5 years.

Saturday July 19th was our 5 year anniversary. We spent the afternoon-evening in Cape May. Ate salads on the beach. Watched the sunset. It was perfect. I took 300 pictures but will only post a few at a time. And obviously not all 300.

They're draining the reservoir here to fix the dam. The water level is the lowest it's been in a long time; you can see the old road and the old dam bed where Absecon Mill once was. It's fascinating.

Since the water level is so low, there are swaths of yellow horned bladderwort - it's so pretty!

I snapped a few shots the other day on my walk - I wish I could have brought my zoom, but I didn't want to get in trouble with security.










One of these days when it's not over 90 degrees, I'm going to try to get some more shots while it's still in bloom.

Flowers from my mother's garden

Orange Coneflower


Lilac


Rose Campion


Cleome

And some cherry tomatoes. :)

Odds and Ends

Yesterday my books came from Amazon. I love getting a box of books! The loot:





I'm ridiculously in love with the Doodle Stitching book, and have already started some designs on paper to try!

Also, my lame-patternless-mushroom I attempted to make:






I have a pattern for a different one and have cut the fabric already - it looks more promising than my half-assed attempt! ;)




"Diet?! What diet??"

Flowers

Some shots of flowers this weekend when we were in Bridgeton.



Purple Coneflower.


Daylilies.


Daylily.


Caprica with her pretty eyes.

Odds and Ends

Wow, I really don't use this much at all, do I? I shall try to update it weekly, at least; I certainly have no shortage of photos to post.









My latest little project, thanks to the wonderful tutorial by mr. monkeysuit's blog.

I'm crafting some cute felt mushrooms from a pattern as well. I bought some lovely herringbone flannel and some fun prints and am attempting my first serious sewing project in - forever? I'm also looking at sewing machines with my mom, who swears by and loves her Kenmore. I cannot believe I'm looking at buying a sewing machine!

I also have a couple of other projects I'm working on; websites, some sketches in colored pencil, and some embroidery. If it weren't summer (hot!) I'd be baking up a storm - I'm itching to try some focaccia with tomatoes and red onions and some rosemary from my herb garden. As it is, I have to pick up a lemon so I can make blueberry scones tonight to use up the rest of the heavy cream. Mmm.