Oh, .......K!

 Who says Florida doesn't have Kangaroos?!!

 Kalanchoe or mother of many since each leaf develops 50 babies.......this plant multiplies!

 Knotweed.  

(The best part of this tall plant who some might call invasive but not me...

 is that it attracts butterflies-hundreds of them! This plant is 5' tall right now!)

 If you look closely, you can see a sulphur butterfly on the bloom.

Kaleidoscope

 Key.  Keyhole.  Knob.

 Knitting! 

 This is a pair of socks for my grandson who's feet have passed mine already in length!

My Kindle!

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Saturday's Finale

 The birthday quilt was delivered at the Florida country style party!  The day was very hot but the swimmers enjoyed it!

 Bill's foot is swelling again from the sernoma and so he did a lot of sitting it out instead of joining in the fun!

 When we got home later in the afternoon, I finished plying the Shetland singles.

 And wound off a beautiful skein of 376 yards of perfectly balanced yarn!   I am not bragging-it is a surprise to me when you get the twists to perfectly cancel each other out and the skein hangs evenly like this!

 The is the first of many skeins I will be pulling from this pound of fiber!   I will begin on the next tomorrow!

Does a watched box of soap harden faster.........?  I am going to find out!

Good Progress!

 The birthday quilt is finished!  I washed it to give it that vintage look I love.

 I quilted it with dragonflies!

 I haven't done any spinning since the Tour de Fleece so it was time to add that to the mix.  I dug out some Shetland roving and began to spin.   Can you say spinning perfection!

 I filled up my two bobbins with long draw spinning......complete relaxation on a spool.

 I am in the process of plying them onto the larger bobbin to get a good sized skein!

 One rainbow sock off the needles and the second well under way!

 I have had this table runner on my mind for a while.  I put it together finally!

 And added a touch of Autumn to the mix.   I ironed these into place and then used invisible thread in a tiny zig zag to secure them since I will be washing this.

It is loaded on the frame and waiting for my inspiration to strike!  I am going to do this one free motion instead of a pantograph since I will want to make the appliques stand out a bit in relief.

Midweek Show 'n Tell

 I finished the plain socks with the fancy heel.

 The bumper pad for Ella's crib is finished and ready to deliver!

 I have a new quilt in the works because a friend's little girl is having a birthday and so I did a bit of stash busting to find this!

No socks are on the needles right now but seeing the Jacob Sheep yarn on Monday inspired me to cast on a Fall sweater and so that is how it goes!

Jones'ing J's

                                     
Jackets.......that stay in the back of my closet unless I travel north.

Jacob sheep yarn......it will be a sweater someday.

Jade plant that is started from a slip from my Mom's plant that is from her Mom's plant!

Jasmine vine that is growing out front but is not blooming right now, unfortunately!

Jewelry ; some that I made and some that is bought but you can see what colors I wear the most!

 John Deere earns his keep around the yard!

Junk drawer that is handier when it has a little organization!

Jute left from my macrame days!

Soapy Saturday

 I made another batch of soap-a half batch using up the supplies left over from last week.   I added some citrus scent to this one.   I cut my time to less than an hour because I knew what I was doing this time!  My only 'goof' was not having the mold set right for the small batch so the bars were cut shallow instead of deep.....live and learn!

 These are big bath bars.  They will have to dry for a week at least!

 Our date palms are all in fruit!  As they ripen, they fall to the ground.

 Aren't they pretty?  These are good to eat, to dry and to make into jelly.

You have to race the squirrels to get them from the ground!

Beachside with the C's!

Sock knitting on the way to Caleb and Cassandra's house at the beach.  I have a new heel gusset to try on my toe-up socks-it worked!

 While the guys took off to do some beach fishing, Cassandra and Ella and I went to the new JoAnn's by her.......oh, to have a store that close to me!  We bought this fabric for the two window valances in Ella's room

And this fabric for the lined curtains.  Cassandra woke up her latent sewing skills and we had a great time!  I left her with homework!

 We all stopped for a lunch at a local burger joint-delicious!  And my son was excited to get me to try his sweet potato fries and I liked them!  (He was a fussy eater and it was always work to get him to try new foods-we have come full circle!)

Ella loves the beach-put her down and she just creeps around exploring and 'sampling' all the shells!

Both Caleb and Bill caught a 24" shark!  A very good fight for a little guy.  He has a full set of needle sharp teeth!

Caleb and Ella enjoy the gentle surf.......

 Sunset reflection painted the sky over the beach....

Sunset over the dunes and sea oats.

Stormie was not happy we were gone all day!  Isn't she cute!