Mistake #3, Lilacs in Bloom, Tiramisu, Floral Motif Sampler

 So happy to be writing a Thursday things we like post.  Here is something I adore...Ned is now about 20 in dog years, fully grown, but he still tries to get in my lap. He will balance himself in the strangest poses just to stay for a little bit and get a good rub. 

Love the flowers that are blooming just now here in my corner of the world. This is a lilac bouquet I had at the farm. Though in bloom, my lone lilac tree here does not produce such fine flowers as the three at the farm did.

I like black and white clothes. When I saw this checkered blouse at Walmart, I knew I would buy it.  Goes great with black capris and is a very light woven fabric. I bought it in Large because I don't know if it will shrink a little in the washer but also in the summertime I prefer loose clothes. With its capped sleeves, it will work well under a sweater later in the year too. At this link they call it a camp shirt.

When we returned from Toronto where we had so enjoyed the dessert, tiramisu, Daughter tried her hand at making it.  We talked about how expensive mascarpone cheese has become...crazy expensive so this dessert was special in more ways than one. Worth it though as it was delicious.

Read this book lately and enjoyed it; from Ian McEwan. You may remember his novel, Atonement, was made into an Oscar-winning film starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. I was enthralled with the completely human like robot knowing such creatures are definitely going to be a part of life in coming decades.

During the power outage I made great headway on my newest 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, The Country Diary of An Edwardian Lady's Summer.  From Cobble Hill via Amazon.

Mistake #3, another stitchy one...this time involving my Floral Motif Sampler. Here is where I am today with it...look at the left hand border.

When I got down to stitching that bottom corner motif, I realized my border as it was would not accommodate it. Just three stitches too tight. What to do? I could take out the flower which was finished when I realized my error to shift it over to the right or undo the border which was almost down to that small boxy flower by the bird.  I opted to undo the border and restitch it wider.  I still don't know how I miscalculated like that. Sigh. 

But anyway, done now and I will definitely try to pay closer attention to small details like this next time. 

Hope your week has had lovely likeable things in it. 

Linking with Not Afraid of Color, Floral Friday Foto, Kathy's Quilts and  Brian's Home Blog.