something to smile about

The next generation!!!

One studious...

the other

entertaining!!!

You decide which is which!!!!!!!!!!

I forgot I had taken these

and

found them in a file!!!

From last week.

Monday, Monday

It is Memorial Day here in the States

the day we have to thank those

who have

left the shores of home

and

gone away to

fight for what we call

Freedom.

Some returned

and

some

never did.

I am old enough to

remember

several of these

times,

and

I wonder

how many more I will see.

Today

we watch as the oil

fills the Gulf of Mexico.

We watch as

groups of people

kill eachother

and

blame the other for it.

We hear the world rise up

and

demand justice

for whichever

group

they think needs it.

We see thousands

march in the streets

condeming

racism

and

bigotry.

We hear

words of hate

and

violence.

We hear so called

men of god

rant and rave

about the fires of hell

consuming their enemies

and

the righteous

rising above it all.

We watch our children

go off to a war without end

to a land

where people kill eachother

and

blame the other for it.

Where hatred and predjudice

runs rampant

and

bombs explode

and

kill the innocent.

This is how it has been

forever.

The rich get richer

and

the poor

get sent off to war

and

if they are lucky

they get to hear our thanks.

We never learn

do we?

Just something I was thinking about today.

sunset shadows glass trees and hairy flowers

Now isn't that an enticing title????

The glass tree is the

Austrian Black Pine

that appears to be made of glass in the sunset

Unfortunately it doesn't show up

so well in the photo

but beleive me

it looks like glass

It has been cloudy all day today

but the sun came out just in time to make shadows

and light up the

astilbes

and show the hairy flowers

in all their glory!!!

and another wip

Show it to you tomorrow

have a good evening

or night

where ever you are.

:)

FYI..

For those of you who are stipplers about spelling and such...somehow the translator is interfering with my script....I cannot remove the influence....so if there are spelin miztaicks

it ain't me....it's google!!!

VOY-laaa!!!!

The quickest fastest project

evaahhh!!!

 

nine circles

in nine squares

and you have a pillow!!

I can't tell you how hot it is

outside right now

in the front.

No one will be sitting here

for a while!!!

And little pillow won't be staying out..

storms and flash flood warnings up for later today.

CRAZY weather....

But just thought I would show you

I FINISHED IT

in a day.

in a minute......

SSSSHHHHH....

 

 

I'm busy

 

 

almost done tho'

:)

PPF...

PAST.....

 

 

 

 

PRESENT.....

 

 

 

 

FUTURE....

 

 

 

:)

Passing the hook!!!

The grand children came yesterday

The very second he walked in

the questions started!

why this

why that

how come the other

He is very curious!!

nosy!!

and

inquisitive!!

Wants to know where things come from

why you aquired them

who gave them to you

and why

and then asks

what everything in the house is

the door,

is it a door

no it's not an elephant

and the elephant isn't one either

it's a chair..

the cat

why is she hiding under the bed

can he pet her

maybe later

why is there trash in the trash can

how come all the forks are on the table

can he have a tissue

(napkin)

will the cat come out soon

can he watch

Sponge Bob.

how come I have so much stuff

Then

why did I buy him toys to play with

did I know he liked these kinds of toys

how did I know that

OH he is psycic too

where did the ball go

how come the plane is stuck in the tree

daddy

you need to climb up the tree and get it

no the squirrels don't want to fly the plane

where did the ball go

Lunch

he likes this kind of lunch

meatballs

that can't have sauce on them

it must be beside them

the pasta

is his favorite

no he doesn't know what it is called

it's not macaroni

how come all the meatballs are gone

oh he ate them all

where is my cake

happybirthdaydadcanihavemycakenow

no no ice cream

on the cake

beside the cake

i think my tummy is hungry for more

can i have a drink

no i don't know what your name is

MRS P can i have a drink

thankyouwheresthecat

my head was spinning

In the meantime

the grand daughter

was sitting quietly

or

playing with her brother

explaining, teaching

patiently

she loved her little

somethings

that I made

then she spied the

"wolf"pillow I made a while ago

that look was in her eye

she has it in her possession now!!

:(

she saw all the hooks and yarn

all over

theroomontheleft

asked how and if

I gave her a hook

and

a small ball of yarn

and

the

craft

has

been

passed

on!

not to be too dramatic

of course!!!!!

:)

My son said he remembered making lots and lots of

"long things"

she will learn to do the second row

and beyond

Welcome to the world of craft

T.

:)

but the best part of it all

was when he appeared from nowhere

pulled on my shirt

the way four year olds do

and said

I LOVE YOUR HOUSE!!!

thankyouJwheredidyouputthecoastersthatyouusedforfrizzbees?

:)

XX

nice surprise today...

the kids are coming by for a visit!!!

So Nanny will be busy with them

and

I'll see you tomorrow!!!

Hope the storms stay away....

but if they don't

we'll

have plenty to do

inside!!

Have a lovely day

 :)

translator....

I have installed a translator....over on the side. 

I have nothing to do

with what it does to your language.

I have used it on other blogs

and I usually end up in fits of laughter.

Poor Google,

trying to

translate

crochet patterns

into english

is really

HILARIOUS.

If you don't crochet

you won't be able to make

heads or tails

out of it.

Wonder what it will do

with that expression???

just a photo to fill in the space!!!

Forgetabbadit....

 The fiddly thing has been laid to rest...

I will not waste anymore time on it.

I will move on to something else

I will let go

and

pretend it never happened.

No record of it anymore!!!

The End.

BUT...

 

I do have this to show you

one of a few this year

The snow seems to have created miracles

and they are

beautiful

It's a Magnolia Blossom

:)

They're ba--ack

The birds on the water

have been absent

for quite awhile

but

today I saw two Geese

Canada Geese

not Canadian tho' !!!

and a rather large Heron.

Two seconds after I snapped this

he took off

and

didn't come back!!!

It's very hard to

take a photo

of birds.

They move too fast

or hide

in places

 where you can't

get a good shot

 

 

 

 

 

 

See her there in the middle ?

I think she was waiting to fly into her nest

which is in the dayglo green bush

underneath

this tree.

Have no idea who she is...

but she's there

so I took her a picture!!!!!

The sun is shining today

and it will get warm

this afternoon,

maybe close to

80F

it was

 63F

yesterday

and the rain we got

did

some good

Byeeeeee

off to finish

that

fiddly thing....

Happy Birthday #1 son

My son has a birthday today

Happy Birthday

to you

Hope you can take a minute

for yourself

and reflect

on things

Hope your day is

sunny and bright

and that you never stop growing

even when things

don't look so good

know that you are a

star

in your mama's eye

and that the whole

bunch of us

love you

and wish you

a

Happy Birthday.

:)

trying to finish...

My strongest weakness (?) is math. 

I can barely

add 2+2 together

 and

come up with 5!!!

Hexagons

are not my friend

but 
once I get it

I get it

if you

get me!!!

I am trying to make

something

that is being

stubborn

and

I will not give up

until it is done.

It's not hard

just fiddly

so I will be

quiet today

and

let you

get on with what

you are

doing.

It is still drizzling

and everything

outside

looks happy.

Hope you are too.

Ciao

for now.

Finished project...

 I said I was going to finish things that I had started.

Well, I showed you the bag I made from the new book.

It was a fast project

and

it is done.

I haven't decided which one to make next

I started this a while ago

and

now it is finished too.

I am very happy with it!!!

I very rarely say that about things I make!!

but this time I will!!

I had to make the insert because there are no

hexagonal pillow forms,

and believe it or not

the hubs helped

figure it out!!

He is such a good

sous designer

!!!!

I have a couple more things to finish

and will post those

when done!!!

OH...

it's still raining...

yeah
Off to get dinner...

have a good evening

and

hope you have a good dinner too.

plop plop plop

It's raining!!!!

I am happy!!!

I went to sleep last night

listening to the first few drops

falling on the skylight

above our bed.

I woke up this morning to the same

sound

but a little heavier.

I did a lot of watering yesterday

and I am glad I did.

The ground will soak up the rain now,

instead of it running off the

dry, cracked

earth.

We haven't had any rain for quite awhile

now.

I hesitate to say I'm happy it's raining

because of all the destructive

flooding just West of us.

Nature is cruel sometimes

and

there isn't much we can do

when it turns against us

and causes so much

grief.

Man is also

cruel

as witnessed

in the

Gulf of Mexico.

I could go off on that subject

but

I

won't.

It speaks for itself

and we don't need another

opinion

added to the peanut gallery.

So,

it's the beginning

of yet

another week

and are

 we glad for it?

I hope so.

:)

Happy week end

Hopefully I'll be back up and running next week or tomorrow...

I just haven't been myself

and

so I thought I would take a break

and

give you all a rest

too!!

Have a good evening

and a good weekend

Do something special

and for yourself

and tell us about it

next week!!!!

:)

Atchoooo

Just so you don't think

I am ignoring you !!!

I thought I would just pop in

to say I am

having an

allergy attack

of some kind

and it is making me

very itchy

sleepy

and

 discombombulated

I am not one who

suffers from allergies

so this is a little

wierd

to say the least

I think it is the grass

which is now going to seed

the pollen count has been extrememly high

this year

and we got some flowers

the other day

that I discovered

had a sprig

of eucalypus

in it.

THAT I am allergic to..

and the house has been open

and

the pollen

and dust

just go to me.

I feel better today

but I

still want to sleep

all the time

and I itch.

My ankles

itch

and my elbows too!!!

:#

Anyway

I am really OK

but I don't have anything to write about

other than what

I just wrote about!!!

So

see you

soon

hope you are all well...

leave a note and let me know

and complain about something

so I am not alone!!!!

:)

New Week...

new day

to start all over again!!

Hope you all had a nice

weekend and that you got to do something you wanted and relaxed.

Not much of anything to say

today.

I spent most of the time

trying to do the things that need doing

and

finding them very boring and mundane

 I did them as fast as I could

and

then picked up hook and thread

and my new book
put a movie on

and

made two things from it.

The flower is really pretty....

it's supposed to be a brooch

and the bag is a tad smaller than I thought

but they are both

satisfactory!!

I think I will line the bag

but have no fabric so I'll have to get

inventive....

pillow cases anyone????

There has been discussion

on Flickr

about whether or not

the cloths

that everyone

and their sisters

are making

should be used

or just hung up to look pretty.

Not a very important

subject,

I know,

but why go to all the bother of making them

if you don't use them?

Now the elaborate,

be-flowered

frilly

things

maybe not so much,

the fru-fru gets in the way

but the plain and simple ones

well I say

YES

it saves on paper towels

always a good thing

and those throw away things

that smell after a while...

eeww!!

and the cotton ones are washable

and if you make a few

you always have a clean one

and

another colour to choose from

which

IS

important!!

Because heaven forbid

we don't have a choice.

Do you know how

spoilt we are?

I do.

TGIF

Here we are at the end of another week.

First week of May is done already.

You know if the year keeps flying by like this

we'll be talking

Christmas before we know it.

I was hoping to show what I started

yesterday,

when I got my new book,

but I can't

because I am an idiot

 and didn't get enough

of what I needed.

It really pissed me off,

so I went outside,

yelled at the cat

 that seems

to have taken up residence

in the bushes

by the bird feeder

and seems determined to eat everyone of them

and decided to water the plants

because the last two storms

went right by us

and the plants are parched

already

So after I had gotten myself together

I took a photo or twelve of the

Mountain Laurel

that is in full bloom.

The flowers start out as little

stars

that turn into little balloons

that burst open to show their

very interesting

insides!!

look at the colour in the very middle

lovely shade of green...

hhmmmm!!

I came back inside

and found this!!!

 I guess I'll be doing some

cleaning up again!!!!

It'll keep me out of trouble!!

and remember

have a great evening

and laugh....

it makes you feel good.