On Sunday while the rest of the city treated Mom to brunch, I took advantage of the sun and walked down to Colonel Summers Park where it was just me, some tennis players and the organic gardeners. (My mommy lives 1000 miles away, so she got a phone call that woke her up. Rise and shine, Mama!)
Colonel Summers Park organic garden
Among the things I love about Portland: the fact that a community organic garden exists and that I could sit embroidering in the grass under a tree and no one noticed a thing unusual. I’m still not used to that.
Also among the things I love right now: my new vintage cowboy boots. Love love love them. They go with everything and I’ve worn them every where. They are about a mens size 11 and my feet slide around while walking, and I couldn’t afford to eat much the week after the purchase, but those boots are my dearest possession right now.
Aside from admiring my footwear, I also worked a bit on my hankies with the Decemberists stitch transfers from Sublime Stitching (pretty sure I posted them back in the summertime). I’m now compelled to complete them, since Chrissy and I are going to their show in July, and the tickets were so expensive I had better be moved to tears and require a hankie to weep into. Convenience charge, my ass.
Anyhow, Monday was also my Lil L’s second birthday (who I can’t call my youngest nephew now that Baby S has joined the pack!) and my one year anniversary of landing in Oregon. Looking back, blah blah blah, all I really have to say is I’m in a much better place mentally, emotionally and physically than I was one year ago and I think it has everything to do with location.
Oh, and when I said my Ravelry page was updated, I totally lied. It’s more current now, but still missing two major projects. I’ll make sure to post about them here, too, but I added some little things to Ravelry.
