it's monday again

 

 

 

just incase you were lost!!!

time sure is flying by these days

well I guess it's better than dragging

yesterday I quilled

no hooking or knitting

quilling

haven't done it in a while so it's a bit messy

glue globs

need to find a really thin tooth pick

 

to spread the glue

but its not too bad

kinda like the different colours

actually the big one isn't a snowflake is it

only had four arms

hmmmm...

 

 

think I need to polish my quilling skills!!!!

 

 

 

:) :} :]

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and .........................................

 

this morning I made this flake

it's from

Martha Stewarts site

#3 flake

 

no stitches to speak of

just lots and lots of chain and counting

and it really really helps

if the radio station you are listening to

doesn't suddenly start playing all the songs

with numbers in them

 

if you can hook do make one

it's really easy and it's

 soooooooo

flakey

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

and I know flakey!!1

 

xxxxx

 

 



some knock off and another peek...

while perusing the pinning place this morning I came across this picture....

I didn't pin it and I don't know where it went

wasn't paying attention

because I had to make them

NOW!!!

there were no instructions but it wasn't necessary...

simple is as simple does and we all know how simple I can be!!!!!

(whoever owns these

I'm sorry but I can't give you credit because I was too hasty in copying and exiting

but who ever you are)

thank you!!!

see...if you count and look and hook you can make one too I'm sure

simple

 should start with 32 sc in a magic ring join with sl st and then

this one I wrote down...because I left the vicinity of the monitor 

again look count and hook

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

now to another peek.....

Tammy 

asked me what the little people were made of 

the ones from the french magazine

little pieces of wood

ribbons

beads and bits

buttons and twigs

s'pose one could crochet tiny little hats and scarves if you had some thin cotton yarn

even paper might work

here's the list in French in case you speak it or have someone who can!!!

to those of you in the States

hope you had your fill of goodies

and you don't get trampled in the mad dash to Christmas

I'm thankful I don't do that anymore!!!!

and thank you for stopping by

if you want help with the little stars just ask...

as always

xxx

gobble gobble

:{

all the leaves are down

(see....they all fell today

tinkle tinkle tinkle)

:) :) :)

and the mail box is full

I received a  little package today

all the way from

"Fraaance...

from Paris, France???

no...

not Paris, Fraaance

just

Fraaance"

:)))))

it had a lovely card 

with even lovelier words on it

a Marie Claire magazine with Christmas inside

french style!!!

and

a 

box

of 

chocolate

covered 

almonds

I have been craving chocolate for days and have done nothing about it

(I'm not driving 15 miles round trip just to get a choccy fix!!!)

so

I'm a happy camper today

merci V 

for the sweet thought

big hugs

sunshine shadows and early bloomers

a couple of days ago the sun was shining

and making shadows in our room

love the sun streaming in and making things shine

the birds on the lake were happy too

we seem to have a flock of baffle heads again

they just showed up

in large numbers and they've stayed

....

it's the same old story

can't get close to them of they all take off and

disappear

so here's what they look like

 up close and personal

so while I was spying on the ducks and gooses

I spied this too

the Christmas cactus is blooming......  :{

guess I'll have to get another one

I used to HATE 'mums

I don't any more

not when they look like this!!!

finished all my books 

but a new one arrived yesterday

so I'm set for the next few days

still ploughing away on the red scarf

and I started a new knit

have to have one of each going or I get bored

so I started 

this

hope all is well with all of you

the amount of visitors this little blog gets these days if amazing

seems the more I stay away

the more the numbers go up

HHHmmmmmmmmm

:}

a sweet find...

a little something you might like to make for yourself or as a tiny gift

found on the pinning place

but it's here if you want the pattern

Tuesday twilight

no not "them"....

 THEM.....

.......he caught something...frog...fish...turtle...who knows .....

 

 

 

thought I would just show the birds on the lake this evening

the sun was almost down and they showed up as I started cooking dinner

lousy shots but you know the story by now

sneak around or they all fly off

and the heron caught something

I saw him do it

ick!!!

but I know he isn't hungry tonight

and neither are the ducks

all bottoms up and munch for them

they must make it hard for him to see into the water as they stir it up with all their paddling about and such

think he was glad when they finally floated off into the sunset!!!!!

the gentle giant is almost naked

and the Japanese Maple is glowing

this is the tree that loses all its leaves

at the same time

when the time is right

a gentle breeze can knock them 

ALL off at once

I always imagine they make a tinkling sound when this happens...

?????

will try to watch for it

yes, I'm going to stand there camera in hand and wait for the 

wind!!!!!

in the last photo you'll see I'm still working on the

shawl

I got some new yarn

same as the "naughty yarn" from before

but this one is a lovely brick red

rather like the maple

and the rest of the things seem to match the colours outside 

I'm on my last book too

there are more in the mail so I have to read slowly

so this one will last

!!!!!

:)

xxx