January Ornie Finish & Captions from Wordless Wednesday

The heavens have opened up and poured out their rain on us all day long. It was dark all day. Very strange for us. Thankfully, we've not experienced any really severe weather, but we've had some heavy downpours. Of course, my rain gauge isn't collecting rain for some reason. Now, we're expecting freezing temps and everyone's freaking out that we're going to ice up. Lovely!!

Last night while listening to the State of the Union address, I finished up my January ornie! My first finish of the year, too. Yippee for me! Presenting...."Joy" by Lilybet Designs stitched on a scrap of 28 ct. Vintage Autumn Fields linen using DMC, GAST, and CCs.



From yesterday...and yes, these pics are "real time" as I took all of them except the last one yesterday before posting.

Poppies!! Can't wait to see them in bloom.

My lettuce bed. We'll probably harvest all of this when we start expanding the garden. Then, we'll plant more lettuce for the spring.

Daylily sprouts. More excitement and a definite harbinger of spring and warmer weather.

This is what happens when the dear husband called 811 to come find the buried natural gas lines in our yard. Not only did they send out someone to find the gas lines and mark them with paint and flags, they send out the phone co and the cable co. We were looking for lines in our backyard where the garden is going to be dug, but thankfully, there's nothing back there. They did, however, do a lovely job painting the grass. Our neighbors probably think we're moving out! LOL

They had no mercy on my plants! Grrrrrrrrrr! I'm hoping all this rain will wash off the paint from my Veronica plant.

This is my precious Callie, the kitty of my heart. I had put this toilet seat cover on the stool just for kicks and she jumped up and fell asleep on the stool! She's such a sweetie.

It's the Start of a New Week!

And I'm feeling immensely better! It's amazing what cough syrup with codeine can do for a good night's sleep! LOL I'm sure the antibiotic my doctor prescribed for my sinus infection is helping some, too. Now, if the mountain cedar would just go away, I'd be able to truly get well. I hate that stuff!

So, the Saints are going to the Super Bowl! Woohoo! So proud to see a team that's never been in the Super Bowl advance to that all important game. I hope the beat the tar out of the Colts! Honestly, the Colts have a GREAT team and Peyton Manning will no doubt be in the Hall of Fame someday, but really, it's time for some new faces in the Super Bowl. Geaux Saints!!!!

This past week was a stressful one, plus I didn't feel well, so my stitching time was minimal. I started my January ornie, "Joy", a complimentary design from Lilybet Designs. I've been working on this during my lunch/dinner time at work.


I'm stitching this on a scrap of 28 ct. Vintage Autumn Fields linen, using DMC, CCs, and GAST.

On Saturday, I worked on my SNS project, LHN's Seasonal Saltbox series. Got the main body of my house "painted" and started on the flowers in the border.


Yesterday, during the Saints v. Vikings game, I stitched on my incentive piece, "Give". My plan is to work on this at home during the evenings. I'm so close to a finish, that I've got to get it done!


In other news, my potatoes have been taken out of the box and are getting ready to plant. I've only got about 2 more weeks!! They're starting to grow eyes. The Kennebecs seem to be growing the slowest, but they're also the biggest potatoes, so maybe that's why. We have also added onion sets. I absolutely LOVE onions! We have 3 sets of 1015Y ("THE" Texas sweet yellow onion) and 2 sets of Red Burgundy, a red onion. I'm thinking of going back and getting a bunch of the white onions they had.

These are the Kennebecs. Come on babies, you can sprout!

The Reds and Purple Vikings are doing great!

The Banana Fingerlings are going like gangbusters. I even have one that reminds me of a walrus! LOL

The onions awaiting their permanent home in the garden. I've put them in a pan of dirt and then I water them about every other day.