Any Corrie Fans???

My mother and I began watching Coronation Street in the mid-seventies - when Annie Walker still ran the Rover's Return and just before Deirdre Hunt married Ray Langton and  gave birth to the lovely Tracy. I have been a ardent fan ever since and rarely miss an episode.  Nowadays I have a weekly ritual of grabbing some stitching and curling up in front of the television to watch the Sunday morning omnibus.

We were out at the trailer again (another hot one) this weekend.   The hummingbirds were hungry during the week and the feeders were almost empty so I made another batch of syrup Saturday morning.  I wanted to take some pictures of the hummers but I accidently locked the SD card in my camera and didn't know how to unlock it until today. (I never realized that there was a switch on the side to lock and unlock the card - not quite a tech savvy as I thought I was.)  No baking this weekend but we did continue to enjoy the PB oatmeal cookies I made last weekend.

I finished my July ornament for Christmas All Year Round.   I just need to finish it into an ornament.

Pattern: The Second Day

Designer:  Plum Street Samplers (2012 JCS Christmas Preview Issue)

Fabric: 36ct Flax Edinborough Linen

Thread: DMC

I also finished the Cappuccino Milk Chocolate Truffle.  I am not sure how I will finish this one off.

Pattern: Cappuccino Milk Chocolate Truffle

Designer: Gingerbread Girl (Kathryn Drummond)

Fabric: 28ct Milk Chocolate Linen

Thread: DMC

Embellishments:  Mill Hill

I even found time to pick up my knitting needles and stitched up this cute little Mini Wash Mitt.

The rest of my stitching time I spent adding a few more stitches to the following  projects and starting a piece for the Tea Party in the Garden exchange.

I finished another audiobook this weekend - The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie.  I like to listen to audiobooks while stitching or going for a walk.   I thought I had read all the Agatha Christie mysteries back when I was teenager but lately I have come to the conclusion that I only read the Miss Marple books and so now I going to  read the Poirot ones.

I hope you all have a good week and happy stitching!!!!!

It was a hot one!!!!!

It was a hot and humid  Canada Day weekend here!  Thank goodness our trailer has AC.

For some reason or another my DH and I woke up at 5:00AM on Saturday morning.  We went for a 2.66km walk with the dog (or more accurately I walked and he ran - the mosquitoes were bothering him more than me although we both sprayed ourselves up) and afterwards he went back to sleep but I stayed up and before it got too hot I made the syrup for our hummingbird feeders (we have two that we hang behind our trailer so that we can watch the hummingbirds from our sofa.),

 

baked several batches of Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies and made a couple of liters of delicious Sweet Ice Tea:

and then I settled down to some stitching while listening to the audiobook First Family by David Baldacci.

I finished another piece from the Hearts of Canada Series:

 

 Pattern: Hearts of Canada - Nova Scotia

Designer:  Thea Dueck - The Victoria Sampler

Fabric: 25 ct Lugana Antique White

Threads:  DMC, Kreinik Braid #4

 and added several more stitches to the following pieces:

  It's Berry Time by Blackbird Designs (Loose Feathers Pattern 37)

Red Alphabet by Sheepish Designs:

The Second Day by  Plum Street Sampler (2012 JCS Christmas Preview issue).  I am stitching this as part of the Christmas All Year Round ornament SAL.  This month's theme is Birds.

Cappuccino Milk Chocolate Truffle by Gingerbread Girl (Kathryn Drummond).   I had hoped to start on the beading this weekend but alas it didn't happen.

and finally Husband or Wife's Sampler by Linda Myers.

As you can see, I rarely work on one piece at a time. I need variety. Only when I am close to finishing a piece will I work on it exclusively.

Sunday morning I donned my Canada Day T-shirt and hat and put the finishing touches on my Canada Day cake. (Okay, the Maple Leaf needs some work but the cake was good!!)

Despite the heat it was a wonderful weekend and my DH and I wished we could of stayed out longer but alas our holidays are still 2 and half weeks away. I finished 2 other books besides First Family - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood and Gently Does It by Alan Hunter. All three were excellent reads.

During the evenings we watched the following DVDs - Midsomer Murders - Days of Misrule, Vera - 1st Season and He Knew He was Right.  I love our local library.  I was able to rent all this for $3.30 for 1 week. We only get 1 channel out at the trailer and so we rent DVDs to watch in the evening.

I hope you all have great week (Happy July 4th to all my US friends) and happy stitching!!!!!