Misc.

Wow, I didn't realize it had been so long since my last post!  I just don't have much to show.  I have been tatting and making other lace, just haven't finished anything!

The 2 motifs I want to complete in July for the 25 motif challenge should be completed by the end of next week.  I just started one last week.  It's a really pretty design, and if the thread wasn't so horrible to work with, it probably would have been done by now.  I haven't even started the second motif yet.  It's small, so I should have it finished by the end of the month....

I am also done with a tatted doily, but haven't sewn in the ends - I'll show that one as soon as it's done (and scanned, sometimes that's the limiting factor!).  I am also almost done with my current bobbin lace and my current needle lace projects.  

Veggie update:  my cucumbers are growing like weeds!  I need to restake them every few days now!  Funny, considering that they were an impulse buy, and for a while I thought I was in over my head, but so far they seem very happy.  Earlier in the week I was saying to my husband that we now have enough to make a small jar of pickles:)  Now they are almost too big and would no longer fit in a jar!  (Not that I would bother making pickles - too much work!)  I also think their blooms are very pretty.  The tomatoes are also growing.  It seems like they are taller every time I look at them!  Unfortunately the blight is really bad in this part of the country.  Apparently some seedlings form big box stores were infected:(  I got most of my seedlings from our neighbor, so I assume those are safe.  I did buy 1 seedling from a big box store though.  I hope they'll be OK.  I don't want to spray them, so I'm pretty much waiting and taking my chances.  The pepper plant is *finally* starting to show some tiny peppers.  It's not doing too well, and I will be happy if I get 1 pepper out of it:)  I have my doubts about the carrots and the radishes that I sowed (for the second time) have just sprouted.  As I long as I correctly identified what went wrong with the first batch, I should have some this time around.  Supposedly radishes are easy to grow, but I'm not sure I would agree:)  And of course, I am already planning my veggie garden for next year.  I will definitely try to grow more veggies.  I didn't want to start with too much for my 1st year.  It's probably better (and less frustrating) to slowly build up my garden.  Veggies are so cool!