Country Escape's 2nd pond - Goldfish only

[CountryEscape]

I wondered if it was because they looked like a cross, Sissy, as I saw several that looked like straight pieces going through the other straight piece. Very unique!
Yes, Addy, please post pics of your stone roses, too!!!! I love rocks!

 

[CountryEscape]

Here are some of my favorite stones. These were picked up at the Copper Globe Mine in UT, last summer when my daughter took me on a horseback ride up to that mine. I got bigger stones, too, but they are out by the landscaping near the pond. These are tiny ones, didn't want to lose them. The blue is the copper that was being mined many years ago. Daughter told me if I didn't quit picking up stones, my horse would not be able to haul them all back. Probably had a total of 20# of stones.

Then these are some red stones I gathered while in UT, too, but I don't remember what type of stone they are. Only have small ones of these.

And, daughter brought back a few pieces of petrified wood, I think when she went to Yellowstone National Forest. Don't tell anyone she picked these up! LOL

 

[sissy]

Wow nice stones and love your crochet cloth .I have some I did and all my nieces and nephews got baby blankits from me and now used them for there babies and I made blankits for there babies too .I love visiting the caverns around here

 

[j.w]

Nice rocks CE. Whenever I find a cool looking one I have to bring it on home also!

 

[CountryEscape]

Sissy, I love to crochet. Used to make afghans for my siblings for holidays, and then baby ones for my kids and nieces and nephews. Maybe I'll get to make some for grandbabies and great nieces and nephews one day. I also love to make homemade things and give them away as gifts! That's the best part, giving them to people who love them! My most recent projects were counted cross stitched Christmas tree skirts. I made one for myself when my kids were little, then daughter wanted one. Just got hers done last year (worked on it I think for 5 winters!) and she loves it. I have already started on my son's last winter. Only work on things like that in the winter time.
Here is my daughter's tree skirt. I have close up pics somewhere of each section of it. It took a very long time, but it will be an heirloom for her for years to come.

And, this is the beginning of my son's tree skirt. It has a large "Father Santa" with woodland animals all around him. This is just a small section of the skirt that I completed so far.

 

[j.w]

Very nice work CE! Never had the patience to sit and do that neat stuff.

 

[Fishylove]

Very Pretty CE!

 

[CountryEscape]

It does take many many hours to do counted cross stitch when the spaces are tiny, but it makes it look like a painting from afar, and I love that! My mom did these Hummel pics, gave them to her mom (my Nana), and when Nana died, my sister got them, and then later gave them to me. I treasure them, since I've also done the counted cross stitch. The Umbrella Girl and Boy pic is of the Hummels my Nana got from my Uncle when he was stationed in Germany. He got her the individual statues, and they are worth a fortune now! They are at least 12" tall each. The other pics are the Apple Boy and Girl.

 

[addy1]

ce did you see the post in classified? not sure if you are near Forreston IL. but a friend on a diff forum is selling some beautiful sarassa's for 50 cents, he needs to clean out is gf pond check it out if you are interested

 

[sissy]

Ce nice hand work and yes I knit ,sew and crochet .I love to do it in the winter when there is not as much to do .But you seem to do more than me for sure .

 

[CountryEscape]

Sissy, that is quite a compliment coming from you, but I assure you, there is no one I know that does so many crafty things, and repairs and creates things like you do! Thanks for the words, though.

 

[addy1]

I used to do a lot of that, no one to give the stuff to so quit making things. Now just crafty with growing plants lol

 

[sissy]

I make baby things for my local hospitals nursery to give to new moms and also make blankets for nursing home patients and rehab patients .

 

[CountryEscape]

Addy, you have most of us beat with the growing plants thing. Love to see your garden pics, and I sure don't know what it is, but your lilies are always far prettier than anyone else's, too! My Georgia Peach are still blooming, but the other hardies have pretty much quit. Never did get a bloom from either of the tropicals I got last month, but hoping they will do better next year. They are still growing well, though. Thinking the koi are possibly eating the buds when they emerge, maybe they are tastier than the hardies. May have to encage them in netting next spring to be sure fish cannot get to them! Will have to see.
And, Sissy, that's they kind of thing I will do when I retire, make blankets for the nursing homes, and baby blankets for the hospitals! I'm sure there are groups that do that to make sure everyone is treated fairly, I will have to join one. Right now, though, enough on my plate with working full time and my ponds and horses! Going camping next weekend for 4 days in Southern Illinois Shawnee National Forest! Good thing I have friends to follow on the trails, as I would NEVER find my way back out of there. I have no sense of direction, but will have a fun time camping for sure!

 

[CountryEscape]

Rode Clyde today little over 10 miles and 3 hours in the saddle. On the roads the whole time, but saw some very pretty flower beds in yards along the way. And, this still amazes me! I rode past this train truck (on the left) getting loaded with corn from the grain wagon (on the right) that was being pulled by a dual wheel huge tractor! We came upon them, in the middle of the road (probably no one else uses that road this time of year) and since Clyde had done some amazing things already in our ride, I decided to give it a try, and motioned for the man on the tractor to "keep it rolling" as he was going to shut off the auger.

I apologize for the small size of this pic, it was taken with my phone. But, if you realize that I rode between the truck and the ditch, and THEN I tell you next to the truck was 5' of grass before the ditch, then more grass, then the soy bean field, you will realize just how close to the truck I rode, and all the while the corn was shooting into the bed above our heads! That's an amazing mule, let me tell you! Most horses/mules do NOT like things that are higher than their eye level.
Besides that contraption that he walked by like nothing was abnormal, he walked past a huge grain bin, dryer was running so loud drying the grain that if I had yelled, he would not have heard me! And, before that, a tractor with a sickle mower pointed upward drove past us, yellow tarp covering the mower flapping in the wind. Nothing. Not even a lean of the body to shy away from it. I could not believe it! My mares would not have handled ANY of these issues like that, probably would have outright refused to go by the loud grain bin dryer and no way would have have walked next to the grain truck being loaded. Clyde is becoming better and better every time I ride him. What a lucky day it was to find him!