Sunday, July 10, 2011

Pretty little things

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Well, I am half was through the edging, which means that this shawl is on it's way to F.O-itude. The shawl really has forest green tones to it, but you know how lighting works. It'll look like a much different shawl after it's been blocked and shot at again during the next photo shoot. And boy does this shawl need to be blocked. I worked the larger size, yet it looks much smaller than the pattern's example. My sockyarn must have been much thinner. The edging looks like ca-ca right now, so I'm looking forward to blocking the socks off this shawl. tee hee.


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Here's a cute pic of the boys around the fourth of July. They are sitting in their little Bumbo chairs in the baby pool. I have to say that they do love their water dosage. Splish-splashing is in their blood.

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And I'll leave you off with some beautiful photos of my blossoming flowers in my garden. The last owner really picked out some great perennials. When I went to Walmart yesterday to get some fertilizer, I noticed that they had these lillies for 50 percent off, so I bought myself the pink and the red version to but in my backyard (these are in front of my house).


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Not sure what these purple flowers are called, but they are pretty. They sure like to fan out though. The ones below look like sweet-peas...but not sure of the names Either. Any gardeners reading?

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2 comments:

Rachel said...

The purple ones are salvia I believe, and the pink flowers are hydrangeas. Both of them make excellent cut flower arrangements and also dry beautifully. Lucky you with such beautiful flowers!

Z said...

I really like the shawl. It looks so delicate. I want to find a pattern for a nice simple shawl to make....ahhhh..one of these days.

After my slouchy beret and the sock/leg warmers and after I put the videos up on YouTube.

Then comes the shawl, unless I want to try and make some gloves and get better at making socks before the shawl.

*sigh*