Stitching plans for the long weekend

I'm looking for my little spring hoop to start "Ladybugs and Bumblebees" and
after I see a little progress on that I'm going back to the baby dragons so
I can get them DONE....


Otherwise, I'm going to garden

C

On May 29, 7:54�am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I'm looking for my little spring hoop to start "Ladybugs and Bumblebees" and
after I see a little progress on that I'm going back to the baby dragons so
I can get them DONE....

Otherwise, I'm going to garden

C

I've got several dozen impatiens to put in as well
as some perennials. By the time I'm done with that
and the other gardening chores I"ll probably pick
up the latest Alexander McCall-Smith. I'll try to
do a block on "Fractal 53" but I'll probably be doing
a lot of napping too.

Nancy

On 5/29/10 7:54 AM, in article ,
"Cheryl Isaak" wrote:

I'm looking for my little spring hoop to start "Ladybugs and Bumblebees" and
after I see a little progress on that I'm going back to the baby dragons so
I can get them DONE....


Otherwise, I'm going to garden

C

We're in reverse. I have a couple of things ready to be stitched on at any
moment but can't spare the time. My hope is to finish the canvas piece on
the floor stand tonight/tomorrow night.

For us it's garden first - you'd be proud -or scolding. As our HOA is after
us to take down the dead maple, but we've compromised. We're chopping it
down this weekend, and then can leave the stump/mulch ring until we replace
it in the fall (they've agreed that planting a decent size tree right now in
the heat season would be bad). Then, well, after mowing our lawn, which no
lie, grew about 6" in the past 4 days due to rain - we're recutting the
edges on the front/side beds. While I weed the incredible mess. Then
pulling out 2-3 rhodies from the big bed, and replacing with 3 Mountain
Laurel "Mt. Olympus" . Bed by LR, pulling the 2 boxwoods and then planting
5 Mountain Laurel "Sarah" . The rest of that bed had been pulled already.
Then....around the raised deck in we have to cut out the sod, and are
re-planting the 2 rhodies on 1 side, and the 2 boxwoods on the other (behind
the Serviceberry tree). The serviceberry has come back well from the snow
storm, though it's a bit bent so I think we're going to have to find some
way to stake this many stalked tree for a while to help it. We need
something evergreen to cover the deck opening behind it, so....replanting
the low maintenance boxwoods. And then...we have to pull the dead small
Sango Kaku maple, and cut down/pull the dead cryptomereia - but those will
wait til next weekend. And phase 1 of eradicating all the weeds that came
back in the patio. Really horrible. DH says I have to work on the beds,
but I can spare at least 45 min to spray!

Oh, and finally the builder is coming to check the leak in the foundation,
and the stained LR ceiling (they had already fixed the exterior roof, just
not addressed the interior, or any remaining leak). We'll see - but that
means I must actually clean the house - at a minimum - some serious
vacuuming and clearing up before he comes on Tuesday. Ugh.

So, I'm heading down to make coffee - breakfast of champions - and then
we're off to buy needed mulch/planting soil/amendment (after I had finally
used all mine). And edging for the beds - the inexpensive plastic stuff to
hold the edges - stonework later. Then to the farmers market to meet our
favorite poultry/eggs/pork guy (who doesn't come to our local one this year
so we have to go 10 mi to Leesburg - and others, of course). Then.....in
the garden.

Ellice - whose Daylilies are showing buds now......,