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Saturday, May 1, 2010
Mother Goose day
Most of the cozy day was spent with a quilt, pot of tea, and reading material. So many other things on my list to do but the day just keeps slipping away so comfortably inside as the weather is quite dark and dreary through the windowpanes.
Through my reading today, I found out that May 1st is also Mother Goose Day, first started in 1987 by Gloria Delamar. I love Mother Goose Rhymes and can remember quite a few that were memorized and chanted as a little girl. I still look at my toes and remember all the little piggies that went to the market!
Even though we probably all had this in our literature in the early years, and I mean, early (vintage), the rhymes are quite entertaining to read even as an adult. I have so many favorites I can't name just one single one but certainly this one still I fancy. Maybe it's because as I get older I can relate to this true wisdom, although hard at times to follow, it's pretty good for little and old folks.
A Wise Old Owl
A wise old owl sat in an oak,
The more he heard, the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard;
Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?
The less he spoke, the more he heard;
Why aren't we all like that wise old bird?
Well, I've always been a night owl! ;)
30 days hath Sept, April, June and November........
Yep, this morning I woke up 10 hours later and slept GOOOOOD last night. I was actually falling asleep holding this in my hand. I've never fell asleep with a needle in my hand before.
I had to stop and think about todays' date and it's May 1st......May Day.
I hope to finish up this little piece into a pillowkeep today, along with a bunch of other things on my to-do list. I'm stitching this piece on a remnant of 30 Ct Creek Bed Brown R & R linen. Fibers are Crescent colors silks, and Weeks Dye.
I've got to put the vase of tulips here and then sew it up!
This is a freebie on Primitive Betty's Blog site. Pop over there. She has some cute freebies!
She has one I want to stitch up to be a companion pillowkeep called Tulip Time. This will look good in our Dutch colonial home.
Speaking of home, here's' Miss Abbie first thing in the morning. Picture taking is better when she first gets up. She's is my lump of sugar. My stitching buddy and is forever herding in Ren when he goes the wrong way.
I guess she is now the "seeing eye dog" for Ren.
I think that as she has matured she finally figured out he can't see and is old. She's much better with him now.
On May 7th, Abigail will be 8 months old.
Enjoy your May Day!
Jenn
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