Spring is Here

My chicks got to go outside for the first time. Here they are enjoying the sun.

Here's my Nephew "helping" me feed the chickens. He squatted down and then said "I'm a chicken" and then giggled. Cutie Patootie!

We finally got our tomatoes planted. I'm still waiting for some seeds to arrive in the mail so I can finish planting my garden. 

So far, I haven't put a single stitch into anything since part 7 of Around the World in 80 Stitches. I am hoping to remedy that this weekend. 

My Little Chickies

I took some updated photos of my chicks. They are already getting too big for the box but it's been too cool for them to go outside just yet. They look a little awkward right now but they will be fully feathered and beautiful in no time!

Trying to Catch Up

Here is my part 7 of Around the World in 80 Stitches. I got a little behind over the past couple of months but maybe I can catch up soon.

Aha! Thanks Jo!

Thanks to Jo who can't think of a clever nickname, I have been able to add my photos. 

Here are my new little chickies who are probably about 1 week old. I didn't order them or hatch them myself otherwise I would know the exact day of their hatch. I got them from our feed store. 

Ameraucanas and Black Australorps.

Oh, and here is my finish! I think it was called Hummingbird (I can't find the cover sheet of the kit right now) by Mill Hill Buttons and Beads kit. I had intended to finish this for a Christmas present for my Mom but it will  do just as nicely for a Mother's Day present. I even got the red frame that they show in the cover photo to go with it.

Hee hee! Here's my "little" green man attempting an escape.

I'm Back!

I may be back, but for some reason I can't upload any of my photos to Blogger. I have trying for 4 days now with no luck. Hopefully I can get it straightened out soon.

Anyway, Here's what I've been up to. I finally got to sit down and stitch on something! Yay! And I even finished it! Yay! Yay! It had been 2 months since I even touched a needle. It felt good to get back into it again. I think my last post mentioned that I had to move all of my stitching stuff out and back in again. While it was good to be able to re-organize my stash, I did temporarily misplace some of it for a short while.

Also, I have been battling the phone company on and off for the past 2 months. We had lost the use of our phone line (and of course the internet as well) for about 2 weeks. Even when it was working, it wasn't very good service. I am hoping though that everything has been fixed now and we won't have any problems for a good long while.

And of course, it's that time of year again! We got some more chicks! Sixteen to be exact. We got Ameraucanas (they lay the blue/green eggs) and Black Australorps. We had hatched out some chicks around October in hopes that we could keep up with the egg production. I didn't realize how popular our eggs were going to be. Anyway, out of 12 chicks, 6 of them were hens. We then lost about 6 of our older hens to hawks, dogs, ect. so now we are back to where we started. It gave us an excuse to buy more chicks though.

My Sis is expecting another baby (her third) so as soon as I find out the gender, I will be working on a baby sampler. She's hoping for a girl since her first baby was a girl but sadly passed away. We all miss little Lucy.

Ok. So had planned a couple of photos to go with all of this but like I said, not working. I will get those photos posted as soon as I can though.  

Christmas Time

 

 

I'm sure everyone knows how busy Christmas time can get. I have not stitched on anything since the day before my birthday which was the 29th of November. The reason? Well, I got a wardrobe from an antique shop for my birthday/early Christmas. I don't know anything about it such as how old it is or who built it. Anyway, I had to move a bunch of stuff and furniture out to even get the thing into my room. (yes, my room is very purple) That "stuff" included my stitching stuff so I am taking this as an opportunity to organize everything. I have stacks and stacks of cross stitch and quilting magazines that I need to go through. Ugh!

 

Anywho, I have posted a photo of my Frog Tree. I should have a few more stitched ornaments on there but I still haven't ornified them yet. You know how that goes, right?

 

I will try to post closer to Christmas but if I don't get the chance......

Have a Merry Christmas everyone!   

Fred the Frog

Ok, I had decided that the best way for me to focus on Frog Pile was to stitch one whole frog before moving on to the next. To make it fun, I gave each frog a name. Meet Fred the blue frog and the beginnings of Fonzie the teal frog.

 

It is TW October so I am trying to work on TW's Noah's Ark Sampler. I am working on the over-1 animals and it is really kicking my rear end. I was ok until I got to the back stitching. To keep myself from going completely batty, I am stitching as much as I can stand on the over-1 and then I switch back to Frog Pile and back again. I am determined that I will get at least 2 animal squares completed this month.   

 

 

 

And this is my poor rooster, Craig. Due to being attacked by a dog and getting his remaining feathers pulled out but the curious hens, he is totally tail-less. He doesn't let it bother him though. He still walks around with pride. There's a lesson in that I'm sure. I will be putting him in a pen by himself for a while to give his tail a chance to grow back so he should be back to his old self soon.