T Stands for Tuesday

 Happy T and new week,

   Nothing much new here at the lake. The hot temperatures and humidity continues here in the Ozarks.

   We are still getting a little rain every 10 to 14 days which is a good thing, for my new perennial plants-as they get a good soaking with the rain.

   I haven't been too motivated this past week for art or craft projects, mostly helping to clean up the boat, and the one big project over the weekend was to defrost my deep freezer. The most time consuming part of this is emptying everything out, and then putting it back in. Since the move to the lake our panty of foods has diminished greatly. We used to hunt and process that meat, and I would can up allot of bushels of fruits, and freeze veggies from my garden. I do miss all that. I may get back to some of that once things settle down, we get the woods property sold and I can get a gas stove. 

  I have been reading allot more during the afternoon and evenings during these  hot days this past week. I finished reading America's First Daughter by Dray and Kamoie  I had this on my kindle and had forgotten about it til I heard about their second book My Dear Hamilton.

  If you like to read historical fiction, I would recommend this book. I really enjoyed it and learned allot more about what was going on during that time period. The reviews were mixed-seemed to be very good or low. Reading why some rated the book low-most said too much drama-well there was allot of drama going on during this time period and within this family.  The authors did a allot of research using actual letters etc,  and the authors took the time to share the sources they used, and areas where they needed to fill in and how they wrote those areas. This book was written in first person by Jefferson's daughter. (photo found online)

  I wanted to share this very interesting article from Free the Ocean, True stories about messages found in bottles over the years-one from the 1800's

  I did also purchase another book on Sashiko which looked more detailed and it is. Many diagrams on how to's and not what to do when stitching, and many full size patterns.  Simply Sashiko Classic Japanese Embroidery Made Easy by Nihon Vogue (photo found online)

  I had tried stitching a sample and ran into some problems at corners, this book shows what to do.  I had purchased a small preprinted project and I think I will work on that first, to get a feeling for the stitches. 

  I mentioned in one of my last posts, that last fall the squirrels decided to feast on my gladiola bulbs-I only have three that survived-one more pink one and a white one

I think the deer have been foraging at night in my garden-they have eaten the tops off of many flowers, including my geranium. My neighbor told me the deer come in every year and eat down her hostas-I was surprised that the deer would eat those. Not happy they are eating down on the lilies too

and for my drink share, I picked up a couple of these bottles of different fruit flavors-it's a cheap wine but flavorful and perfect for hot summer days. and they were on sale for only $3.00 The small cup is from Japan I picked up at a resale shop I used to visit allot with a friend-before moving to the lake

Happy T and new week everyone