This week's various

Wabi Sabi

Lovely flowers from DH still pretty

Did you know Monday, March 2nd, is Dr. Seuss' Birthday!  Cat in the Hat said so!

Reading Proclamation from my favorite High School Principle (Now school superintendent)

Got to spend time with this little one on Tuesday.  Once he got started he ate two huge chicken tenders
and the flounder was good too!

He is a tiny tiger!

Leisurely walk with the camera

Hand spun knit given as Christmas presents

Played with the digital SLR camera on a walk

Lovely grasses in our winter 

Diagonal design element!

Cool native plant!

Now onto the neighborhood yards and lovely camilias

Lovely green slimy ditches

This week's happenings

I got to spend some time with grandson and he wanted to be outside enjoying the sunshine.  Also had a couple of finishes.  A pincushion and two skeins of hand spun yarn.

This 5 year can cast pretty well!

Natawny waiting for the fish

Victoria Sampler pincushion (changed Connecticut to Spring)

Alpaca with cotton/mohair accents - singles

Two singles plied, soft and fluffy

Catching up on finishes

Here are a few finishes and an in-progress sampler.  I received lenses for my new IPhone from DH for Chrismas.

Bookish earrings given away at Christmas exchange

Bookish Bracelet given away at another Christmas exchange

Narrow sampler in progress, silk threads on linen

Fisheye lens on IPhone

Miss Natawny on dock

Lovely new year

Thought I would try to catch a January post before the month whooshed by.  As I was preparing photos for posting, I realized one of the reasons I hadn't been posting regularly.  I updated my Mac operating system a couple of months ago and they changed Iphoto interface.  I haven't gotten comfortable resizing and copying photos with the new version.  I should be posting completed projects more often as I've taken a digital photography course and learned a bit about manual settings on the Nikon, bought a nice background and finished a number of odds and ends.  No excuses, except for lots of distractions and busyness.

So without further ado, here are some highlights from last week's Callaway Garden's trip:

Butterflies at the Butterfly House

More butterflies

Beautiful glass structure with tropical plants in Winter

From the outside!

Inside the chapel

Outside the chapel

My lovely group of friends at the Horticulture Center

Outside the Discovery Center, even in the dead of winter my beloved South is beautiful!

Pendant finish for "Solace"

I made a pendant for an installation called "Solace" in Australia.  They are basically prayer flags and I read about the project on India Flint's blog.  Below are photos of my repurposed cloth napkin, dyed with walnut and sewn by hand.  We were supposed to stitch words of solace and mine were "By the sea".

Photo class and opportunity to play

I've been taking a digital photography class at Education Encore this month.  Grandson had a horseback riding lesson on Saturday so I took the opportunity to take some photos.

Wonderfully patient instructor

Cisco is his favorite horse!

The girl on the right rides the horses bareback at a trot!

Couldn't resist!