Spring 2011

Big Blocks Black Solid Colors

Modern greeting cards and party invitations by Shutterfly.

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summer time

here's some photos of my flowers...they are beautiful!

Reno's

Updates: Amanda helped me with a painting project, and I'm happy with the results. This is the 'new' entrance look. Here's a shot of the bathroom, with tiles going around the area for our toilet, and in the whole shower. Now it's up to us to finish with the door casings. Entrance floor, not quite finished in here yet, but getting there. The new flooring upstairs in the hallway.

spring clean up

Spring cleaning can mean many different things to different folks...around here on the farm, there's always work in the garden and flower beds to get them cleaned up for their brief time in the sun...and in the outlaying buildings there's sometimes an accumulation of garbage to clean up and sometimes things the dog has misplaced during the snow & wind. One springtime practice is to burn up the old, dead grass to see what's hiding underneath. You will see in this photo that is what we did...unbenown at the time, though. A simple garbage fire, left unattended, spread to take care of not only old, dead grass, but also the oldest building on our yard...the old log cabin (more correctly a barn) with 1 ft logs on 2 walls (which I was making plans for). The barn was behind the semi-trailer in this photo. This is the foundation (cement-work) of the barn...as cement doesn't burn, it's left now for me to 'make plans' or clean up. The fire spread quite far, and nearly got this "part's car" parked in the shelterbelt. And no one noticed the flames, the smoke or the fire until there was nothing left.

Well, what do you all think? This is my next project...maybe...if it costs too much to get a professional to do it. I need the name of someone who's good, but not too expensive. This back piece is clean and thus doesn't show why I would get this re-upholstered, but the front is very dirty and kind of the wrong color & fabric for our entrance 'deacon's bench' .

winter storms

Here we thought our spring was coming, what with all the water and lakes rising on our back yards...but this looks a lot like winter to me! We were getting alot of water around us, nearly closing off the roads, but with this freezing and new snow, it's all a beautiful white again. Inside we've been keeping it warm and cozy...and so grateful we didn't have to drive alot or be somewhere important. On another note, with spring (suppose to be coming) I've been in a painting mood and here's what been changed.

February's job!

So I thought I would try my hand at quilting...a good friend of mine does it and my sister does it...but it's not just sewing and cutting right I'm finding out. Looking at this photo you can't see all the mistakes, and while I am not discouraged from doing it again, I am thinking I'll find a different pattern and bigger pieces next time. It's not done yet...need to buy the fiber fill and quilt it to the backing which is a nice flannel...and NO, there's no grandbaby that I'm planning for...I think this one will go in the crib we'll have at home when the time is right.