Happy Mother's Day

Preparations for our gluten free Mother's Day celebration with my mom started yesterday with an ambitious cross stitch project (my new crafting hobby.)  I sat on the porch with our neighborhood cat, Kitty, who helped me by chasing the thread as I stitched.  I took a break to cut some of GFF Husband's prized Knock Out roses to decorate our side board for our Sunday brunch.

 

Then I went back to stitching.  I cross stitched on and off until 12:30AM, when I fell asleep with the project in my hands.  At 3:30AM, I woke up and gave the hoop a coat of paint, went to bed, and got up early to finish.  My mom loves him!  He is a country-city-chic buck and perfectly matches my parents' color scheme in their apartment.

After my early-morning cross-stitching, we met my parents and brother at Linvilla Orchards to go strawberry picking.  It turns out that the fields were over-picked yesterday, so "picking" strawberries turned into "picking out" one of the few remaining quarts of strawberries they had in their market.  Needless to say, this went a lot quicker than anticipated!  It was a lovely trip though, since Linvilla is absolutely beautiful this time of year.

We returned and feasted on our favorite crepes, fresh squeezed orange juice, and coffee. Happy Mother's Day, Ma!