Walking in Fairyland.

This past Saturday, hubby and I went to walk a Fairy trail at Sawnee Mountain. 

Funny enough, I never actually took a picture of the Fairy trail sign. LOL

But I did take a lot of pictures. Lots. 

This spot needs lots more houses!!

Can you see the fairy house?

Fairy house roofed with moss. 

Wild Pink Azalea. 

Pretty flowers. 

This view!!

The Indian seats. 

It was a wee bit windy. The view though was stunning!!

This was. 3.5 mile hike and I gatta tell you, my leg muscles are not happy. But it has spurred us to take up walking again. 

Fantastic and Fabulous

Hello there!!

Thank you for stopping by my little corner of Blogland. 

I have to say it. 

I do love language. And with that I have a bigger love affair with two words the most. 

Fantastic. 

Fabulous. 

This was my past weekend. 

Looking at fantastic tiny homes...

...and gypsy wagons. 

Hubby and I really need to get to cracking in making one. 

Trying on a fabulous corset. 

Yeah. I liked this one. 

Spending a fantastic evening with a friend having wine, rum, and playing with yarn. 

Enjoying a fabulous fire with my hot rum while at my friends house. 

Having a fantastic cup of coffee this morning. 

How was your weekend?

A glorious weekend was had...

     I've been busy with sewing, crochet, and painting this weekend! 

This past Thursday, I started sewing together one of my 13-14th century dresses that I had cut out a while ago. 

     I'm just about done with it. I need to redo the hem it. I seem to be having trouble getting the hem even all the way around, and it's making me twitch. LOL

     As you can see, this dress is Pink!!! I love it! The solid pink wool was a gift from a friend, and as there just wasn't quite enough of it for the whole dress, I used a wool pink plaid blanket from Grannie for the gores and sleeves. (Why, yes there is a cooler sitting in my unused oversized bathtub...isn't that where *everyone* keeps theirs?)

     Also, I may need to clean the mirrors...again. (Or at least once in a while?)

     Look!!! Matching stripes!! I feel so full of win for pulling that off! The sleeve ends and the front closing  are the two parts to do by hand. Unless I decide to wear it as a pull over. Meh. We'll see. (Also, I *love* mu ipad mini!!)

     Saturday afternoon and evening was spent at our Barony's archery practice. My husband and two boys love shooting stuff with arrows! And throwing knifes, and axes and such. With my gone-to-pants shoulder, I can't even pull my kid's bow string back more than once without not being able to move my arm for days afterwards. :-/ 

    Lots of Baronial Folks and M.A.R.S. Folks throwing stuff at targets. I spent the bulk of my time pretending like I was working on my crochet, but really, I was just running my mouth and socializing. I have finally learned I can't talk to more than one person and crochet at the same time! It gets bad! LOL

     Today we went to Gwen's house to help sand and paint the Baronial fence. Ugh. It's a tough job.

     This is just some of it. Lots of it is done, and there is lots still left to do. 

 

                                   Lots.

  

                           Lots.        And lots.

  

                             You get the idea. 

 

    This shows Faelan, and my hubby Pardus, sanding away. And sanding.

     These were the *last* of the boards to be sanded! Woot!! Now all that is left is to finish painting. This is going to happen next Sunday. 

 

    For now, I'm finishing up my rum spiked apple cider, and am soon for bed. 

My plans for this week, so far are, to finish the pink wool dress, start on my other dress, send in way more job applications, and keep crocheting! 

     How was your weekend?

        Ttfn

            Jenn

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

A Diva-tastic Weekend

    I've had a fantastic, no, a "Diva-tastic" weekend.
I have a specific small, very, very small group of ladies that I know who get together and sew, or stich, or play with yarn. We got together this Sat for a bit of sewing, food, and most importantly, to watch the newest episode of Dr. Who!

    Muirenn, Dee, and Leonora working on projects.

    Zofia working on her sewing.

    And, Momo, the teen scowling at me for taking her picture. LOL

    Me, Muirenn, and Momo while watching Dr. Who. 

(That's not a tattoo, Momo like to write on her mom; must be a teen thing.)

    Got home pretty late Saturday night, but was still able to get up in time to get ready for church in the morning. Picked up my younger son, Shae on the way.

    I love these water lilys in front of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Athens. The pink to yellow blooms coming up out of the water along with the lily pads floating around them are just beautiful.

    Simply beautiful.

    Last week I discovered the pleasure of crocheting while listening in church, however I also figured out that I need a project that requires very little thought so that I can still actually listen. So once I got back home this afternoon, I headed onto Ravelry. I love this website. Patterns, patterns, patterns galore! I found the perfect pattern by Doris Chan. It's her All Shawl and is offered as a free Ravelry download. 

    The yarn is by Noro and is Cash Iroha in what I believe to be called wisteria. It's a wool, silk blend and is quite soft and is proving to be a delight to crochet with. I'm using a K (6.5mm) hook and getting a light fluffy, lofty feeling fabric with this gauge. 

Yeah, I know, *another* WIP started! but as this is for working on while in church! and my scrummy, scrummy pink afghan is getting too big to work on in public easily, this shawl makes perfect sense. 

    What new projects have you started this weekend?

Ttfn

Jenn