All Together Now....

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...............

I have a cold. I am trying to keep my mom from catching it too. So far my score is -1 because my husband has it now. [maybe]

Got it from the grandgirls...not surprising now that Megan is in school.

I think school buildings themselves do it, they sit, basically empty, over the summer cooking up plans to get back at the children for slamming doors, peeing on floors, and whatever else rhymes with 'oors'.

Remember, I 'm sick.

Q: Colorful Beginning To Your Day

A: What Are Flowers?

When I got up this a.m. and went about my routine [turn on coffee maker, let dogs out], I noticed some things out of place....and followed the clues to my pc desk.

And this adorable dress is one Ashley found for Rhiley for the holidays!

Sweater dress.

Meanwhile, Back On The Beach....

I am working on this version of a beach, again. I added grassy sections of the fabric to rather empty sections of the same fabric. It needed more grass, ya know?

So here you see I am going outside the lines......again....as usual....

the rough looking edges are the raw edges of the added fabric bits.

I decided this pile of rocks needed a clothesline draped over it and anchored by 'seaweed' and wrapped with the some thread.

this is the whole scene

And now for something completely different!

We get our meds at Target, and they put these colored-rubber-rings around every bottle. I have been saving them. I covered all the purple ones that were the same size, with this shiny-but-crappy thread. I am thinking about turning them into a garland for the tree. I did 3 of each color and the bare rings you see will get variegated color-threads crocheted on them.

Not So Bare Bear

Is this better Alexis?

Alexis commented that she couldn't stand to see the poor bear so bare.

When Does A Bear Not Look Like A Bear?

When she loses all her hair, of course.

I just thought you needed something different to think about today!

This is Dolores and she has a condition that 'baffle the vets'.

Grand Idea!

For the Dad on Beach quilt, Christine suggested....well, let me paste what she said in the comments...I love your quilt. I hope you don't box it in with a heavy frame. Right now it looks so open and expansive -- the sky, the beach.
I don't have a good idea for you, but I am sure you will come up with a solution.

I love this idea. I think if I fray the edges to give it the feeling of sand, water and sky forever...Thank You Christine! And of course, thank you everyone for your comments, it always makes me smile to know someone has been visiting!

Sad Day Yesterday

Yesterday was a sad day for my DIL. Her grandfather [father figure] died yesterday after a long fight with cancer. Our heart felt hugs go out to you Kacie and GG. {Our Megans other great-grandmother, also an Evelyn like my mom, who is also Meg's GGma.}

Dad On Beach-----Done-----except for....

the outside border-frame. I need to let this hang on the design wall for awhile until the solution for it pops into my head. I did very little quilting in the sky portion.

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Hey look who turned up this last weekend....College Girl.

below....need i say more?

My babies have blue eyes...sing with me folks....

Rhiley and Lily

Lily's shirt has a blinker behind the robot [from Wall E]

Finally have this quilt hanging....via a cool stick and a rusty bottle opener. Found the bottle opener in the junk box and figured I would make use of it.

I tried to get my brother, on the left, to stand up with my son, in the middle holding his niece, so I could get a picture of the infamous Johnson Forehead, a genetic feature in our family. Alas, no go. In fact, I got laughed at....laughed....I tell you, laughed at.

halloween at my house

We have a different sort of neighbors in this hood...THEY come to you with the candy. This chicken came by, and a couple of other kids came by with candy for Megan and Lily. Gotta love the neighbors!

Rhiley, above. Megan, below. Page wanted some candy too...

Lily....look at that attitude! That stance! Bring it on.

The costume is a butterfly. It's soft, it's cute, it's pink.

the wings and the padded rear end of the jacket. This outfit will be making a repeat performance in a couple of years, but on Rhiley.

You're Excused

Sweet! I have excused from jury duty!!!!

I have anxiety issues, panic attacks, however you want to classify my mental weirdness. I am on medication, but I still get the 'need to flee' feeling when asked to wait....for anything! One way for me to overcome that feeling is to talk or play my game boy [yes, old school].

Don't think any judge is going to allow that by any juror.

Progress....Dad On Beach...part 6

I have no idea what 'numbered part' of this project I should be on, but 6 sounded good. Last night I got past the water and into the sky, but didn't take a picture of it.

Craft with drawls. Poor Steph was sitting in her dorm room with only a new, large set of Sharpie pens that I gave her for college, which have earned her the name of Sharpie Girl by her dorm mates,BTW.

Anyway...there she sat having serious with drawls...the need to create weighing on her right brain. It might have been the Art History exam that started it...after examining all those old paintings, something is bound to rub off. So how to fix this problem....off to the College Book Store for some art supplies!!!!!

I know...OMG...don't you know how costly the book store is?? She says she didn't get that much, mostly paper. But I can see that she is going to need to snag a few things from home next weekend, for the next time she needs to create! And take pictures for me to blog!

After all....Home is where the heART is..... hehehehe.....

Saw Giant Pumpkin

Not this one, I just used this picture for visual aid. When I went to pick Megan up from preschool yesterday, I passed a truck with a giant pumpkin sitting in the bed, and a dozer trailer on the hitch. I have no idea what the story was, but it was still there on my way back with Megan, so she got to see it too!

Yesterday was Tuesday

and I was babysitting my youngest granddaughter. Which meant the rest of the bunch came by too. Megan got the camera and took photos....of the dog on the bag of dog food....and here you thought I had gotten a new dog...

I took this picture of my babes....my oldest, Ben, and his Lily, left, and the youngest, Rhiley.....her mama is .....

right here, Ashley, another picture by Megan.

I thought Meg had set the camera for a soft look....turned out to be smudges on the lens. Sure fooled me!

Mom Came Up With....

a title...."Quilt Makers Guide To The Universe"....I guess if I write a book, this will be the title.

Progress....Dad On Beach

I think I am done with the quilting in the sand area and have picked the blues for the water. I kept the color choices down to a select few this time. I didn't even have the lightest blue picked out until I could see I needed a really light thread for the froth-spume of the waves.

I am trying to keep the stitches of the water on straight paths, which is really easy because of the way Vicki Welsh dyed it!

Precious joined me. Notice her ignoring the camera....

Pointedly!