30 August 2011

beware of squirrels.....

in a Norse mythology legend…



Thor took shelter from a thunderstorm under an oak tree.



Hence the belief that an acorn on a windowsill will
prevent a house from being struck by lightning...



and why popular window blind pulls are shaped like acorns

Warning

if you sit and shelter under the oak tree here…


Beware of squirrels gathering Thor’s acorns!



Squirrelizer...still one of my favorite iPhone apps!






28 August 2011

for the birds.....

more road trips...

as the crow flies walks



questioning if I should really be in this lane?



and catching a game with a bird’s-eye
view in the stadium seats


“The Ugly Duckling”

“How could it think of wishing to possess
such loveliness as theirs?”



written by Hans Christian Anderson

first published 11 November 1843
printed in at least 45 different languages…


and in thread



thread as art

this wandering goose is headed to the home nest...


it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



24 August 2011

do you need glasses?

According to the Vision Council of America,
approximately 75% of adults need vision correction…


we need glasses!



Captain Merle pouring glasses on the tour agrees…

as we age...


we need more glasses



Glades Pike Winery...a taste of the good life



do you need glasses?


it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



21 August 2011

pickled pig lips.....

home of the world famous...

and Miss Oinkie


a sign that has been a roadside landmark over the years

a roadside sign that proclaims I have
almost reached my destination



The elderly gent there always offered me a sample when
I’d stop to snap a photo of Miss Oinkie.



Until this year…

Miss Oinkie and her world famous
pickled pig lips (PPL) is now gone.


And her lips did not squeal, she’s just gone…

Had I known, I would have somehow found a way to fit that sign in the back of my car.

Do you hear my family sighing in relief here?

P.P.L.


Have you tried pickled pig lips?



it's just embroidery, have fun with it!







18 August 2011

keep calm and...

get your ducks black birds in a row


Halloween...


only 73 days away and counting…


scary, huh?





it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



16 August 2011

foxing the quick brown fox.....

“The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”

a phrase that contains ALL the letters of the alphabet


lazy dog (The Hound)...



...dreaming of the quick brown fox


earliest known reference...

March 14, 1885 in a journal for teachers
to use for writing practices



technicians during the 20th century tested typewriters with
the fox phrase calling the process foxing



now it’s used to display font samples and
to test computer keyboards



in Microsoft Word programs there is a code to see
the quick brown fox phrase



try typing  =rand.old()   into Word then hit enter…
for Mac 2011 type  =rand()  then hit enter...

did you see the quick brown fox phrase
successfully foxing across your screen?



it's just embroidery, have fun with it!



14 August 2011

farm dinner.....

theme…

corn and tomatoes


setting…

the hayfield—just past the dairy barn,
next to the tomato patch

(where the gps is totally lost and off the map)


time…

as the sun sets


and the moon rises


dinner was a-maizing
everyone was grinning from ear-to-ear


aw shucks...I really wasn’t aiming for the diners across
from me with cob splatter


dessert...corn crème brulee and green tomato pie


bushels of thanks  M.M. for the invite!



it's just embroidery, have fun with it!

11 August 2011

splish, splash.....

I was takin' a bath...

long about a saturday night




Rub-a-dub, just relaxin' in the tub...
Thinkin' everything was alright





Logan Circle, Philadelphia
formerly a square, and macabre site of public executions
now a circular fountain with frogs, turtles and swans...



Just a splishin’ and a splashin'


Hmmm, wonder what the punishment is
for breaking monogram laws?


it's just embroidery, have fun with it!


08 August 2011

shaken, not stirred.....

We’ve stirred up more road trips...

more furniture assembly...
more traffic jams...


this time due to some Joker and a Batmobile
(the new Batman movie has been filming here)


…now to catch up




What’s been shaken with you?


it's just embroidery, have fun with it!