Final Friday

On our last Friday of Summer, we spent more than 6 hours (!) making jewelry.

It was one of the most enjoyable days of Mama's life, spent creating, humming, chatting and soaking in the essence of darling Tween.

It was the essence of our Maiden Summer.

Squeezing It All In

Tween: in-class paper helicopter and a couple other flying things. Elegant hairstyle.

Mama: two more beach glass pendants, a few rows of knitting on the pillow cover. Two batches of blueberry muffins: g-f mix "regular" and buckwheat chocolate (based on Good to the Grain). A new zucchini recipe for dinner. Painting---fence boards. Dilly tally: three quarts, six pints.

Sun, swimming, & overnight here with Tween's friend.

Back At It

First completed project with the scary new machine!

Tween is in morning classes--one of which involves making paper airplanes and other types of flying creations!

Mama put art into the recently painted frames, including a welcome-to-town collage made by a then-new, now-dear friend. Framed and mounted a menu planner. Hung up the completed sewing-machine project.

Dilly Beans are in progress!

Time Flies = Having Fun!

Tween's creations

How do those pro bloggers post so regularly? We took a two-week vacay at the end of June, followed by house guests, and zippo! No word here from then til now! Hardly a real problem...except for wanting to chronicle our creative summer.

Crazily, Mama knit a lace mohair scarf in a day on Amtrak during the trip. Gave it as a gift to Best Pal on our visit--and never thought to snap a pic. (As if those pics may ever actually make it to this spot....)

Finished one knit pillow cover, the second is close to done.

Made 24 quarts of dill pickles.

Made 7 pints of blueberry jam....with the old, unhealthy pectin. Froze berries; dried berries; baked with berries multiple times. (Did I mention the family went berry picking?)

First sewing project

Learned to use the new sewing machine; a post in itself. 

Started a lace shawl with vacation yarn.

Our symbol of summer

Tween is always creating something: first little stuffed creatures, and now a blooming passion for lanyards (gimp/scoubydo). Mama proudly wears two bracelets in homage to our "summer camp."

Also invented some bracelets and rings from dried paint! The violin improves weekly, and singing is our life soundtrack; she is so proud to be in the city chorale come fall. A peach pit ring is in the works.



 Together we made beach glass pendants. Today, we painted frames for artwork.

Mama's beach glass creations.

And there has been swimming and sitting in the sun to read...until the skeeters drive us in.

Tween's hand-sewn and painted purses.

July was a lot of month!