It's Spring! No, Winter! No, Spring ....

Greetings and welcome.

I am delighted to be able to share a finish with you today!

Here is Little House Needleworks design with a few little

changes here and there to make it my own.   A cute design

that is perfect for this warm and green growing time of year.

Um .... yeah!

These pictures were taken on Sunday, May 15th.   Phil

went out to mow the lawn even though the sky was heavy

with clouds and it was obvious that we were in for some

sort of precipitation.    When the lawn requires mowing

there is just no stopping Phil.

Clicking on the pictures will allow you to see and fully

appreciate the irony.

I looked out the window and there was my husband pushing

the lawn mower up and down the yard with grim determination

while the snow came down in a steady, fierce curtain.   At one

point I could barely see him through the snow!   I opened the

back door and suggested that perhaps he might consider taking

a break until the worst of it had passed but ... oh, no! ... he

motored on through it all.   

We had several periods of this throughout that afternoon and

since I'm much more pragmatic and sensible about these things

I just locked myself in my craft room with the heater humming

at my feet and refused to look out the window. 

One week later and it was the Victoria Day long weekend.   The

sun shone for all three days and the temperatures soared into the

mid 70's Fahrenheit and we relished every second of it.

Our cherry trees bloomed at the beginning of the week and put

on their usual glorious display of blossoms.   One day of 

strong winds has pretty much finished off the display unfortunately

and the driveway now looks like it's still snowing out there.

We painted our three year old red bench ... which was

peeling and shedding it's red coat alarmingly ... a cheery

yellow colour last week and have been accenting it with

matching flower baskets to enhance the results.   We

still have to get more flowers and stuff but this is a nice

start.

Martha Washington geraniums are one of my favourites.

Pretty, frilly flowers in a wide range of colours including

this sweet little plant.   The garden centre where I found

this had just the one like this and as soon as I saw it I

had to grab it.    It's in the pink watering can .... see

the previous picture.

I'm a fantasy geek.   Did you know that?   Fantasy books, TV shows,

movies and graphic novels are all things that make me very happy.

This week's book order (yeah,  I order books every week ... why?)  

included the above two Elfquest graphic novels and they are 

as gorgeous as ever.   Not familiar?    This series was created by

Wendy Pini who writes the stories and does the art work.   Her husband

Richard also writes the stories with her.    First published in 1978 the

story has continued until present day and is the longest running, 

independent fantasy series published.

I found the series way back in 1978 and have been a fan ever since.

The art work is breathtakingly gorgeous and the story is exciting,

captivating and engrossing.

A few other books arrived as well,  and of course as soon as

I'd removed the books from their box Rupert took over.  It's

an agreement that we have.

I'm also a Trekker.   

Whilst at the post office this week I found these specially issued 

collector's packs which are to commemorate the 50th (!!!) anniversary 

of Star Trek.   I thought that they were pretty cool and decided to 

add them to my collection.   I can't believe that it's been 50 years

since the series began.     

We've been having rain and thunderstorms off and on today

which also makes me happy since I love the rain and a good

thunderstorm.    We've managed to do some planting of our

pots between each performance of inclement weather and then

we take refuge in the house again until the next wave blows over.

Ah summer.

Cheers!