Etsy Customers

I have a lot of repeat afghan customers on Etsy and they love to show me where my afghans end up.

Obviously, not an afghan, but the two pitchers she bought looked very nice where she placed them.

This one is in the car below, he wanted an afghan to put on the middle seat.

And then there's "the coat"!

Love finding these Mid Century Mod latch hook rugs.  A find at $5 and on auction on Ebay right now and up to $50!!  I have lots of watchers and three days to go, let's see what happens!

Just throwing this in, I now have a PAIR coming to the suet each day!  The female's head feathers are lighter than the male's.  They are fun to watch.

Another Unexpected Guest

Well, as usual, last minute, call Maria!  Fourth of July weekend, rescue finds out Isis is going to be put to sleep over the weekend.  Scramble to find drivers to get her to me as she is five hours away.  We did it!  

Only a year old and super sweet.  I would have kept this one. I changed her name to Persia, thought she needed a prettier name. She knows how to frog leg!

Had her for the week until her foster Misha got back from Wisconsin.  In the meantime, cut about two pounds of mats off her and gave her a bath and brushing.  She is a beauty.

Misha lives on the coast of NC, so I drove 2 1/2 hrs. to Columbia, SC to meet Gina who would drive and meet Misha.  I was only 30 minutes away from Bishopville, SC where the topiary gardens are, something on my to do list.

Pearl Fryar has worked on not only his garden, but others on the same street, one of which I liked more than his and was my favorite.

It's 98 degrees and blistering hot!  Could that be the reason I am the only person seen on this street and in this neighborhood?

That's okay, I am enjoying the gardens.  Gina couldn't go with me, she has Persia and she and Misha are stopping at a shelter to test another chow. Gina lives close enough to come in the fall when the weather will be better.

This is my favorite garden, plain and simple, a small fortune in boxwoods.

So back to my own garden where the boxwoods I have will always be round!

Fourth at the Lake

We never spend the 4th of July at the lake.  Too many boats, radios, firecrackers and people.  My favorite time on the lake is late fall, early winter when no one is there, except the Canadian geese.  

I think they were a little confused as to all the commotion or maybe they were just going dock to dock and getting a handout!

We had guests coming for the fourth anyway, two jewelry artists from Charleston going to the Coon Dog Festival in Saluda.

But I did manage to finally get the neighbors over for a happy hour right before after canceling the first time due to Grizz. 

This paddler was from Columbia for a visit and Cindy lured him over for a drink.

Cindy luring him in.  

Setting up for guests on the day of the fourth, lots of activity on the lake.

My lantana gets bigger every year!

This is Julep, one of our canine guest for the fourth.

And this is Stella, our other canine guest on the fourth, and they did bring some humans with them!

Back home we opened this bottle of white that Mindy gave me to try, even though I'm not a fan of whites, but it was pretty good, especially ice cold.  Notice the goat on the label?

We had asparagus and swiss crepes with cucumber sauce, perfect with the white and also needed to make something to compete with Dave's meal that he cooked.  

We have this ongoing "thing" of who makes a better meal.  He didn't like mine, and I don't like his LOL, too fattening, fried and thick sauce.  UGH  It's fun going back and forth.  He does make a nice looking plate.  As for the boathouse, just about every day this month has had a renter and every time we go over I ask Bob "Are you ready to sell yet?"  That, too, is an ongoing thing.  I want to sell and buy a one room shack on the outer banks or in the Smokys!  We'll see who wins!