A finish, new start and update

I hope all my blog friends have been having a wonderful summer so far.  It's been terribly hot and humid down here and from what I hear from family and friends in the north, it's the same up there.  I can tell we are getting into the hottest part of living in Florida by our electric bill.  Whoa!

I finished another shawl yesterday using one of the MyMelodybyWolltraum yarns I purchased on Etsy from Brandi.  This one starts out white, to several shades of peach to a dark red.  I love it!  The pattern was a Ravelry find called Maid of Honour by Buttonnose Crochet.  It's a very easy pattern but I liked how it showed off the different shades of the yarn with the darkest red showing off the shell pattern on the border.  When I finished it, I only had about 10 yards left.  That's calling it close.

Then I went and purchased some new yarn that I just couldn't resist.  The one on the left and the one in the middle are hand dyed by a lady on Etsy.  The brown shaded one is a fingering weight and the middle one is a lace weight.  Both are waiting to be made into shawls.  The one on the right is called Scheepjes Whirl and is a cotton/acrylic fingering weight.  I fell in love with the name "Blackcurrant Squeeze Me".  Isn't that a great name?

I started a new knitting project.  I had these two balls of Rowan Softknit Cotton on hand in a lovely shade of denim blue and decided to make myself a nice cowl out of it.  It is so soft and so far a really fun knit.

Now for an update on our furbaby Vallie.  She has finished taken all the antibiotic that was needed and the hair has just about all grown in around her eyes.  She's looking sweet as can be.....and I think she knows it.

Well that's all for now my friends.  I hope all of you are staying cool where you are.  I find the older I get, the more the heat bothers me.  I wonder how many times I have said I Hate Florida?  LOL

Blessings Abound, Barbara

Update on Vallie

Our sweet girl had her surgery last Thursday and she wasn't in very good shape afterwards as you can tell by this picture.

I was very worried because the area around both eyes was very red.

But this is our girl this morning and she looks alot better.  She's been taking her medicine to avoid infection and she's back to being her old get in trouble self.

Thank you for all your prayers for our furbaby, Vallie

Blessings, Barbara

Something went wrong somewhere....

because.....

Peyton and John didn't want to find out the sex but when she went in for her sonogram, the doctor forgot to turn the screen and Peyton saw before she could tell her.  Apparently it was very noticeable.  She's a little disappointed but like I told her....this will be less expensive for you because you have all of Little John's clothes.   They haven't decided on a name....I'll keep you posted.  I'm hoping for a middle name of Andrew.  It's John's middle name and also my father's.

Blessings, Barbara

The fireworks are over

I hope each and every one of you had a fantastic 4th of July.  Ours was a very busy day.  We started the morning in Winter Park for their celebration and there was all kinds of good eats.  We watched the  new citizens take the oath of allegiance.   There were 17 of them from 12 different countries and I can say there wasn't a dry eye among them.  They were so happy and we all cheered them on.

Then Little John went to see the firetrucks and came back with a fireman's helmet...

.....but he decided it looked better on my husband.

Then we went home for some rest (Little John's nap) and then went to Oviedo to watch the fireworks and listen to some fantastic music.  Little John discovered bouncy houses for the first time and had a ball.

We had some popsicles and some how Little John ended up with both of them.

It was a very hot day but we all had a good time until the first really big booms of the fireworks.  Little John decided he had had enough and we left early.  We didn't want him to have to go thru the finale they always have.  He liked the colors but not the boom booms.  Peyton kept her hands over his ears but he still didn't like them.  We all had wonderful family day.

I have 3 finishes to share with you.  The first is a small wool scarf that buttons.  The yarn is from a company called Freia.  It is located in California and all hand dyed.  This scarf was made from the sport weight and would make a fantastic scarf for those cold winter mornings.  Unfortunately we don't have those cold mornings here so this is in my store.

The next one was made from Melodyy by Woltraum and is a cotton/acrylic yarn.  Very light weight and perfect for spring/fall evenings when you just need something a little extra.  It starts out cream and ends up a beautiful medium blue.  It's a large shawl with over 1,100 yards.  Around the bottom is a delicate ruffle.  This one is also in my store.

The next one I made for myself.  It had just about all my favorite colors in it.  It's also a cotton/acrylic yarn and it starts out olive green - shades of purple - navy blue.  It's also quite large and I love it.

Well that's what I've been up to.  My week has been thrown off and here it is Wednesday and I'm doing laundry.  I feel all out of sorts.  Old age I guess.

Blessings, Barbara