Slow Stitching Summer, Pretty Annuals, Two Bird Captures

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A change is afoot!  The season is turning. It is still August but the evenings are closing in that little bit sooner each day. On one of our gloomy, thunderstorm days, it was very noticeable. Overnight temperatures are dipping down as well so while I try hard to stay in the moment, a part of me is panicking that this loveliest of seasons will soon be over.  Meanwhile, about eight thousand miles away, my Australian friends are welcoming early opening spring blooms while our late summer flowers are in bloom.

I always use a few of those seed packets to try growing a couple annuals in pots. This year I grew petunias which last all summer as long as they are deadheaded.

And white periwinkle that I wish could be a perennial, I like it so much. 

I worked on the collating of my photos on the weekend. More to be done but I will chip away at it a bit here and there.

Veranda stitching this week involved concentrating on my medallion piece. Those small little triangles were so fiddly,

I almost chucked it. But didn't.  When I went back to the site, I saw several folks had omitted this round or substituted another row like number three. I didn't even think of doing that and after investing so much time, I'm not changing it now.  One more row to go-wish me luck! I think I will try it on the machine this time.

The best thing about the Solidarity SAL is the opportunity to try new methods. Like this one involving a little bit of fussy cutting. Here is the back with its freezer paper pieces.

  And the front where you can see I'm still not completely sold on this method. Hate to waste good fabric. Loved piecing the dresdens, of course, and working with a large hexagon. This one is almost all sewn down now. Update, finished.

 The late summer Japanese Anemones are in bloom. So lucky to have four patches of this hardy perennial around the house.

 I stared at one that had popped up in a window well -hardy as I mentioned, and then noticed the little critter there which I rescued. I hadn't noticed before how pretty the leaves are.

I'm happy with two of my bird captures this week.  I finally got a good shot of a Mourning Dove as they are not plentiful here like back at the farm where a few visited from time to time.

And the Brown Thrasher, whose rufous colouring on the back is beautiful. It's spots are very pretty as well.

Hope your week has been going well and the weekend will be even better.

So glad to link with Not Afraid of Color, Viewing Nature With Eileen, Kathy's Quilts, I'd Rather B Birdin', Paying Ready Attention, Our World Tuesday and It's a Small Town Life.