Summertime is here!

Well, at least for a few days and then it’s back to spring. The next three days are supposed to be in the mid to upper 80's and then the weekend is back to 50's. I'm enjoying having the windows and balcony door wide open and Zoey loves going in and out and sleeping in her bed in the sunshine outside. 

We had a wonderful day yesterday. We spent the morning at church, first for the sunrise service, then a great breakfast of baked french toast, fruit, biscuits, ham and a parfait cup with fruit and frozen lemonade.

After breakfast we had the regular service. Lots of people in attendance and a fantastic message at both services. It was an emotional morning full of gratefulness for the gift of salvation we are freely given.

I bought Easter lilly's a few weeks ago along with several other people and they were used to decorate the front of the church yesterday. After the second service we could take them home. Here is mine blooming and smelling so good. There are several more buds on the plant too. The aroma fills the apartment.

I finished another prayer shawl using the Shallow Shawl pattern. I used a skein of Red Heart Burgandy and another of Gold that I had in my yarn stock. I'm trying to use up yarn I already have for the shawls and blankets I'm making for charity. I really like how this turned out. I improvised the lace part just to give it a different look from the others. It's such a simple pattern that it's easy to do little touches like that.

Have any of you ever heard of a Wool Jeanie? I saw one on a YouTube video from a crocheter that I watch all of the time. She had bought one of these and said she wished she had purchased one years ago. I read a lot of reviews and there wasn't a bad one, at least that I read. I've had mine for several week now and I have to agree with Terri. I love this thing. The yarn hangs from a powerful magnet and spins as you knit or crochet. You don't have to keep pulling yarn out of the ball or skein and it keeps a consistent tension. Here is the website if you're interested in reading about it yourself: 

The Wool Jeanie. 

www.yarnstitch.com/products/tools

I'm working on a baby blanket that I've made many times but I don't know the name of it.  Zoey is inspecting my work. Don't worry, she had a bath just an hour or so before I took the photo. (The spot on the carpet is the sun shining and reflecting off of something.)

I started and finished my first diamond painting last week. This photo really doesn't do it justice. Dennis is going to frame it for me sometime this week and it will hang outside our door in May for Memorial Day and for July 4th. I have to say that when I started it I didn't think I would enjoy it, but as I started to make progress it was very hard to put down. It's addictive! :-)  I'm not sure what that half moon circle is on the truck unless it is reflection from the light over the table. It sparkles, so pretty when the light hits it. I have three more of these to do for different seasons.

We went to our storage unit tonight and got boxes and boxes of pictures out of storage to go through. I just don't have wall space here to hang everything I had in our last two houses so I'm going to take the pictures out of the frames and either give away or sell the frames. We would like to get the storage unit down to a smaller size, just for our camping gear and some tools Dennis wants to keep.  The price of the storage unit has doubled since we got it in October! It's ridiculous and if we’re never going to have another house, there is no use keeping all of this stuff.

Thank you for all of the prayers for Mom. I did another Covid test on her this morning and it's negative. She'll be able to leave her apartment and go to the dining room tomorrow. She's looking forward to that. She still has a bit of a cough and is weak in the legs but is feeling much better. I think she just needs to get out of the apartment and do some walking to build up her strength again.

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are doing well. I'll be back soon.

Blessings,

Betsy