BTW, where is everybody?

I spent 2 hours this am pulling the crab grass that has invaded everything, including the ivy. it was the first day in ages that the humidity and temps had dropped enough for me to even think about yard work. Once done with that and lunch it was time to take DM for her dr appt. Since then I've been caught up in "The Girl Who Kicked a Hornet's Nest." Haven't picked up a needle since yesterday.

It was so nice last night to turn off the A/C and open the windows. We haven't had as many days in the 90s as you but enough is enough. I've spent more time inside during this heat spell than I did during the snows.

Nancy

Your day sounds much like mine! Yesterday I yanked out a bunch of Virginia creeper that had begun to creep up the side of the house (brick). And the weeds are so thick there, it's just 'grab a handful of vegetation and pull, pull, pull.' And pray that none of it is poison ivy! The weeds are completely overgrowing other weeds. (How do they do that when nothing else is growing because of little rain and hot, hot sun? LOL!)

And for me, it's a Jo Nesbo book ("Nemesis"). I'm on the last bit now, where the facts of the case are beginning to fall into place, and it was very hard to put it down to get on with some other chores!

Finally it's cool enough to sit out on the deck and stitch. I'm trying to decide on colors to finish personalizing a sampler, and doing it in sunlight it essential.

sue

Some gardening, some stitching and lots of errands and offspring stuff

On Jul 26, 1:48=A0pm, Susan Hartman wrote:

I was at the County Fair Tuesday through Friday of last week with other members of our EGA chapter, demonstrating needlework, answering questions and just chatting with people walking through the building. The weekend before I hiked 7 miles (3 up & 4 down) over a mountain to the Oregon Caves and back the next day. This past weekend, I hiked over but DH & a buddy picked me up. Today I taught a needlework class to two girls (there were supposed to have been 3 but the other girl stayed at camp for an extra week) at the local library. The project idea came from a magazine but I don't remember right now which one it was. We drew a pencil line around each girl's hand on a piece of fabric and then the girls stitched along the line. They had an art class to go to right after the needlework class so we didn't take the extra time to cut off the excess fabric from around the back of the hoop and run a line of glue around to finish it. I told "Mom" that, if she preferred, she could take a thread and gather the excess fabric on the back instead of cutting it off. For this class, since the girls were 12 & 14, we used variegated floss and did a simple back stitch. Then they added their initials and the year. At the end of the class, each girl took her skein of floss and the needle home with her. For the class with smaller kids, I will give them a choice of one of two solid colors and have them do a dotted line around and then, if they choose, fill in the line on a return trip. That class isn't for another two weeks, though, so I have time to think about it.

Liz from Humbug

Wow! You have been busy. Kudos to you for sharing our craft with the next generation!

sue