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Three Freebies on a Thursday, Hubby's New Toy, Tumbling Blocks, Rabbit in White Socks from Canadian Needle Nana

Hubby with his latest purchase. Something called a Spyder which is three wheeled and has power steering. I'm filing this under...you only live once! He rides mid week with a group of similarly vintage drivers who ride the back roads and take all the precautions. I really don't worry about him...that much.

In the tall woods, I spied this little fellow. The ears gave him away.

His close up! His paws were still winter white when this photo was taken.

A new feature on this blog...I'll try to corral the free patterns to Thursday ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 2 years, 4 months ago. under animals , cross stitch , epp , free patterns , links , tumbling quilt

Happy Purchases, Tumbling Blocks, Grosbeak Couple, Violets for Faithfulness from Canadian Needle Nana

This is exactly what happened here!

Summer and a heat wave warning arrived simultaneously on Friday. But it is the mosquitoes that are plaguing us; the worst I've seen here. We have to smear /spray that awful stuff on us every time we walk or spend time in the garden.

Enough about that - I'm here to talk about the happy small things that we have enjoyed since last posting. For starters I received stitching mail.

I ordered two project bags from a lovely Etsy shop, MiniMade. Miriam does beautiful stitching on a wide array of affordable items and ...

added by Jocelyn is Canadian Needle Nana 3 years, 5 months ago. under birds , epp , flower garden quilt , flowers , lovely likes , shopping , tumbling quilt

Welcome Neddy, Vintage Tumbling Blocks Quilt, Bird Watching from Canadian Needle Nana

Our spring started with a bang warm enough to wear shorts for the shorts wearing crowd. Then it fizzled into these late weeks of weak almost nonexistent sun, low temperatures and chill bearing winds. It is just weather, though sad for us that it doesn't help to brighten our gloomy news on that other front. It seems our strict lockdown might have to continue into June.

One morning the mallard on the pond was feeling the cold and kept tucking his neck in. From my great distance, I couldn't tell exactly what this was.

Another morning the mallards ...

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