 'eye' on us while we enjoy our TV shows…

he's such a character.

at just 2 yrs old, Peach has strengthened his vocabulary to include:

"'night night'" when he wants to retire for the evening ~

"want some?" when we are eating, usually gets crazy for yogurt or a buttered raisin bagel ~

"hello" when the phone rings or if you walk by him without acknowledging him ~

and

"morning" when his cover is lifted from his cage.

Peach also 'talks' to himself, in a maniacal animated voice, 

~ which is then followed by an even more insane laughter…

...like he has just told him self the most entertaining joke.

we should all be so happy!!

Have a beautiful & peaceful Sunday ~

Go NEW ENGLAND!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori