Porcupine Needle

Friday, June 6, 2014

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Monday, May 26, 2014

Smokin.....

Not only have I been smokin' on the grill...My needle has been smokin' on this patriotic stitch.

I had planned to do my BBQ yesterday but got carried away in my yard.

Apple wood smoked butt for pulled pork.

YUM!

The apple wood smoke has made my mouth water all day.

I sampled a piece this evening.....it is apple-solutely delicious!!

I am enjoying this chunky stitch.

I will be making a color change as the drab green called for makes this piece too dark for me. I have some DMC wool in an off white that I think will give me the patriotic finish I am looking for.

Can't wait to see how it turns out.

We planted the garden today; look at that Rhubarb!

Ready to cut.

While I was on a walk with the hound I saw our neighbors new totem pole; he carved it himself.

I say neighbors... they live on the lake about a mile down the road from us.

This is the fork in the road that leads to the family camps on either side.

Check out their view!

Thanks for stopping by; keep on stitching.

Off to wash this apple smoke out of my hair. ;)

P.J.

Sunday, May 25, 2014

We have had a couple days of good weather between the rain...tomorrow brings thunderstorms which don't occur often up here in Maine. It was one of the first things my family noticed when we moved here nine years ago this very weekend. My, how time flies.

Friday our Military Appreciation Group from work was invited to participate in a memorial event;

The Summit Project

(*you can read more about it here).

We were honored to participate in one leg of this amazing memorial project.

The rain held off until the afternoon.

Major David Cote developed this honorable memorial project; stones are engraved with the name and dates of every Maine Soldier that has given the ultimate sacrifice since 9/11/01 in the conflicts overseas. Patriot Riders transported the stones from Portland to Baxter State Park were hikers will take over 30 of those stones to the summit of Mt. Katahdin and back down. The stones are displayed at the MEPS in Portland and can be checked out by anyone.

Semper Memento *** Remember You Always

Saturday morning we left the house at 6AM to meet up with friends on our way South to Augusta.The weather was much more pleasant this year as we placed flags at the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery. The rain was a no show. :)

There was a wonderfully written article in the Bangor Daily News by Jim Evans. The following quote near the end of the story choked me up and overwhelmed me with tears.

"Linwood Young, 84, of Smithfield, served 26 years in the Air Force

and took his time walking through the cemetery.

“I figure I’ll be here someday,” he said.

“This is nice to see the respect they give to the military.”"

***********

God Bless You, Linwood Young.

Thank you for your service.

***********

After this moving memorial event we made our in the other direction...headed North to The Forks to celebrate the union of some friends. They held a very sweet, simple ceremony on the deck of The Marshall's Inn. And later that evening the groom's band (he is the drummer) played a gig! It was a good ending to a great day. We made the drive back home and hit the bed around 1-ish.

Today was spent playing in the dirt sprucing up the flower beds, mowing, edging and prepping the garden. I wanted to work in my flower beds early so I could plant my butt in my stitching seat....but after I showered from working in the yard I ended up taking my favorite type of nap...fresh from the shower, damp head on top of a made bed. It was a much needed cat nap.

I have been enjoying all of the patriotic patterns on everyone's posts so I went stash diving and pulled up a little kit given to me by one of my S-n-B sisters many moons ago.