First Six Months Gone Already

I swear I just put my decorations away and now it's less than six months till Christmas.  I really need time to slow down already.

It's hot and humid....typical New England summer weather which I really can't stand.  Little Shadow's still visiting us for a couple nights each week.  She's so silly.  Now she will actually demand we go to bed.  She will sit in front of us and pant really loud, then walk down the hall to the bedroom....come back a few minutes later and repeat this till we finally go to bed.  Even if it's 8:30.  She's so silly.

I saw a big coyote trotting down the street in broad daylight.  So I was happy to see this mom turkey and her babies have managed to avoid it.  

Reminded me of the beginning of 'The Partridge Family'.

Everyone's fave babby is 3 months old already and starting to smile and giggle a lot.  My daughter in law sends me pics and videos just about every day.  I always refer to him as a babby, not baby.  😍

This is another Russian bead embroidery that was a free gift with one of the kits I ordered.  Came with the little frame and a magnet for the back.  Knocked this off in an afternoon.

I was trying to replicate a San Francisco Victorian colour scheme and motif.  

My windchimes broke so I refashioned them on a piece of driftwood and added the mirrors. 

I love this Russian bead embroidery kit. 

It's hard to put down.

Craft table:  Cluttered but comfy.

Pretties in the backyard.

My mother in law gave me the green, blue and red floats.  Does she know me or what?  😊

Now if time could just slow down, that would be great.

Freakin FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My blogger statistics show that this is my 1500th post since 2006.  Wow.

Temps have been all over the map lately....there was even snow north of Boston the other day....but it appears that spring has finally, FINALLY sprung around here.  It's been a long time coming.  

The crescent moon and Venus put on a nice show last week. 

Daffodils starting to bloom.  Seems that there are more of them in the yard this year than I noticed in years past.

No idea what these are but they are purty.

And their purple counterparts.

These tiny white flowers are on a bush out front.  Again, no clue.

I decided to break out the wind chimes and wind spinners for the tree next to the deck.

The gnome is out.  It's officially spring.

Spring Has Sprung.....FINALLY!

It was a damn long winter this year.  So nice to finally see the flowers come out and know that it's truly safe to put away the shovels, bag of salt and winter coats.

Pretty sunsets

One gorgeous day, we went browsing in a couple of junk shops, including The Clam Shack, that I've featured here before.  I could easily spend an hour photographing everything outside the shop.    

We got ice cream cones after stopping at Surf & Sand so I could get some new wind chimes.  They're blue.  They're celestial.  They sparkle.

I made my final trip to Scraggy Neck till fall, to scour the beach for glass.  The day I went, the Cleveland Ledge Lighthouse was finally visible without haze or fog.  

I counted my pieces when I got home; I was expecting it to be around 59-60, but was surprised that it was exactly 100.

While I'm not looking forward to the upcoming humidity, it's nice not to be freezing and dealing with snow.