"Gardening requires lots of water -- most of it in the form of perspiration"

Sorry I've been so neglectful this last week. My friend at 1824 Antiques is having a Spring Open House this weekend and I've been sewing sewing sewing! I'll post some pictures Monday and give you the low down ~ it should be fun!

Above is a doll I just finished for the show. She has crazy flax hair under her hat and is wearing a stained dress.

She was inspired by every gardener that loses them self in their work.

"Gardening is a kind of disease. It infects you, you cannot escape it. When you go visiting, your eyes rove about the garden; you interrupt the serious cocktail drinking because of an irresistible impulse to get up and pull a weed." ~Lewis Gannit

Last week while in the garden, Dino took Lydia to her dance class for me. I'm sure it's the last place he wants to be with all the moms and little girls. When they came home it was dark and I was planting rocks by the porch light. Unbeknownst to me, my hair that was neatly pulled back in braids before, had now come out ~ just on one side of course ....who has time for hair?? Dino is like "You are a sight, have you seen yourself lately?" "You look crazy." "And yet for some reason I'm oddly attracted by it" Ha ~ that's true love, must have been the pheromones. When I saw myself I definitely looked nutty as a fruitcake. Not only was my hair wacky but it was caked with mud on the other side...probably why that braid stayed in. I was wearing this lovely green shirt with holes and shorts with clogs and I'm SURE my legs were shaved. When I'm in that gardening zone an elephant could be sitting in my driveway having tea and I probably wouldn't notice it. If you have an addiction I'm sure you can relate.

Thanks for reading my ramblings....back to work for now. Have a happy weekend!