Today ...
I am inspired by
... Natalie at
Cinderberry Stitches
to post an occasional
daybook entry
to track my year.
Outside my window
... is a lone water lily that I have coerced to bloom in our pond.
I am thankful for
... bloggers who love to see photos of my roses & garden. I always worry that my 'bloom' posts might bore everybody. For those of you who want to see more of my farm garden, I will sort through some photos and put a post together soon.
I am loving
... eating juicy fresh lychees and watching tennis.
I am stitching
... very little!
I am hoping
... to at least turn my sewing machine on today, hoping to put the final white border on
this quilt
.
I am drooling over
...
this gorgeous clam shell quilt
that Jean (
Linen & Raspberry
) is working on.
I am seriously tempted by
... aforementioned Jean's suggestion to join a quilt-a-long to make this quilt by Michelle Yeo:
I am hearing
... the happy chattering of my 8-year-old daughter & her very best friend, who is here for one last sleepover before she moves to Mullumbimby.
I am reading
... more than I have in years, a New Year's resolution! Found a copy of Frank McCourt's '
Angela's Ashes
' on my Dad's bookshelf in the holidays. A bittersweet yet funny story of his Irish upbringing. Very enjoyable.
On my mind
... the dreadful tragedy of two young lives taken in a camping accident yesterday. They are ex-students of our school. My heart aches for their families.
From my picture journal
... proof that even grasses can be beautiful (purple fountain grass from my farm garden).
