~ Healing Stitches ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

well, the preliminary blood tests have come back inconclusive.

really not what I had hoped for, but it's something anyhow.

I have another appointment to see another dr. and am hoping for more thorough testing and results.

I am pretty sure it is tick-bite related as I have been having 'normal' symptoms of Lyme's but also

not-so 'normal' signs of other strains. 

… and So we hurry up & wait.

in the meantime again, I am resting as much as I can

 {or as much as Peter can make me rest}

... I'm sure by now you've guessed I am type-A and am never still or idle ~

so it's hard to keep me down when I don't want to be!

I thank you all for your continued positive thoughts and well-wishes!

I have been stitching, of course.

I can only focus though on doing my free-hand cross stitching…

my brain won't let me focus on much more right now, 

~ so this works at the moment to keep me from going nuts.

this is my little friend, 

Good Witch Mary ~ she finds her way into my work often!

I enjoy this look…

a scattered & naively stitched look I guess ~

such crooked little stitches

wonk-ily worked one at a time to fill in a penciled motif;

in this case an apron adorned Farm Witch!

I have shown you how I stitch like this before, 

but if you'd like a reminder, 

you may click on the links below of my previous postings on this subject:

~ Crash Course ~

&

Little Stitches ~

see that sweet little Hitchcock chair? it's only about 5 inches tall….

{{ I wish I was small enough to sit in it! }}

I am originally from CT, 

where these chairs are made and found this tiny version {salesman sample?}

 in PA of all places!

I think I'll add a chair like this one to this sampler ~ or two ~ 

one for her, one for a friend perhaps?

right now I'm stitching on her red saltbox styled farmhouse…

Once finished with the stitching, 

I think I'll make this into a sawdust stuffed pillow ~

at least that is my thought for now ~ 

~ but it will be available here in the Farm Shop for our 8th annual

Gathering of Primitive Friends Show on Sept. 17th

{{WHICH btw, is now less than a month away!}}}

wha whaaaaat?

haven't done much gardening,

but Mother Nature has been generous with rains & heat ~

so we have plenty of fresh tomatoes, green peppers, basil to make a nice sauce.

and yes, although I have to strain mine to remove all seeds, 

I enjoy making it for Peter and LOVE the smell of cooking fresh sauce in my farmhouse

:)

our sunflowers have gotten so heavy that I've had to cut them ~

they now hang, drying for next years' planting.

and although most of our plants are thriving,

the japanese beetles have done terrible damage to our hibiscus, roses and hydrangea…

~ leaving skeletal leaves and nibbled petals.

This one has so far been lucky not to have been devoured yet!

Hannah bought me a beautiful Yellow rose bush for mothers' day a few years back, and the bush it fighting off those blasted beetles.

I will NOT use pesticides though ~ preferring to let Nature take her course…

I have seen praying mantis in our larger herb garden, 

… so I'm hoping they will fly over to the farmhouse and begin eradicating the beetles soon,

before the entire bush is eaten beyond recuperating ~

amidst the rain, heat & humidity ~

and along with illness and stress…

there is always something to be thankful for;

simple beauty

simple handwork

and

love ~

Thank you Peter for taking such good care of me while I'm under the weather….

wishing you all a day filled with things you love,

and those who love you most!

~ Blessings from the Farm ~

 Lori