Will I got another baby quilt made. Not sure what I am going to do with this one. I may try to sell it and make a little extra $$$ or I may keep it back for a gift at some point. Anyway I really enjoyed working on this but then again any time I get to spend in my sewing room is wonderful.

I love the color combination that I used in this quilt. The light green and pink looks so cute together and the little frogs jumping all over just top it off.

Now it is time to get started on another one. My next challenge is to make a replica of my mama's orginial pattern of a appliqued/block baby quilt. Every grandchild has one and great grandchild and many other babies have had the pleasure of recieving them. Hope I can fulfill this pattern justice.

My little corner of dirt!!

I got my garden going! Love it! Love it! There is nothing better than to feel the earth between your fingers and toes as you work it to grow your own means of substance. I started off just planting a couple of tomaote plants and a squash plant and zuchinni plant, but as I watched them grow, my excitement built so now I have sweet corn, watermelon, collard greens, cabbage, spinach, basil, sweet peas, summer squash, green beans, cucumbers, potatoes and more tomatoes. It is a joy every day for me to get to work the ground, water and tend to my little corner of dirt.

I'm SEW cheap!: Crochet Dishcloth Swap "Rules"! AND...SURPRISE...a GIVEAWAY!!!

I'm SEW cheap!: Crochet Dishcloth Swap "Rules"! AND...SURPRISE...a GIVEAWAY!!!

Sunday!

"Flower's are the sweetest things God ever made, and forgot to put a soul into." by Henry Beecher

Sunday's clear away the rust of the whole week! Joseph Addison

I got a job!!!!

I finally got a job. I have been so depressed cause I could't find a job. I have never had such a hard time find work outside of the house. It has been crazy. I swear I probably filled out over 50 applications. Anyway!!!!! I finally got a JOB! I start tomorrow. I will be working at JoAnn Fabrics. I am so excited. I love to sew and craft so it is the perfect place. Now the key is to not spend all my hard earned money on craft supplies.

Lovely weekend with my baby boy!

Spent the weekend with my baby boy! Oh I know my dear daughter is in the pic also, but I spend everyday with her, so it was an extra treat to have them both with me all weekend. he lives about 4 hours south of me, so I only get to see him about once a month.

You don't raise Hero's, you raise sons. And if you treat them like sons, they will turn out to be hero's, even if it's in your own eyes. Walter M. Schirra, Sr.

A purse in 10 minutes or less!!!!

I took a placemat, and folded it in half. I then sewed the sides up and squared the bottom off. Added a velcro strip to the top on the inside and dug through my stash of thrift store belts and made a handle. Here is the results.

I got busy today!

I'm finally getting my sewing room together. When we moved into the new house, I didn't have a room for my sewing, so my loving husband got me a portable building to put in the back yard, just for my sewing. It works out great. It is a very nice building. It still needs some drywall and an A/C unit, but it works great for what I need it for.
So that being said, I got some things made today. I got a baby quilt finished today. With moving an all it was put on the back burner but finally got it finished. It turned out really cute and can't wait to give it to the new bundle of joy.


I also made a table cloth out of some garden material that I had been given by an old customer at my old job. I put it on the table that we have sitting on our front porch. We actually have been using this table quite a bit. Have been using the whole front porch, more like an additional room instead of just a porch.

Below is a pic of some pillows that I got sewed together and stuffed today also. I think they look really good sitting on the Ol' Antique Chair that I picked up at an estate sale a few months back.





I had a good day today! Very productive and very relaxing. Hopefully I can get back out to my Sewing Shed again tomorrow.

Living close to the Big City!

I have always been a country girl, I grew up on a Produce Farm in NE Ohio and then moved to a small little town in Southern Florida. I have always been the type of person to stay as far from a city, any city as I could. Will since moving things have had to change for me. We still live in the country. Actually in the middle of the Ocala National Forest, but only 10 miles from the border of the city of Ocala. This has given me the opportunity to open my eyes to a whole new world. With this change I plan on taking more photographs of the architecure around me and the different people that I have seen and encountered on my trips into the city. I am looking forward to new and exciting adventures in my new life.

New Beginnings!!!

New Start! New Beginnings! Life is good!

Will yet again I have been MIA for awhile. Life has been a huge turmoil, but hopefully it is finally coming together.

While being MIA, I have been able to take my girls to some local places and take some photo's of them. It had been a very long time since I had done this, so we made a day of it and had a blast. Here is a few pics that I took on our day out.

This one to the right is my baby girl. The toes curled and all, really shows some of her personality.

This second pic is of my daughter, Lizz and my step daughter, Trish, playing in the water at the Cascade Professional Building in Ocala, FL. This office complex is so cool. The water and water fall is the roof of offices. The next pic, which is just below is an overall view of The Cascades.

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will anoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~Hern Albright

"Happy Halloween"!

Oh how we love pumpkin season! You did know that these gourd-ish squash has its own season, Right?! Winter, Spring, Summer, and Pumpkin... We anxiously anticipate it every year. Trader Jo's feirless flyer.

Hot Plate Pads

I bought these cute little blocks at a garage sale and couldn't decide what to make with them. So I sewed some batting to the inside and gave it a back. I took some uncooked rice gave it some apple cinnamon scent filled the inside and made a Hot plate pad. When you set something hot on top of it, it draws the cinnamon scent out even more. They make really easy cute hostess gifts, and bridal

shower gifts.

So get some of your own preprinted blocks and start dishing up some cute kitchen accesories for your favorite ladies.

My Fall Table Topper!

I just took some scraps of fall printed material and muslin and made a mini block quilt to set on my table. I made an extra one that I gave my mom. It turned up really pretty as you can see.

It's Been Awhile!

It has been awhile sinceI have taken the time to Blog! Life has went on here, with alot of changes. My Dear husband has found his 16 year old daughter that was taken out of his life, 8 years ago, my lovely sister-in-law has come to stay with us until she can get on her feet again. And my precious grandchildren have moved several hours from us so we don't get to see them anymore. At time I feel life is just so full of nothing but challenges, that we have to fight for every moment of joy. Then I look around me and realize how truly blessed that I am. I live in a country where I have rights that every human being should be entitled to. I live in a beauiful home that I am blessed with from hard work, sweat, blood and tears and lots of love. I have loads of family and friends that keep my life full of joy and love and at times hair pulling craziness. And the comfort of my many 4 legged family members that give me unconditional love.

Take the time today to tell someone you love them and give them a hug.






Life is precious and the people around you come and go, but your memories of each and everyone of them keeps them in your hearts.

I'm a proud to be an American!

From every mountain side Let Freedom ring.

~Samuel F. Smith, "America"

Thanks to all the men and women that have gave their lives so that we may enjoy our freedom. "God Bless America!!!!"

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on. ~Carl Sandburg

Gamma and Avery! He was about 2 months here!

It has been a couple of days since I was on here. Life has kept me busy and haven't had much me time. Today my youngest Grandson, Avery, had his first birthday. He spent the night with his Gamma and Gampa last night so we got to be the first ones to wish our little man a Happy Birthday. The year has went to fast. It seems like yesterday that the little guy came into this world. He is such a JOY to have in our lives! I Thank God everyday for his presence in my life.

A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. ~Author Unknown
This pic was taken June 2 of this year. We spent the day at the lake. He loved playing in the sand.

Happy Birthday, Lil' Man! Gamma loves you!!!

I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. ~e.e. cummings

Good Morning all! Happy Sunday, may you have a wonderful day full of sunshine and joy! Here are a few pictures that I snapped this morning around my yard, and then following these there is some pictures of some Osprey Birds that we have been watching for several weeks now. Hope you enjoy the pictures of the day!

Outside the back door of my work, there is a huge old grain tower of some sort. On top of it is a very large nest of Osprey Birds. We have been watching these birds for quite sometime now, and yesterday we got to see some of them take their first flight. It was such an awesome thing to see. Of course I didn't have my camera at the time, but did get it later in the day. By that time they were not leaving the nest so I didn't get any of my own pictures of them trying to fly, but did get a few of them on the nest.

To watch them was truly amazing. They would spread their wings wide open and let the wind lift them up a few feet above the nest and then they would drop back down. They did this over and over again. I am guessing to get the feel of the wind. I was definitly a first in my life to see a bird taking it first flight.

Below are a few pictures of the ones out back of work. They are not real good pictures because they were so far away, but not terrible pics either.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

~Lao Tzu

Animals give me more pleasure through the viewfinder of a camera than they ever did in the crosshairs of a gunsight. And after I've finished "shooting," my unharmed victims are still around for others to enjoy. I have developed a deep respect for animals. I consider them fellow living creatures with certain rights that should not be violated any more than those of humans.

~Jimmy Stewart

Those who wish to pet and baby wild animals "love" them. But those who respect their natures and wish to let them live normal lives, love them more.

~Edwin Way Teale, Circle of the Seasons, 1953

God made all the creatures and gave them our love and our fear,To give sign, we and they are His children, one family here.

~Robert Browning

My thought for today is pretty simple!

Look around you GOD is everywhere!

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Take time today to smell the flowers!

Bread feeds the body, indeed, but flowers feed also the soul.

~The Koran

Earth laughs in flowers.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"

Flowers... are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1844

Take a moment today to enjoy Natures Beauty! I thought I would share some favorite flower photos that I took while I was in Ohio a few years ago. Lilacs are my favorite flower. The variety of colors, the wonderous smell that consumes the air around you. It is such an awesome experience to stand in the middle of many bushes of Lilacs.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day! Happy Friday to all of you!

I am a diehard animal lover. I grew up on a farm in Northeastern Ohio and we always had dogs and cats running around. I still continue this of having dogs and cats running around me all the time. I actually have 6 dogs, 8 cats and a Grey Masked Cocktail bird. This to say the least drives my dear husband nuts at time, due to the fact he hated cats when we met and never would of thought of having a dog in the house. So I am going to dedicate this blog to my husband, Wes, for all his patience and understanding for the love that I have for all my furry little creatures.

You enter into a certain amount of madness when you marry a person with pets. ~Nora Ephron

This little guy is Riley. He is about a year and a half old. He is a Long Haired Dauchshund. He is quite the little character and escape artist.

This picture to the right is my dear husband, Wes holding our sleeping little baby, Daisy. She is also a Long Haired Dauchshund. She is about 16 weeks old. He thinks she looks like a Reese's Cup.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet. ~Colette

Here we have my beautiful daughter, Elizabeth and my Ol' Girl, Lady. We lost her on Valentine's Day of this year. She was 14 years old. She was a big part of my life and she is greatly missed. She gave me years of comfort and happiness. I know she is up there running threw the fields of flowers chasing the butterflies.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language. ~Martin Buber

Here we have our Handsome little devil! Dinky Man. He is my beloved Boston Terrier. He is about 4 1/2 years old. He is my Guardian Angel. He is my best friend.

It often happens that a man is more humanely related to a cat or dog than to any human being. ~Henry David Thoreau

On the right we have TT and Pumba! They are playmates. TT is about 1 1/2 years old Boston Terrier. She is also know as my growth. She is wherever I am. Pumba is a 4 month old kitty that we all love. We also have his brother, his name is Timon. There is nothing better than falling asleep to the purring of a kitten in your ear.

Most pets display so many humanlike traits and emotions it's easy to forget they're not gifted with the English language and then get snubbed when we talk to them and they don't say anything back. ~Stephenie Geist

Tigger Boy! I helped him come into the world and will make sure he has the best life in this world that I am capable of giving him. He is 2 years old.

As every cat owner knows, nobody owns a cat. ~Ellen Perry Berkeley

Mr. Zuka. He is the biggest baby we have. He is a 90# White Boxer. He thinks he is a little 5# lap dog with more personality than any dog I have ever know. We haven't had him long, he belonged to my sister and she couldn't keep him anymore so he made the trip to the good ol' sunny south to become a Florida Dog. They say the old ones come south to retire and I believe Zuka has decided to become on of these retires. He is such JOY to have in our home and we feel very lucky that he decided to join our family.

I believe in animal rights, and high among them is the right to the gentle stroke of a human hand. ~Robert Brault,

We have many other animals and animal pictures but this is it for now. Stay tune for the sequel, coming soon. Hope you enjoy the pictures of my family.