It's Been Over a Week!

I think this is the first time in my blogging history that I haven't posted anything in over a week.  My excuse is that between physical therapy visits, home exercises, dieting, & constant tiredness, it's been that sort of time.  I have been taking photos along the way, however, so I have a few goodies to share with you   : )

First of all, here is a RAK I stitched for Chris at Tot Hill Farm Stitches.  She received it last week & said she was very pleased with it   : ) This is another of Laura's great designs (The Little Stitcher) called A Day of Joy.  I used an 1800s reproduction print on the back.   

Here are some finishes Myra did for me recently.  There are 4 but I can only show you 2 because the other 2 are gifts.  I'll show them when they are received   : )  Of course all of them are amazing   : )   If you follow Vickie's blog, you might remember her posting a finished piece she did called Rabbit Stitcher.  I thought it was so cute & I asked her if I could borrow it.  She kindly said yes. The designer is Little Treasures Designs. Myra finished it into a pin pillow (note the cute scissors charm she added!) using a fantastic polka dot fabric front & back.  Unbeknownst to her, I have a "thing" for polka dots so I was thrilled   : )

This next finish Myra did for me is a box finish ... my first one!  Naturally she did a fabulous job   : )   The design is Tis Better by La-D-Da.  Not only did she paint the box & attach the stitched piece, she included a little quilted coaster inside, each side of the coaster being different!  Oh that Myra! There's a special place in heaven for her   : )   

Now I am going to show you a bunch more daylilies that have bloomed over the past 7 or 8 days.  Just scroll down through the multitude of photos if you aren't interested in them.  There are raindrops on a few of the daylilies.  That particular morning it kept raining off & on so I had to zip out there & take the photos when I could   : )   A couple of them might look somewhat similar but they are truly different daylilies.

 

 

These next 2 are "rare" daylilies.  I would tell you their names but I'd have to go out into the garage to dig out the tags.  My very favorite of these is the white one.  The dark one, which I do remember has the word Midnight in the title, looks a bit ratty.  I got the photo of that one after it had already been out for a day.

Believe it or not, there are still a few more I am waiting to bloom!  You might be wondering where all these daylilies are planted.  Well, here you go   : )

 

Okay, you've probably had enough pictures for one post   : )   I have no other news to tell you except I've been continuing to stitch on the LHN Winter Forest ornament & I'm about half way done with the stitching right now.  I also was in the emergency room yesterday.  My atrial fibrillation went crazy for some reason & I woke up with it at 5:35 a.m.  I was supposed to go to physical therapy at 8 o'clock so I decided to get ready, thinking it would fix itself which it often does.  I had a very difficult time.  I couldn't stand ... I felt like I was going to black out & I felt all clammy.  I had to brush my teeth sitting down on the side of the tub, fix my hair sitting down, etc. Very, very odd. Like I said, I kept expecting it to stop.  Since an hour & a half went by & it was still going crazy, John took me to the ER.  They had a bit of trouble getting my heart to start beating correctly again but they finally infused me with something or other & after a while I was okay, thank goodness ... otherwise they would've had to admit me.  I surely didn't want that!  I was in the ER for about 4 hours & came home & slept most of the day.  I am okay this morning but need to followup with my cardiologist.

I wish everyone a happy 4th of July ... even my foreign friends   : )   Nothing special will be going on here.  It will be a day like any other day.  Maybe I'll get in some extra stitching time though   : )