The Summer solstice was last Friday, and now it's blazing hot. I'm enjoying the heat, but I know I'm probably alone here. Remember to drink lots of water.
Here's my challenge list
Finish cardigan
Decide on travel project
Summer trip
Summer reading
July Finish It
August Finish It
September Finish It
Work on Spider quilt
I have a modest list for the summer:
- Stain garden chairs we made in carpentry class (This has been on my list before; they've been in my mother's garage for 5 years. Will this be the year??? lol)
- Prune Halesias
- Get lockbox for Mom's house (from spring list, never done)
- Get new PCP for Mom
- Clean Mom's house thoroughly
- Experiment with watercolor set I bought a couple of months ago
Hope everyone had a happy Fourth
Finish cardigan done
Decide on travel project done
Summer trip packing next week
Summer reading in progress
July Finish It Pippi Socks 50% done
August Finish It not sure
September Finish It haven't thought that far ahead
Work on Spider quilt 10%
Finished the cardigan on July 1st, would've been earlier, but I lost the buttons and took a couple of days to find them. It's wrapped and ready to give to my mom on her birthday. July Finish It is a pair of Pippi Longstocking socks as a birthday gift for a niece. She's obsessed with all things Pippi so I'm using my yarn scraps to make her a pair of socks like her favorite character. She's visiting her grandparents in August and I'll give them to her then.
Big Pippi fans in our family, three generations now. My kids were obsessed with the movie and my 43 year old can still sing the song.Originally Posted by hana
I have not yet done any of the things on my list, but I have a couple to add!
- Stain garden chairs we made in carpentry class (This has been on my list before; they've been in my mother's garage for 5 years. Will this be the year??? lol)
- Prune Halesias
- Get lockbox for Mom's house (from spring list, never done)
- Get new PCP for Mom
- Clean Mom's house thoroughly
- Experiment with watercolor set I bought a couple of months ago
- Coordinate DH's transition to Medicare (dental plan, transfer scripts, bring new insurance cards to pharmacy, arrange for HSA reimbursement from my former employer)
- Acquire cobblestones for Lynn Woods Rose Garden restoration (all beds are edged in cobblestones except one large bed, and I'm poaching cobbles from an abandoned bed at my mother's house)
Rosa, That is quite a list. What are Halesias?
Niblings are surprised I still know the song, I reminded them I watched it with their moms when they were kids. My sisters and I watched a German Pippi tv series when we were stationed in Europe in the 80s. We learned a bit of German from the show. Pippi socks for myself was one of the first things I knitted when I learned how to knit socks. Got her to read more by showing her other books by Astrid Lindgren.
NSWEF: It's a smallish tree, native a bit south of us, that gets pretty white flowers in the spring. We have 2 of them that we planted at least 30 years ago, and they are quite large at this point. When we get a lot of rain, they tend to get pretty overgrown and we can't see the birdfeeder or the gazebo, or really much from our back door.
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden....sia%20carolina
I remember dressing as Pippi Longstockings for Halloween as a kid. Coat hanger wire in my braids to make them stick oit at an angle.
Glad I didnt have any reference to a song and dance number from a movie about her.
Thank you rosa.https://www.missouribotanicalgarden....sia%20carolina Are the fall nuts a problem? We have a huge chinese chestnut tree that drops burrs that must be picked up and disposed of. But it is such a beautiful tree...Dogwoods are great, too.
No mess!
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