I was working like crazy in my sewing room, still trying to finish things up in there so I can get back to sewing, and thought I could stay up quite a bit later than what it already was, but my hubby stopped by my door and said, “Don’t forget we have to take the car to the shop tomorrow morning as early as we can…” UGH…and then we have Physical Therapy… so I had to stop and go with Plan B… which is GOOD and you’ll love it!
I snapped 4 pictures of what I had been working on…
I got the shelves my dolls were standing on leveled and tipped just slightly up (with the help of some washers) so the dolls won’t accidentally slide off the shelf. Then I gathered up all my corduroys and stacked them neatly below the dolls on one of the shelves.
I was working on the back 2 bookshelves and got my patterns stacked in baskets and other patterns in notebooks with clear protector sheets.
I stacked up some fabrics and lined up my books and catalogs.
Yes, the room has gone from bad to worse to disaster and these 2 pictures are proof of that! (I found MORE sewing stuff in my cedar closet and brought it into my room.) Where will she put it all? Inquiring minds want to know!!! :o)
Thank goodness Linda sent me some pictures of the St. Louis Botanical Gardens! She saved the day for me AGAIN! These pictures are so beautiful and much too pretty to keep to myself. I’m sure you will enjoy them. She said it was a little different this time being there… one way traffic, masks required, social distancing and you had to follow a certain path and not wander off where YOU wanted to go. All in all, she took some lovely pictures and I hope you’ll enjoy looking at them.
We got a drenching of rain Tuesday afternoon and evening and everything is soaked here. These pictures help me remember flowers this pretty DEPEND on the rain! Thanks Linda!
ENJOY!!!
See you tomorrow,
Blessings, Jeanne
Dear Jeanne, you are making progress. It will look wonderful when you are finished.
Linda’s photographs are lovely. I was happy to take the “tour” with her as I don’t get out very much right now.
Well, Jeanne, the fact that you found some more things to add to your sewing room shows us that you are still working on it, and I’m sure you will find “homes” for everything in due time!! And when it’s all done, it will be wonderful!
Linda, your pictures are just lovely. Thanks so much for sharing!! I think my favorite picture is the one with the geodesic dome in the background. That is postcard-worthy!! (Or maybe notecard worthy…)
Jeanne, it looks like I haven’t been commenting lately everyday, but we have had computer problems and i wasn’t able to get the pictures to you sooner. Everyday a problem, it seems!
Well, I do think you ARE getting somewhere in your sewing room! I know, the stop and go aspect just drives you nuts, as it would to me, but you WILL get there and I do see progress!
Thank you for showing my pictures. This is the time we usually go to see the lilies, which are at their peak now. It was a beautiful sunny day, and I’m glad we went, but it was a workout going around the gardens using THEIR way to go! While the Japanese Gardens part of it is beautiful, it is a very long route, and we usually don’t go that way every time. A lot of the normal places we visit were closed to visitors, but all in all, we did enjoy a rare day out, and am glad you got to “see’ it too! Thank you, ladies for the compliments!
Thanks for taking time and energy to write a blog post for today, Jeanne. Despite plans changing, you’re doing great.
Linda, your photos are amazing, refreshing and uplifting. Thank you for taking time to send them along to Jeanne and then for our benefit. Your energies are appreciated.
Blessings.
Maybe you’d better keep those piles of things away from each other. They seem to be multiplying. Have fun!
My favorites are the Japanese Garden and the Dale Chihuly glass baubles in the pond. Wow! Thanks for sharing the wonderful garden with all of us. You’re fortunate to have such a varied and beautiful garden so close to home.
Hi Susette, Thanks for saying what those glass baubles were. I was going to ask.
I have a few clear glass baubles I got at our garden store, only 2 to 4 inches wide though. The large color one are really neat.
I love old colored fishing floats with the netting, really want to get a few for the sunroom at some point.
Better listen to Suzette about multiplying in your sewing room. 🙂 Once you get those likes together, you can decide if you will use all soon or put some things in the attic. So nice to have that space upstairs. 🙂 It is coming together and you will be back to sewing between chauffeuring trips soon. I’m sure the dollies are anxious too.
Linda’s photos are lovely. Made me feel like I was actually there. So calming in a chaotic world and not one photo with humans, just nature. Not sure how you accomplished that. Thank you Suzette for the name of the glass floaters artist, Dale Chihuly. I’ll have to look him up. We have one glass ball formerly used for fishing entwined in it’s knotted net. Guess I should pull it out and display it someplace. Not as colorful though.
Garden report: Going to have to remove the netting as the zucchini it pushing against it. All the seedlings are up including the miniature zinnias. Can’t wait to see those. Have a wonderful day. 🙂
Those are beautiful pictures Linda. Thanks for sharing them. I especially like the bridge pictures—they look professional.
Slowly, but surely you are getting there, Jeanne. It does make sense to take you time and get things just right. That is how I organize as well. The advantage is then you know without a doubt where anything is and can find it easily. Susette may be right though, those piles seem to be multiplying
What lovely pictures, Linda. At lease someplace has perfect flowers. Going there must really give you a sense of calm The lilies are lovely.
For my garden report I have my peppers, tomatoes, and strawberries doing well. The strawberries are already bearing. I couldn’t be as ambitious this year, so no corn, squash etc. , not enough time.
QUICK QUESTION FOR EVERYONE…
Have you all seen the 1980’s doll, Courtney leak? I think I’m a bit younger than many, most of you, but she’s not quite how I remember that decade and I remember it well. I was a true ’80’s teenager turning 12 in 1980 and 21 in 1989. I had my entire teen years in that decade.
I have a feeling some of her stuff might call to me. Even though I have always stayed with the much older decades, 1930’s is as modern as I get, I have a feeling I’ll be creating my own 1980’s mini me, for nostalgia’s sake. Her Walkman has my name on it already.
Hi Laura! Yes, I have seen the new Courtney doll! I had two high schoolers in that era and I too, remember it fairly well. Oh, the curly perm I gave my daughter was hilarious now that we look back on it!
I am surprised you are excited about such a modern doll, since I know you are all about earlier dolls, but maybe now you can see why I am so enamored of Molly, my own mini-me!
Yes, those are Dale Chihuly baubles in the reflection pool. They also have a huge hanging glass chandelier, also made by him hanging in the Visitors Center. A few years ago they had the whole garden full of his creations that were just spectacular.
Also, thank you, everyone for the lovely compliments. We were among the first to visit that day, so it was easy to take pictures without the crowds, but then again, we had to stay socially distant too!
How did you get your supplies to multiply?😜😉 Hope the room will hold all of it…but if not you have the good ole attic.
Thanks for the pictures Linda…just lovely! All those different color lilies are so pretty.The pictures with the bridges in them are amazing!
Chihuly has some amazingly wonderful glass at our museum and also at the new Nebraska Med Center Buffet Cancer Center. I’ll send them to Jeanne and she can forward to you😊
I would love to see that, Kathie!
Just think of how proud you will be when your room is completely finished.
Loved seeing the photos of the gardens. Brightens up a winters day! We went from almost drought conditions (though Christchurch water comes from underground aquifers so we are never completely short of water) to rain, rain and more rain. A symptom of climate change I suspect, in the past it very rarely rained for more than 3 days here and never more than a week, but this has lasted 3 weeks so far. I hate winter only 8 weeks to spring!
My Uncle was born in NZ and lived there until his teens before emigrating to the U.S. Attended a boys school and returned often to visit.
I came here in 1974 and love it. Being so far away from everywhere has its difficulties, but was very helpful in controlling the pandemic here. The upside of that is that Kiwi’s have always been very innovative. They could make anything from number eight wire lol. It will come in handy now we have to reinvent ourselves since we have no tourists.