Mending

I have a vintage camera strap that I bought at a yard sale in Inglewood a couple of years back.  I hated paying two dollars for it at the time.  The guy having the sale didn't want to dicker with his prices yet nothing was priced.  But I liked the strap so I bought it.  It has a velvet kind of inner lining, the part that touches your neck, that keeps it from moving around much when I wear it.  The lining has torn twice and I have repaired it by sewing fabric on top of it.  I also built it another connector from strap to latch when it broke.  The lining has since torn in another place and has needed mending again.  So Saturday I played around in my sewing room and made it a whole new lining.  I love fixing things instead of running out and buying a new one.  It just makes more sense and gives it more of a "me" quality and personality.

A Sunny Saturday in February

Last Saturday, apart from being slightly breezy, was a beautiful day.  The forecast was sixty degrees and sunny and that it was.  The perfect day to use the clothesline... for towels.  I don't like my bed sheets abused by strong breezes.  They run a greater risk of being blown off the line especially with as gusty at the wind turned out to be.  The towels didn't seem to mind and it really helped cut down on drying time!  

I have decided to start using cloth napkins.  Mainly because I am so spoiled to store bought throw-aways.  I feel attached to my ways in the napkin and paper towel department and find myself having to buy them too often.  I own perfectly good cloth napkins that do not get used and washed and just lie in a drawer ignored of their usefulness.  So I dug them out and washed them, hanging them on the line to dry. 

  

Weekend Shots

Lucky for me, over the weekend I was able to get out and take a walk through the woods on Friday and Saturday.  Friday's walk was down through the creek and back up power line hill.  Katie Bug went with me.  She had apparently perfumed herself by rolled in something dead and stunk to high heaven.  There wasn't an inch of her that wasn't contaminated.  She wound up spending her weekend sleeping outside in her pen and Saturday I decided it was time for her to take a swim in the pond.  It helped to a degree but Saturday night was also spent in her pen.  We had a very warm weekend, windy but very warm for February.  Despite what the ground hog said, spring seems to be on it's way judging by the buttercups I found.  I also found an array of other woodsy beauty including the sweetest little nest I've ever seen perched on nothing but a couple of thorny twigs but in fantastic condition.  I also spied some sort of lichen that I've not seen before on a dead tree stump.  The spirit in the woods never fails to show me something new.  

Tommy creeping up on his prey.

Walking down power line hill at the creek.  About half way down at this point.

A cat tail.

This is officially one of my new favorite pictures.

I can almost see a little puff of spores billowing out if they were touched.

I love sharing my walks and world with you.  It seems lately I have been sharing much of other people's worlds and my opinions of them.  Good opinions of course.  This week it's all about my part of the world.  

A Valentine For Me

I have such a good husband.  

He asked what I wanted for Valentine's Day.

I told him the new Skyline Fever shirt.

He said order a bunch of them.

I said "I only need one".

But I wound up getting three.

I am super excited.

I have four of their shirts already.

And now I will have more.

I wear them all the time.

Sometimes I sleep in them.

I got the women's shirt in this one.

I got the unisex size shirt in this one which is the most comfortable ever!

And this one is my favorite!  

I fully love the poem that Laura wrote that beautifully adorns the shirt.

I truly cannot wait!!!

This is my favorite of the ones I already own.

James who owns the shop makes the designs and makes the shirts himself.

I really like being able to support other's talents in this way.

If you like, here is the link to Skyline Fever the shop.