From That to This

 

On July 23rd, I noticed this curious little critter

 

 

outside my back sliding glass door,

feasting on a wild caraway plant.

 

You can see it's not very big.

 

I kept a watchful eye on it

and in time, it changed from that,

to this:

 

 

 

Yesterday morning, it was gone.

(Poor thing was probably sick and tired of me

sticking a camera lens in it's face!)

 

It will reappear one day as this!



Eastern Black Swallowtail

 

A few weeks years ago,
(seems like only yesterday)
Loft Creations launched a new pattern,
Hailee Bag.

I remember how smitten I was with it,
and how, as soon as she announced it was for sale,
I was at her Etsy store, purchasing the pattern.

Ah, hem. 
Well,
life gets in the way sometimes,
and I just finished making my first one.
You notice, I said 'first'!!  It was such a fun and easy pattern,
I can't wait to make more.

(Now, THAT's a flying goose!)

 

I only have brightly colored jumbo ric rac,

but then I found a couple of quarter yard lengths

of this coordinating fabric in my stash.

(Don't remember where it came from,

probably something my daughter picked out for something special,

and I forgot.)

 

I don't think it came out too badly.

As a matter of fact, I think love it!

 

*8-18-10:  My daughter, on the other hand,

said it's ugly.  I guess the fabric didn't come from her afterall!!