Another month, taking us halfway through the year.
It’s a bit of a wobbly video, but here’s how it’s looking so far:
Today is a few wild flowers. We don’t call them weeds in our house.
There have been some very long days, and some very hot days.
As always, a few very simple stitches to witness the days passing.
It doesn’t need to be complicated. Life is challenging enough without making extra work for yourself.
July tomorrow, and the second half of the cloth. There is a seam where I had to join two lengths, but you’ll hardly see the join once a bit of stitching covers it.
I often look at the blank month ahead and wonder what it will bring. It seems strange to think that this time next month I will know what it brought, and today’s future will become the past. Good job I have a needle and thread to anchor me into the present.
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Wonderful and inspiring.
thank you
Very inspiring as usual!
thank you 🙂
I love everything about this. So inspiring!!!
thank you 🙂
Lovely stitching, Catherine
thank you
Lovely to admire
thank you 🙂
beautiful project: one of these days…
ha! Highly recommend it 🙂
Thank you for all of the beautiful things you share! I’m very inspired by your work. I wish I had more hands and more time…
ha, same! but thank you 😊
Thank you for sharing! It looks like it was lots of fun to make. Yahoo Mail: Search, Organize, Conquer
thank you, still ongoing – just a few simple stitches every day
So delightful, Karen. I like the “winding” (as contrasted to straight) edges. It gives the sense of flowing and movement. And yes, wildflowers, not weeds! 🙂
thanks so much Stephanie. We are cultivating all the ‘weeds’ for the bees 🙂 Neighbours with tidy gardens are not impressed!
I love to see your stitching progress as it’s just so relaxing to look at. Do you know what you are going to stitch each day as you pick up your piece or does it just happen? You have lovely weeds (!!) in your stitches.
Mary :))
thanks so much Mary. No, I generally don’t have a plan (story of my life!) – unless it’s something like a solstice or equinox, in which case I might think about it first. Usually it’s just a matter of threading a needle and starting..
Time’s anchor, nice thought!
I feel I have to tether it down somehow… Time just gets away if you let it.
So beautiful and inspirational! I bought one of your templates and have begun stitching, though I’m not so disciplined to do one each day yet!Do you have a descripti
thanks so much Karen. I’m afraid I can’t see the end of your comment, WordPress gremlin perhaps – it looks like you’re asking about a description of something?
My goodness. A half year gone already.
And they aren’t called weeds here, either – I refer to them as “volunteers”!
quite right! and yes, scarily, six months down already 😳
I love wildflowers. they remind me of walks in the woods with my mom and the tiny corner of our yard where she grew wildflowers. my wild backyard near Joshua Tree I let go untouched one year. I ended up with a $500 fine (about for it £367) but rabbits made nests in my yard and there were tiny bunnies. worth it!
Ha! How cute – not so great with the fine though I guess. (You get fined for not having tidy gardens in the US…?) You should see some of the neglected wilderness back gardens over here. Great for wildlife and biodiversity though.
it depends on the town. in my town’s case, it made sense due to wildfire risk. it had just been wet enough that I thought it was safe. (and I’m extremely paranoid about fire risk.) in another town I lived in, you got fined $100 a day if you didn’t get the leaves fallen from your trees out of the street gutter.
I can’t really afford fines, but I couldn’t feel sorry for myself because: bunnies! lol
ah – of course, wildfire risk. Different world over there I guess (though increasingly happening here too in more rural areas). Absolutely bunnies 🙂
How do I get started with this daily stitch along?
Make it a great day! Sandra Jones
So sorry for the delay, Sandra, your comment got held up in the spam queue for some reason. It isn’t really a stitch-along, just me doing some daily stitching to mark the passage of time. You are. however, welcome to do it too – there’s a stitch journal FAQ page here on the blog, and there are links on the Subscribe and Links page to my online classes. Hope that helps.