Rhubarb and Huckleberries

Today's efforts produced jam and a very sticky kitchen. These are made from our rhubarb and huckleberries.

The grand kids have not been around to pluck the huckleberries from all the bushes around here so I claimed them. That was a lot of picking.

There are 14 pints but only 4 are huckleberry. So much for the idea of sending a pint to each of the kids for the grand kids to enjoy. They will have to come for a visit and perhaps grandpa will make them some pancakes to go along with the huckleberry jam.

Yes, I have been in my sewing room. Those pictures will be here later this month. Gifts need to be a suprise!

I am Stitching for Pink

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Happy New Year

Enjoy this special time of being with family and friends and cherish the

true treasures in your lives. Don't forget to tell those you love that you

love them because there is no time like the present.

Do something nice for a stranger, extend kindness and forgiveness to

someone else because of what is in your heart and not theirs, demonstrate

tolerance of another point of view because none of us is the almighty

and none of us is all knowing, and lead a child by good example in what

you say and do so that the next generations can indeed inherent an earth

worth inheriting.

Extend loyalty as always to your friends, charity to all, and to yourself,

extend the respect you deserve.

Holy Cow it's a Blog!!

I finally found my blog.....not really but life has been crazy. I am still vertical and breathing in air.

We vacationed for three weeks in Japan, cleaned out my MIL house where she lived for 50 years and signed final papers on the sale this month, all new windows in our house, plus a BRAND NEW ONE over my sewing desk, upgraded my car to a 4WD, added another Model T to our collection. Whew!

Okay, yes, I have been adding and using fabrics and thread. Now that the nights start so early I have started a hexagon quilt by hand. Very scrappy for all those odds and ends I have kept. I took a quilting class on Dresden plates. Wow! This is so simple and pictures will be up soon, well as long as I do not loose my blog again :)

I always have my eyes out for great gift giving projects and found a couple of great sites I would like to share.

Here is the "Moda Bake Shop" . I have this linked to a hexagon quilt and Dresden plate projects. Both of these are projects that jog warm memories from my past. Finally, I am taking that memory to a reality.

Calico quilt has a list of the fabric suppliers all on one page for us. Browse the links and find all sorts of quilt patterns. Grab your coffee.....no grab the coffee pot, take your time.

Happy sewing everyone

Red Hat Ladies

Time has just been flying by around here. What have I been doing? Keep up, slaying all the dragons getting in our way.

My weed pile is getting taller, and already turning into dirt, it's a good thing. I will reuse all this dirt next year in the garden.
I even have more weeds growing. Speaking of gardens, I have really fed the Elk this year. They had a smorgasbord out here and have ended up with more goodies than we did.

This week I dusted off my sewing machines and embroidered some gifts for a friend leaving work and becoming a full time snow bird. She is a red hatter so she will add these items to her collection. The next step is to make my base so I can crazy quilt them to the red bag. The RW needs a tassel on the bookmark.

Time to hurry they need to be done by Saturday. In times like this, why do I rush myself???????????? If anyone is interested, this link will take you to the "Red Hat Ladies". Would you believe that they were freebies!

Our Family

I will be back blogging soon. Everything has come to a screaming halt around here. Please visit our family page for more information.

When Will Spring Arrive

Many of of us are looking for signs of "SPRING". Winter has been hard for everyone. There have been floods and outrages snow storms with ice.

I bundled up for the mid-30 temperatures to talk a walk around in my garden areas yesterday, peeking for any sign the season would change soon. I was in luck, the crocus's are coming up and the daffodils are showing too. They are almost 2 inches tall right now. The weeds are already sprouting pretty pesty greens. They are hard to pull when the ground is frozen.

Soon, soon we will have warmer weather so the flowers can bloom and more weeds can grow.

I even see the fruit trees showing off new buds. I am sure this will attract the Elk.
This weekend is Valentine's Day. However, you want to celebrate it make it a special day. It can be as simple as some favorite cookies in a packed lunch, a special desert after dinner, or a card of appreciation for someone, an email to someone you do not hear from often, or a phone call. This is where random acts of kindness fit in. Do something different make it special.

Becky:s Trout

On Super Bowl Sunday John and I invited our friends over. John and Becky are part of the group that head out for our yearly fishing every spring. If something is happening at our house they are usually included. Becky and I planned dinner and snacks for the guys for the football game and we were set.

I asked Becky if she watches football and she put that look on her face. I asked her to grab a couple of shirts and bring them and we would play with my embroidery machine. Becky had worked in embroidery for several years before her illness hit her hard. Both of us were excited.

After browsing through my numerous embroidery files she found this fish which would fit perfectly on the denim shirt she brought over. It is the perfect design for her too.

She picked out the color choices and they do show nicely. She promised to bring the shirt to our yearly "fish out" in May.

Who says Super Bowl Sundays are a bad thing!

Holly and Jim's Wedding Day

Here are a few pictures of Jim and Holly's wedding which took place July 28th. These are the members of the wedding party.

The groom and best man found a favorite and made to time to get something to eat

There was a very messy cutting of the cake but they made up when they were finished.

Wicked cold beverages were taken in way too fast! Somebody please tell the bride this is not ice cream!

This is only a few of the pictures. As we gather more of them there will be a web site made for Jim and Holly.

I almost forgot to post this picture. Some of the wedding party came down the night before because there was work to do the morning of the wedding. With overnight quests there is always someone who can not get out of bed in the moring.

What do we do when this happens? Note the redneck alarm in his hand! The persons in this tent shall remain unnamed. Everyone knows who is inside this tent.

A Friend Indeed

Every once in awhile something happens during your normal day that makes your heart skip a beat. Yesterday this happened to me.

In the morning I took off to town for general errands letting Max and Fritz ride a long. On my return I stopped at the mailbox to pick up the mail. I peaked in the box, and there was a fair amount of items left; and a package. Had I been online shopping? Had John been Ebaying again? I swear he now owns that place!

Back in the car, up the driveway, park, let Max and Fritz out, grab the mail and closed the gate, heading for the house. My thoughts are on the package that had found it’s way from Texas. Finding the scissors, I opened the package to find fabric! Lots of fabric. This is where my heart skipped a beat!

The story behind this is interesting. Several months ago I had decided that John needed a lap quilt done in fish fabric. The fabric stores I have in the area no longer carry this item. I have found it online but I never made a purchase. What if the color's weren’t right? That would be horrible and then the project would end up in the UFO pile.

The other part of this story is about the new friend from one of my online crazy quilting groups. She is from the state of Texas. You can find her blog at http://sewing-southpaw.blogspot.com/ . In January her husband left town for a week on a business trip. During this time she decided to clean and sort her studio and fabric stash to get her business going. She took pictures of fabric laying everywhere. She has been dubbed the "Fabric Queen" meaning she has the biggest personal fabric stash around. But then, we are talking about Texas here! I should of known.

It was during this time, that I continually asked, :"Any fish fabric in there?" She always replied "No, I wouldn’t buy something like that. It’s just not me." Her reply would cause a snicker at my end. This is why I was surprised when I opened the package of fish fabric. In fact, I was so excited I had to call her! I have had to promise her pictures of the completed project though. The fabric's she put together are perfectly matched and belong to together.

A big thank you to Gerry, my Southpaw Sewing Friend, who has sent this package to me. This tells me she is a very giving person. It is definitely an example of a random act of kindness.

Friends come to us in many ways. Technology has opened many avenues of communication keeping friends and families in touch. Have you reached out to a friend or family member recently?