Patty's Post

Hi, my name is Patty. I'm a golden retriever.

I came to live here last week.

I am 7 years old, and my whole life so far has been puppies!

All I've done my whole life is have them.

And my owner sold them to people who wanted puppies.

There were lots of other dogs having puppies there too.

Finally, I got too old and my owner gave me to the Delaware Valley

Golden Retriever Rescue. They gave me all my shots. Ow.

And they cleaned my teeth.

And they checked me all over and gave me x-rays.

I was fine.

Then they gave me an operation so I won't have any more puppies.

Thank goodness!

 So, last week I came here to live. I am not used to so much space!

Sometimes I just go around in circles!

There is another dog here named Gabriel. He is my "mentor dog."

That means he shows me how to live in a house, go potty outside,

and play with toys. I never had any of those.

I'm getting good at potty outside, but when it was raining

and mom put up the hood on her coat, I freaked out!

She apologized and put it back, so I saw it was her and it was ok.

I still don't take a treat from her, but she puts it down, and it

is usually cheese, so I eat it then.

I jump at loud noises.

Don't even talk about the Horrible Vacuum Cleaner.

But I have a nice cushy bed to go and sit in

when I get scared. It's my safe place.

And I do get back in the corner under her dressing table, that's my

other safe place.

Life has been wonderful these last few weeks!

Love, Patty

Baby Daygowns and Bonnets

New handkerchief bonnets and day gowns.

I've been busy making things for the early Christmas shoppers.

Baby day gowns in three colors.

In my Etsy shop now.

Love, Linda

Gabe Here . . .

Sometimes Mom gets ideas.

I don't know what sets her off - maybe she reads them in a book.

The other day she got this little brush

and this tube of stuff that smelled like minty chicken . . .

and started rubbing it on my teeth.

 I tried to get hold of it to lick it off, but she kept moving it around

She lifted up my lip and rubbed my big tooth.

 And she kept laughing! It didn't taste all that great either.

She could just have given me peanut butter.

 Sometimes, mom just baffles me.

Love, Gabe

Fall in the Garden

I'm not ready for fall this year, I've enjoyed every minute of summer!

The monster tomato plant has given over 120 tomatoes,

and about 30 green ones remain.

They are the size of cherry tomatoes now.

 The hydrangeas are tipped with pink.

There are still a couple of blooms on the butterfly bush,

but the butterflies and bees are gone. The impatiens are

still going strong.

 Bugbane.

 I'm saving cleome seeds. Some of them reverted to purple this year.

 Time to start raking leaves . . .

 Love, Linda

Moon Garden Revisit

My moon garden did very well this summer.

This is the second year for the hydrangeas and the butterfly bushes.

HOSTAS!

The bees and butterflies were having a wonderful time!

Love, Linda

Book Report

Recently I purchased a book entitled Celtic, Viking & Anglo-Saxon Embroidery

The art and embroidery of Jan Messent

She is a member of the Embroiderers Guild and has lectured all over the world.
Her last book was about the Bayeux Tapestry (which I need).

This is a wonderful book, containing many samples of her work.

 

This is a celebration of gold ornament, along with some of the fibers known
during the time between 1500 and 500 BC. The history of these
fibers is fascinating.

 Below is a replica of an Anglo-Saxon woman's needle kit, complete
with handmade needles.

 Below is a book, replicating the Bayeux stitch, used on the famous
tapestry made in England by Anglo-Saxon women following the Norman
invasion of 1066. It is a laidwork filling with couched threads.

 Only noblewomen had the time and materials to decorate their clothing
and make beautiful items for the church. Many noblewomen went to live in nunneries
after they were widowed.

 Tablet weaving.

 What King Harold's cloak for Hastings may have looked like.

Truly a wonderful book - I can't stop looking at it.
I have so much admiration for these women who made their own needles,
and spun, wove and dyed their own fabrics.
Love, Linda