cross stitch and pumpkins

This has been a busy time of getting the cross stitch picture done for my friend's kennel club,....does it look like a dog yet?

And here are the pumpkin pictures! I am so happy that they pulled through the harsh West Texas weather we had in the spring, and it looks like I will be having friends coming out with their children for some fun pumpkin picking!


I have several large pumpkins and a lot of small pumpkins. I will decorate my porches also this year!

Here is the pumpkin patch,.... it always looks a little wilted in the heat of the day.

While Sophie and Sweetie were walking our grounds, they came upon this pumpkin vine that is growing by itself underneath a large mesquite tree. I guess a bird stole a seed from the patch and dropped it here. I have not watered it once and it is doing better than the vines in my patch. It is covered in small pumpkins. The only draw back, it is in an overgrown weedy area which is perfect for the rattlesnakes to den under. We will have to be very careful picking these pumpkins. Orange pumpkins, surprise wild vines.... these small things make me thankful for each day I have to enjoy!