A necklace, strung on braided cord, then another cord, not strung through the beads, was tied after each bead on the necklace. Number 98.

A necklace, strung on braided cord, then another cord, not strung through the beads, was tied after each bead on the necklace. Number 98.

I added a flower and some buds. And I did more thread sketching. I think this is better, do you?

Number 97, Plumeria Flowers.

Number 96, tote bag for grandsons’ piano lessons.

When we have most of the clearing done, we’ll plant more trees. But there are tall maples you can’t see here, that will give a lot of shade this summer. This house used to be surrounded by tall pine trees on all sides. But we had several years of drought, and beetle attacks, which killed most of the trees. They started falling down a few years ago. There are still about 80 trees, but none near the house.

This is what my yard would look like if we didn’t cut all the fallen trees, and stack logs, and clear out brush. This picture was taken of a neighbors’ property a few lots down the street.

This is another area we worked on clearing out. There were logs that we cut a few years ago, on the ground. We stacked them up last fall, and started cleaning up the branches and underbrush this week. I think I used up 6 weeks worth of muscles in 2 days.

I cut out all the brush that filled this space while I was a lumberjack. There was enough to take 5 big loads to the fire pit.

This is what I worked on in the car, another Lady of Guadalupe. She’ll get a fringe of beads soon. Number 95.