Joshua and I made a trip to Ellijay, GA the last week of May to pick up granddaughter Ariel. She spent the summer with us.
We didn't plan any exciting adventures for this year's visit. Instead, I focused on teaching her some of the artistic skills I've learned over the years.
I bought several paper crafting and mixed media books at Barnes & Nobel's and Hobby Lobby. These included:
Coloring Your Prayers
Coloring Mandalas 2
She also got watercolor pencils, felt tip markers, origami paper, and some pastels.
We did our daily walks in the woods with the dogs.
We picked mushrooms...
We did some sun dyeing on silk with our friends Gena Stout and Erika Schindler and Karna McFadden.
I hatched out some chicks (in the incubator) just before we left for Georgia. And while we were gone, our banty hens hatched out 10 chicks!
Ariel and I went to The Pig n' Whistle in Hardy, along with Gena Stout and Erika Schindler, for a tea party. That was fun. Julie and Perry Morgan came in while we were there. It was great to see them.
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| Sweets to go with our tea. |
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| Erika and Gena |
The addition that was built last fall is complete now, the cedar siding was put on by our friend Chris Graves in July.
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| Custom cedar siding on the bedroom/mudroom addition. |
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| Our house, with the addition now complete. I think it looks great! |
Ariel sewed some aprons, and she did a great job on them.
Tammy and Rickie came to pick Ariel up the last Monday in July. They stayed until Friday morning. That was a teary day, here at the Teem household. I really enjoy the summer visits.
I did manage to finish a few projects. The tunic and sandals were for Tammy. The alpaca shawl is for sale ($50).
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| Tammy's cotton tunic. |
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| Cotton crocheted onto flip flops. Tammy loved them! |
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| Baby alpaca shawl in a nice, summery green. |
