Saturday was beautiful with blue skies, gentle breezes and temperatures reaching almost 90.
I spent time outdoors enjoying nature, sitting in the shade because it really was very hot in the sun, listening to the birds, waving to neighbors working in their yard or taking a leisurely walk and watching Cookie Monster who absolutely adores being outside...
With all the predatory birds around like very large hawks, I don't let him out without a leash or by himself. Walking a cat is not like walking a dog. At least not Cookie Monster who loves to stalk and pounce on bugs, waving weeds/flowers or bees buzzing by. Lots of standing (or sitting) among short bursts of walking or running!
Sunday, though, was another matter. We went from high temperatures and blue skies to dark skies, all day rain and temperatures in the 40's! Yes, the heat was back on it was that cold. I did enjoy working in my studio, though, so the day wasn't a complete loss.
One of the ideas was to create scrap fabric images like a heart. I drew the heart on scrap paper with a marker so it was visible on both sides...
Next, on one side I covered the heart shapes completely with scrap fabric using a dot of glue to hold in place...
Using the zigzag stitch on my sewing machine, I sewed all the fabric edges...
Before cutting out the heart shapes, I zigzagged around the heart shape and this is how they turned out...
I plan on using these in my journals but you could also use them on the front of a handmade card, or connect them with ribbon for a wall hanging, or decorate a present with them. And you know what...they are just plain fun to make.
If you don't want to use a sewing machine, you can simply glue each piece to paper and either leave the edges plain or hand stitch around them. And you can make any shape you want...Eggs for easter, gingerbread men for Christmas, leaves for fall, etc., etc., etc!
I listened to the fourth book in Sarah Yarwood Lovett's 'Nell Ward Series' and I read more in the latest Tea Shop Mystery which I am doing slowly to savor it. Hope you're still reading a few minutes every day.
Plans for today include straightening the house, checking on the seeds and transplanting any that need it and making dinner. As it's cold out (high only in the mid 40's - it's barely in the mid 30's right now) I think one last winter type meal of chili sounds good.
I wasn't feeling my best last week...nothing really wrong, just tired and unmotivated...so I didn't do my normal exercises. It's one of those things where you just need a break...well, I got back on the cycle today for 30 minutes and let me tell you, I felt every minute of that exercise like it was the first time I had done it!
I know that it's easy to lose your fitness but I was really surprised. Guess maybe it has to do with my age, but I'm not going to repeat a whole week of no exercise unless I am really sick. It's not worth it. Hope that you are able to stay with an exercise program...it's really worth it especially as you age.
Have an amazing day...
Talk with you tomorrow...