tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post5619734835429504486..comments2023-10-26T13:57:17.063+01:00Comments on Occasional Blues: Sitting Stitching.......Linda Vincenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17681589005145748856noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-91021260517383859162011-07-03T21:09:25.869+01:002011-07-03T21:09:25.869+01:00I had those spiders too, only ours were on the han...I had those spiders too, only ours were on the handle of the gate into the back garden so everytime I opened the gate I disturbed them, it was such a joyful experience, or it would have been if I was a Treecreeper or Wren.<br />As always your posts are a complete visual treat, 14 faces in the most marvelous tree bark :-)<br />Gini<br />xxGinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07391351671399476167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-34226136679676843222011-05-24T05:58:36.501+01:002011-05-24T05:58:36.501+01:00Lovely to see your garden Linda...and what an inte...Lovely to see your garden Linda...and what an interesting plant/tree!<br />Here is the states they do something called a spirit tree, but the branches are usually thinner...thin enough to pop a colorful glass bottle onto ... they look very decorative...some say junky hahaa!<br />Beauty if always in the eye of the beholder isn't it.<br />Wonderful stitching and photography as always...I am so behind in blogland...feeling scattered to the four winds getting Mom's estate settled and more.<br /><br />Brightest of Blessings to you and yours<br />oxo~*~Patty Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953758102509632020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-71993913537397872142011-05-22T22:47:21.418+01:002011-05-22T22:47:21.418+01:00Have just re-discovered your blog - I LOVE your st...Have just re-discovered your blog - I LOVE your stitching...am especially inspired by your sari ribbon/slow cloth stitcheries - I am going to start one. I will visit you often - lovely blog :-)Lynette (NZ)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04918157348306619271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-45487368478332371742011-05-15T22:57:18.367+01:002011-05-15T22:57:18.367+01:00Interesting! I think your embellished piece has a...Interesting! I think your embellished piece has an exotic fish hiding in it. A lot of our plants took a beating this winter, including the hydrangeas. Lots of yardwork out there if it'd only get warmer.....Judy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05591607125583963544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-75759090954502031632011-05-15T17:07:57.414+01:002011-05-15T17:07:57.414+01:00Loving what you created with your embelishing mach...Loving what you created with your embelishing machine, and your garden looks lovely, great photographs. I also love the new look of your blog, sorry I haven't been around.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14980561396057631404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-28437430064617022162011-05-14T21:52:26.219+01:002011-05-14T21:52:26.219+01:00I love how all those teeny spiders were all huddle...I love how all those teeny spiders were all huddled together with their bottoms outwards!<br />I'm glad you mentioned that lovely plant is allium related. They do really well in my garden. I must get one but will never remember the name.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12998628507844056717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-44291133229835495432011-05-14T10:36:03.999+01:002011-05-14T10:36:03.999+01:00I'd pray over that Cordyline if it was me .......I'd pray over that Cordyline if it was me .... you never know, it might do a Lazarus for you, and it looked so fabulous last year its got to be worth a try?? I love your stitching, even if you are recycling "mistakes"!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07085170279660503572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-20035094344296204182011-05-12T18:09:32.203+01:002011-05-12T18:09:32.203+01:00That are great photos Linda , you have make them a...That are great photos Linda , you have make them at the good moment.<br />I have made a mosaic with a beautiful work of you.<br />big hug ♥RINI♥Catharina Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09376335416863993496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-327036901513285432011-05-12T16:34:30.929+01:002011-05-12T16:34:30.929+01:00Seemed to have missed sesveral of your posts - I a...Seemed to have missed sesveral of your posts - I am now cathcing up -love the stitching. The winter seems to have done for cordylines all over the place - reminders of the hard winter in this wonderful spring. I actually rather like the baby spiders - like little beads. Just think of all those garden pests they'll eat.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18410318976755292700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-668318448731063652011-05-12T12:14:13.826+01:002011-05-12T12:14:13.826+01:00Lovely stitching. I can see faces in the tree trun...Lovely stitching. I can see faces in the tree trunk, I like looking for shapes in other things. The cork floor in my bathroom has so many different faces in it. Trees can come back to life even after a year I heard somewhere recently. Hope yours does.Heloisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00476911247062419638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-34390821761552353642011-05-11T22:32:20.399+01:002011-05-11T22:32:20.399+01:00Lovely pictures of the garden Linda and that Hosta...Lovely pictures of the garden Linda and that Hosta looks fab, I used to have loads of Hostas at my old house. Love youre new header it looks fab and the colours are beautiful, spk soon xxJaqihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551886103051680586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-38974257490412009252011-05-11T00:03:26.045+01:002011-05-11T00:03:26.045+01:00A baby boom! Would love to see that here. My Cordy...A baby boom! Would love to see that here. My Cordyline, only a few years olf 'fell'in half the DAY before my gardening buddies were coming by.Didn't have those wonderfull faces (I wasn't even scared!) Saw the same advice on GW & sawed it below some geranium - if it comes, it comes. MUST get my felting maching down off the shelf!Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114514969969050590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-44587522288351149012011-05-10T23:14:53.155+01:002011-05-10T23:14:53.155+01:00i had them in my greenhouse horrible things..at le...i had them in my greenhouse horrible things..at least your cordyline is being used mine has got all bird feeders on it and a washing line as it was about 30ft tall!..shame. Like your felting stitches. Do you get emails off Colourlicious? they used to have the talking threads programme and some of their emails contain links to excellent videos on you tubeLorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798465942659503011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-20324998863206974642011-05-10T17:12:26.274+01:002011-05-10T17:12:26.274+01:00love the embellisher pieces - particularly the one...love the embellisher pieces - particularly the one that isn't a landscape!Izhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01032407776491997007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-15661377491145627462011-05-10T14:12:52.198+01:002011-05-10T14:12:52.198+01:00Fun stitching pieces, you are back and it's gr...Fun stitching pieces, you are back and it's great to visit. Sorry about your tree, but I am sure Peachy doesn't mind a bit! Looks a bit like a carved totem pole with hawk faces to me. xox CorrineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-7742901558018020952011-05-10T13:18:43.386+01:002011-05-10T13:18:43.386+01:00I love your stitched embellished pieces - very ins...I love your stitched embellished pieces - very inspiring. I've never seen anything like your 'brown blob' - amazing. How kind of the cordyline to leave you with such an interesting feature. The bark looks just like a wonderful weird woodcarving.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06826501916623305535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-34732901065152571682011-05-10T11:25:11.400+01:002011-05-10T11:25:11.400+01:00I found a tiny nest of spiders like that in one of...I found a tiny nest of spiders like that in one of my old metal watering cans, I wasn't as brave as you, to come back and photograph it, I haven't been near it since :) I have two dead cordylines and the smaller is used as a climbing frame by Billyboy and the other a scratching post. I don't know of any that survived the winter. Like the idea of a toy at the top, you do look after your Prince Peachy - what a cutie! Loving your stitching, great use of colour as always :)ShabbyChicShazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08829899527911353704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-21767623836093617102011-05-10T11:07:16.032+01:002011-05-10T11:07:16.032+01:00Your stitching project is looking lovely as always...Your stitching project is looking lovely as always. I wonder how the baby spiders managed to hang on together there must have been hundreds of those isn't it.<br />The dead cordylines looks like a feature in the garden. It may yet surprise you by sprouting who knows. There are lots of gargoyle faces that I can see on trunk.Shashi Nayagamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12104875758016386977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-58452187812243881882011-05-10T11:04:06.447+01:002011-05-10T11:04:06.447+01:00Nice stitching and photos. Joe swift says to cut c...Nice stitching and photos. Joe swift says to cut cordylines back to ground level. If they are still alive they will come back strong and healthy from there. Pity to lose all those eyes though.Maggihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04479533794674357334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-2059108539882198342011-05-10T05:10:56.506+01:002011-05-10T05:10:56.506+01:00I love your felting play and look forward to seein...I love your felting play and look forward to seeing what you do further with it. I have put my embellisher away for the time being, I want to pull it back out and play some more!<br />Baby spiders, they look like the same kind I have here.<br /><br />What an exotic bird in your tree! Don't cut it down, it is an interesting feature in your lovely yard and yes, I definitely see faces in there too! I like the new header.Janhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615007932636751108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-36987902066752919992011-05-09T23:17:26.835+01:002011-05-09T23:17:26.835+01:00Eeee tiny spids! :-)
Gem
xEeee tiny spids! :-)<br />Gem<br />xGemmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319798308428126951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2048218098664199254.post-86311136567966757022011-05-09T21:50:38.046+01:002011-05-09T21:50:38.046+01:00Eeek indeed!Eeek indeed!ju-northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133246789821330730noreply@blogger.com