like a weed ...

 I placed this chair on my front porch intending to put a planter with morning glory seeds beneath it to grow up around the legs and back.

But busy got in between my intentions and actions.

Fortunately, a self-seeded morning glory from last year volunteered to step up.

I just hope it blooms before I move so I don't have to leave the chair behind.

it's been a minute...

I've not been working on many crafts lately.  So much is going on right now, and most unfortunately none of it involves fun stuff.

I'm moving again soon.  Not far, but to a house that will be warmer in the winter and just a one-story home so my knees are already happier.  I have torn something in both of my knees and was supposed to have surgery ages ago in Wisconsin, but it was winter and I didn't want to deal with crutches in the snow and on ice, and have since become stubborn and obstinate.  Okay.  Maybe I've always been stubborn and obstinate.  I'm still not getting the surgery.

As a result, I'm trying to keep from getting distracted from the prep for moving.  

Because I really love packing and moving, said no one ever.

Not entirely successful at that.

A snail that moved surprisingly quickly across my front porch one afternoon.

Earrings from deconstructed necklaces.

Spur of the moment planter colored with Sharpie pens.

a week ...

 It has been a busy week of this and that.  I started working on my June tree ~ West Virginia is my theme.  It will be filled with ornaments representing places or events, the first is the Dandelion Festival.

I finished a window for a friend at church.

One morning I went out and my front porch and yard were covered with floof, and I was initially annoyed until I realized it was dryer lint from the birdhouse I have hanging out there.  The Carolina Wren who had chosen it did not think my floof fit her decor.

This is a beautiful piece of art that a friend at church made for me.  I absolutely love it and feel so blessed.

This sweet fledgling was fiercely watched over by two vicious parents who literally kicked my behind when I tried to pick it up and move it higher off the ground.

This is a poppy I made for another good friend at church who loves summer poppies and she is just as beautiful as one.

I love the color of this lily that has just started to bloom in the same garden where the purple irises were a week or so ago.

Finally, some laughter.  When I have trouble falling asleep, I play with the Instagram filters and take screenshots so I can look at them and laugh until I'm exhausted.  When I'm actually taking the shot, I can't see what I look like because I've got my contact lens out and glasses off.  To actually see them, I have to hold them close to my face.  This first one makes me look uncomfortably like my brother and won't be one I play with again.

I'm now very self-conscious of the size of my nose.

a walkabout

I had to get bloodwork done this week at the new doctor's office and walked up there on Wednesday morning.  It was humid and foggy.  The last stretch of the walk is on a bridge over the railroad tracks, and I loved how they seemed to disappear around the bend into the fog.

It was still foggy when I walked home, but I stopped to explore some bright colors I saw across the road.

I think these ^ are cosmos flowers and have been following a woman on Instagram who does floral printing and dying with naturals, especially cosmos flowers she grows in various colors.  I may have to sneak back and get some of these to try one day, if not this summer then next.  I don't know what the flowers below are, but they were beautiful.  I saw a few wild lupines in a deep purple, but they were up an almost vertical hill that I did not want to attempt to climb.  Along the walk, there was wild honeysuckle growing in the shade and the scent was just wonderful.  It has inspired me to get some for my own very shaded side yard ... ah but next payday.

I picked up my acrylic pour project from last Saturday after it had dried, and tried several photos to capture the iridescence of the blue black paint on the right side of it.  The picture doesn't do it justice.

On a very positive note, my labs came back with exciting news and an answer to prayers.  My A1C has dropped to the point where I am not considered "diabetic" but a "watch and see" now, and have stopped taking the meds.  I've been wearing a continuous glucose monitor for over a month now, and it has good and bad points.  The good is that it has helped me to learn which foods have a negative impact on my blood sugar.  The bad is that it has helped me to learn which foods have a negative impact on my blood sugar.  Cheese, a protein I love, is not on my good list.  However, bacon and eggs are, and I'd been avoiding them because of the cholesterol concerns.  Go figure.

It is now Saturday, and I'm being very productive in spite of this brief break to finish this post.  I've already patched the holes in the ceiling left behind when my landlord replaced the single light with a fan/light fixture in the bedroom.  I've vacuumed, and am waiting now for the spray paint fumes to dissipate in the bedroom from the central air intake in filter cover which had unsightly rust on it.  Once this is posted I will finish cleaning and organizing in the bedroom, then patch the holes in the ceiling in the office and work there.

But first, more coffee.

Hope your week has been good, and your weekend will be wonderful.

Hugs, Ci