Flowers bloomed on this needlebook cover made for a blog friend.
Butterflies have made their presence known, finally, in my gardens, like this Eastern Tiger Swallowtail.
And this monarch butterfly posed for me with wings outspread!
I forget what these are, but it was so pretty perched on this wild flower against the wooden fence. For more How does Your Garden Grow, visit Pigtails and Quilts!
As I sit here in my craft room, I hear the crickets outside my window, and I get the somber thought that fall is arriving, and soon the crickets, frogs, and summer birds will be silenced. And the long wait til Spring and their return will be such a yearning. So I'll spend as much time as I can outdoors, soaking in the sites and sounds of summer, as the days shorten. But Fall brings her beauty, and there will be a new season to take in the aroma's and sites. The turning of the seasons is beautiful in Michigan, I wouldn't trade it for anything.
And he has! He sleeps inside most of the day, then goes out to be with his peeps. Toby then comes in for the night, sleeping on the cat blanket on my bed. Again, I have my affectionate, loving and loyal cat back. All is well!
Mine grows with roses!
Thearica, of Pigtales and Quilts, is hosting a fun sew along called "How Does Your Garden Grow" . Every Sunday, Participants post a picture of their garden, whether crafted, or real. I have joined up, and here is my first picture.
He has been know to sit in the coop with them, and he follows them, or they follow him, however you want to see it.
They share the water,
and when Robyn's chickens come to visit, he makes sure they don't enter the yard and bother his ladies and gent. I don't know if this makes Toby a chickat, or the chickens catkens. Whatever they are, it works, and they're all happy.
