Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Cheaha, Bronchitis, & Cross Stitch ( alot of Pictures)




After being out in the wind both last Friday & Saturday I have bronchitis. I woke up Sunday with a sore throat and mild cough. By Sun night, no voice. I went with Grands to ride Thomas The Train. Great time with the family!!! They both had a great time. Saturday we went with some friends to Cheaha State Park. Beautiful sunny day. But the wind nearly blew us of the mountain. Highest mountain in the Alabama. This is picture of our friends Debra & Wayne. Looks beautiful, nut you would start to hear something roaring and turn around and here would come the wind up the side of the mountain blowing and roaring. That is why Debra has a sweater on. Not me... That may be why I have bronchitis!!! I couldn't leave my purse in their car. We were in their 30's Mercury. No locked doors.


This is the boardwalk they have built to hike out to Bald Rock. You can still hike out by a trail that is original. We used to stumble out to the rocks to look off. This is great for the handicapped. We seen Hawks, Butterflies, and 1 Eagle. Eagles are big huge birds... I had only seen pictures. It was Beautiful soaring in the wind. I could not get a picture.. Winding was blowing and it was flying by at a high rate of speed!!! lol




Beautiful sight after we arrived at the end of the boardwalk. That bare area is Alabama Crop Circles! No, it is not... We have beetles that get in the pines and destroy whole areas. They have to go in and cut all the bad wood out. I waste of Pine Trees. The pines on top of the mountain are about 6 feet at their tallest top. Not enough Oxygen up there for them to grow tall. They look like Big Bonsai trees. So you are walking through a little short forest....


Hubby got tired of my coughing all night Monday night. He took me to the doctor Tuesday morning. We were first ones there.. I got a shot in the butt and 2 prescriptions. I can't take the fast acting stuff with my diabetes. I have been laying around and stitching. I am showing a picture of the Heirloom Afghan.



I also got my new Leather Kindle Case today in the mail. I cut out the middle man and ordered mine straight from China.. lol Cost way less.
I have two (2) stitched pieces that I may try to frame Friday. I had some old frames. I just need to put these in the frames and Wal la!!! I think I have bored ya'll enough. Till Later.......

7 comments:

Sweet Sue said...

Plz feel well soon. Afghan is gorgeous, your frames will look so nice with those great finishes. Thx for sharing your Bama pics, one day I hope to visit there:)

natalysneedle said...

Beautiful Stitching! I hope you feel better soon.

Nancy said...

Sorry you are under the weather...hope you are better soon. But on the bright side more time for stitching while you recover.

Love the finishes especially the blue birds and alphabet!

Unknown said...

Sorry you are not feeling well, April! Hope you get better soon...

I want to go t Cheaha Mountain so bad...maybe this late spring/early summer we'll get in an overnight trip! It looks so beautiful.

Loving the pieces; those birds are gorgeous, and the bunny is so cute!

Loved your last post too; my grandma had one of those vinyl ottomans, and we did the same thing with it...her's was a bright orange, LOL! Those were the days, weren't they??!!

HAppy Stitchin'
Terri

Patty C. said...

Love the framing - I hope you feel better soon !!!!!

Cheryl said...

I hope your better soon, shots in the butt are awful!!!

Your needle work is incredible! Wowzers!

Lynn said...

Hope the drugs have done their thing and you're feeling much better now.
Your frame choices are wonderful. Both are great stitches.
Thanks for sharing your pics. I enjoyed the view!