My past weekend ...

      This past Saturday, the Hubby and I went to a wedding. it was only about a 45 minute drive from our house and was set to start around 11:30; which of course, it didn't. LOL  It was closer to noon, which meant we had plenty of time to look around the stunning house that was the site of the wedding, as well as chat with some fantastic friends before the start of the ceremony.
     Look at this staircase!!!

     Yeah, sorry for the blurry picture, it seems that the low light did not agree with my phone. lol. Do you see that ceiling? I am so enamored with it! It makes me want one in my home...heck, it makes me want to move this house to my to! Ha!

     Here is my husband and I. Don't we look fetching?  I had done some frantic last minute shopping the night before with my best gal Ashley, and her daughter, at a local thrift store and found the perfect skirt, sweater and heels to wear to the wedding!  I had an outfit in mind, but I wasn't as thrilled with it as I became with this one.

     Here is the Bride and Groom, being attended to by the coordinator and some of the wedding party.  Her dress is just so perfect for her!!  So, so lovely!!

     After rushing home from the wedding I helped my 16 year old get ready for his Homecoming dance at his school.  This is a semi-formal that happens near the mid to end of the football season in high schools.  It gives the kids a reason for a fall dance, and parents a reason to spend money. Hehe. As you can see, my son really prefers the SEMI part of the semi-formal.  But, he was just perfectly dressed for his dates dress. :-)

Good Grief! I feel my age every time I realize he is 16. 

     The tie on him is so dashing!!

     We have been having cooler, but bright and sunny days here now for many days. I am loving, loving, loving the cooler air!  And the Monarch Butterflies are on the Move!!
They seem to be loving my butterfly bush right now too!

     Can you count how many? I believe that there are 15 in this picture! And over all, I was able to count up to 20 with out loosing track of who had been counted. I'm sorry if the picture is a little pants. I haven't washed the window in a while, and the screen seems to get in the way of the focus...but anywho, it's still a pretty sight! This is the view right out from the kitchen table, from my spot even. :-D

      Autumn is well and truly on its way in around here.

    Whee!!!!

          Jenn

W.I.P. Wednesday!

    Well, it's Wednesday and that means I get to show off my works in progress! Yay!  As I've mentioned I have the shawl that I started so that I can have a project to work on while at church. Well, the pattern is so simple and fantastic that I needed to make it more of a challenge, at least that's how I'm going to spin it!  LOL

    

    So, here is the second shawl that I'm making.

     Yep, lace weight yarn, or rather thread! It's so lovely!! I love, love, love this color way! 

    I have no memory what this yarn is. My Diva gals gave it to me earlier this year. But I do know that I love it and will so enjoy the feel of this shawl when it's done. I'm going to use all of this ball and then I'll add more yarn to the shawl to keep going for a decent size.

    More scrummy yarn from my stash. I'll use these two yarns together for the rest of the shawl, and if I can, I'll get more if the verigated yarn to do the lace edging with. These two colors are a near perfect match with the other yarn! 

    I'm so going to Love, LoVe, LOVE this shawl whee it's done!!

    I've of course been working on my blanket too! Can't leave it all alone, as I can't wait till it's fall and cool and I can use it, and take it camping with me at events. Scrummy, scrummy yarn!

    See, scrummy yarn!  This is all I have left of the yarn. I'll have to order more since I really want to make this a blanket that can cover my king sized bed. Huge! I want it to be Huge!

LOL

So, what are your W.I.P.?

Ttfn

Jenn

Helping M.A.R.S. and watching Pardus entertain college kids.

      Last night, my husband and I went to one of our local fighter practices.  Our local SCA group has guys that attend the M.A.R.S (Medieval And Renaissance Society) which is the college branch for our group, the Barony of Bryn Madoc.

     We went in garb, and and many of the fighters were wearing theirs too. 

      The group consists of Rapier fighters.

     As well as what we call Heavy fighters. This is my husband, Pardus.

      Here is my hubby again, with one of the MARS guys, and another local Barony member.

     I took along the crochet project that I had started for working on while in church. Yeah, I'm finding that I don't want to put this one down. So, I started another one, but this time in a lace weight yarn. It's proving to be much trickier to work with. But the color! I'll post about that as I get further along with it. :-)

    While at the practice last night one of the MARS guys mentioned that he wasn't going to have time to make a banner for the colleges activities fair this coming Wednesday, so be me, and having a bad case of helium hand, I offered to make one.

     Pretty red flannel cotton material laying about in my fabric stash, with some trim that adds a bit of a wow factor, I'm hoping. 

     And the finished banner! It looks pretty rubbish up close, but back off by about five feet or more, and it looks right nice; if I do say so myself. 

     Well, I'm off to finish cooking dinner for tonight, then the hubby and I are off to our local sca meeting, and I'll pass off the banner to Ray.

Interested in learning more about the SCA? Check out www.SCA.org

Ttfn

Jenn