In response to House on Hill Road, this is what I'm planning this weekend:

- take Abby swimming
- buy a front door and a kitchen faucet (you've no idea how exciting that is)
- drink a cup of coffee
- knit
- snuggle Zeke
- sew scraps together
- watch Star Trek
- water the plants
- practice embroidery (and learn how to use those transfer things)
- find my desk

Yesterday was great. The weather was perfect: hot, but not too hot, and windy enough to keep the bugs off. We walked down to Old Town the Old Town Ramble and Ride with Abby.


There was lots of good food to eat: we had barbequed whitefish, hot dogs, fries and ice cream. Abby got some too as consolation for being tied up on a short leash.


I found some caribou antler buttons at the craft market and we heard all sorts of music as we walked around.


The highlight of the afternoon was Abby getting away (while being released from the temporary captivity that ensured we could actually eat our hot dogs) and falling in the lake. She hasn't done much swimming yet and the lake is still very cold; the look on her face as she came back up to the surface was pure shock. Fortunately Rob was right there and able to haul her out by her collar; she ran on adrenaline for the next twenty minutes and we were both glad she's a small dog and not something more powerful.


We did some much needed clean up around the house and yard when we got home. Abby snoozed, the adrenaline and ice cream having worn off, and Zeke wandered the house freely. I made Jell-o (peach with bits of peach) and filled our popsicle moulds and two custard cups for some cold snacks later on.


I got a nice picture of Zeke (the impossible to photograph black cat). He's getting a little more salt in his face and shoulders these days. I hadn't really noticed so much until now. He's about 15 but still very healthy and lively (has to be with Abby around).


And I started another sundress.

I decided to tidy my studio Sunday afternoon and found some forgotten treasures for my effort. This little plaque finally made it onto the wall.


One box held a carefully collected pile along with a few apron ideas. I think it might be leftover from the swap I did last year. Perhaps I can finish it.


My owls were still hanging out along with a few more waiting to be finished. I have some more fabrics that would be great as owls. I'll have to finish them up and hang them in the house this fall.

That red underneath is silk from China. Carefully brought back for me by Katy, it is an authentic Chinese wedding red (though, she said, the pattern is not traditional). It needs to be part of something special but I can never quite decide what; maybe special pouches for my wedding jewellery.


A package sent to me by my grandmother when I was getting all my things together for our wedding a couple of years ago. The bag (age unknown) contains remnants from my mother's and my grandmother's wedding gowns that I worked into my wedding outfit.


Moda charm packs. Working out to roughly 115 squares (if the little ones are pieces together) all I need to get is some sashing to make a vintagey charm quilt. I think a white or a cream would be nice.


And this bag of scraps. This came from Erin and I've been trying to decide for a while what to do with it. Lots of the pieces are pretty small but there are some really cool things in there: marbles, apples, monkeys, frogs, flowers, butterflies ...


I decided to start piecing things together and see where I end up.