Hello, Friends!
Porch Flowers
My
last post was on March 23rd (bad blogger!), so I thought it was time
to tell you what I’ve been up to.
Since
then, we’ve bought and moved into a new construction home, been to Florida four
times, Ohio one time and attended two cross stitch retreats.
Rather
than take up your time covering all of that at once, I thought I would share
about the move first. I’ll cover the retreats in a separate post.
For
a recap of how we ended up in North Carolina, read my post here.
We
didn’t have much luck with purchasing an existing home but we did find a new
neighborhood being built on a ridge. There will only be 10 homes in this
development and I can handle living on a ridge much better than way up a
mountain.
What
I’ve learned during our house hunt is that the roads can be a bit sketchy and
the weather is a little crazy. Many of
the roads are only one lane which means if you and a neighbor are traveling towards
each other at the same time, someone will have to back down. (There is no shoulder…no
moving to the side)
If
there is a power outage in the upper elevations, you may not get it back for a
while. It brought back memories of hurricanes. And the big reason I prefer a
ridge at approximately 3000 feet above sea level over anything higher is
reliable internet service. Since I still
work from home, consistent and strong internet is a must. Our utilities are
underground and the road is easily managed.
The drive leading to the house. I need to take photo of the front.
The back of the house
Some
of our neighbors
Turkeys
Deer
We brought my mom to stay for a couple of weeks and she made a new friend. We do not know who this kitty belongs to but he seems friendly and loves to hang out underneath the bird feeder.
Tufted
Titmouse drying off on the deck railing after a rain
Friendly
black snake keeping all the bad ones away (I hope!)
Morning
view from the deck
In
other news, I recently “fully finished” a cross stitch piece.
This
is Sweet Land of Liberty by Blackbird Designs. The fabric is 28 count Monaco
that I coffee-tea dyed and I used the called-for floss which is mostly Gentle
Art and one DMC. I finished stitching the design on February 21, 2021 and
promptly placed it a drawer.
Here
it is with two other designs from the same Blackbird Designs book Sweet Land
of Liberty.
The
pillow on the left is In Full Glory and the framed piece is American Eagle.
I’m
hoping to finish more items from that drawer now that I have crafting space
again.
If
you made it this far…Thank You!
I’ll
be back soon with a post about the cross-stitch retreats and an update on my
stitching projects.
In
the meantime, for those in the USA, I hope you have a safe and wonderful
Independence Day.
