Hello Friends! Summer is in full swing around here and lots of wonderful things are happening in the garden. It is a glorious wonder, this garden of ours. Ever faithful and yet always changing, with a surprise around every corner . . .
A broken sprinkler has turned into an automated birdbath! Our drip-irrigation system is on a timer, so every morning a tiny fountain of water shoots straight up and splashes down in the middle of the bowl. How convenient is that? The birds perch in the tree above it and take turns plunging in. It's the main view from my kitchen window and highly entertaining!
July flew by! At the beginning of the month I uploaded four more fun (vintage) patterns on the PatternBee website under New Pattern Additions, and have a few more that are waiting in the wings for August. Have you ever done "cross-stitch plaid"? The effect resembles gingham. This type of stitching may appear complicated at first glance, but it's really quite easy. You alternate with a light and dark shade of the same color and work the center square in the darker shade like this:
See? Not so scary. Plaid radishes anybody? This design is from Superior #140, dated around 1940-50's. It will be one of my August additions, along with another cross-stitch plaid with baby animals (very cute!) and a day-of-the-week set of Charming Mexican Tea Towels with vignettes from south of the border. And of course, a new BONUS pattern too!
Love your garden. You have a couple of plants I couldn't identify.
Our pond has areas around it where the robins go to get a bath, though we DO keep a birdbath near the pond. Our birds love our water features, don't they.
xx, Carol
Posted by: Carol DeLater | July 28, 2017 at 05:25 AM
Your garden is as lovely as ever. I'm sure you are busy harvesting and preserving.
The plaid radishes are so cute. I enjoy a good cross stitch every now and then.
I hope you and your family are doing well.
Posted by: Velma | August 04, 2017 at 08:53 AM