Thanks for checking out this Saylor's Log today! I launched this blog a little over ten years ago in search of creative expression and shared adventures in the crafting blog community. I was especially interested in exploring fiber crafts, faith, and watercolor painting and I still am. This past year I have been given three painted rocks from local friends and during the month of June, the rock pictured above arrived in the mail! Through Zoom I have been meeting monthly with a group of ladies for a little over a year, and texting daily with them in-between Zoom meetings. I mentioned admiring a rock my mother painted over fifty years ago that my older sister now has. Our mom painted a little sailboat sailing on the ocean so my Zoom friend surprised me by painting a little sailboat sailing on the ocean and then sent it from Florida to Oregon so that I could have it! It is on the table beside my favorite chair in the living room...such an incredibly thoughtful and generous gift I so appreciate.
During June I have made some progress on the simple double crochet stitched acrylic baby blanket I started months ago, and I have started knitting another Grandma's Dishcloth...simple stitches I so enjoy crafting! Are you stitching anything?
During record-breaking !!! heat in June, in the Portland, OR area, I used frozen blue ice packs in a bowl in front of a fan directed toward me for AC. Cool crafting!!!
During June, my rose bush produced lovely little fragrant roses for me to craft into bouquets and arrange on my kitchen windowsill before the days of scorching heat arrived.
In June, for the first time in a year and a half, my condo community was able to gather together outside...crafting our neighborly skills!
These neighbor's flowers were such a delight to enjoy... an old-fashioned rose scent! This June I have been experimenting with crafting some essential oils in a dollar store diffuser. Do you have a favorite combination of essential oil scents and a favorite type of diffuser?
This neighbor's beautiful rose reminded me of my dear blogging friend Teresa who I typed about in my last post. Through the years of our friendship, Teresa encouraged me to craft my blog and continue even while seeing stormy seas from my widow's walk...so here I am typing to you...feeling the need to relaunch One Saylor's Log. I just reread what I typed in my About page years ago and it seems fitting to reprint it here...
Now more a spyglass than part of a set of binoculars, I am freshly exploring how I can best use the B.A. in Speech-Communications I earned from SJSU in 1975. Typing this log for you to read seems to me to be a part of the answer for this season of my sailing; and as you read, I hope you have a Bon Voyage!
Good morning sweet Gracie. What a great post. The painted rock is so perfect for you. What a great gift from your Zoom friend. Your blanket and dishcoloth are beautiful and what an inventive way to keep cool. I can only imagine how miserable it is with no AC for so many in the PNW. I like to diffuse essential oils too. I use a Young Living diffuser and either Revive or Young Living oils.
ReplyDeleteTake care of yourself Gracie and stay cool inside.
Blessings and love,
Betsy
Gorgeous rock Gracie and lovely friends who did this for you. Lovely roses too. Here I have sewn, knitted and crocheted a few items. I love frankincense lavender rosemary combined simple 1 2 3 drops. Oh dear Teresa so missed here 😢😢 Lovely your group could gather. We finally had family together after so long missing each other. Take care 😀
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun rock and so nice that it was posted to you. I have just finished a shawl for a gift and have now started on a a throw. The roses are a real delight. I am so glad that you are able to socialise once again, the isolation was not good for anyone's mental health. Take care of yourself.
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice surprise to read your post--I always encourage blogging for staying connected! The rock is a gift of love. I laughed to see your version of A/C! The roses are beautiful and for a second I could smell one ! Have a good weekend!
ReplyDeleteGood to see a post from you again! What a sweet gift to receive from your friend! That heat wave was a memorable one for sure! I’m glad you were able to find a bit of relief from it. Never thought of using the blue ice packs. I’ll have to remember that for my friend who doesn’t have AC. Glad you could get together with your neighbors again. It’s good to have a bit of normalcy return.
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Aimee
PS: Miss Teresa too. Even though we never met personally because of circumstances in my life, I miss her presence on the web.
What a generous gesture from your friend and such a lovely surprise to receive in the post. I am hearing about the heat wave in Canada and the States on the BBC World news daily and now also about the fires! I do hope it isn't too bad where you live now.The ice packs near your fan sound like a very good idea. When it gets to the extreme here especially when it is difficult to sleep I fill up a hot water bottle with icy cold water. It does help! I am at present making a little jumper for my great niece who lives in New Zealand as it is winter there. It is really good that you can once again meet up with your friends and socialise. What beautiful roses! take care Amanda x
ReplyDeleteOh Gracie. I thought about our dear Teresa yesterday. We were invited to a Fourth Party and the house was decorated door to door with Red white and B1ue. Just as if Teresa were there!
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to hear from you again Gracie. Teresa was a massive influence on us all I think. Missing her. How nice to get together with your condo friends and craft together. Love the idea of the ice blocks and the fan to cool you down ~ warm but rainy here. CN x
ReplyDeleteSuper to hear from you Gracie. I thought of you especially when I read about Teresa as I know you had a lovely friendship. Your crafting is moving along at a pace and it is so nice for you to meet up with friends. Jo x
ReplyDeleteI hope the weather has improved, dear Gracie. I love your pretty flowers and the baby blanket, I love crafting as well. I'm currently stitching myself a summer shoulder bag.
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xo
Welcome back! Like you, I seem to have unplanned gaps in my blogging.
ReplyDeleteI also enjoy simple knitting. So relaxing.I’m doing fingerless mitts as I travel to visit family friends.
Dear Gracie, oh how I have missed our blogs. As social media took me away. I have come back to my love of writing after being asked to write an article. My latest blog will be published soon. Hope to catch up and stay connected. xxx ooo PS if this is a second comment delete this one. I think I accidently lost the last one by signing out too soon. lol
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