tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22393910151160767002024-02-07T13:56:36.350-05:00Two Track TalesJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-62944014254440121802012-02-11T18:28:00.003-05:002012-02-12T12:46:46.637-05:00Neglected Blog... but don't give up...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjaW4vQUfhINrIR1Pw9wmVK3tCVoqOrgXRpz-Nr0DWyZO8AOkgGYl_gr1cbuyc73NAQuid-XtdPGmVkdxzH1ry0X98RpdyZstC6OQP9JPDlydOToq_S6rqPEbcG4jNJMdqvJnCB91kgQ/s1600/Finished+sameday+004.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjaW4vQUfhINrIR1Pw9wmVK3tCVoqOrgXRpz-Nr0DWyZO8AOkgGYl_gr1cbuyc73NAQuid-XtdPGmVkdxzH1ry0X98RpdyZstC6OQP9JPDlydOToq_S6rqPEbcG4jNJMdqvJnCB91kgQ/s400/Finished+sameday+004.JPG" width="385" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Time has a way of making itself scarce... I feel like a chick sitting on an egg... wanting to run off but knowing I have to wait for "natures course". Not sure about all this technology yet... how much of it do I want vs how much do I need.... FB, blog, groups, when does it all get to be redundant and lose the luster. The older I get the more I realize I "need" to pick my passion!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ftqfKCcJJX4ndbj8UG9IE8a5I5NUcgxi2yZKvnwuvRx2fxmdwRLgH0JabRxY-z1bRNssED-VnasMJMjyVT_ZSrhyphenhyphenv7Re0Eb7MSBiwUix2QODOkGRLcr8WDfdDVwh1DdTfoRVQdV5dP0/s1600/Finished+sameday+013.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" sda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ftqfKCcJJX4ndbj8UG9IE8a5I5NUcgxi2yZKvnwuvRx2fxmdwRLgH0JabRxY-z1bRNssED-VnasMJMjyVT_ZSrhyphenhyphenv7Re0Eb7MSBiwUix2QODOkGRLcr8WDfdDVwh1DdTfoRVQdV5dP0/s400/Finished+sameday+013.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Ya gotta love what the camera does..(. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJ8mlC3mWW4" target="_blank">rose colored glasses</a> ... makes me think of this..)</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">for on this day a Child is born....</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-12017019888544665162011-12-11T21:55:00.000-05:002011-12-11T21:55:09.579-05:00Lets Adjust the Wonky<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsEWZJvW2gxQqFUQ7AMVtilxBYBz3c8DJRjOccSwwy8FPdqafJ2eTOyNYRCBMyjBwPPz8DVlGRGxt1KXiX1amJ65Zm-d_05M-lpJ57vNFjnn3juRXsEk3gxhIMjQQ7qr-2Ja90AIb4No/s1600/PreChristmas2011+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsEWZJvW2gxQqFUQ7AMVtilxBYBz3c8DJRjOccSwwy8FPdqafJ2eTOyNYRCBMyjBwPPz8DVlGRGxt1KXiX1amJ65Zm-d_05M-lpJ57vNFjnn3juRXsEk3gxhIMjQQ7qr-2Ja90AIb4No/s320/PreChristmas2011+001.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are square per my re-pinning for "storage"</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-56907881925660001642011-12-11T21:42:00.004-05:002012-01-21T21:01:26.534-05:00Nothing Rhymes With Orange<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aXUvwyIVS4q0yfF8DwkpYOaRTRbigf_ebPcKRMycQKaH1m3jh62E0Lf8m1d3GIHINoqCBzf6iwYTKA2IV_jtiDyhqcsJTiW1VYDWW3oaMMGptR-pAua_BZdlqhyphenhyphenpPuF1423wYzGQxHg/s1600/PreChristmas2011+002.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aXUvwyIVS4q0yfF8DwkpYOaRTRbigf_ebPcKRMycQKaH1m3jh62E0Lf8m1d3GIHINoqCBzf6iwYTKA2IV_jtiDyhqcsJTiW1VYDWW3oaMMGptR-pAua_BZdlqhyphenhyphenpPuF1423wYzGQxHg/s320/PreChristmas2011+002.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made up a cover for 2012's notes, thoughts, plans, lists, etc... basic 9x12 blank drawing book... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no chach here... simplicity is the mantra of this new year.( PS. I did not do this embroidery, I got it at a garage sale when I was downstate)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">Yahoo says <a href="http://www.pantone.com/pages/pantone/category.aspx?ca=88" target="_blank">Tangerine Tango</a> is the hot color of the year, we'll see. I need the boost this time of year anyway. The book <a href="http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-9780754808596-0" target="_blank">"Color Healing"</a> ( one of my favorite books and one I'll be referring to throughout) says orange is linked to the warmth of sun and fire. <em>Put ORANGE into your life</em> when there is a feeling of bleakness and boredom, particularly when there is a sense that time is really dragging, when there is a resentment of changes in familiar routine and an obsessive need to have things in their" proper" place, overseriousness and being unable to see humor and playfullness in life, fear of experiencing pleasure through the senses and an inability to let go of the past. Also problems with blocked experiences in life such as decrease in personal creativity.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Well, if orange can help me with all that, then I'm ready !!!!! but not too ready ... this is one of the split blocks, obviously I'm not that ready for that full blown orange block in upper right. ; )</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div> I was lucky enough to start sewing up my blocks over Thanksgiving holiday for <a href="http://www.cqjp2012.blogspot.com/">CQ2012</a>. Here's part of the green mess. I joined up in a study group called <a href="http://tast2012.blogspot.com/">Tuesday Stitchers</a> that was formed by <a href="http://debraspincicdesignstudio.blogspot.com/">Debra Spincic</a> as a platform for the CQ project. A step in the right direction for staying focused and accountable for the new year. The Tues Stitcher blog is also a place for some of the followers of <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/community-challenges/2011/12/1/take-a-stitch-tuesday-2012-challenge-information-page.html">TAST</a> (Take a Stitch Tuesday), being hosted by <a href="http://www.pintangle.com/">Sharon Boggon of PinTangle</a> in 2012. <br />
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</div>I've been able to pare down everything to basics with my move... what I have left will be more than I'll use a lifetime anyway. 2 tubs of fancies, about 25 books and these shelves/baby tubs ARE IT ! There were a few pangs of regret as I bagged things up to give away, quilt books that gathered dust and fabs I'd never use but what a load off. What was I thinking when I bought/collected all that stuff??? This new sewing table is turning out to be the berries and so is the open space that doesn't clutter <em>me</em> and <em>my mind</em> up ( like they're 2 different things). I'm pretty happy with the way my blocks have come out, I'll post them soon.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">Happy Friday!</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-53105560495051684092011-11-30T12:05:00.001-05:002011-11-30T12:18:33.276-05:00Ya Gotta Start SomewhereHow does one go about kick starting an old neglected blog? Here goes...<br />
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</div>The old blog <a href="http://www.crazyhereandnow.blogspot.com/">Crazy Here and Now</a> represented parts of my life that have since fell apart. A 20 year marriage, a home I put my heart and soul in, the changes that happened in my family nucleus with the loss of my dad and the sugar coating I put on it all to make it better than it really was. Towards the end of the last posts over there, things were messy and I couldn't even write about it. I did import the old stuff over here so I wouldn't lose it but it's all in archive mode on side bar. After 14 months the dust has settled enough for it to be archived in my daily life as well. Life is for the living and I survived. I've missed blogging but believe me, I've spared you a big dark shadow.<br />
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So, now you know and here I am... bigger, better and stronger than ever!Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-22746529460705876192010-10-26T12:26:00.001-04:002010-10-26T12:26:20.793-04:00Moving Onward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQB4Io1nk5dWsxRsqek9I9WUxi9QfCL86NemwF-LW5-uE8rgF6JYbb6kfJqEaSqgCf2PWdJK6TBTb4On4BaJsfur1cv3PeE15-D1OpZEe95i0ne7Kw6LOfzGt33yHEyWPxIN-AWUqUcw/s1600/big+bay+017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQB4Io1nk5dWsxRsqek9I9WUxi9QfCL86NemwF-LW5-uE8rgF6JYbb6kfJqEaSqgCf2PWdJK6TBTb4On4BaJsfur1cv3PeE15-D1OpZEe95i0ne7Kw6LOfzGt33yHEyWPxIN-AWUqUcw/s320/big+bay+017.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have shut down the old blog and started a new one here.. the past few months have not been easy ones but it's time to move on in a new direction... a more authentic one. I hope some of you will follow me over here as I get back on my feet with blogging. </span></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-77473183673178046292010-03-21T12:55:00.000-04:002010-10-26T12:10:09.159-04:00Easter CQ and Memories<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaOWTZa8ofOvG_VM9C3e-H042EJsmOtW04vaeqvDbVcBo4LcEH1koHjy4um_huR7VsY_o0Goz55Imo6liH1oGLuEwZ3-PtSyNssdifQ6s4jFy2rDCzaIdUXo-1MFLEH3mdhOPnlXPG5E/s1600-h/Easter+CQ.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451136489038990850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 337px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAaOWTZa8ofOvG_VM9C3e-H042EJsmOtW04vaeqvDbVcBo4LcEH1koHjy4um_huR7VsY_o0Goz55Imo6liH1oGLuEwZ3-PtSyNssdifQ6s4jFy2rDCzaIdUXo-1MFLEH3mdhOPnlXPG5E/s400/Easter+CQ.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a></p>Remember that block from <a href="http://crazyhereandnow.blogspot.com/2010/02/introversion.html">this post here</a> ? It's all dressed up for Easter now<br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451135994202628274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoUJtDQRQPgS4fZ0ojT0rXk92YiUTEbwilnSOlZhxfVJhOtaHqCkgHLOZ0ljibEN9gNksCyuiisFLfWeG20gRQOPnvoRaXz5Dx28MIe0wGMb0N-1yTdCpo4cjtBq6wcqpBnlUQRw6YJP8/s400/Easter+CQ2.jpg" border="0" /><em></a></em>I was inspired by the Victorian panoramic eggs that have the scenes inside<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2GkZoRwn6vpu0yMbvU28TfC1uXl4qxBf22X1b03JTIau_WiLNzZWy6axGFjvvXjrt84c8LctHCNQK1oHJ8x9EiI1rtv6VKwCtRHyhPPb9vLZEyhexX6g50SvypeC461H_NqB3Uqj4gw/s1600-h/Easter+Egg+Blumchen.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451135103737742610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr2GkZoRwn6vpu0yMbvU28TfC1uXl4qxBf22X1b03JTIau_WiLNzZWy6axGFjvvXjrt84c8LctHCNQK1oHJ8x9EiI1rtv6VKwCtRHyhPPb9vLZEyhexX6g50SvypeC461H_NqB3Uqj4gw/s400/Easter+Egg+Blumchen.jpg" border="0" /></a> The pic above is from <a href="http://www.blumchen.com/easter_shop.html">D.Blumchens Co</a>, if you're not in the mood for Easter, you will be after a visit there<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXHCq8ZO9ZkuFeOf6jso6nW-AV6vRllOMJM7Fyl5eMZswi3Cb4oDXJsFsuCbBOUQU40k_cw0syrkkz-8YwTZfyL4-O5EypQAMfigVLBvaB1FcOyG9A2mslxGo_0dno-kYcJxxhWCHICA/s1600-h/Inside+Easter+Egg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451135098712567346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQXHCq8ZO9ZkuFeOf6jso6nW-AV6vRllOMJM7Fyl5eMZswi3Cb4oDXJsFsuCbBOUQU40k_cw0syrkkz-8YwTZfyL4-O5EypQAMfigVLBvaB1FcOyG9A2mslxGo_0dno-kYcJxxhWCHICA/s400/Inside+Easter+Egg.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://members.nuvox.net/~zt.proicer/cakepict/sugareggs/eggflori.html">Confectionery Artists Guild of Orlando</a> has a great page in place with these beautiful sugared eggs and how to make them....hmmm , maybe an idea for next year. And here's another site, <a href="http://www.sugareggs.com/index.html">Sugar Eggs</a> that customizes these little gems with names and dates if you're not quite inclined to make your own..<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifPQtUTUqZhL0hdWlbfWbaN9DI-lk9TuUfPsykkpLOTM-UiqYd-mAW0KNJIJBRPL4C5wZ7uJKYvGWU_qpWGSeNxhfU06EHN4SV8XhMGdqHGBw4PNvmV5zwJp39h52-MOdw_xFWrApHaE/s1600-h/Easter+Egg.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451135090530190642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 329px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhifPQtUTUqZhL0hdWlbfWbaN9DI-lk9TuUfPsykkpLOTM-UiqYd-mAW0KNJIJBRPL4C5wZ7uJKYvGWU_qpWGSeNxhfU06EHN4SV8XhMGdqHGBw4PNvmV5zwJp39h52-MOdw_xFWrApHaE/s400/Easter+Egg.jpg" border="0" /></a> I just loooooove these and remember the one and only Easter I ever got one<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXHE-puC07iyhv9Q5CPx5Qt_JIPVN3II4U7Wf9UzDAuO53CadsPv7eqApJ9W324z2rxCxbg7FnW_pBrGjnU_1a1sa2iSs9z81O4SaGrzGLad1Q1GTXmxY_lmue9-ErkmBi4kdzLUd93U/s1600-h/100_4369.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451135085847232226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWXHE-puC07iyhv9Q5CPx5Qt_JIPVN3II4U7Wf9UzDAuO53CadsPv7eqApJ9W324z2rxCxbg7FnW_pBrGjnU_1a1sa2iSs9z81O4SaGrzGLad1Q1GTXmxY_lmue9-ErkmBi4kdzLUd93U/s400/100_4369.jpg" border="0" /></a> Anyway I had to fish into the wool/felt box to find a pale pink back for "The Egg" before I stuffed it and came across some of last years booty from the big city. This will turn into another springy post of its own, I'm sure<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N6oHdUrinEUeBWpxNE3uNtiuzTMY0vWhqAT7NMx0ic2KZ5WTLlIOtAw-BAR7jPeFzIOTejbr8UJ2VlxN81jfF9a0ylso8IkaEnWs0760kOnCSvLY0CjJbbnnPhGL6tYmRlXtgUJDD-E/s1600-h/100_4363.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451132723615554482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2N6oHdUrinEUeBWpxNE3uNtiuzTMY0vWhqAT7NMx0ic2KZ5WTLlIOtAw-BAR7jPeFzIOTejbr8UJ2VlxN81jfF9a0ylso8IkaEnWs0760kOnCSvLY0CjJbbnnPhGL6tYmRlXtgUJDD-E/s400/100_4363.jpg" border="0" /></a> basket on the kitchen counter<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjC5R90oYvitbAZHMqNlglsKQoDXIjL4jv0egMmL5L_D96BrWsR83DZD3JwhcseLfz7xY064BUgOgKBhUGBumxHvYwFG4j_LKeoaZcRfyzhtgv_uah9Agi3KKEgkA_3OQrrtnhZSY31E/s1600-h/100_4372.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451132719871705106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 393px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMjC5R90oYvitbAZHMqNlglsKQoDXIjL4jv0egMmL5L_D96BrWsR83DZD3JwhcseLfz7xY064BUgOgKBhUGBumxHvYwFG4j_LKeoaZcRfyzhtgv_uah9Agi3KKEgkA_3OQrrtnhZSY31E/s400/100_4372.jpg" border="0" /></a>Now for the flashback.... this is sis and I before church back in 1969. Grandma S made my sisters coat and my coat including a lined linen dress... I was so proud of that outfit<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA1GIf7YTYKlc1QDk44wbvga8Vrfv_w4DU8-7OeqPiydppOLdwgIqBCYe1U8bYJZRuy6rdgqcYlJVxtFEkgGFEq4uRVZq0y64QkOyR-4JAH9_nHpOUgiIwn69pJdAT1YKVkt1YuGOjAU/s1600-h/100_4370.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451132715709467458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYA1GIf7YTYKlc1QDk44wbvga8Vrfv_w4DU8-7OeqPiydppOLdwgIqBCYe1U8bYJZRuy6rdgqcYlJVxtFEkgGFEq4uRVZq0y64QkOyR-4JAH9_nHpOUgiIwn69pJdAT1YKVkt1YuGOjAU/s400/100_4370.jpg" border="0" /></a> it was chilly but I had to show off the dress<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJP7xLlqmmJXT_Hg354peXMCFFWJZWymnK_kxbKaO2TmwAiVroTohW9ijQrgRhYxllLOc8-jgz5EGTmn36-t848AbMZjmH2sDuL148LN-nkNvHHBJtznnj_Gqc_JqUZxBgxp0GBQ53ds/s1600-h/100_4373.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451132707364087202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 140px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUJP7xLlqmmJXT_Hg354peXMCFFWJZWymnK_kxbKaO2TmwAiVroTohW9ijQrgRhYxllLOc8-jgz5EGTmn36-t848AbMZjmH2sDuL148LN-nkNvHHBJtznnj_Gqc_JqUZxBgxp0GBQ53ds/s400/100_4373.jpg" border="0" /></a> and again for Easter in 1970... alittle shorter in the arms and the knees... and more demurely worn than by the little brat a year before... who only knew then what the 70's would bring<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNFab5LKkoDGXRJzH1JOGgJYSdKeIQut15OlkbmwDkmSWNyVFIxUuJ5s4fKkXDXTHjZMo4joqYFTPtT_FBz8J6IqXtuKSqhDedq5x4ZO2MMT13IIS3zurvDY7BxJDSQe4oTP_8_BSyKA/s1600-h/100_4371.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451132696027458850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNFab5LKkoDGXRJzH1JOGgJYSdKeIQut15OlkbmwDkmSWNyVFIxUuJ5s4fKkXDXTHjZMo4joqYFTPtT_FBz8J6IqXtuKSqhDedq5x4ZO2MMT13IIS3zurvDY7BxJDSQe4oTP_8_BSyKA/s400/100_4371.jpg" border="0" /></a> I think this was '71... with the coconut bunny cake my mom and I made together. Good memories, spring in the air and all the Hopes that Easter brings makes this my all time favorite holiday.</div><div>Wishing that this years big bunny is good to you , too<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuST0ZiWDuKYYByDdPjL7uy9ceWlydLxiRyc4VzbiTiJIfB6Us9eeShp8TDx5zlYiuqCaXy7QcZ4F0Su4_pYW94SoHbpAp4A7CttFEMzyUeDjfJfcXaXRpIVS3MLYLMXU87b6lsG6WSM/s1600-h/Planter+idea.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451136783195434450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXuST0ZiWDuKYYByDdPjL7uy9ceWlydLxiRyc4VzbiTiJIfB6Us9eeShp8TDx5zlYiuqCaXy7QcZ4F0Su4_pYW94SoHbpAp4A7CttFEMzyUeDjfJfcXaXRpIVS3MLYLMXU87b6lsG6WSM/s400/Planter+idea.jpg" border="0" /></a> I don't know whose blog or what site I saved this photo from but it's for sure NOT mine but I loved the idea. My bras would only be good for seed starting, not growing plants, LOL </div><div><div></div><div>HAPPY SPRING !<br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /><br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-1645343585045344952010-03-16T18:55:00.000-04:002010-10-26T12:10:09.186-04:00Big Quartzite Falls Part 2<div align="center"><br />The river really starts to flow here... down to the Big Fall. I can't believe I'm walkng in with no snow boots so early this year. See <a href="http://crazyhereandnow.blogspot.com/2010/03/little-quartzite-falls-part-1.html">Quartzite Falls Part #1</a> for the beginning of my walk down the river. </div><br /><div align="center">Come summer , I'll share the idyllic pool of fern and moss found at the bottom of these gem veined falls but for now it's all about a power wash. </div><div align="center">PS. You can turn the music down at bottom before viewing...</div><br /><p><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxRN6f694ufwpbZ1zsZEaJNzP13qx9OjkJ0hnlXYQJsJpSSFlXLXOOEyYfZv0a5ggDqTv7uyRbEK9zEFhhdOg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p></p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-61780679087629170672010-03-16T17:00:00.000-04:002010-10-26T12:10:09.205-04:00Little Quartzite Falls Part 1<div align="center">March 16th... spring is coming and the snow off Mount Arvon is melting..... please check link to BIG<a href="http://crazyhereandnow.blogspot.com/2010/03/big-quartzite-falls-part-2.html"> Quartzite Falls part #2</a> for the real deal... I'm dreaming tank tops and vegetables, stitching on porch swings, green vistas and aqua waters early this year </div><div align="center">PS. You can turn the music down at the bottom before viewing...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJlEbfkvHsyvOvThGbMLp8__k0sNURLCpW5hLUuRwIKe3Ilmp4wITfPnlYqlz3-iSAaJ5nD104fuBClT8BLQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-36870816924834012702010-03-05T15:51:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.234-04:00My Take on a Dorothy Bond Stitch<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SutrY9Z3mKfCTFc7Yt04s6gsG0w7s8RvdmdUlDE2y1tIaoBwKvbwqEj6vBUaRRbK00fPnH0vxJX-_ZoESdiMEN8Pjf-WSh0xmqUmA3g7F0P431JaaY5ljZakvhjOneEb-Q-lMFss3WE/s1600-h/100_4339.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445256965683556146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8SutrY9Z3mKfCTFc7Yt04s6gsG0w7s8RvdmdUlDE2y1tIaoBwKvbwqEj6vBUaRRbK00fPnH0vxJX-_ZoESdiMEN8Pjf-WSh0xmqUmA3g7F0P431JaaY5ljZakvhjOneEb-Q-lMFss3WE/s400/100_4339.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center">Page 60, bottom set ...</div><div align="center">working my way up this seam of teensy pine stitches...and now finished, aching for another seam just like this to lose myself in.... finding great pleasure in these minute stitches after the basics are hashed out. While working it, all BS gives way. This is the stitching I crave at present. Most people don't understand why I put this much of my hand to something that is 10" x 10". Obviously, they've never prayed with a needle... so many of mine have been answered this way</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><br /><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445255851121835682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2b2CUFVDl9d6egEq7FNczz69XnreCi0a9i5qEl2j2gThvLfb7dQmUu2-lU9ytjHX3pfcAyheDiuoInFUQ4zS9NMqhQxPF6g2aopHRqaFSwf42XOccgNtXAltuhaYZwciCbcKUSYeq67I/s400/100_4342.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> shaggy bull... from todays ride through Elo</span></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Feeling quite bullish myself lately. I hacked down my blog feeder and rid it of all things that don't pertain directly to what my interests are. The past 2 years I've bombarded myself with <em>ideas</em>. Those " One day I'd love to do this" and " Isn't this cool?" kind of blogs. Let's get real here, there's only one of me... I'm done with knitting, crochet and mixed media .... done with looking at tatting, needlepoint and cross stitch, too. Necessary "house cleaning" for where I'm headed.<br /><br /></div><br /><br />Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-59015627516521271802010-03-02T17:28:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.253-04:00Aunt Jane of Kentucky...<div align="center">by <a href="http://www.wku.edu/Library/onlinexh/lco/bio.htm">Eliza Calvert Hall</a> , the the story of a Southern quilter</div><br /><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifl_PNZl7pDWgNZWHpHA7pqGxVVdoVzIjswK_eLz4nKAol1qkqyOZnQDf6VuMon81cXSOE5dPNAuYCcNLKEbWG-aE4NL1q92c3IeqyUO2B9-pYBCiVTn5XWW-VK2oQR6itLz34tH2Wbpc/s1600-h/100_4333.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444176909529615826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifl_PNZl7pDWgNZWHpHA7pqGxVVdoVzIjswK_eLz4nKAol1qkqyOZnQDf6VuMon81cXSOE5dPNAuYCcNLKEbWG-aE4NL1q92c3IeqyUO2B9-pYBCiVTn5XWW-VK2oQR6itLz34tH2Wbpc/s400/100_4333.jpg" border="0" /></a>My Grandma S gave me this book when I was 11 or 12. This is my original copy dated 1906. It's now available online through <a href="http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/2860109?n=1&imagesize=1200&jp2Res=.5">Harvard Edu here.</a> I'm sure you'll enjoy the chapter entitled " Aunt Janes Album".<br /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_aXHdO9Bym5yTc46Xqs-5ug3uz942xiM7OoeSzaKVS_FBCUlVW6C_pHRAtKQQ_-m72oYjShT5oPf0JeYBxdFG745GkuTxDAHcSiI3uLj698JPTJtyYk0YIkJm4EFBJ7JMZwJsHAnejI/s1600-h/100_4334.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444176904107315650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 239px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5_aXHdO9Bym5yTc46Xqs-5ug3uz942xiM7OoeSzaKVS_FBCUlVW6C_pHRAtKQQ_-m72oYjShT5oPf0JeYBxdFG745GkuTxDAHcSiI3uLj698JPTJtyYk0YIkJm4EFBJ7JMZwJsHAnejI/s400/100_4334.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here's an exerpt from it...</p><p align="center">"How much piecin' a quilt is like livin' a life. Many a time I've set and listened to Parson Page preachin' about predestination and free will and I said to myself, if I could just get up there in the pulpit with one of my quilts, I could make life a heap plainer than Parson's making it with his big words. "You see, to make a quilt, you start out with just so much calico. You'll go to the store and pick it out, n' buy it, but the neighbors give you a piece here and a piece there and you'll find you'll have a piece left over every time you cut out a dress and you just take whatever happens to come. That's predestination. "But when it comes to cutting the quilt, why, you're free to choose your own pattern. You give the same kind of pieces to two persons and one'll make a nice patch quilt and the other one'll make a wild goose chase. There'll be two quilts made of the same kind of pieces, but just as different as can be. That's the way of living. "The Lord sends us the pieces, we can cut 'em out and put them together pretty much to suit ourselves. There's a heap more in the cutting out and the sewing than there is in the calico." –Eliza Calvert Hall, 1898<br /></p><p align="center">While fishing around for info on Eliza, I found this sweet poem....</p><div align="center">A Treasure </div><div align="center">by Mildred Hatfield<br /></div><div align="center">It's more than a coverlet, More than a spread, This beautiful quilt That graces my bed.<br />It's laughter and sorrow, It's pleasure and pain, It's small bits and pieces Of sunshine and rain.<br />It's a bright panorama Of scraps of my life- It's moments of glory, It's moments of strife.<br />It's a story I cherish Of days that have been, It's a door I can open To live them again.<br />Yes, it's more than a cover, This much-treasured quilt, It's parts pieced together Of the life I have built.</div><div align="center"><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2lleczepf9JV9FLZxDBcy_QVi790kY0aFNAZufCyXiRSUEUh_yrATsQw31KZ8g4RKqrzUK5rw9deRlGW0_c7pVoSZPVF258WyzU6m-uJTfbUdrvvh8_Fn244dGBW8IdHpDZadtIG780/s1600-h/100_4329.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444196758704765410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 332px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM2lleczepf9JV9FLZxDBcy_QVi790kY0aFNAZufCyXiRSUEUh_yrATsQw31KZ8g4RKqrzUK5rw9deRlGW0_c7pVoSZPVF258WyzU6m-uJTfbUdrvvh8_Fn244dGBW8IdHpDZadtIG780/s400/100_4329.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Felon cooling off </p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3reyPAKSKZ9DrfFRUHXOGiwgDbYWkeXikhMt4jKK39-I_O6bBA1HWX2lgQRDwsK2c3RHkb5aegkJcDpUyvoGmv_hmRTY4zx44XoMmp3BrvB9nB9MXcuzmWFHb4-OCFmRVKgdFTFJXqCY/s1600-h/100_4331.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5444196749401411810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3reyPAKSKZ9DrfFRUHXOGiwgDbYWkeXikhMt4jKK39-I_O6bBA1HWX2lgQRDwsK2c3RHkb5aegkJcDpUyvoGmv_hmRTY4zx44XoMmp3BrvB9nB9MXcuzmWFHb4-OCFmRVKgdFTFJXqCY/s400/100_4331.jpg" border="0" /></a> the begininings of spring </div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-47101064178235083012010-02-28T17:39:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.271-04:00The Mr Has Picked the Winner<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaDpA82W5GdaEq-MGQaOp3SB1OyWoDBuw5lzT3PNfTY0VVDetnW16zESXpWYSC9xdeByfFxTsQsocop8OiIkTaQM5BMOKyQqiHVA_T-42HiraAhxn9J_Kv2ypoiKWhXcYDeKWmse68VU/s1600-h/100_2255.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443433623690621282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoaDpA82W5GdaEq-MGQaOp3SB1OyWoDBuw5lzT3PNfTY0VVDetnW16zESXpWYSC9xdeByfFxTsQsocop8OiIkTaQM5BMOKyQqiHVA_T-42HiraAhxn9J_Kv2ypoiKWhXcYDeKWmse68VU/s400/100_2255.jpg" border="0" /></a> Thank you gals for entering to win the Ocean Song Mermaid fabric and pattern.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFbqU8ld6Fmjy319KrBuLQSjMOkZNnXNLvhW4m69c9rGf0VedZXZ9wILIQ-mtncxHLQMH2oFk5dxUckh3vgoX2kVLUPZcSNixk1vcruCxezdAr8fBr18H9deFM4rrJ3qn3X9J92x6Q5M/s1600-h/100_4304.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443431855846393746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFbqU8ld6Fmjy319KrBuLQSjMOkZNnXNLvhW4m69c9rGf0VedZXZ9wILIQ-mtncxHLQMH2oFk5dxUckh3vgoX2kVLUPZcSNixk1vcruCxezdAr8fBr18H9deFM4rrJ3qn3X9J92x6Q5M/s400/100_4304.jpg" border="0" /></a> Odds were good with only 10</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0Ju0bw4Tc3AUO6oNPNuF9sIP1mAA_cXgj1P6VMqHSWrB1FlI7rMhj6WCWgSgdgirw_KS1SLqUhvQe1yPnNZw9NEX1pmfFXg98mYJhbS_8bkGQD_xLzvWCwMlsxQpDQ3ZjnEaLz8lUCY/s1600-h/100_4310.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443431851007009970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0Ju0bw4Tc3AUO6oNPNuF9sIP1mAA_cXgj1P6VMqHSWrB1FlI7rMhj6WCWgSgdgirw_KS1SLqUhvQe1yPnNZw9NEX1pmfFXg98mYJhbS_8bkGQD_xLzvWCwMlsxQpDQ3ZjnEaLz8lUCY/s400/100_4310.jpg" border="0" /></a> and drawn from the bowl.......</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRP3CaajTReAJlkPN2KbyUIH1sUYapYIW8eRB8XlsI876035Qf0dUSgFu131SscBFDkg845l5vl8kO8NR_iW_u1x-lAi5q6r0PNfczgcEhLMX88NuboLaMEHEzbTPy9TTJs9NrdgpqP7A/s1600-h/100_4307.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443431847075792082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRP3CaajTReAJlkPN2KbyUIH1sUYapYIW8eRB8XlsI876035Qf0dUSgFu131SscBFDkg845l5vl8kO8NR_iW_u1x-lAi5q6r0PNfczgcEhLMX88NuboLaMEHEzbTPy9TTJs9NrdgpqP7A/s400/100_4307.jpg" border="0" /></a> Dan pulled the the slip with Anita from Florida on it. I don't know Anita but her blog is full of colorful quilts. You can find her at <a href="http://margretmarysplace.blogspot.com/">Margret Marys Place</a>. I'll be having another giveaway with Crazy Quilt items in the next 6 weeks or so, if you're interested in that, do visit again. Give aways are always fun to do.<br /></p><p align="center">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><br /></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9ib8Zwmo-IgDKln3UkjD3rKbI_p6XXkhJYzP-5XlPatrCcebfX456dCDcvDzPBqcXDOlGMsNVRtZuMmJbLfU8J1b3m3ZZGcZ9mGCoEOgXHMfrlKr1tVSBnddRD3MrRUCRJqYfW3XbTs/s1600-h/100_4295.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443432524904539858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9ib8Zwmo-IgDKln3UkjD3rKbI_p6XXkhJYzP-5XlPatrCcebfX456dCDcvDzPBqcXDOlGMsNVRtZuMmJbLfU8J1b3m3ZZGcZ9mGCoEOgXHMfrlKr1tVSBnddRD3MrRUCRJqYfW3XbTs/s400/100_4295.jpg" border="0" /></a> This was looking East the other evening at about 5:30... the moon gaining momentum for being Full tonight</p><p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpp1Ja8MNCbeHgXUdeatT7fb5jGhyEUdrq7awf2_Evps9nOxQgyfwtgm4s8E-r-koQh_bRsGnno7AwD_ONuJz2G6o_xdvbjESi-J3IW1X81_TgM1rA1HXyxrYbshxrNgXLFzhUTVKYXgA/s1600-h/100_4300.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443432518138861794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpp1Ja8MNCbeHgXUdeatT7fb5jGhyEUdrq7awf2_Evps9nOxQgyfwtgm4s8E-r-koQh_bRsGnno7AwD_ONuJz2G6o_xdvbjESi-J3IW1X81_TgM1rA1HXyxrYbshxrNgXLFzhUTVKYXgA/s400/100_4300.jpg" border="0" /></a> The same evening about an hour later in the Western sky.... It's hard to catch sunsets here being so deep in the woods... horizons obscured but this red sky at night was NOT a "sailors delight" the next morn. Just like March... "Coming in like a lion and out like a lamb" ? Who made that one up?</p><p align="center">Welcome March any way!</p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-25148964973038204622010-02-23T09:33:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.288-04:00End of February GIVE AWAY<div align="center">February has been a busy month and I'm so happy to see March arriving next week, so as promised, here goes... </div><div align="center"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uqtvDiW3Q2GmdKPrYgNOgXcu4P5pJmy2Sbnr3_w3vUWVo2_tOCvXOfvmdL-BWKxdPSNPjcMqvdA2swc-R5qWnXi-_eUI_5sGK3ZVKExn0L_SSpQm5y3N1j_iL6B4cTfnIMzeFywkOjk/s1600-h/100_4294.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441448768604949746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7uqtvDiW3Q2GmdKPrYgNOgXcu4P5pJmy2Sbnr3_w3vUWVo2_tOCvXOfvmdL-BWKxdPSNPjcMqvdA2swc-R5qWnXi-_eUI_5sGK3ZVKExn0L_SSpQm5y3N1j_iL6B4cTfnIMzeFywkOjk/s400/100_4294.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Just leave a comment here, blog site or email address in comment box <em><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">necessary</span> </em>to enter... comments must be posted by midnight, USA Eastern time, Saturday, February 27 . Recipient will be picked and announced on Sunday, February 28 . (Barring any issues with my <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">ISP</span> that day, Newtons Law, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LOL</span>) 1 entry per person</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1LqMvtUWhc5m29SyaO7o2T5EYyhbo40P8uJ5tIS56ub1jS59oBQEXCM3E11ujXS_S-lAPVg4Bmq7Wg4zjUn10liLsNhYvbuSt4fpO25wKsjgm7XCtfgpxeWyJfswUNTB2Nsx2QJ4VYM/s1600-h/100_4291.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441448760131537266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 366px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiz1LqMvtUWhc5m29SyaO7o2T5EYyhbo40P8uJ5tIS56ub1jS59oBQEXCM3E11ujXS_S-lAPVg4Bmq7Wg4zjUn10liLsNhYvbuSt4fpO25wKsjgm7XCtfgpxeWyJfswUNTB2Nsx2QJ4VYM/s400/100_4291.jpg" border="0" /></a> Everyone is welcome no matter where you live<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jSCJOaVJQIyw9u4zDj0TJLGVdB9VRgmcP6N6W5ahn1V8TtakkgM4ZxgO2W9_MorRPr_g6d0_sArH3t-RGjnH3u2HP7sZi-WNAoo4FhI0QOSWKkJiEcjNLNqWSWo89dMAr6J0DhRxcwU/s1600-h/100_4292.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441448755391626978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 306px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9jSCJOaVJQIyw9u4zDj0TJLGVdB9VRgmcP6N6W5ahn1V8TtakkgM4ZxgO2W9_MorRPr_g6d0_sArH3t-RGjnH3u2HP7sZi-WNAoo4FhI0QOSWKkJiEcjNLNqWSWo89dMAr6J0DhRxcwU/s400/100_4292.jpg" border="0" /></a>Please, help me out by taking this off my hands and instigating my spring cleaning!!!<br />See preceeding posts for more photos of finished quilt and block designs.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVkq414V4f9OTEp2Gl7XZNmDL2CjyQ_LveU1jwB-Sfdo0qJJCCJeUAnzobE189Wp6MsilZeRisJ0Jp5F-HxPKZ-XPFauEcZrtMMg7__QrDLCRaWruRjwNLwjWa_T9bLEGoYRjjk_YGxI/s1600-h/100_4293.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441448752186122418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpVkq414V4f9OTEp2Gl7XZNmDL2CjyQ_LveU1jwB-Sfdo0qJJCCJeUAnzobE189Wp6MsilZeRisJ0Jp5F-HxPKZ-XPFauEcZrtMMg7__QrDLCRaWruRjwNLwjWa_T9bLEGoYRjjk_YGxI/s400/100_4293.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />One pattern from <a href="http://www.hddesigns.net/default.aspx?pageid=1100">H.D. Designs</a> and 6 panels of <a href="http://www.laurelburch.com/about.html">Laurel Burch</a> Ocean Songs Mermaid Fabric<br /><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;">GOOD LUCK and THANKS FOR VISITING!</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em><br />Jane<br /></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-61353877277671136432010-02-23T07:35:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.307-04:00Making Crazy Quilters One Block at a Time<div align="center">My stomach has been in knots ever since I was approached to hold this class. How could I ? I've never taken a quilting class in my life... how could I remotely act like I knew what I was doing and instruct another on anything fabric related? These gals go to retreats and shop classes, their show and tell quilts are phenom, they're seasoned in lingo and techniques. What could I share? So what joy to find out that if your heart is in your subject, you're a mirror of what you love and you can't go wrong. Many thanks go to the wonderful gals, too!</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440492313597130594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaa4C3vr0LbDu1cj3zyKYJYRuBbW6ocuhpdgTNVHdIP9wZ7cabIld_eMrrwy2CSGp9UPcv1W5Z0BDq7WwqFvbT9Tj_7XNCwA6j8BzMYu_99MJ-b1YhqbOrm2iP5NntvnrYUOU4WQ4hBdY/s400/100_4259.jpg" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">Lots of samples, history and CQ books piqued everyones interest. I also made little folders with block diagrams, stitch samples and finished block photos for them to take home.</p><p align="center"></A p <><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRIJH-AweLxXccK2C7BlVEfJK37lwJDuXupFIIEZewWXfv_8-KLtgSU9NtpRye1AmTi5a23QCdMEeY_QSq7EihSrzHPoD8oy19jvxzcCf3lwGyQ2NRWU_tvVz06z-gcVNN7iZ6u1_5vM/s1600-h/100_4260.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440493524126867666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 372px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRIJH-AweLxXccK2C7BlVEfJK37lwJDuXupFIIEZewWXfv_8-KLtgSU9NtpRye1AmTi5a23QCdMEeY_QSq7EihSrzHPoD8oy19jvxzcCf3lwGyQ2NRWU_tvVz06z-gcVNN7iZ6u1_5vM/s400/100_4260.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Plenty of fancy fabric scraps got the fun going ( this was the end of the pile which thankfully, I had none to take home... I may win the war of spring cleaning yet)<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxzedS71Lc4EtkdRW6dgELfTpYCJPnN5mJ2_w3OlPS4rPeTXtjJiZQxDlvHUVp2byFUiTKOW2ynaDZYChTnF5QAEr09XjnRsaJ0EcC1pceT4WnZwcXxWpYZQDdzrdhqRmNKYR-VwmeHM/s1600-h/100_4262.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440492323834783058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 377px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaxzedS71Lc4EtkdRW6dgELfTpYCJPnN5mJ2_w3OlPS4rPeTXtjJiZQxDlvHUVp2byFUiTKOW2ynaDZYChTnF5QAEr09XjnRsaJ0EcC1pceT4WnZwcXxWpYZQDdzrdhqRmNKYR-VwmeHM/s400/100_4262.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Roselyn and her " bedspread block" ... LOL<br /><br /><br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikznzxi-bUCTiLiA_nNqwAJKcsByKH1I3UWRgY_oI-8alILwvW8xaUaRZL7_3k6YWrdPOTLJw-vPKchpM-y2iwVsh3iV0tqA-fGCOS1LDqOfsImZ9jQhxIvyseSN4ldHb7-wQc1TOspw/s1600-h/100_4266.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440492320876640258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgikznzxi-bUCTiLiA_nNqwAJKcsByKH1I3UWRgY_oI-8alILwvW8xaUaRZL7_3k6YWrdPOTLJw-vPKchpM-y2iwVsh3iV0tqA-fGCOS1LDqOfsImZ9jQhxIvyseSN4ldHb7-wQc1TOspw/s400/100_4266.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>Joanne working a tricky long piece<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0lAOKN_KzgfsGyo5ywL06GrV6CF72DwrgoiI1EjgbK2xnGahFBh45MywsyNYmYpCFZM5y-_MeRPpZkWGxAAQu1TKrcU__VAZ2WIZn3fdYWe5egcxkVLEl3m56Lo_kFOGj7Ff7ERYRDg/s1600-h/100_4265.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440492306342256210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0lAOKN_KzgfsGyo5ywL06GrV6CF72DwrgoiI1EjgbK2xnGahFBh45MywsyNYmYpCFZM5y-_MeRPpZkWGxAAQu1TKrcU__VAZ2WIZn3fdYWe5egcxkVLEl3m56Lo_kFOGj7Ff7ERYRDg/s400/100_4265.jpg" border="0" /></a> back to the scrap pile</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w2RHxExwGBMZWyw8dwaQs8VdfRCi1zlBHTID7-vmxgcKW4XshfKh2Ugj_pNdE-RBpLE6jRKKj_rO_iL5UXh9j6jHLL6uRK4rjHiIH09xr6X0XvP8ug1NW0-J5jqCM777_Uae9cc4EGM/s1600-h/100_4261.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440490352046690546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-w2RHxExwGBMZWyw8dwaQs8VdfRCi1zlBHTID7-vmxgcKW4XshfKh2Ugj_pNdE-RBpLE6jRKKj_rO_iL5UXh9j6jHLL6uRK4rjHiIH09xr6X0XvP8ug1NW0-J5jqCM777_Uae9cc4EGM/s400/100_4261.jpg" border="0" /></a>creativity chaos<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFx2Jihqsexp5DKSt0bFx16st5OulobkGztfLnZEhk8fyDBl8Ft1d05_WzOSaAsorBtWlaHPl3Uokh2-YmRKo2xrYI-zWTtAWDla2f2krlP26EMLuR9U-7Z3q_Hx2dYoM6U6C64TQWQ1c/s1600-h/100_4264.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440490347921307794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFx2Jihqsexp5DKSt0bFx16st5OulobkGztfLnZEhk8fyDBl8Ft1d05_WzOSaAsorBtWlaHPl3Uokh2-YmRKo2xrYI-zWTtAWDla2f2krlP26EMLuR9U-7Z3q_Hx2dYoM6U6C64TQWQ1c/s400/100_4264.jpg" border="0" /></a> Asenath's block in the works, 8"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-VvDv1R6v-LzXGxIIPQxLtjCs_xmGcNYQZK9OFUMD_ix_4xxlBUkxhulbJKuwgUz3qdATb1Fo1OfKuMPqpOvvqnX2OLmZWt5sj-NczwWqaiCEdxG7slMQaPgDJIBDG6eDsZn9UTJ9W4/s1600-h/100_4263.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440490340209184402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 354px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii-VvDv1R6v-LzXGxIIPQxLtjCs_xmGcNYQZK9OFUMD_ix_4xxlBUkxhulbJKuwgUz3qdATb1Fo1OfKuMPqpOvvqnX2OLmZWt5sj-NczwWqaiCEdxG7slMQaPgDJIBDG6eDsZn9UTJ9W4/s400/100_4263.jpg" border="0" /></a> Ros's block working towards18" ish for a pillow top<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGCXOKTRezYJlSat6ZF4Mpv99Q-BYfV_aNGgztMHkECEYqaP-b-jSnGGl2Vy2igKrqca8LOVuqT28NTYWyhz-CFmJvbclS8tLlyNAf_AxC4Bjo6mQdZYX8urnOvlyovkVoZoorbKn3_Y/s1600-h/100_4268.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440490329254946546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 392px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEGCXOKTRezYJlSat6ZF4Mpv99Q-BYfV_aNGgztMHkECEYqaP-b-jSnGGl2Vy2igKrqca8LOVuqT28NTYWyhz-CFmJvbclS8tLlyNAf_AxC4Bjo6mQdZYX8urnOvlyovkVoZoorbKn3_Y/s400/100_4268.jpg" border="0" /></a> Joannes block, 12"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_K8EzsFgRBMYgNBegN0XTso56QmtKUS6n2Xja5Su_6TrTbtWA4pdDldBLtU5U1t5hPlNXCK5H0D1G_wgbt04E7xFltdH_-2l4_ZBMEvnii8veIeaC_xb0xBmpOamdY1-kZofWlE99cc4/s1600-h/100_4267.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440490325613930770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 377px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_K8EzsFgRBMYgNBegN0XTso56QmtKUS6n2Xja5Su_6TrTbtWA4pdDldBLtU5U1t5hPlNXCK5H0D1G_wgbt04E7xFltdH_-2l4_ZBMEvnii8veIeaC_xb0xBmpOamdY1-kZofWlE99cc4/s400/100_4267.jpg" border="0" /></a> Sues block, 6"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was a gorgeous day weatherwise with lots of things happening in town. Alot of ladies flitted in and out besides the ones who participated.Of course I forgot to bring the camera out until 1:30, but this is the jest of it. I had a blast and all my "<em>butterflies</em>" are gone , especially after receiving this email...<br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Jane, Thank you so much for the class on Sat. Even though I was late my DIL really was interested. She gathered the fabric and really took to that process. When she saw all the samples it inspired her! We went back to my house and used her 'new' machine and she completed a 9" block. We made a pillow out of it and she took it back to MN along with her packet of instructions and was so pleased. It was the perfect teaching tool for her learn her machine. I made sure she changed the bobbin several times as well as the top thread. She even used a fancy machine stitch to embellish the pillow. Thanks again it taught a version of the method of crazy quilting in an unexpected way. Julie</em><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />It was alot of fun and now we're cooking up an embellishment get together, minus the jitters I might add!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-42981054165934822382010-02-11T10:20:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.334-04:00Keweenaw Snow Stick<div align="center">Hope everyone is enduring their Big Snow Experience... I'm sure you in the throes of your artic adventure will never forget it's punch , especially when it's over, but forgive us here in the north.... we're finding "Snowmageddon" quite entertaining.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"> Snow in the UP is measured by the <a href="http://www.pasty.com/snow/index.html">Keweenaw Snow Stick</a>...</div><div align="center">the record being 390.4" for the 1978-79 season vs the all time low of 81.3"</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437006563730584130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 360px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMYhHItFF29wY4iwXFTv1lX2LfOJWOtA9UgfZSozto4cSX_6ScLTccdLphWtk5o6JyFYXBlggQRIDMcrOX09gOSqUwgHE4xt0QcWyz8aLLeEOn6POTktLBcU9LW7UCHXrhKY2fFV7kefc/s400/Snowstick2.jpg" border="0" /> <p align="center"> We're enjoying a balmy and quite snowless winter here with totals of a mere 123.9 inches to date up in the high country of Herman and in the low country, 34.0" . A real draught.<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgnL0QpYRwpULtbAWcopNPGGix9yBmGlzbEhavjmLTC1XJrzdWks8Ejfpwe8fg463LA56vVq_74ywp6kmn_O-7xr25l3Le_ZXGXLL2Rm5pd5YJmox_KlvCPK8vD2WYgpRpKPUv-4bX6Y/s1600-h/thisissnow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437006553385051698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgnL0QpYRwpULtbAWcopNPGGix9yBmGlzbEhavjmLTC1XJrzdWks8Ejfpwe8fg463LA56vVq_74ywp6kmn_O-7xr25l3Le_ZXGXLL2Rm5pd5YJmox_KlvCPK8vD2WYgpRpKPUv-4bX6Y/s400/thisissnow.jpg" border="0" /></a> digging out<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXg_gavYBfQRAOkZeI0hiYxWmHnltN9dDsSvKAuqwIshCQLhy_apinnnmJ54l3fW1z-7-sQJKrbc3ffDCnOKt7wCzjw9djH1dfx0LcPMoUNo9ujj0pGVK28I2VtqB8SQM-SjxOo2o-TU/s1600-h/houghtonsnow.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437011127416035730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXg_gavYBfQRAOkZeI0hiYxWmHnltN9dDsSvKAuqwIshCQLhy_apinnnmJ54l3fW1z-7-sQJKrbc3ffDCnOKt7wCzjw9djH1dfx0LcPMoUNo9ujj0pGVK28I2VtqB8SQM-SjxOo2o-TU/s400/houghtonsnow.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">street in Houghton</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center">and relieved that El Nino's pattern is blowing winter south this year</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGSWi-jYQzZrPUM9hdbgsIYrzlHVhoqz5u7dDTu0k3YiTpoqsut_ktjp9BL5GFE_ti1RIqd9AEiRFChDpJbbCJdUe8paOnNIzPel3Z_ram_HarPvpJd9NTlvsW2Ok-229rUGB-2yr2SY/s1600-h/Deep.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437011123784224866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAGSWi-jYQzZrPUM9hdbgsIYrzlHVhoqz5u7dDTu0k3YiTpoqsut_ktjp9BL5GFE_ti1RIqd9AEiRFChDpJbbCJdUe8paOnNIzPel3Z_ram_HarPvpJd9NTlvsW2Ok-229rUGB-2yr2SY/s400/Deep.jpg" border="0" /></a> a<span style="font-size:85%;"> usual winter</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTmvUfACzS9wVMHd4lJr3iUEPdTvPjFNZQYhf0Dxij3SGmpVSgkyOaBP338fqQY2SOVrqWCfHAKlsnuqFdtJMoLsVpQxZ89GBiNPnXz-EQJboJjpbdpRrhm_6x-UgMyYAULVKrDC0ejI/s1600-h/snowgo.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5437011118950736866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitTmvUfACzS9wVMHd4lJr3iUEPdTvPjFNZQYhf0Dxij3SGmpVSgkyOaBP338fqQY2SOVrqWCfHAKlsnuqFdtJMoLsVpQxZ89GBiNPnXz-EQJboJjpbdpRrhm_6x-UgMyYAULVKrDC0ejI/s400/snowgo.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> road comission artillery</span><br /><br /><br /> I should shut my mouth, after all, it's only February and we're not safe away until May here. So we'll be thinking of you and your cherry blossoms come the end of March when we're still butt high to a tall indian in this white stuff. What do they say.... Those who laugh hardest, laugh last??? You'll have your turn with me...<br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-58226207377802538572010-02-06T17:21:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.359-04:00Introversion ?I'm back to stitching now... January just seemed to go by as a day dreaming kind of month.... not prolific of hand but fulfilling of heart and personal vision. Between the new year, the full moons, my birthday and the owl outside my bedroom window....I think I know now where this year is going for me creatively.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNC51o6EpREqKTUsedN4BSalMl9THHxsgLnNPwY85cBEdXCEYHxdqQyHQYIhsvvDZ_OJRceTF1zeevgBBaL6fARcPDjbrHMI70tErbiA9iUlUrgL2FHLJdO74jhjq2VtnDLHjs1rJfaQA/s1600-h/100_4245.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435260778624424290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNC51o6EpREqKTUsedN4BSalMl9THHxsgLnNPwY85cBEdXCEYHxdqQyHQYIhsvvDZ_OJRceTF1zeevgBBaL6fARcPDjbrHMI70tErbiA9iUlUrgL2FHLJdO74jhjq2VtnDLHjs1rJfaQA/s400/100_4245.jpg" border="0" /></a>April 4th for my favorite holiday this year! I unearthed last years hastily made Easter block to get a jump start. The light and birdsong IS changing even though there's months of winter left...oh so subtle but just enough to fan my hopes . <em>I live for spring!</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBgCDrrkl-FDWgNoW-tze5ysNYBP2_m4ptP6JvPeLSwQ9hS_qnaTLg4iJPHmaq0gj45_Wlj8nKMxcwXEdSFse-cXTVncGRCKo67Q_Btp-quXataWMphTERCzvuSpScEJ91oO5oKjzazI/s1600-h/100_3845.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435286197016710146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 399px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfBgCDrrkl-FDWgNoW-tze5ysNYBP2_m4ptP6JvPeLSwQ9hS_qnaTLg4iJPHmaq0gj45_Wlj8nKMxcwXEdSFse-cXTVncGRCKo67Q_Btp-quXataWMphTERCzvuSpScEJ91oO5oKjzazI/s400/100_3845.jpg" border="0" /></a> Like everybody, I have <em>those things</em> that really need to see completion. How do they say...shit or get off the pot??? That's my motto this year... as in ... admit I will never make this Laurel Burch quilt below... so give the makings away... (it's taking me awhile to part, can't you tell?? LOL) Coming soon, I promise...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidic_GcYe9v4sLeiWWwAE7uJuCk9UGMb1x_GEW5oV4hZs1nBilcQ_-G-dBC9ICMkC6in1RExmmoOOa10lZFh74g2hsjRhWU9wG35g_QruVX31y5ey-bMkHiXbyzq-dZUGSbI3u-XLQHJM/s1600-h/100_2264.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435261566093235026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidic_GcYe9v4sLeiWWwAE7uJuCk9UGMb1x_GEW5oV4hZs1nBilcQ_-G-dBC9ICMkC6in1RExmmoOOa10lZFh74g2hsjRhWU9wG35g_QruVX31y5ey-bMkHiXbyzq-dZUGSbI3u-XLQHJM/s400/100_2264.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-61002669798218764542010-02-02T20:02:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.376-04:00Giveaway Teaser and O.T. Tang Update<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93LiENdOCMq0ThFDjIJm6AQG2Blu6EfwclN93ieWxsDkSbxrCXURjzsG7JN-a5D5YBAi0uet4_0ZWVhJN93kERBHYkvjQiBLZZ5sL39UAqiTYzv6IhX4do7iePqmzX1HEAxcyduy-kAA/s1600-h/100_2263.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433849198070143554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg93LiENdOCMq0ThFDjIJm6AQG2Blu6EfwclN93ieWxsDkSbxrCXURjzsG7JN-a5D5YBAi0uet4_0ZWVhJN93kERBHYkvjQiBLZZ5sL39UAqiTYzv6IhX4do7iePqmzX1HEAxcyduy-kAA/s400/100_2263.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYWHa72WRpkZAR8E_gdE-oZiqbKwevhDwQ2yMclRhfVZpS5VaN1rKJj_oDw3UgvIDMpZ9gpDu4ySK1kgsPe6w0Z-x6ECUMJQjrfiPvTGTj6MqxO9VlNjejCQ-3dB1Wd3eKenK2qev3MY/s1600-h/100_2251.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433822561537332562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpYWHa72WRpkZAR8E_gdE-oZiqbKwevhDwQ2yMclRhfVZpS5VaN1rKJj_oDw3UgvIDMpZ9gpDu4ySK1kgsPe6w0Z-x6ECUMJQjrfiPvTGTj6MqxO9VlNjejCQ-3dB1Wd3eKenK2qev3MY/s400/100_2251.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Ohhhhhhh....<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGA1rZ1ABo1RuT5G4o6xA0U8VI0nbTupVfdmxyXV2blXnFUKWizkJuSQIDqpNULEWJ5_QswOqMj4on743HPp_QnIslHlRwHHRfqfHlngBJPebnQ1-Fjh3rzlgLBVnMmOAN_S8YoakAEo/s1600-h/100_2262.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433821263110780578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGA1rZ1ABo1RuT5G4o6xA0U8VI0nbTupVfdmxyXV2blXnFUKWizkJuSQIDqpNULEWJ5_QswOqMj4on743HPp_QnIslHlRwHHRfqfHlngBJPebnQ1-Fjh3rzlgLBVnMmOAN_S8YoakAEo/s400/100_2262.jpg" border="0" /></a> laaaaaaa<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLBOME3HqRfV92fNkD6yclvOqQf4j7dTJzOxUE5tl6WsqD9vLAnRCNpfcZbI293rdGTMKe4eCAoGveUInperSYTQBSmAPE0rX6dAqrwxGs1s2VVpS4lPN4FXV89WWZ8aW3GHjkjRoZQ0/s1600-h/100_2258.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433821254439696690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLBOME3HqRfV92fNkD6yclvOqQf4j7dTJzOxUE5tl6WsqD9vLAnRCNpfcZbI293rdGTMKe4eCAoGveUInperSYTQBSmAPE0rX6dAqrwxGs1s2VVpS4lPN4FXV89WWZ8aW3GHjkjRoZQ0/s400/100_2258.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />laahhhhhhhhh..... Don't you just love this pattern using this Laurel Birch fabric??? I love it too but can't see myself getting around to it. Maybe you can..... I have the pattern and fabric for the basics of this quilt and will be offering a giveaway sometime before the month of February is through.... stay tuned....</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">I <em>have</em> been busy but can't tell you doing what.... this is the kind of stuff that scares me.... the passage of time vs what I have to show for it.... January gone already....</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Here is the Butthead.with kidney stones...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tWNeGOlFW_UBrh9iqHJXd5_174oLgXhyphenhyphenZ-0BM9A_2m24-IGH9F5qc3-urhV6OVF6tJQyqAo7VLnaXrvwekPWKHfflQiVQEDE1bMnDlC5pBl850Kx-S9j3itnb_1TdouDqkG432CfoN0/s1600-h/100_4231.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433821245027424578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tWNeGOlFW_UBrh9iqHJXd5_174oLgXhyphenhyphenZ-0BM9A_2m24-IGH9F5qc3-urhV6OVF6tJQyqAo7VLnaXrvwekPWKHfflQiVQEDE1bMnDlC5pBl850Kx-S9j3itnb_1TdouDqkG432CfoN0/s400/100_4231.jpg" border="0" /></a> Mr Tang (now better known as Fang because he's bitten EVERYONE inc vet AND hubby) is still aliitle insecure.... even with his purple coat on of which I thought I had the gammet on.... obviously it's not that hard to cook up a pattern for a <a href="https://www.thesnuggiefordogs.com/">dog coat.</a> Again... I almost made my fortune but was alittle tooo late once again... LOL.... Mr Tang now has a new notation on his chart..."Owner must apply muzzle before exam". I guess he does look like one of those mutts that would nail you given the chance.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimn6NJ1_U0rIs8cAWxJll6ni7k2uqSpmWFLr092hZdGe0g5en98kAxOwSXtZx4jzaa1ICfhgcWfOjwjIZz-TxUHMj3_O49_Ysrxm3ztkqYPKRBqWRJmNOgS_Q4lUCW_1HQUtBAnlBEdyg/s1600-h/100_4235.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433817888951351490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimn6NJ1_U0rIs8cAWxJll6ni7k2uqSpmWFLr092hZdGe0g5en98kAxOwSXtZx4jzaa1ICfhgcWfOjwjIZz-TxUHMj3_O49_Ysrxm3ztkqYPKRBqWRJmNOgS_Q4lUCW_1HQUtBAnlBEdyg/s400/100_4235.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mr T is sitting pretty here ...the surgery was $524...additional outgo per month.....$17.99 for 5# bag of Royal Canin SO, can of SO $2.25 ..... Cha.Cha.....freaking ching....... his best bet is to stop biting the hand that feeds him. We have 2 other dogs that have to go on eating as normal... have I mentioned before that I must have a hole in my head to have 3 dogs???<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsf2J_DjMXac5eetJkrn9nj8zZRe1ZblDn4v9rxqmlDIV85sJGuuvqtAeTxK_KxXILM8VCzgrhyphenhyphenzSw42dzRD2-AjXJtKaUiJ02PiNhN93rzu1MuyBsl3h01qnYqMaKTyzqX4AHYNGxRWI/s1600-h/100_4232.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433817885215965746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsf2J_DjMXac5eetJkrn9nj8zZRe1ZblDn4v9rxqmlDIV85sJGuuvqtAeTxK_KxXILM8VCzgrhyphenhyphenzSw42dzRD2-AjXJtKaUiJ02PiNhN93rzu1MuyBsl3h01qnYqMaKTyzqX4AHYNGxRWI/s400/100_4232.jpg" border="0" /></a> I was hoping to use this for the Creatve Cues word "Track" but I don't think this will fly. However these stitches sure look like a track to me. This was some pretty serious surgery that I really shouldn't be making fun of... after all, he's my little butthead kid that I'd probably spend even more $ on if I had too. (Fingers crossed) If by chance any one knows anyone who is going through this with their dog... <a href="http://www.lbah.com/canine/urolithiasis.htm">please see here.... </a>Very good info.......that can maybe help someone out.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O-tCN58DISIlzHzeLYaHPqlmYyQPJ2r6Lj67I7K4hbnVtMDyUXAapZ2AyA3OUjgjIYSZ5jQkGVl8lVZT032KaDSMM6i6htXXWqRkY_oLxAuEKifgZmRTOO_Ww5Zm6Mfc3g-LOG8bDI4/s1600-h/100_4242.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433817881745736386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O-tCN58DISIlzHzeLYaHPqlmYyQPJ2r6Lj67I7K4hbnVtMDyUXAapZ2AyA3OUjgjIYSZ5jQkGVl8lVZT032KaDSMM6i6htXXWqRkY_oLxAuEKifgZmRTOO_Ww5Zm6Mfc3g-LOG8bDI4/s400/100_4242.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />There have been a few glorious days of sun<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhay4Qyp49Phl7pA6LOfFYja2_808gx5lCIKDFsoLpAnxJK3lOLV_IKYmLqI65D02cb1qPAgQ5YaVErA43-g1EWb_Z_gkJHHVH59pM6YS2ITANR4NlK4p2Unh6a7UR24sTjqgKbpxlP-do/s1600-h/100_4239.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433817871248799058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhay4Qyp49Phl7pA6LOfFYja2_808gx5lCIKDFsoLpAnxJK3lOLV_IKYmLqI65D02cb1qPAgQ5YaVErA43-g1EWb_Z_gkJHHVH59pM6YS2ITANR4NlK4p2Unh6a7UR24sTjqgKbpxlP-do/s400/100_4239.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />and blue skies beyond imagination...<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRCYoBE9_R40AH9log4gemukzhjpBExcbpE4RgC81R-o22DGtzKssI0S5Is5AgFjDjOtKP731k9RM-Yp9MUBEk0LulWorbE9uN1-hLR29S_xYw7oLhlOdQ9peEwlR6YC0Uj9x-QLbmGc/s1600-h/100_4238.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433817863466530066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbRCYoBE9_R40AH9log4gemukzhjpBExcbpE4RgC81R-o22DGtzKssI0S5Is5AgFjDjOtKP731k9RM-Yp9MUBEk0LulWorbE9uN1-hLR29S_xYw7oLhlOdQ9peEwlR6YC0Uj9x-QLbmGc/s400/100_4238.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />There was a sad deer who passed through our yard this week. See the weird rope attached to his foot???</div><div>It looked like the rope could have been a trap of sorts but we couldn't tell...... there was no way we could have done anything to help him and he hasn't been back as far as we know. Life sure didn't hold much good for him. </div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-73631579526916867162010-01-17T21:10:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.397-04:00Holding a Heeling Kind of Stance<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sXDeylSFM7C_48ZJ2-Aju5QsDQlVTFUCL2lIaUQMsiGSrMy6PLLtKQyjNQFY2a571wXvEgnTVuXRqH3fPKcTHv0BFU0YqXt-BLZjVYgq2Ihzb3fHPdJRPh77eEhKbTyGzAOzGEBiyVQ/s1600-h/Heels.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427897175235150114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sXDeylSFM7C_48ZJ2-Aju5QsDQlVTFUCL2lIaUQMsiGSrMy6PLLtKQyjNQFY2a571wXvEgnTVuXRqH3fPKcTHv0BFU0YqXt-BLZjVYgq2Ihzb3fHPdJRPh77eEhKbTyGzAOzGEBiyVQ/s400/Heels.jpg" border="0" /></a> I can't do any better than this for the <a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/blog/2010/01/10/creative-cue-2/">3 Creative Studios Cue #2.</a> It's been a week in which all our "heels" have been pointed up... praying for hope... and miracles...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThB4YQ8tSmU8y3qG8m2n4iqkWApA5Jh4I6tJ_V3WLRtljS4eDGvqhI2ICaCo9fxfAr62QpWEiDyZvkbKM1gqk7fniLbnmGv0ojCCDRkuRzxM2wpFmPOgHEtkbH-lDiMPDBI0wwC8aRGk/s1600-h/1257_knees_praying_christian_clipart.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427897170659349666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjThB4YQ8tSmU8y3qG8m2n4iqkWApA5Jh4I6tJ_V3WLRtljS4eDGvqhI2ICaCo9fxfAr62QpWEiDyZvkbKM1gqk7fniLbnmGv0ojCCDRkuRzxM2wpFmPOgHEtkbH-lDiMPDBI0wwC8aRGk/s400/1257_knees_praying_christian_clipart.jpg" border="0" /></a> in gratitude for what we have and in faith that God will take care of what we can't. My heels are always up...especially now for those who need it most in Haiti..<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />My sewing machine is on the fritz, my camera battery is dead, our little guy Tang has a $500 surgery this Thursday, my truck is still broke down, I have no printer ink and didn't get the hours that I'd hoped for at work this week. But guess what? My <em>heels</em> are up and<em> </em>I have tons more to be grateful for, just ask Tang... </div><div align="center">" Faith is just fear that has said it's prayers". We're all good here...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Mk0AkFIquQwPlW2UTArC4HD4vX8T5xRNj7fZ9Xe6RbDiCsoNgzLu-c_X82eY8Y56V9l8Bh84LGsmqqUXuYwfw_UxlOwR8SpmXwGyDwEh__Hq1wd713FyzTefMUq0sOFITzDhI207UYY/s1600-h/100_1450.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427911553030039426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Mk0AkFIquQwPlW2UTArC4HD4vX8T5xRNj7fZ9Xe6RbDiCsoNgzLu-c_X82eY8Y56V9l8Bh84LGsmqqUXuYwfw_UxlOwR8SpmXwGyDwEh__Hq1wd713FyzTefMUq0sOFITzDhI207UYY/s400/100_1450.JPG" border="0" /></a>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-16362896033262220522010-01-06T14:39:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.415-04:00East ??<div align="center">I went out to find it this morning... but couldn't<br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5b2VEirvCl0HN3tYfq2zINvwN8TEJ_zHtkR5Fx1Qgz2ShbBR7jU6THyzFIUKOe4HOVq3EY3IkqJTRUWuWdJU_XO81dFRVxX_z6_Ab53MHQcGnHxZtf3xdvRzBUPQvafgKFVajRyqDpEw/s1600-h/100_4175.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423714084793407234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5b2VEirvCl0HN3tYfq2zINvwN8TEJ_zHtkR5Fx1Qgz2ShbBR7jU6THyzFIUKOe4HOVq3EY3IkqJTRUWuWdJU_XO81dFRVxX_z6_Ab53MHQcGnHxZtf3xdvRzBUPQvafgKFVajRyqDpEw/s400/100_4175.jpg" border="0" /></a> The dawns are so dark and gloomy now that the sky just kind of lightens from every direction, but it didn't take long to find it in another way... the Eastern White Pine.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cjReP-qV3xo2HvAyIl4tQkQoezVzq1_FCCpIYT7COwNzxZ8Pfv5e7v1hhmF12lBxPhlnEVRWeN1_WvPLplGUdf6brAliNWEJhZfPp5Mq_zGOpFGTnfet4zhQVxncEtPTJcpYWUFfqas/s1600-h/100_4186.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423714093839707170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 305px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4cjReP-qV3xo2HvAyIl4tQkQoezVzq1_FCCpIYT7COwNzxZ8Pfv5e7v1hhmF12lBxPhlnEVRWeN1_WvPLplGUdf6brAliNWEJhZfPp5Mq_zGOpFGTnfet4zhQVxncEtPTJcpYWUFfqas/s400/100_4186.jpg" border="0" /></a> The word for the <a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/blog/2010/01/03/creative-cue-1/">weeks Creative Cue</a> was east. I didn't know how I was going to go about these prompts, but I think this'll work for a start and get me in the right direction (pardon the pun)... just simple journal pages that may or may not evolve into anything. Aliitle doodle drawing and most of all, the putting together of color combos.</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-88212588578662983252010-01-06T14:15:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.437-04:00Decembers Strays<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9J4DYttuwGu9mxnNhnebQcQn0ZUi2EIypYIzIiHjU39Hr5VLA3f1jYG7kqIdGKkWFryvxlzn2WAJOViX1xaMLp6uVrLzC05y9W2gevmBmsF71mvBl4Ujd3W20ODKudTIFWl2R2h1vjhM/s1600-h/100_4178.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423708318088864162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9J4DYttuwGu9mxnNhnebQcQn0ZUi2EIypYIzIiHjU39Hr5VLA3f1jYG7kqIdGKkWFryvxlzn2WAJOViX1xaMLp6uVrLzC05y9W2gevmBmsF71mvBl4Ujd3W20ODKudTIFWl2R2h1vjhM/s400/100_4178.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is one of the ornie pillows I made. Thats Dad standing by the US Geographical marker that sits atop Mount Arvon. The ties were ones he wore to church and for his stint being a realtor back in the early 80's.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlIHnOhH3xn6MQB2GTv96OfnkeAM0UxDRsCostZ2Dc-btMHAyg-OkUUWSIG7lz1R9ijoWdaNywMuvTC4iTVVqQrOuwFAaTbJGRcFN1RWT_4yYX6Y6OdXljmHg4aF02TI2329lgpogisY/s1600-h/100_4180.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423708309509497810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 393px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVlIHnOhH3xn6MQB2GTv96OfnkeAM0UxDRsCostZ2Dc-btMHAyg-OkUUWSIG7lz1R9ijoWdaNywMuvTC4iTVVqQrOuwFAaTbJGRcFN1RWT_4yYX6Y6OdXljmHg4aF02TI2329lgpogisY/s400/100_4180.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is Decembers Blotto block... I didn't get to guild last month cuz I've been working afternoon and midnight shifts. I'm sure I'll be able to get the one I missed, tho.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwTovcFY4D1RK9Q2VYSwqhNcYMz3DbjRiX7tnlzMTJ0lOnbwmyCsw1kTKjKt78BzZy1CYsYrYlQaOdOtsDjQauc61xFqcW-BRRsWnuSAhiMPou5MyfElmlDr8T9-mXxssI4wl6Jip_8s/s1600-h/100_4185.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423708304831682370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifwTovcFY4D1RK9Q2VYSwqhNcYMz3DbjRiX7tnlzMTJ0lOnbwmyCsw1kTKjKt78BzZy1CYsYrYlQaOdOtsDjQauc61xFqcW-BRRsWnuSAhiMPou5MyfElmlDr8T9-mXxssI4wl6Jip_8s/s400/100_4185.jpg" border="0" /></a> This was my Christmas present from my <a href="http://crazyhereandnow.blogspot.com/2009/10/outhouse-hunting-1017.html">outhouse hunting buddy, Rox</a>. It was so funny to open this up and remember all the privys we scouted out this past summer. I'm not sure we'll stick to this same theme this year but what ever we decide to scavenge hunt for, we'll have lots new of adventures finding itJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-54495797910980973332010-01-04T22:41:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.456-04:00Ecclesiastes 1:9<div align="center">Happy New Year to All ...</div><div align="center">It's been fun reading everyones take on the New Year... their plans,wishes, goals, aspirations and resolves for 2010. For me, I refuse to prematurely conjure up these next 365. My birthday was the 2nd, <span style="font-size:78%;">(51, I can't</span> <span style="font-size:78%;">believe </span>it) so all hits me quick like a brick... and I've just lived through a year that taught me all about plans... yeah, right! Looking back, maybe the biggest lesson I needed to learn... I'm only given a day at a time... what will I make of it ?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">If I can hope for anything at all in this New Year, it will be for me to delve deeper into all the things I love... stretch my mind, experience more in THE moment...fess up to illusions.... something I continue to struggle with in trying to be my original self... no matter what, who, when, where or why.....THERE IS NO NEW THING UNDER THE SUN , <a href="http://bible.cc/ecclesiastes/1-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:9</a> Knowing this......all heat is off for 2010. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww37wvk1DaUleJythNe_D5YetN9KGkPZ2PwRX2xHhPTDA2hQOOuGSkbtST3-qVn-8svwxFf4arsljWLN8hx6QRZ7dli3Avx1CHVOMQ_o3OVIyjWX5ybb1m9J1FM404Kk-B4IEEvudno8/s1600-h/100_2270.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423067771553217570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjww37wvk1DaUleJythNe_D5YetN9KGkPZ2PwRX2xHhPTDA2hQOOuGSkbtST3-qVn-8svwxFf4arsljWLN8hx6QRZ7dli3Avx1CHVOMQ_o3OVIyjWX5ybb1m9J1FM404Kk-B4IEEvudno8/s400/100_2270.jpg" border="0" /></a> I haven't been in a quilt store for ever... Now I know why I took these pics when I was shopping with my sis soooo way back when..... living in the" boonies" does have it's drawbacks and my "fixes" are far and betweenxst. </p><p align="center"><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGrrt4pBQ12HsgUfPVTmXW7GE0VE8YFXY1MhIAQUJbzrmurguuQa0a1PYjwdXi6KelMN1lIPDLFarvUjlunfwXz5_y9YKUoZ06tEy0__WY_fOp24lDudSrm028YcgePk_DdGxZvryhTA/s1600-h/100_2269.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423067764595770034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGrrt4pBQ12HsgUfPVTmXW7GE0VE8YFXY1MhIAQUJbzrmurguuQa0a1PYjwdXi6KelMN1lIPDLFarvUjlunfwXz5_y9YKUoZ06tEy0__WY_fOp24lDudSrm028YcgePk_DdGxZvryhTA/s400/100_2269.jpg" border="0" /></a> I miss seeing the class quilts on display and the new patterns and vingettes of FQ and what can be done with them. <a href="http://hunts-upguide.com/skanee.html">Living in Skanee</a> leaves alot of room for fabric/idea requisition<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKEQmkQfXgfU96OcWyA9pCCKkBJJjDS8dzICfWcakK8OgxIOLuOquBznUQ49QZDmOE3wtiLhqF715c6UEffK9z6Qyohd9Sd8Fqd6do9tQDiXH2Esudbm8y4h3fCdsuoGJAPBPH0SmTgg/s1600-h/100_4082.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423067758423239746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqKEQmkQfXgfU96OcWyA9pCCKkBJJjDS8dzICfWcakK8OgxIOLuOquBznUQ49QZDmOE3wtiLhqF715c6UEffK9z6Qyohd9Sd8Fqd6do9tQDiXH2Esudbm8y4h3fCdsuoGJAPBPH0SmTgg/s400/100_4082.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-size:85%;">Novembers Blotto Block for guild meet</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span></div>I'm gearing myself up to something I've NEVER done before and hardly feel qualified to pull off... in Feb I've been asked to <em>teach</em> what I know about CQ. with the Superior Stitchers.. My "traditional" guild has finally warmed up to what I 've been putting out for show and tell.... way way back here with <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXUTPY3mPgFuw_jZsQuWBj6K0i01JMUoXtnGTvYq1DYjnkgtQi1HoNsoMMgTtPRDAjHrB6aHpCIyMlwjRtm26NMTzoHZ67ad_elODaghDpgJ3aGYw_JFOAoDiexeS1uf7yGXcXcu__0ZoF/s1600-h/100_1358.jpg">my needlebook</a> , the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvkkNAUrZ5zGtHbEQ2jLVUUbkpWZ5aU79IhVX87Xf-P0dtBm2pbQGfBB5l7H79U3WrsgaymiheLgD06frwFOMrkVH4ea3P_08g308VqRFCmZlA7lHXPr6y46mowF1PTYXsrN552YpasOvw/s1600-h/100_1478.jpg">fancy top here </a>and my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0yjTyj1WlxUzHR8fv24lTHM17OVgPe-g-EHTNJyZOzFfrpI3SdZrF6LnXfaid_pLaIdpzSO3qV1yksNMtRh_V1jjLyMzZc2bojSQBc3F6CjWhaT-B5O0IkheMLw6Ya2JPWlxtZtBiCgs/s1600-h/100_3522.jpg">JB block here</a>. I'm apprehensive but I have a big mouth and know that I can carry on about it. I think by days end we may be able to have a block or 2 pieced, LOL! . I'm approaching it more as a sharing kind of thing and plan on taking my <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXEP27mhDX6xKUWupZ6irZic9mR6kfdV8hknVpe_b0xyevAJV7FSNaBWwFZqJWGdsZgkRYpCeTKFNVL-o9cjrhdUBftxZCtOHSq0bhbq_F8Yk7JpJWBRsKt8Cr6Bmoy9pSJq5e9q3AEDk/s1600-h/100_2837.jpg">vintage quilt,</a> personal samples and some stash to share. I passed out the "supply list last month". How in the heck do you make a supply list for CQ, I'd love to know , LOL !!! I hope to convert a few so I can have some local comrades<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys21tgDlJbQkbnOnEgvYuYCSeFsnrS8aKNu08B5C1fZtGakQwWeYqaEFkk42z3mcUu1TF6zaxRYT6h4QpJpSnRWKdyevGXhApqrT4XmkdY21tqAinkQSruqOKxOfhx11h6T7EXoAyvbQ/s1600-h/100_4075.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423067751432822882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys21tgDlJbQkbnOnEgvYuYCSeFsnrS8aKNu08B5C1fZtGakQwWeYqaEFkk42z3mcUu1TF6zaxRYT6h4QpJpSnRWKdyevGXhApqrT4XmkdY21tqAinkQSruqOKxOfhx11h6T7EXoAyvbQ/s400/100_4075.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />I made this for my sis's Christmas present ...commemorating my Dad. It'll fit right in to the family's "Northwoods" decor in Beulah, Dad's ties found their way into several CQ ornaments for others too, (made with a pic of him at the top of Mount Arvon .) I'll show a pic of the one I kept soon . I was lax at photos in December... more into getting things done and shipped South than anything. I kick myself now, oh well. This year's been tough on us all... yank your heart out losses !!!! My Dad, of course, who left the biggest empty spot imaginable, my cousin <a href="http://www.bethanyb.net/">Bethany</a> who was lifes inspiration for my whole family ( she died a week after Dad....please see her profile to know what I mean) and then just recently my Aunt Ginny. I was a machine making those photo ornies this year but tt was good memories that I put in every stitch.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />Which leaves me to this... my blog is my blog.. I may not have my side lines full of favoites, I may get off topic and not post as often as "I should" but when I'm here I'm sooooo thankful for all of you who are here to read what I have to say... Thank You Everyone for letting me be "Something New Under The Sun"!!!<br />Jane<br /><br /><br /></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-38984270297060832762009-12-30T23:07:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.496-04:00Batik Heaven and Creative Cue 2010<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmveQIqYnvPgVmDlsojLLnlYDi3K-YU9QCR9aWUCebVc7pAM2okCKQmfG2s7zYOxmAa-1rQMdpiZFIaF4rW5CBpOVnZBBY__fTcPiUmkkD-CbablObdoZ-CjIqXbHm674iTcrSYEGTeYA/s1600-h/100_4173.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421433010204152482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmveQIqYnvPgVmDlsojLLnlYDi3K-YU9QCR9aWUCebVc7pAM2okCKQmfG2s7zYOxmAa-1rQMdpiZFIaF4rW5CBpOVnZBBY__fTcPiUmkkD-CbablObdoZ-CjIqXbHm674iTcrSYEGTeYA/s400/100_4173.jpg" border="0" /></a> Wanda from the <a href="http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/">Exuberant Color</a> blog had an awesome giveaway<a href="http://exuberantcolor.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-finish-for-december.html"> here</a>. I was one of the winners and received this huge assortment of batik pieces from her. Thanks Wanda for literally "brightening " up my day with all of the color you sent my way. These are stacked 3 deep in spots so this is just a glimpse of the color and prints... just like candy!<br /><a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/blog/2009/12/26/creative-cue/"><br /><img src="http://threecreativestudios.com/images/creativecue.jpg" /></a><br />I found this "challenge" through the <a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/">3 Creative Studios</a> blog. See post <a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/blog/2009/12/26/creative-cue/">here</a>. It sounds just like what I need to get creatively focused and share with other bloggers through 2010. Wanna come out and play ???</div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-46744360738623420492009-12-13T08:39:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.515-04:00Peaceable Kingdom<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTMff8gsVEihA6V1awuHnzgh0BEhgZZqGq_x0aqMahr7P_AN-hvihdH0chH-1KjPWI-0XJOqyPn30Q2g-DkR8GSqMZ4a2EeFhbyuGo7KM8YWCT5y_uBTJSj3v9GeNB6MOS6RnCsXvSs8/s1600-h/100_2027.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414531816994073586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfTMff8gsVEihA6V1awuHnzgh0BEhgZZqGq_x0aqMahr7P_AN-hvihdH0chH-1KjPWI-0XJOqyPn30Q2g-DkR8GSqMZ4a2EeFhbyuGo7KM8YWCT5y_uBTJSj3v9GeNB6MOS6RnCsXvSs8/s400/100_2027.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mourning Doves and Deer</span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> I'm always amazed how different species coexist so peacefully in nature...why can't mankind do the same?<br /><br /></div><p align="center"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxe-zUbSxMW7wX7L9MKmKSgZxjjecytfzpoinfz8SNEIdcD3Y9cob0T0c8j5PQiIJyA5iUWUsjBIt1ZRNZUcQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p align="center">Check out how the deer just appear out of the background of trees here... feeding the birds and deer is one of our winter hobbies. Now that hunting season is over, they start to settle down and appreciate the handouts. The deer come running when they hear the coffee can of corn. We have no interest in taming them to eat from our hand... even though we have names for some of them... Fatty, The Twins, White Eye, Broken Wing, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mamma</span> and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Osama</span> the tunneling Red Squirrel. They need to stay wild in order to survive.</p><p align="center">I know I haven't posted for awhile, it took me that long to upload this video here, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">LOL</span>. I haven't photographed any of my stitching but did manage to make most of my Christmas gifts this year. I look forward to starting out fresh with a better new year.</p><p></p>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2239391015116076700.post-51546901916695746722009-11-05T20:10:00.000-05:002010-10-26T12:10:09.552-04:00No Easy Way to the Big City<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkBk2ihY8bmV3sqtZMZ-g60-JSrvftTSWg1pwQs0Jd5JXLFznQwha8hDl9MO5r9XB6yeupa6qwTkYxdsylF7npsB7XWZYfIUZqfEKpc16J9dqJfCREgAUsRPFrOjvdwS1Jq4pEeWW3vM/s1600-h/M35.bmp"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400792196264323714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkBk2ihY8bmV3sqtZMZ-g60-JSrvftTSWg1pwQs0Jd5JXLFznQwha8hDl9MO5r9XB6yeupa6qwTkYxdsylF7npsB7XWZYfIUZqfEKpc16J9dqJfCREgAUsRPFrOjvdwS1Jq4pEeWW3vM/s400/M35.bmp" border="0" /></a> On one hand, thanks Henry for keeping the word<em> wild</em> in our wilderness, but on the other hand, you made a 55 mile trip, a 90 mile one. Ohhh, what I'd give to be able to get to Marquette "as the crow flies". See <a href="http://www.michiganhighways.org/indepth/M-35_huronmtns.html">link here </a>to get the story of the road Henry Ford bought<br /><div></div>Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02061692685595275614noreply@blogger.com3