now it's summer



 



















 

hello again

 

 

it's summer now and it feels like it! the mornings have been fairly cool and foggy. the days hot and humid. i tend to spend my mornings outside, then stay in til the sun starts to go down. i can't take the heat anymore. my favorite seasons are spring and fall.

 

 

i have almost finished the first season of Outlander. it's so good!though i have to cover my eyes during the bloody parts. i wanted  claire to make it to the stone so bad, because even though i love jamie i want her out of that violent place. i wonder if she ever gets to go back? sigh... it's so good.

oh and i wish Jamie had just killed captain randall... now i'm getting violent.

 

as you can see i've been working on my dollhouse stuff. i made a tiny mr.darcy from pipecleaners. so cute. so far virginia has a tiny bed complete with tiny linens. I haven't yet finished her tiny crocheted blanket and i still wanna make a tiny quilt. i went to hobby lobby this week and found a little metal tub for a tiny bathtub and picked out her flooring and wallpaper. i've drawn up plans to build a light weight foldable tiny house. wednesdays are gonna be my dollhouse day. my thanks to ann @ ann wood handmade for getting me motivated and sharing patterns and her #missthistlesociety on Instagram. it's so fun to see what everyone creates!

 

 

trying: to start watching my portion sizes and walk 5 days a week.

 

hoping: that over time I will get skinny lol.

 

wishing: that I can still eat cookie dough blasts.

 

cursing: sonic for creating them.

 

needing: self control.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 









 

 

last mornings of spring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've spent the last mornings of spring sitting outside. We've had the most wonderful spring this year, the temp staying in the eighties and below. Even had nights that were cool enough for a fire in the yard. My favorite thing is building a fire, tending it, watching the lightning bugs come up out of the grass, listening to the insects chirping, then waiting for the coyotes to start howling across the road.

 

Also...

We have a stray cat in the barn behind the house and recently discovered she has four kittens. We are trying to get them used to us, then hopefully get them all fixed and just let them stay there. Of course we would feed them. I've been reading about trap, neuter, release programs which sounds like the perfect solution. Fingers crossed that we are able to find one in our area.

Three white kittens just like their mother and one grey and white tabby. So sweet.

 

I'm still making stuff every morning. I work at least and hour every day. Paintings, doll house stuff, working in journals, my art room is getting full. 

 

watching: Outlander on Netflix

reading: The Two Towers by Tolkien (again)

and

The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

eating: cookie dough blasts from Sonic

wanting: to be skinny

needing: to eat healthy and move more

loving: making doll house stuff 

wishing: I was at the happy bird work shop in St. Louis