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Feeling a bit sentimental today
Today is my mother's birthday and it got me to thinking about her gardens. One of her favorite flowers was the gladiola. I remember her sending me to school with a bouquet of glads for my teacher...
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Late Summer Garden
Last year we put creeping jenny plugs in our garden. Even with the high heat we had this summer, jenny blanketed the space around our plants and flowers.Our hops went a little crazy on the trellis...
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A Garden Surprise!
Rocks can be a brand new canvas for art and I've been dabbling with it quite a bit lately.Simple stuff like small decorated hearts and messages on the back, but my most detailed is this frog ~I hid it...
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Somedays
I just want to throw around some paint with wild abandon!I liked the way this turned out. I may frame it
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I hardly ever recommend a book
because everyone has their own preferences in what subjects interest them. When I go to the library for some good reading, I always pick up two books (in case one of them doesn't thrill me). Usually...
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Memories of Fall at the cabin on Agate Lake, Minnesota
You can have the hot, humid, mosquito summers of Minnesota's Lake Country and you can have the cold, icy snowy winters that never seem to end butI do miss Fall in Northern Minnesota with crisp cool...
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Dreaming of warm sunny beaches
Way back in the 80s, in order to escape Minnesota winters, my parents flew down to the very southern tip of Texas. When I could get off work and family obligations, I would fly down to visit them. Mom...
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Scavenged Fabrics From Mom
Years and years ago, while visiting my Mom in Minnesota, I was allowed to look through the trunk that held her fabrics. And she said I could pick out what I wanted. That included as much as could be...
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Four Pin Friday Artwork I Love
On a snowy April day, Pinterest is getting a workout on my computer! Looking for inspiration, I found these gorgeous paintings on wood panelsThey look as if they were broken off an old weathered...
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Always looking for new art mediums and techniques
I'm loving the big detailed amazing dot mandalas posted on my facebook page by other artists and featured on Pinterest (check it out).Of course I had to get all the tools and try it for myself. I...
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I'm baaaack
Lately I have been reminded of the fun I had posting to my blog. I miss that, not only because it was a record of my time and state of mind in the moment. It was my diary so to speak but one I was...
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Lost and Found
Yesterday, while searching for something else, I came across an old oak box forgotten since moving here. I've been looking for my good prescription glasses for months now. A little light went off in...
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Oh . . . and
the quirky old oak box that kept my memorabilia!It's a well made sturdy box with dovetail corners and brass hardware. The label gives a hint to what is insideIf you are able to read the inside label...
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Winter Remembrances
Looking at past blogger posts, I came across this one that is still relevant to my life 10 years later.As we head into the winter phase of the year, I'm remembering how much fun snow and ice was for...
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Four Pin Friday Hand Stitched and Vintage
I want to know the women who preserved and lovingly stitched these small pieces of precious fabrics together.I want to know where each little square came from. A daughter or granddaughter's school...
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It's a long slog 'til April
Snowing again! Looks like a long long winter and being stuck at home, my options are limited. Either I clean house 'til it sparkles and shines or I go up to my craft room and while the hours away....
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Cecelia Beaux ~ Impressionist
From humble beginnings painting on fine China and drawing fossils for a geological survey, Philadelphian artist Cecilia Beaux became a prominent portraitist. Her personal style, which combined solid...
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Goodbye old friend
You have served me wellfor at least 60 years that I have been sewing, but I cannot deal with the leakage you have developed.
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Doodling
I've begun enhancing some of the eco prints made on a warm summer day with my favorite crafting friend Karen using plant life from right outside my home.The first one using a black micron pen . . .and...
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What goes around comes around
Years ago, when my friend Karen and I spent another of our days of thrifting in and around Spokane where I live, we found a sweet little book which was a bit over our cheapo budgeting. So ... we...
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