Sunday Morning Musings ~

Good Morning

~ Friends & Folk! ~

I had such nice responses & comments to my posting yesterday 

 ~ regarding wool appliqué & Rebekah's new book!

I'm so happy everyone feels the same as I do

... in loving working with wool, needle & thread :)

This time of year, with shows just around the corner,

my sewing room 

{read: living room, dining room…oh heck the whole farmhouse}

… is a wreck.

my usual 'helper' has been by my side

and under my feet as a cat with a mission usually is.

Iggy loves wool & threads just as much as I do.

he waits patiently {or so} for a scrap of wool or a snippet of thread to hit the floor,

then he tears around the room with it like a maniac

until he tires and comes right back to his spot under the old sewing table.

gotta love ya Ig. 

and yes, you are a handsome nutcase.

Last night was the Super Sturgeon Moon ~

Peter & I headed outside to see her rise…she was beautiful as always.

here she is shining through our black walnut trees over the barn:

just a beautiful sight.

our humble farmhouse at night ~ 

when the moon came out, so did my toads ~

in case you didn't know,

I love toads.

garden toads.

red ones, green ones.

fat toads & tiny toads too ~ tree frogs and bullfrogs are nice too.

but I am smitten with the garden toads that live here with us!

here's a tiny little brown-spotted fellow….

tiny little toad-hiney in the palm of my hand.

… and a plump copper-y eyed toad friend, below.

they come to the patio where the porch lights are 

and wait for the moths & beetles to come in for a landing…then: Sluuuurp!

~ another bug bites the dust.

;)

" Ma'am? can you put me down now?…"

in between moon-watching & toad-catching 

I am working on a few projects for my September 1st's offerings on

Early Work Mercantile

I'm so happy to join back with my friend 

Tina {The Burlap Owl} at her wonderful primitive co-op website!!

I hope you can join me 

and all of the wonderfully-talented Artisans on the 1st & 15th of each month…

and here is a preview of my work in progress:

a combination of cross stitch & wool appliqué of course ;)

the pumpkin at the very top 

will receive more embellishment with my Valdani threads ~

Today will be a quiet, but productive one…

I'll make yet another huge pot of garden tomato sauce {no seeds for me!}

~ then sweep & dust this old farmhouse a little.

… only then can I settle in to my stitching chair 

for a little stitching, punching, hooking & sewing to my hearts' content...

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

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori