Bzzz...I Can't recall who hooked this piece! Well, I think I'll extend the crawly things theme for the rest of the week. Bees today and maybe end with ladybugs on Saturday. It's the wiggly season for all kinds of flying and crawling things and nature's creatures always make wonderful subjects for interesting rugs.
I've was lethargic all day yesterday. For some reason sleep eluded me the night before. I tossed and turned and tried to get comfortable until 4:30 and then finally dozed off. Henri was acting up and I thought he was warm so we have this routine where I put a wet facecloth on his belly to cool him down, did that and he was still restless so I put him on the floor to see what he would do and he just laid there so I assumed he was appreciating the cool floor. This morning I found a little deposit in the hallway and he looked a bit sheepish as if to say, couldn't help it mom! Guess he needed to go outside....so ooops for me and poops for him although I suppose that was for me too...to clean up!
I don't know why I was sleepless, but I've been working late nights and I think that revs up the engines so it's difficult to wind down. I just got home from the shop at close to 11:00 and my house guest was pouring himself a glass of wine and when it was offered I thought heck yes, maybe it will make me sleepy tonight. That's a legit reason to drink around midnight so that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
A few years ago, I designed this little piece called Bzzz...I & II to take to the Rug Bees Spring Fling, and annual event in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. I thought it might be cute considering the bee theme of the hook-in but no one really said anything about it and I didn't sell any. Over the years a few people thought it was cute and it's been hooked in difference colours, two of the examples are here. The rust tones was a beginning project that I coloured planned as per a customer's preference and the one below was hooked by a Krista MacDonald. The bees are cute and easily hooked with delicate wings and striped bodies, no worries about colour planning there, and they are surrounded by a garland of half posies, with a full trio in the center. The wings almost make a pattern within the design, sort of a kaleidoscope of sorts. You can almost hear them buzzing as they go about the business of pollinating.
The bees in north America are in danger of extinction which will greatly impact our lives. Hubby and I are very careful in the yard not to disturb any bees and the dogs seem to naturally leave them alone. The loss of one bee is a tragedy. Some think it would just be a question of learning to live without honey, but bees play an incredibly important role in agriculture as pollinators. Cereal crops are wind-pollinated but virtually all fruit and many vegetables are insect-pollinated, overwhelmingly by bees. Without bees, crop yields would fall off dramatically. It's estimated that one-third of all the food we eat relies on bees for its production. That includes virtually every fruit you might make into jam, but finding something to put on your toast would be the least of your worries. Over evolutionary timescales, other insects would probably take over the empty ecological niche but in the short term you could expect the apple, orange, coffee, chocolate and rapeseed oil industries to collapse. (OMG....no chocolate?) This wouldn't be an extinction-level event for humans, but it would cause widespread economic hardship and possibly famine until alternative cultivation systems and crops could be developed. We must protect our bees so give them a wide birth. Once they sting they die and we can't afford to loose a single one! They are unBEElievably important to our wellBEEing!
Bees love my garden. I seem to have the right mix of what they love so I like to think that happy little buzzing sound is their way of saying thank-you dear gardeners! I love the sights and sounds of summer. I sit on my back porch and watch the hummingbirds and bees do their thing and enjoy the sparrows taking cautious dips in the concrete bird bath. The coo of doves, the melody of the yellow finch and the caw of crows are a musical background to the goings on of my sanctuary. At night the looms call from across the harbour and the peepers serenade you to sleep. There is never a dull moment in nature so who needs TV?!
I've was lethargic all day yesterday. For some reason sleep eluded me the night before. I tossed and turned and tried to get comfortable until 4:30 and then finally dozed off. Henri was acting up and I thought he was warm so we have this routine where I put a wet facecloth on his belly to cool him down, did that and he was still restless so I put him on the floor to see what he would do and he just laid there so I assumed he was appreciating the cool floor. This morning I found a little deposit in the hallway and he looked a bit sheepish as if to say, couldn't help it mom! Guess he needed to go outside....so ooops for me and poops for him although I suppose that was for me too...to clean up!
I don't know why I was sleepless, but I've been working late nights and I think that revs up the engines so it's difficult to wind down. I just got home from the shop at close to 11:00 and my house guest was pouring himself a glass of wine and when it was offered I thought heck yes, maybe it will make me sleepy tonight. That's a legit reason to drink around midnight so that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
A few years ago, I designed this little piece called Bzzz...I & II to take to the Rug Bees Spring Fling, and annual event in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. I thought it might be cute considering the bee theme of the hook-in but no one really said anything about it and I didn't sell any. Over the years a few people thought it was cute and it's been hooked in difference colours, two of the examples are here. The rust tones was a beginning project that I coloured planned as per a customer's preference and the one below was hooked by a Krista MacDonald. The bees are cute and easily hooked with delicate wings and striped bodies, no worries about colour planning there, and they are surrounded by a garland of half posies, with a full trio in the center. The wings almost make a pattern within the design, sort of a kaleidoscope of sorts. You can almost hear them buzzing as they go about the business of pollinating.
The bees in north America are in danger of extinction which will greatly impact our lives. Hubby and I are very careful in the yard not to disturb any bees and the dogs seem to naturally leave them alone. The loss of one bee is a tragedy. Some think it would just be a question of learning to live without honey, but bees play an incredibly important role in agriculture as pollinators. Cereal crops are wind-pollinated but virtually all fruit and many vegetables are insect-pollinated, overwhelmingly by bees. Without bees, crop yields would fall off dramatically. It's estimated that one-third of all the food we eat relies on bees for its production. That includes virtually every fruit you might make into jam, but finding something to put on your toast would be the least of your worries. Over evolutionary timescales, other insects would probably take over the empty ecological niche but in the short term you could expect the apple, orange, coffee, chocolate and rapeseed oil industries to collapse. (OMG....no chocolate?) This wouldn't be an extinction-level event for humans, but it would cause widespread economic hardship and possibly famine until alternative cultivation systems and crops could be developed. We must protect our bees so give them a wide birth. Once they sting they die and we can't afford to loose a single one! They are unBEElievably important to our wellBEEing!
Bees love my garden. I seem to have the right mix of what they love so I like to think that happy little buzzing sound is their way of saying thank-you dear gardeners! I love the sights and sounds of summer. I sit on my back porch and watch the hummingbirds and bees do their thing and enjoy the sparrows taking cautious dips in the concrete bird bath. The coo of doves, the melody of the yellow finch and the caw of crows are a musical background to the goings on of my sanctuary. At night the looms call from across the harbour and the peepers serenade you to sleep. There is never a dull moment in nature so who needs TV?!
 Bzzz...II Hooked by Krista MacDonald. |  Bzzz...I This is the center of the rug on the left. We offer the pattern in two sizes, one with the extra border of flowers. |
P. S. Some people are still leaving numbers for the guessing game we were playing last week. Sorry but that contest is now over. Every winner has claimed their prize except for Monica. Still waiting to find out who she is! If you know a Monica tell her she might be the winner. She voted for #16 and won All Gulls No Buoys.
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