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This is certainly an oldie, but a goodie!
This has been rolled up in my finished box for YEARS, and I finally decided to frame it. I'm still not sure about the frame, but it will do for now. And since Master Nathan won't have this in his bedroom 🙄, it will live in my craft room with all my other dragon treasures.
Dragon Dreams, Dragonlet's Birth Sampler
For our very own little dragon, such a cutie patootie!
So much for doing more this month, but it's better than nothing!
Be sure to see what the others have finished this time when you head to Rachel's blog.
DH and I took an evening flight to New Orleans to celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary in May. We decided to visit my brother and sister-in-love since we don't get to spend much time with them.
We stayed the night in NOLA until my brother came to pick us up the following day and take us back to their house in Baton Rouge.
Some lovely Black Eyed Susans (Maryland's state flower) in New Orleans.
I got my Beignets, yum! Although not in the French Market location.
We had fun walking around and visiting all the lovely shops...
And bars! I had a frozen drink that I had to drink very slowly and have a sit down, it was powerful!
Mermen made nice window displays in this shop, oh my!
There is a stitching shop there, The Quarter Stitch, but mainly needlepoint and knitting. So many beautiful pieces and the angels were gorgeous.
They did have a small area of cross stitch, and I bought this one to stitch.
Before my brother came to pick us up later that afternoon, we had lunch at Butcher. Delicious and fun!
This is their backyard, complete with pups, Dixie, Rose and Loki. Isn't it beautiful? And that dragon, love it!
Rose and Loki keeping me company while stitching.
The next day, we went to Houmas House Gardens to wander around, it was so lovely.
The next day was our anniversary and we headed back to New Orleans for the day.
Sights in the French Quarter.
We went to The Spotted Cat for drinks and to listen to the music.
This is one of the songs they were playing...
🎜"We are, 🎶so happily married..."🎝
The perfect song for our anniversary that day!
I wish I could tell you who the band was, but I can't remember and couldn't find them anywhere.
My lovely SIL bought me this fun shirt and I brought the cups home for the cats water.
Then we headed to Deutsches Haus, as we have heard so much about it from them we just had to go. Their girls had a brick made in honour of our Momma, it was so nice to see it.
More sweet gifts from my SIL, gnomes and a Nuremberg Bridal Cup.
The day we left, we went to LSU for brunch and to see Mike the Tiger. But all we could see was his paws since he was sleeping in a corner.
We had a wonderful time together and already look forward to our next time, just don't know when yet.
I was able to stitch on the plane, before dozing off!
Almost home, flying past the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.
One of my favourite places to spend some time walking and/or shopping, is Historic Ellicott City. It's changed quite a bit since 2016 and 2018, when it had devastating floods rage through the town.
But earlier in the week, DH and I took Chewie for a walk along the Trolley Trail and did some window/miniature train spotting!
Normally, all of these displays are shown at the Fire Dept in Ellicott City as a Train Garden, but due to darn Covid, it was moved to various windows in the shops on Main Street. It certainly made for a fun walk though!
Along the Trolley Trail, I spotted this piece of wood that totally looked like a dragon to me. Can you see it?
This sweet daffodil was a Mill Hill kit, but all in beads. I didn't like the way it looked, so I changed it to DMC and just added the beads to the flowers. I like it much better.
This year the currants were up to par, so Welsh cakes were made!
Here's Addie and her first St. David's Day.
Dad flying the Welsh flag at their house.
So whether you celebrate this special Welsh holiday, have a beautiful Sunday. It's beautiful and sunny here today!
This is the hummingbird I made my Mom and she loves it! Unfortunately she wasn't feeling well today because it was so damp and rainy, so Dad is hoping to get a picture of her with it tomorrow.
I decided to sign it this way and glued it to the back.
Mother of DragSons! 😉🐲
Through the years with my beautiful Mama!
I've posted this before, but thought I would post it again for Mother's Day.
Although now she is no longer able to make me her German pancakes. I know how to, but they don't quite taste the same as hers.
I hope you had a wonderful day, regardless if you're a mom.
I have several friends and family that have lost their Mom's this year, so I know today is extra hard. One Mom lost their daughter, so I'm sure it's hard for her too.
I honestly don't know how much longer I'll have my Mom around, she's told me she's ready to go and as hard as it is, I understand. But until then, I'm thankful she's here!
