I finally did it

I have been blogging to myself off and on for several years. One thing kept bugging me--how to add pictures to my gadgets without having to utilize a third party host site. Many thanks to Rachid Amaoui https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!starred for helping me

A-mazing Video by UK Based Joseph Pelling

Talk about creative--check out Joseph Pelling's clever illustrations, animation and writing!

Still working as of 32,975 days and I don't mean the tractor...

The tractor was a gift from the kids. I don't remember whether it was a Christmas gift or his birthday gift--it was many many years ago. One more thing to check out. Many a summer days were spent moving trees, rocks, and bucketing just about anything over 25 lbs. Here he is bucketing snow to get out of our garage. Our favorite saying is "Nothing Runs Like a Deere"!

I Ain't Doing It !!!

The two pedals on the floor next to the toilet are not for flushing--ask me how I know...

Do not let your husband figure out how to get off the bed (with a little help from you) instead of buzzing an attendant--ask me how I know...

If, in the middle of the night you NEED a chocolate bar, and you need to find the vending machines--be sure you bring your GPS thingy with you. Ask me how I know...

When you do find the vending machine and insert two quarters before you realize you only have one $20 bill in your wallet--don't put in your debit card before first removing the quarters--ask me (and the guy behind me also NEEDING a chocolate bar in the middle of the night) how we know...

Need help with edging around panel

I don’t know where to insert my hook (what amounts to 1 ½ rows?) across Lace Square.

With loop on hook, st st in first row of afghan st at lower corner of panel, working along long edge ch 4, skip 2 rows sc in next row, * ch 4, skip one row sc in next row; rep from * across Afghan Stitch Square, having ten loops across.

*ch 4, skip 1 ½ rows sc in next row; rep from * across Lace Square, having ten loops across.  Work edge around 4 sides of panel.

Baby Afghan Pattern and Notes

I can't find any copyright information on this pattern (I purchased it about 45 years ago). I forgot everything I knew about crocheting since doing this pattern in 2003. I am making this for a second time and made notes to myself along the way. More to come...I have yet to do the borders!

Finally framed for wedding gift...

For my sister's 80th

I was upset...to say the least!

One of my two holly bushes planted in 2009--BEFORE being run over by mower (picture taken in 2010 and was much larger now):

AFTER ran over by mower

Of course I had to Google to see if it would grow back-- two of the many responses after posting:

ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5 
not many trees or shrubs die.. simply due to pruning .. no matter how the pruning is accomplished ... or how badly it was done ... and mostly that is because there is no impact on the established root mass ... this is why i call many of them ... 'run them over with the truck' type plants ... i simply never considered using a lawnmower ... lol .. i would also clean up all the rough cuts.. and just ignore it ... [if you can] ... and you might be surprised what it might look like by fall ... yes.. think in tree time.. rather than running out there every day.. and fixating on it ...

lovetogarden(z5a NY)
OMG! I think I'd kill him. I once had a guy do my lawn and one of the shrubs I just planted started to look really bad a few days after he left. On closer inspection I found that he cut the shrub off at ground level with the weedwhacker and just stuck it right back in the ground to hide the fact from me. Grrrrrr! I was so mad!

… calls from a couple of my many sibling’s and even a SYMPATHY card from one sister (I can hear her laughing).

…beginning to see the humor in it so I created a caution sign--which the mower’s dog demolished; I made a second one:

 

                                        










As for the bush growing back -  will be posting pictures every year for the next 10 years!

I don't know who I make these for...

Our grandkids, great great grandkids, or me? For a link to the close pin tutorial "click" here.

For a link to the finger puppet tutorial..."click" here

I've been busy

In a little over a year we have become great great grandparents to seven babies, I have taken up sewing and learning to crochet again...

I am such a procastinator...

I started this pillowcase set in 2013, came across it while organizing my sewing room, walla--DONE!

Rome wasn't built in a day!!

I started this in 2015. Many weddings have passed so I will have to wait until the next one before adding words to it and framing. Until then, in the dresser drawer it goes with all my other UFO's!

I am surprised I have any hair left

I just realized my pattern is going to run off the cloth. I am on page 21 of 31 pages and there is only enough material for 5 more pages. Aaagh!!!















If I end it here I have a cover for my footstool. I am thinking of starting a new piece--starting with page 15, ending with page 31. I think I will have enough to cover my piano stool. I will start in the center of the fabric and work to the outside, staying in a circle the size of the piano stool. I think I don't know what I am talking about. So much for lemonade...

I Demolished My Wall Hanging

I spent the morning learning how to to machine satin stitch around my applique pieces, totally wrecking every corner of every block of my wall hanging. After I ran out of corners I started in the middle of my leaves and 'walla'--I finally got the hang of it!!!