The Dove

Thank you all for your kind and thoughtful comments. I know most of you have suffered over the loss of a special pet and understand the hurt. Thank you.

Do you see the Dove?

 I looked up and there it was, above the teeny tiny greenhouse and garden. How special is that!

Want to show you something too. Eli's favorite spot in the house had become between Poppy's side of the bed and his closet...

We put down this mat then covered it with Eli's favorite big camo comforter. He had his own fan there in the right-hand corner. He loved his special place. My point in showing you...getting to the computer was almost impossible. To type, I had to sit on the pillows and balance the computer on the edge of the desk. Another reason for being away so long.  Anyhow...

Shelby and I managed "somehow" to be vendors at the "Bee Jubilee" in June. Fabric is hard to come by anymore so I was rummaging through my fabric closet and found two big pieces of, remember when you could buy fabric by the yard that looked like a quilt top?? Well, I made a bunch of aprons from that fabric...

"These are going to sell like crazy", I thought to myself. "They're so cute"! 

With so many colors in the quilt fabric I could add different colored ruffles. It's the three in the middle.

Yep! These are going to sell like hot cakes...

We arrived at the Bee Jubilee, found our spot and began setting up our display...

Oops! Sorry, my stuff is opposite Shelby's jams, jellies, and baked goods. Anyhow, see the clothing hanging behind the table? That is aprons! Our spot was next to a lady selling aprons and she must have had 150 of them...all made from bath towels!

It was a terribly hot day and to tell you the truth, her aprons looked heavy and hot. Folks liked them though. She sold a lot! Wish I had taken a picture of her booth. All three sides were hanging in aprons, three rows high, overwhelming my little rack of aprons. It was a fun day though and I did sell some bonnets, potholders, bag holders, and 2 aprons. Drove home thinking about what to buy with my little wad of cash. :) Spending the day with Shelby and eating a piece of her apple cake with brown sugar frosting was the best part.

Guess I had better get up from here and get busy. I'm cleaning out the sewing room AGAIN!! Got everything pulled out! 

Sorry for posting again so soon. I will close with a picture of our little Ellie...

Love, Henny

Dear friends,

Welcome back down Henny Penny Lane...

 Hope you still are my friends. Forgive me for going away and not saying goodbye or I will be back or anything! Life sure can get crazy. I won't try to back up and bore you with all the details...just go from here. 

Must share with you though, we lost our sweet Eli last Tuesday. Of course, our hearts are broken. Our little house is just not the same. We have a big empty chair in the living room. It has been several months since Eli could even climb into his chair. Eli was going on 13 years old. He was certainly showing his age and had lost the muscles and most of the nerves, the vet said, in his back legs. He will forever be in our hearts...

Eli's vet says he lived a nice long life but not long enough for Poppy and me. Seems like just yesterday we brought this little ball of fur with the white eyelashes home...

It will take a while to recover from this one. 

How's your summer been? Hopefully, not as hot and dry as it has been here in our part of North Carolina. We have broken records...hottest June...dryest June...most days without rain! We were in a terrible drought all through spring and most of this summer. 

Only one pear survived on our two pear trees...

Funny, after that crazy ice storm in February, remember the one where I chopped up all my towels with a potato rake?? :) Well it warmed up so much that the pear trees bloomed, then we had winter come back in March. :(

Not a good year for gardening either...here are a couple of sunflowers. I always love a sunflower...

and this one trying to top the old birdhouse...

and Poppy took this one on our walk with Ellie this morning...

Not a very exciting post. Thank you if you're still here. I have missed you all!

Love, Henny