Simple Sunday Pleasures ~

~ Happy Sunday Friends & Folk ~

I headed out early this morning to go shopping ~

in my GARDEN!

It's time to pick the ripe tomatoes…

is it just me, 

or do any of you LOVE the fresh smell of tomato leaves too?

low-acid yellow hybrid Beefsteak tomatoes

'Blue-boy' grape tomatoes

~ and ~

beautiful Roma plum tomatoes

~ also ~

 huge green peppers!

~ into my big pot they go…

to be stirred with my trusty-old wooden spoon ~

Oh my Stars the farmhouse smells heavenly!!

and don't worry, 

although I am cooking this homemade, garden-fresh sauce with all of the seeds for my family ~

I purchased a really good double-strainer for MY sauce!

 {{{{ no seeds for me }}}}

tomatoes, garlic, fresh onions, and fresh cilantro ~
homegrown basil & oregano too :)

here is Willie Nelson ~ standing in front of the herb garden…

{{{ he likes to drink rainwater from the small white iron birdbath on our patio }}}

caught ya Willie!

While the pot bubbles today I will be punching….

I am almost finished with this:

 I had room around the project 

so I drew up a few smaller designs for necklaces/pins ~

"use it up

wear it out

make it do

or do without"

~ such wise words to live by in such a disposable world we live in.

...do you not LOVE the colors of the Valdani pearl cottons in there?

such dimension and detail they lend to my work ~

** my 'Autumn from Notforgotten Farm' Valdani designer collection 

for these upcoming patterns is available in my Etsy shop ~

hey there little green-guy! ~
… he still needs his eyeballs ;)

I hope to be releasing the new Hallowe'en/Harvest designs this coming week ~

I am punching one more design for a total of three new cross stitch designs 

& three new punch needle designs for you ~

oh, almost forgot! we have two new thread wonders/floss holders coming too!

a Witch's Boot and a Tombstone!

I am also hoping to finish & offer another sliding needle box on Ebay this evening ~

We are so humbled at the response we've been getting for them !!!!

~ THANK YOU KINDLY ~

xoxoxoxoxoxox

Hoping you all have a peaceful & simple Sunday my friends!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~ 

 Lori