Last week, DH took off Wednesday and Thursday for family time since we couldn't take a vacation this summer and he's been working this whole time during the craziness. He already had off on Friday, so we had a bonus day too.
On Wednesday, we to went for a hike at Cunningham Falls. It was a beautiful day and we were mostly in the shade.
The guys got a little more closer than I did, I probably would have fallen!
Seeing some love on the rocks.
On the way home, we stopped for a late lunch and a drink at Idiom Brewing Co. Love those sours!
On Thursday, we went to Conowingo Dam. Poor Chewie did not like the winding road to get there and tossed all of his breakfast, yuck! Luckily it was on the plastic mat so I was able to dump in the grass. I guess it turned out to be a special treat for the vultures.
There were signs warning you about the vultures causing damage to vehicles and to park at your own risk, and it's true! This was not our car, although when we came back from looking at the dam, our car looked just like this! I decided to move it away from them and then we continued on our walk.
This was near the dam.
And home to lots of Eagles! We didn't see very many, but we/I'll be back to see some more later in the year.
This was a nice and easy hike, and Gman1's girlfirend C was able to join us, although she's apparently hidden in this photo!
We stopped for a little sit down by the rocks, Chewie didn't seem to like the water as much as we though he would.
View from the trail.
And some fun on the way back!
And imagine, we stopped at Independent Brewing Co for another late lunch and drinks! Poor Chewie, he was only allowed water.
Last week I also tried ice dyeing for the first time. I had two fabric pieces and two white shirts I didn't wear very often, they might have had some stains on them?
Pretty in purple!
It seems to be working...
So close!
And then it rained that night/morning and I forgot that it was outside, oops. No worry, they still turned out.
The larger piece I got at a sale, so no biggie if it didn't turn out.
The smaller piece. a little too much white?
So maybe one of these patterns? I have lots more, but they're smaller. Any other suggestions?
And I like the way the shirts turned out!
So we had some great family days, just not quite what we had originally had planned for our summer.
6 comments:
What wonderful outings you all had together. I had no idea vultures could be destructive like that! The ice dyeing is really interesting. I am glad it worked out for you. :)
Your family days look just about perfect (well, minus the cookie tossing episode). Our Odin was not a car dog and tossed his every single time he got in the car. He loved to go for a ride but his poor tummy certainly didn't. Love the results of your ice dyeing - someday I want to try that.
What wonderful family outings Astrid. Your dyeing projects look great.
Linda
Great hiking places! Looks like a lot of fun.
I had never heard of ice dyeing before. Looks intriguing! Perfect effect for a Halloween stitch or something like blackwork.
Great photos of your days out. We don't have vultures here but some of our seagulls are quite fierce! They dive bombed our Air Con technician when he went on to the roof. He had to buy some sausage rolls to get them away from him!
The ice dyeing is wonderful, some of the Ink Circles Mandalas would look good on the fabric. And tshirts to match!
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