Sunday Snapshots (on tuesday)

Woah.  1 whole week without blogging!?  That's a record.  I just realized that I have been blogging for nearly five years now.  WOW.  I've been busier on my Facebook art page lately, so my apologies.  (That's linked if you want to like or follow the page.)  This past weekend, we headed to my mom's for a visit.  The lake was still fully covered in ice, but the roads and crops are bare.

Believe it or not, the grid road to my mom's has a graveyard on one side of it, and a hemp field on the other.  I noticed that crop last fall before it was cut.  It was so weird looking, with these giant messy looking bulky grey-green tops.  I asked mom what it was, and to my surprise it was hemp (the female plants that aren't the kind you smoke).  It looked amazing this spring - such a lovely colour, and so perfectly cut!  Check out that straight line!

It was quite tall, well past my knees.  I'm not sure what they'll do with all those stalks!  Seems to be a lot of plant matter left behind.  hmm...

My dog enjoyed running after me as I drove back for supper.

Cute boy, he slept all the way home for nearly 2 hours on the highway.  : )  It was a beautiful day and I came home with lots of pretty images to stitch.

i adore the curves and colours in this one

Thanks for waiting for me to return!  : )

Hope you all had a happy Easter weekend.

Sunday Snapshots (& doggie photos)

First, some stitching...  this has been worked on very slowly, late at night.  I've been adding stitches for weeks now, using some yarns from Margot.

I've only been stitching now and then, late at night when everyone is asleep.  Things have been busy in the house with the weeks of -40C over the holidays, and now the new pooch in the home.  I will tell you that the commissions have indeed begun.  * * * Sorry to keep you all waiting, but I really do value your patience.  Creative moments are hard to force (hard?  impossible?  : ).  Anyway, I can't wait to show you more of these chunky stitches...  and I can't wait to show you what has inspired it!  Maybe that will surprise you?

Okay.  

Now for some puppy pictures...

Look at this baby!!  He's such a baby.  xo

Buddy / Baby adopted from Prairie Pooches Rescue. 

Seriously, we love everything about this guy.  He is so, so perfect for our family.  He has a beautiful coat and a very gentle temperament.  He kisses children when they are crying.  He never barks.  He puts his arm around us and lies his head in our lap.  He's house trained (bonus!)  He just started bringing us his toys and then he lays down.  Just like he's saying - here, have a present - I love you.  I am SO glad we adopted him!!  After three kids, I really did not think it would be THIS easy.

He soaks up love from us like a sponge.  THANK YOU to the adoption agency owner Brilyn for making such an incredible match!  We actually teared up on the phone.  He has made all of us happy-cry.  lol  He's even fine with our birds in the house.  There is not a single thing the five of us do not like about Buddy.  I am glad we waited it out for the right one.

Dog photos - that's challenging!  Most of my pictures I took on this morning looked a bit like this:

constant motion

People mentioned he looks sad and scared.  He's really not.  His tail waps his hips back and forth.  I think it's the wee little eyes.  And you know - dogs always look like they are happy when they are panting.  So here is a crazy-happy-dog face pic just for you all.

Good morning Buddy!!  : )

Apologies to my readers who would rather see stitching...  : )   When I see cats all over someone's sewing room, I tend to shudder.  (As some of you know, I'm rather scared of cats.)  lol 

Happy Sunday!!