I am more and more convinced that there is nothing a person can’t do with the right amount of spray paint. I am well on my way to testing the theory. This cabinet was the first “real” piece of furniture that Grandpa and I bought. We bought it …
Blogs Keep Track of Everyday Life We all think that we will remember everything. Especially important things. I am here to tell you that it doesn’t work that way. I am constantly walking into a room and asking myself why I am there. After a minute or two …
Another Christmas Secret ! Don’t tell ! I started several months ago to make quilts for Christmas. Inspired by the oft-used phrase that“one can never have too many” of something . . . I decided to make a bunch of small quilts for little people to drag across …
The Pumpkins Are Ready ! At our house that means many things. Sharp tools. Grandpa’s gloves. Stacking and sorting. Jumping over. Laying on. Choosing. Lining up. Re-arranging. Counting and counting again. Pumpkins are best harvested by children. They see magic in every single shape, color …
All I had to do was drive around the corner. That is where I found it. Rather, “them”. Four chairs and a table sitting on the lawn with a little white sign. “$35 or best offer”. I saw the potential immediately, pulled into the driveway and knocked on the …
Many an evening I gather my supplies together and haul them from my hobby room to the big chair in the family room so that I can be “social”. One day I stared sideways at this large and old and heavy basket and thought it looked exactly like a …
I am not a quilter. Not in the traditional sense. But, I am ready to try. Oh, I have made patched quilts which I have tied but I have not made a quilt which required serious machine stitching and a binding finished by hand. This small and bright “strip …
I am a novice when it comes to putting photos-on-canvas. But, I am getting the hang of it. I have finally found my own mixture of things and techniques which suit me. I surprised my daughter with these canvas prints of her children for her new (completely remodeled) little …
Family Group Photographs . . . otherwise known as “herding cats”. Considered one of life’s most stressful events. Ask anyone. Anyone who has tried to get a large group together knows what I mean. Our family group for the day included twenty-two people. Twelve grandchildren. WHAT TO WEAR? I …
Storytelling with photographs is really fun. Something as simple as eating fresh peas from the garden can become a delightful, preserved memory. This is Afton and she loves peas. Of the several photos I took at the time of the “pea snack” I chose three which looked sequential. The …
