‘A Shopping We Will Go…

Not! I hear about the rest of the world running from store to store at 3:00 a.m. looking for incredible Christmas deals and wonder if there is something wrong with me. There is no desire to join in on this type of shopping. I don’t deal well with large crowds and frenzied buying. Those individuals [...]

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A Cold November Sunday…

There is a cold icy rain falling outside. It has left a glaze on everything and you are invited to step inside for a visit. You can use our boring little door bell button… …or the more interesting chickadee door knocker… Most fun of all is to use the chain pull on our vintage Italian [...]

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“I” Is For Inscribe

Hello there – I have joined everyone over at Jenny Matlock’s (please click on this link – WordPress is not letting the button above work right now) for her Alphabe-Thursday. The letter for this week is “I.” Inscribe – defined as to write or engrave…or dedicate. Beautiful handwriting has long been something I have admired. [...]

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“Under” the Cherry Tree…

…looking for “a soft place to land.”  Ta Dah! Block #1 in the Beyond the Cherry Tree Quilt can be shared… I like the way the reds and greens are working together – I tend to favor the cranberry to reds with a hint of brown and warm greens. But I noticed when looking at [...]

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Remembering…

“A veteran is someone, who at one point in their life, wrote a blank check payable to the United States of America for an amount up to, and including, their life. That is beyond honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer remember that fact…” (From a Vietnam veteran [...]

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Beyond The Cherry Tree…almost

It has been another hectic week and I had hoped to post a photo of my first completed Beyond the Cherry Tree block – but you will have to put up with an “almost” done block. At least it is a start! I have been faithfully downloading patterns each month from the Sentimental Stitches site [...]

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