I've been away from my blog but never intended it to be this long. Tonight I decided to just check my camera on my phone and if I had pics, to post based on those pics. I knew I'd been putting it off because I hadn't taken the time to take pictures of everything I wanted to photograph. Sound familiar? So here we go...
I've been working here and there on Country House Sampler by Brenda Keyes/The Sampler Company. This is the first time I've used this raw Zweigart linen and I have to say I'm enjoying it! Love, love, love the trees on this one and the red in the border. It's been a lot of fun! It's 40 count and I've got about 2 12 inch strands of one of the threads left. I sent out a 911 via email and I have another skein on the way. I was very good and didn't order anything else.
One of the reasons I've been away was that in May our puppy Murphy, fractured the growth plate in his leg. We were able to avoid surgery, however, he was casted and needed weekly visits to an orthopedic vet for monitoring, x-rays etc to be sure surgery was avoidable.
6 weeks later, his cast was removed and he was released from the ortho vet. The next day he was neutered and needed two weeks of additional limited activity. Last Thursday, he got his stitches out and now he's free to be a puppy again. To celebrate, we purchased a pool for him. It took him a while but eventually he was splashing around and trying to catch the splashes with his mouth. He's 7 months old now and has lost his puppy belly and puppy wiggle.
That's a very brief update on things here. I hope you all are having a great summer. Wishing you lots of happy stitches!
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