Aug 14, 2017

THE OFFICIAL SUMMER 2017 SPINSTER STITCHER SELFIE



Who knew that an apartment swimming pool could bring about such a wonderful change in Yours Truly?  I have taken to the water as a means of getting some much needed exercise and as a way to study the sky and clouds for hours at a time without getting a crick in my neck.

I still use my invisibility glasses and make a run for it as soon as other residents come out to play, but for the last few days it's just been me and my sunscreen...floating happily around the place thinking about the evening's stitching and what to have for dinner.

Tonight it will be salad with grilled chicken and the continuation of Miss Gertie Bluebird:
I completed the grey section at the bottom at Donaldson, but stalled a bit while waiting for a thread change.  Guess what arrived in the mailbox today!

I hope your Monday has been bright and cheerful and that your week is off to a good start!

13 comments:

  1. Glad to hear things are going so swimmingly for you. Keep enjoying your aquatics. By the way, I was going to ask where you got that picture of Moi. The paparazzi promised not to publish it. Can't trust anyone anymore. :+}

    Sandra from Texas

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  2. Is swimming a new found enjoyment for you? I am glad you have something fun and enjoyable to look forward to each day.

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  3. Delighted to hear the radiance in your voice...is that enjoyment I perceive? That selfie pushed me off my pins
    with laughter...until I realized that you would not have
    published except your bikini-clad svelte figure..... The
    pool seems a great compensation for the move.

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  4. Hahaa @ your selfie. My legs are so white they cause snow blindness! Lovely stitchy project.

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  5. Cute, adorable, absolutely stunning....skinny dipping suits you. I would say more, but am seriously brain dead having been up since 3:15 am, traveling cross country in the dubious comfort of several aircraft, only to be allowed escape for a few moments in what can only be described as concrete zoos with horrid catering services. Although now comfortable ensconced in a well-appointed room, I need sleep. And some ankle biter in the room next door is feeling a need to express him or herself loudly at the moment, for some unknown reason.
    Tomorrow holds tons of promise, having packed the needlepoint, the stand, the mini mag-light....everything, and this room has two walls of windows and magnificent daylight, not to mention substitute happy chair and foot rest. Planning on daytime fun, and then .....something I have been waiting for over a decade to do tomorrow evening. We are having dinner on the fan tail of the USS Midway. I expect it to be right up there with some other grand experiences like watching the last nighttime launch of the space shuttle from immediately outside mission control (closer than the VIP bleachers, er, um, viewing stands). True confessions, I am married to a geek, and I am a geek so the grand experiences tend to be rather geeky. It takes all kinds....please give that little one with the powerful lungs a passie, please.
    Can't wait to see the progress you are making on the Miss Gertie Bluebird now that the threads arrived.

    Prayers continue.......

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  6. Miss Gertie has a lot of personality going on there. I love it! Happy stitching! Andrea

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  7. Looking forward to seeing more progress on Miss Gertie! I am glad you are enjoying the pool.

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  8. The relaxation being in a swimming pool can give is wonderful isn't it. I'm like you though, I think if anyone else arrived I'd being off on a zipline out of view.
    Loving your stitching, its so cute.

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  9. Coni, I am so happy for you. There is no place better than the pool for relaxation. Especially when you have it all to yourself. The stitching is going great! Love, hugs & prayers, Cathryn ♥

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  10. So glad you are enjoying the swimming pool! And Gertie has the most wonderful colors! I can't wait to see more of her stitched :)

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  11. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh, sounds like bliss! But that is not you swimming as you're on the marvelous weight loss plan!

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  12. That looks an awful lot like my selfie.. .you should see me on water skis!

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