It's been a while, I know. So, I have a few things to catch up on...
Sometimes I take Ellie and Robin for wagon rides around our neighborhood. We go up North Avenue to Laurel Avenue, which is a really pretty street. We have some favorite things that we see...some stray cats; some gardens; our friend Annette, who is a poet and gardener; and my favorite tree. I don't know exactly what kind of tree it is, but I want to have one someday. I think it's some sort of ornamental Japanese maple. The reason I love this tree so much is the amazing color that it turns in the fall. It's a firey, orangey, coral sort of color. When I started my gratitude journal last year, my first entry was about this tree. It just blows me away. I took pictures of it in the summer and the fall. (My photos don't do it justice.)
Over the summer, I went to Ohio to visit my friend Polly. I hadn't seen her in so many years, and it was a short but wonderful visit. When I was there, she gave me some things for the girls--one being a complete set of vintage Danish modern dollhouse furniture. We're going to give it to the girls for Christmas, and we're on the hunt for an appopriate dollhouse to go with the furniture. I made some blankets and pillows for the beds. Just a quick 5 minute project with scraps...
And, I've been working on a little bird ornament. I made him from scraps, too. I was thinking he could be a prototype for future items in my someday Etsy shop...I hope to turn him into a pillows and soft toys.
