The Weekend Update

Some weekends are so filled with wonderful goodness,

that it's almost impossible to describe in words.

Luckily we have photos!

I have much to share with you!

Friday, as we were making last minute preparations for our weekend guests,

I noticed a tiny hummingbird flying around the high peak inside our garage.

Suddenly, it came plummeting down to the floor, unable to fly.

I gently picked up the tiny bird and cradled it in my hand.

A quick examination showed that she was tangled in a spider's web...

which was wrapped around her wing.

I gently pulled the web from her wing and she took off,

only to land a few feet away on the ground.

She was still unable to fly normally.

I picked her up again and gently combed through her wing feathers with my fingers...

removing a little more sticky spider web.

She rested on my arm for a moment then took off in normal flight

to a tree at the edge of the woods.

If I hadn't found her when I did, she would have surely perished.

Seeing her fly off into the woods was a great way to begin the weekend!

Saturday morning we drove an hour to see Tyler swim in a big

championship swim meet.

(The funny thing about a swim meet is... you might drive an hour to and an hour home,

to watch a race that takes 30 seconds!)

Naturally, it is always worth it... and we wouldn't miss it for the world!

Our weekend guests were friends of Amanda and Tim.

They picnicked (of course the turkeys were in the middle of things!), 

played yard games, swam in the pool, took a long country bike ride,

visited with the animals,

and just generally had a blast.

Sunday morning, our Littles joined us and spent the day (and night)

here on the farm.

Our day was packed full of activity...

"gogo" rides...

picking and eating blueberries off the bush...

garden goodness...

(Pick it, wash it, eat it right there in the garden....Mmmmm.... the best!)

farm chores...

(doesn't every farm girl scoop poop in a dress and pink sparkly shoes?)

horseback rides...

(yes, that is the dress that I made her a couple weeks ago)

more "gogo" rides...

repeat, repeat, repeat.

By the time bedtime rolled around,

there were two tired adults and two exhausted Littles.

It was a great day...

a great weekend.

I have been posting some photos of sewing projects on Instagram.

Lately, I've been sewing totebags and purses.

I did this one on Friday.

It was my first attempt to make a heavy duty bag out of waxed canvas,

with leather strap and handles.

I will definitely be making more of these... I love how it turned out.

Waxed canvas is cotton canvas that is soaked in beeswax...

making it waterproof.

As you work with it, it becomes more and more distressed looking.

The distressed lines can easily be removed by going over the fabric with

a hot hairdryer.

Who knew?

I love learning new things and trying new projects!