Patina Moon

Hi Friends!   You might remember my POST  about the beautiful Dogwood Tree in  our garden.  Well, to my delight September has decorated this Dogwood with  lovely cherry like berries!  After doing a bit of research I discovered the name of the Dogwood is  Kousa Dogwood   or sometimes referred to as "Japanese Dogwood." It seems the berries are edible, however I haven't tried one yet... I might just leave it up to the birds and squirrels to enjoy.  This year, I decided to decorate with some of the  beautiful grasses that are at the nurseries.  Just a couple of plants in containers on the deck that can be seen  from inside, and when the sun shines on them they  give off that breezy, autumn feeling.  So, the dogwood berries were new this year, and so was this  sunflower in the garden!  Ok, I know it's a big...

It's that time of year again when we begin to  notice signs of Autumn.  The longer, brighter days of summer  are fading away just like   the brighter, vibrant colors of my hydrangeas.  However, there's just something I find so inspiring about these fading beauties. If you look at them closely,  you can see all the  different colors and stages the pedals take on.  Stages of life.  So,  recently bought some new yarn for another  lap sized afghan I wanted to make. When I got home, I realized why I might have been attracted to the  colors of yarn I picked out.   Now, crocheting this piece takes on a whole new meaning for me.  An Autumn Hydrangea Afghan.   There is no season in all the year so beautiful,  so radiant with glory, as the early autumn....

I am so happy September has arrived!  Cooler breezes and the cozy sound of a wind chime  are filling the house today.  It's only the first of September, but I am so ready to say  good-bye to summer.  All those beautiful Autumn colors!  I know a few people that aren't ready to say good-bye to  summer just yet, so I created these little sachets filled  with lavender to help keep those warm summer memories alive.  I've been wanting to sew again,  so this was a fun way to  get back to sewing and still use my crochet.  Every once in a while, I still find a stone that needs a cover. I think I'm starting to get the hang of making these.  First I start with a pattern, then sort of adjust it to fit the shape  of the stone.  You might remember my linen starfish from a previous post.  My friend, Sharon mentioned ...

Hello friends, how are you?  I've started thinking about autumn already!  Most likely it's because fall is my favorite time of year,  which is why I thought I'd better get in gear and share my summertime lavender  photos with you before I get caught up in those pretty autumn colors! :-)  I've been dying to go to the lavender farms since we lived here, and  we finally made it this summer.  It was everything I expected it to be and more.  As soon as you got out of your car,  you could smell the lavender,  it's amazing!  This little girl was so cute carrying her freshly picked lavender bouquet  in one hand and her stuffed kangaroo in the other arm.  I couldn't resist a shot as she strolled through the fields.  Bees happily buzzing around The field workers kept busy picking bunches for those that  didn...

I'm still here friends, and if you are here reading this,  thanks for still being here!   We've had an eventful summer so far with friends visiting from all over. It's been fun catching up and showing them around Seattle.  I've been pretty determined lately to do projects with the supplies I already have, rather than spending money on stuff I don't really need.  (although, there is an afghan I have a pattern for that I really want to make, that I will need to buy yarn for…eventually.  Lol)  It's pretty nuts when I think about the stuff I already have in my craft room to create.   So, here's just a simple little flower necklace with buttons, and a star made of  cotton yarn that would look cute on a package or strung up with a few more. and here's my current afghan blanket project.  This is yarn that I've had for believe it or not, about 10 years. I found this lovely f...