Weekends

 

How was your weekend?

My weekend was restful and felt like a mini-vacation. I ate lunch every day out on the back patio, enjoying the nice weather in between the raindrops. I'm grateful that we are not super-super hot, just regular warm weather pushing humid.

Frodo and I walked early each morning before the full sun and or heat was blaring down. The neighborhood is quiet except for the birds singing. More flowers are blooming in our yard, my husband did so much work last year and we are reaping the benefits this year.

I mostly read this weekend for hours on end. The library ebook, Spare, became available Friday afternoon and I quickly started reading the memoir. I'm also trying to finish A Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths before the next ebook becomes available through the library. July might be a massive reading month for me.

I work a little bit each day on the baby cross stitch sampler, I'm over half way done!

How was your weekend?


Comments

  1. BonnyJuly 10, 2023 at 7:48 AM

    What a charming weekend you had! Your flowers are really lovely, especially the calla lilies.

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  2. VeraJuly 10, 2023 at 7:59 AM

    Love the calla lilies and your sampler - it is so cute! Looks like you had a great weekend.

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  3. Deb J. in UtahJuly 10, 2023 at 9:00 AM

    I love the flowers in your garden and the sampler you are making for that sweet grandbaby coming to your family. I have been wanting to read Spare, but there is a long waiting list for it at the library. I would love to know your thoughts when you finish. Glad you had a relaxing weekend. Enjoy the week ahead. See you again soon!

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  4. AsKatKnitsJuly 10, 2023 at 12:15 PM

    Beautiful flowers, Karen! And beautiful lunch setting! (we dodged raindrops as well... I am so glad we are not getting with NY got!)

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  5. MaryJuly 11, 2023 at 8:27 PM

    That sampler is coming along so well - I love the colors and the motif. and that glimpse of Frodo in the back yard. We've been mostly inside except for early walks, and I'm enjoying reading, knitting, and thinking about my next quilt (there might be quilt YouTubes involved in that latter activity, sometimes accompanied by knitting!)

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  6. JaneJuly 15, 2023 at 4:52 PM

    I love the yellow lilies. The sampler is coming along nicely. We drove to Minnesota on Saturday and enjoyed a relaxing day with my sister and brother-in-law on Sunday. The weather was very cool up north. So nice for me who is not a hot summer gal or a water- baby.

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