A Good Day For...

...ducks, cleaning and making jewelry! It's a very drizzly day here; a complete turnaround from the very warm, clear day we had yesterday. I do like this weather though because I know that hot weather is right around the corner.

I took advantage of the drizzle to go outside and take some photos. I think the rose leaves look like they have been sprinkled with decorator's sugar, chunky glitter or those clear beads that you fuse onto fabric or objects.

This is a good day for me to do what I've been putting off - clean up the mess that is my workspace; it's very disorganized at the moment, with bits and pieces of the project I'm in the middle of scattered about. Then I can make a "clean start" and get some other ideas I've had in motion. I also need to get things ready for tomorrow, as my brother and his family are coming up for a Father's Day barbecue. I hope the weather will cooperate!

Finally, It Feels Like Fall!

It finally feels like Fall here in Southern California - yay!!! It rained yesterday and it was the perfect day to make some chicken stoup, which I did and it was yummy. I have enough leftover to have for lunch today. It is a very cloudy, beautiful day today with a temperature of 66 degrees. I love this kind of weather - especially since we just had the warmest October ever recorded (since the 1870s or thereabouts when they started keeping records of the temperature).

Today I'm tidying-up and organizing my office/craft room a bit so I can get busy making jewelry for my Etsy shop in time for Christmas. I've been missing my crafting mojo lately, but I think it's starting to come back. I perused some of my jewelry books last night for inspiration; I find that usually helps, and it did. I'll keep you posted (no pun intended) on my progress and share some of my creations here on my blog.

It sure is nice to have gained an extra hour - any extra time for creating is a bonus! Have a great day!

This Wacky Weather!

It's hard to believe but a week ago the temperatures were hovering near 100 degrees. Since Thursday, it's been in the 50s and 60s and we even had thunderstorms on Thursday and the Weather Channel says we might get some later this afternoon. The skies are very dark and it looks like it might pour any moment.

I took a short drive up Angeles Crest Highway this afternoon. It was so amazing to see all the yucca plants dotting the mountains. They are very pretty up close and I love their almost buttery-yellow color. The flowers look almost like little bells. The view of Downtown Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley was not very clear, but it was still amazing how far I could see. Not quite to the ocean, but almost. On a clear day...

Hope all of you here in the U.S. are having a nice Memorial Day weekend.