A beautiful summer day

Hello, readers, today and yesterday have been perfect summer days here on the farm.  I am grateful for a couple of nice days, as the heat shall return tomorrow and the rest of the summer is supposed to be very hot!

Can I start to complain yet?  Anything over 75% and I am miserable.  I just want to stay in my cool 69 degrees air conditioning.

I have finished the stitching and photographing on my next reproduction sampler release, Mary Clay 1805, the Chinese Quail Sampler.  I am printing and trimming photos and should be announcing her release tomorrow or Tuesday.  Here is another sneak peak.  She will officially be released at Norden Crafts online needlework show this summer, so she will not be available at most shops until then.  However, I can sell individually to my friends and readers, and to shops on my automatic list.

This sampler has an interesting back story, which I will share when I release it.

It seems I rarely have the time to stitch just for myself, but I did manage to work in the limited edition Nashville release from The Primitive Hare.  The kit came with a frame, but I chose to mount it on an upside down breadboard for a hornbook look.  The little apron is special to me, I had a very pretty handkerchief that was given to me by the Hospice workers when my husband was dying.  It is known as a tear cloth.  Rather than just keep it folded up in a drawer forever, I decided to use part of it for this apron, now I can see and enjoy it every time I walk by.

I do have this small collection of miniature Rowe pottery, or at least I think it is all Rowe.  It is stamped and dated and if you are interested, let me know and I will get out a magnifying glass and read the dates, I think 80s and 90s.  Asking $50 in US which will include priority mail shipping.  No chips or cracks.  Includes rare Maple Syrup jug.  SOLD

This is totally off topic, but here is a photo of Blizzard Babe back in her glory days that was sent to me from the Michigan farm where she was born.  She was the top pacer in the state that year.  She looks like she is flying...all four feet are off the ground!

One more piece of news...we are having a wedding here on August 23!!  A barn wedding!  Evans best friend is getting married, and he is the best man.  I guess barn wedding are all the thing right now.  It will be in the this barn, which we don't use, so it is getting turned into a wedding venue.  They have worked so hard.  The barn is early 20th century with a loft for the band, they are building a bar, and things are coming together.  It is a beautiful barn with lovely old beams.  I will post more pictures as it gets closer.

I had planned on posting some garden pictures that I took today, but for some reason they won't load on the blog :(  Maybe next time...
Melinda