SO as yesterdays post mentioned I am now 7 weeks out from rotator cuff surgery on my right shoulder. I was released from my sling on Monday! A glorious day. Today is Thursday and what a difference 3 days make. First of all I am typing this with two hands-wow who knew how much quicker it is to type with two hands! I have increased my Physical Therapy regime and the pay back has been almost startling. On Monday I had to engage the parking brake on my car with my left hand (yes I have been ok'd to drive), yesterday I had enough strength to use my right arm and hand. SO while I still have PT three times a week and am doing a gajillion exercises at home, I hope to be back to blogging once or twice a week. BUT please note if I am ever not posting here I usually am posting to my Facebook page...
I would LOVE to see you there!
Below you will find what I have been up to over the last 3 weeks. Lots of photos, lots of gardening and a bit of sewing. Oh and I have my 18 year old nephew, Sebastian (I LOVE that name!) living with us until he starts college at Virginia Tech on August 27th. It has been so good to have a teenager back in the house. He is a great kid.
Three sisters and Sebastian
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SO here are some photos of my little sewing project. What we have here is cotton clothesline wrapped in 3/4 strips of scrap fabric.I have lots of scrap fabric, (I love to quilt) but the clothes line and fabric were generously given to me by one of my quilting buddies. I was visiting my Tuesday quilting group and they were making these baskets. As I watched I thought I can wind fabric around clothesline... it will be good physical therapy. And it was, after 4 days of winding fabric I had enough to start sewing. All doubts that I could not sew one handed were erased once I started. You have to love my finger nails- I don't even use nail polish very often- these were WILD. (Blame it on post surgery boredom)
Fabric Strips over Clothesline Basket, Backyard Garden, Blacksburg, Va-August 11,2012
Onto the photo Challenges!
The above photo of my fabric basket is contributed to
Photo Art Friday-"containers" over on Pixel Dust Art.
Here a slice of lemon in my water... I see a heart for
Guest Heart Thursday thank you Clytie for hosting!
Teacup on the counter, Blacksburg, VA-Aug 14, 2012
The above photo of my fabric basket is contributed to
Photo Art Friday-"containers" over on Pixel Dust Art.
Here a slice of lemon in my water... I see a heart for
Guest Heart Thursday thank you Clytie for hosting!
This image is pulling double duty-
"Straight out of the camera" (*sooc) challenge From Tina's Pic Stories-
"Little piece of heaven" challenge from Tina's Pic Stories
Blacksburg, VA-August 9, 2012
Yup I know it is hard to believe... straight of my Droid cell phone no less!
(I added the border with my watermark) Can you say I love my cell phone!?
These rose images were taken this week as a part of a personal series I am doing called "bloom whenever possible"
and contributed to:
Backyard Garden, Blacksburg, VA August 11 and 14th, 2012
Sending out blessings from Blacksburg, Virginia. xo teri
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Wonderful....i'm impressed of all! Thank you for your show! Gretings of Luise!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Luise-Lotte. It is always fun to see photos come alive- very nice to have you here.
DeleteGreat and beautiful work from you here!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on your recovery! You are incredibly creative. I love that colorful clothesline basket.
ReplyDeleteCheers!
I have a basket like yours that I bought (don't want to tell you what I paid for it) for my kitties to sleep in. They love it and I love your pictures of the basket and flowers et al. Congratulations on your recovery and your steadfast commitment to PT. You do yourself proud :) I have a friend named Claudia who lives in Blacksburg ... do you know any Claudia's? Best to your continued recovery ...
ReplyDeleteAndrea @ From the Sol
Wow, what a gorgeous basket. It's even more beautiful because you made it yourself.
ReplyDeleteThank you Edna, I enjoyed making it very much. There will be more!
DeleteI am calling by from Photo Art Friday what beautiful compositions.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back! Lovely images, all of them! Thanks for sharing with us at Flower Art Friday! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you LeaAnne for tantalizing me with your great photo prompts!
DeleteSo happy to hear that you are recovering so well from your surgery and are able to do more things now. That is awesome.
ReplyDeleteLove your Basket - It's so colorful.
Your roses are also just gorgeous.
Thank you my dear Ida! Heading over to see what you have been up to!
Deletegreat to hear about your recovery! your pictures are full f positive thoughts! AND THE BOWL is fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you my dear! The bowl was really fun to make.
DeleteThis weekend I finally dug out a sewing machine my in-law gave me a YEAR ago. I grew up watching my mom sew but she had never had the patience to teach me (being a professional seamstress for 40 years and a sewing class teacher for almost 15 years) and yesterday she finally has done that. we sat on the opposite sides of computer screen and she guided my through arranging the thread and figuring out how to use the machine. I'm so happy!!!
DeleteAnyway, I just want to thank you for your email. I will write you back.
Have a wonderful day, Teri.
Love your colorful basket. What a perfect subject for PAF theme. Glad you are recovering nicely.
ReplyDeleteBEautimous!! Good to hear recovery is going on at full-tilt boogie!! these photos speak to me BEcause I am totally over the moon for colour.
ReplyDeletestay happy and keep healing!!
What a collection of gorgeous images Teri. Your bowl is amazing. So much creativity unleashed after 7 weeks of being dis-'armed'. :) Love to see your work and so pleased you took the time to share it with Photo Art Friday.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bonnie- You and your blog space are a good fit for me. Gorgeous friendliness!
DeleteYou are a gal of many talents! Love your colorful basket and beautiful rose photos.
ReplyDeleteYou make such beautiful pieces, Teri. You bring to life the saying "bloom whenever possible."
ReplyDeleteAh...so here is where you've been. Lovely photos. One of these days I'll figure out how to post mine.
ReplyDeleteCheers.
Poking in here and there...
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy your photo and craft sense.
Visit when you can -
Hubby had to make several hardware store runs this morning. The old (sink) disposal was hard wired so he is putting in an outlet. First the box he bought was to big, then the gfi safety outlet was dead. humm. Maybe there is a poem in that too?
Much love always. hugs, Jules