tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55231110596552836402024-03-14T08:50:42.639-04:00Leslie's Garden and Other DelightsA blog about my gardening life. I love my garden and spend hours planning and dreaming. Unfortunately, the vision in my head is hampered by the ability of my hands!Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.comBlogger256125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-82626753456205179922020-01-22T19:57:00.001-05:002020-01-22T19:57:19.684-05:00Looking Backwards<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love this outdoor kitchen area we made for our great granddaughter, she loves it too!</div>
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I've been retired for a year now, and it's taken me this long to figure it out...sort of. I miss work and have been volunteering two days a week at my school, but it doesn't take the place of a job I loved. I think I'm beginning to feel like I'm coming out of the fog I've been in. In 2019 we visited the Christmas Inn in Pigeon Forge, NC and have all agreed it's one of our favorite places. My daughter and I have reservations in February for another visit. Can't wait! We got a new dog in 2019 and she has been quite a trial. She's much bigger than we were expecting and so full of "puppyness" that our days generally consist of us running around trying to stop her from destroying things and making a mess. We also became the owner or a beautiful Maine Coon cat. I love our animals, but gosh, I sure hope there are no more in my future!!! Here's to a great 2020!Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-46595187658343884452018-11-25T11:10:00.000-05:002018-11-25T11:10:31.107-05:00Fall Arrived<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Autumn! How I love Autumn. Cool, misty mornings. Leaves that glow when the light is just right. Gusty winds that bring down a flurry of leaves. The garden going to sleep, looking perfect in it's leaf-strewn blanket. It took it a while to feel like fall, but now it's wonderful in every way.<br />
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I'm out for Thanksgiving break. I plan our Thanksgiving dinner down to the minute. I draw pictures of my stove and record what goes where and when. Time lists and food lists and temperature lists. Diagrams and a slew of stained and tattered recipe cards and recordings of previous years notes. And yet, the final moments are spastic and frantic and midway through the meal it is always, "Good grief, I forgot_____"... <i>Always</i>. This year it was gravy! Thankfully, our smoked turkey and ham were so moist and tender that the forgotten gravy wasn't missed too much. I made a devils food cake, which was always my request to mom on my birthday. My husband and children had never had one (which I didn't realize). I cheated and used canned icing. They fell in love with the cake. Now I wish I had gone to the trouble to make the 7 minute icing. It makes the cake so much better. Looks like there will be another one in the near future.<br />
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Have you seen or read the book Mouse Mansion? It's a children's book. That last picture is of a few of the mansion rooms. It's incredible. There's a cute little story about two of the mouse children. I'm now planning my own mouse mansion, but much smaller. My little one will love it.<br />
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We had no spring. No lovely, cool days. We jumped straight to summer....AUGUST summer. It's been awful - some think my complaining about it has been worse than the heat, how uncharitable! I hate hot weather. It's why I started gardening - just so I would have something in the summer that I liked. Nothing to do but roll with it, but oh how I'm dreaming of fall!<br />
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School is out and I'm being lazy. One energetic day I made a strawberry shortcake. It was so delicious that I figured that alone will counter-act the laziness. I was planning on making it for Father's Day but it didn't happen. However, I did make my wonderful Don brunswick stew, which he loves (I think it's disgusting looking, can't even convince myself to try it).<br />
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I made this same quilt a few months ago for my niece.</div>
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Hello! And how are you doing this frosty day? This week we were blanketed with at least 3 inches of fluffy, beautiful,snow. Schools were closed for three days and the streets were so icy that a curfew was actually issued. Three days of cozy fires, family all around me and a big pot of chili to get us through. These are just the very best days! Our weather has been crazy this fall and winter - summer temperatures lasted well into November, then in early December - BAM! Winter arrived with ferocious abandon! We have rarely been above freezing (surprising for us), had many low's in the teens, and a big, beautiful snow fall in early December. I am one happy camper!<br />
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Do you sew? I do... <span style="font-size: x-small;">ahem</span>, perhaps I should say I play at sewing. Seriously, I've been sewing for 35 years. I've made clothes, and crafts and I especially love making quilts. I'm just finishing up one for my daughter. This small lap quilt cost not only the fabric, but every needle I put in my machine. But hey, it only took me 4 brand new needles to realize I needed to remove the safety pins at the edge of the quilt. And , somewhere deep in my sewing machine is a dull needle that I was replacing with a new one (four). It slipped out of my fingers when I was changing it out and fell straight through the little hole. Once I made a pair of pants that ended up looking like the one's MC Hammer wore. When I modeled them for Don, he rolled on the floor laughing. I made a beautiful maternity dress once. While sitting at my desk at work I was admiring how pretty the wrong side of the fabric was....then I realized I had sewn the dress with the wrong side out. Geesh! Maybe I should take up paint-by-numbers!<br />
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Anyhoo - I'm going to be sewing the binding on the quilt and tying it today. The snow is mostly gone and things are getting back to normal around here. Work Monday, all these days off has made me think of retiring. I promised by boss I would work 2 more years (after this school year), but I'm really looking forward to it.<br />
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That last picture is of a huge animal paw print in the snow. I can't imagine what made it. As far as I know the largest animal we have is deer and it doesn't look like one of their prints. Kind of freaky.<br />
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Keep warm and enjoy your day.<br />
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Bluebird of happiness...except kitty isn't happy.</div>
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Happy New Year! Can you still say that even though January is half over? January, the quiet month. Oh how I love January. Pearl gray skies, bare limbs swaying, hundreds of little chirpy visitors, cozy fires.<br />
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It takes me a while to get back into the groove after the holidays. So much <i>stuff</i> that needs to find a home, so many flat spaces (tops of every flat piece of furniture) mounded with who knows what. Whee, no wonder I was feeling so tired, ha. Now I have a 3 day weekend and am humming along quite nicely with my to-do list.<br />
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I've been thinking a lot about my daddy. He passed away in September. He was fun and funny. He made up all these "Weir" secret activities. We had a Weir Shuffle (walking and making a rhythm with your heels, we had a Weir Handshake (I'd have to kill you if I showed it to you, lol). There was a Weir Hand-capade where you made a certain rhythm with slapping the tops of your hands then your legs, over and over. We had a Weir Song (Don't Ya Just Know It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQM7c1h9Slw). When we were older we sang this at every get together. It was even sung at my niece's wedding reception, all us Weirs singing off key as loud as we could. Poignantly, it's the last thing we did at daddy's memorial wake, a tender and loud memory. All of us singing with tears clouding our vision. Lovely, lovely memories.<br />
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I hope January is being good to you! We're having wonderful, sustained cold weather. My garden is sooooo happy, and so am I!<br />
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Here we are, standing right on the cusp of the greatest Eve of all time...The eve of the beginning of all good things - on a Monday - AND the New Year - I'm giddy with excitement and <i>what can be</i>! I think my number one good thing/wish/resolution is to do whatever needs to be done to eat at home more. If I am successful at that, other things will be successful, too, as a result. Love those 3 in 1 resolutions. Leave it to me to find the lazy way to get the most resolutions fulfilled, lol. Ours is a quiet eve, football (go Falcons!), cozy fire, easy dinner. Dilly, dilly.<br />
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Hello! Did you survive? December passes in a whirlwind and I find myself saying, " What, it's OVER??" In the past I would be so sad when we take down my tree, but now we look forward to putting the tree outside and putting some birdseed covered ornaments on it and a few orange slices. Then commences the bird watching,I do so love me some little birdies!<br />
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Christmas morning the paper and ribbons and bows fly and squeals of delight (<span style="font-size: x-small;">mostly me</span>), ring through the house. Then Don makes a colossal breakfast (it always looks like a pack of Piranhas came through) and after eating we... vegetate. Later I'll make spaghetti for our traditional Christmas dinner. This year has felt a little somber. My dad passed away a few months ago. For at least 15 years he came and ate breakfast with us. We were all remembering him with fondness and sadness. He lived a good, long (91) life and I feel truly blessed for having so many years with him.<br />
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Now FORWARD-HO to the New Year. Ready or Not (ready), here it comes!<br />
<br />Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-88269428869333759202017-12-23T06:59:00.001-05:002017-12-23T06:59:22.739-05:00Misty Morning Visitors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Geese can be a pain in the neck, but I love seeing them take flight in a group. Cool beans!</div>
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December is skating away, slipping and sliding all the way! I love December, but it seems I can never relax enough to enjoy it's quieter side (<i>is</i> there a quieter side?). Rush, rush, rush - buy this, decorate that, bake something, wrap lots of somethings, and find myself surrounded by piles and piles of stuff that surely must have a place to go but I'll be darned if I can get it there. As a child I dreamt of having the 'Samantha' twinkle nose that could get stuff done. Wouldn't that be such a boon! Ah, real life, ya hardly meet my dreams of easy, lazy, frivolous times, wah!<br />
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I'm learning to use my new camera. I think it just might be a skill which takes a lifetime to even come close to understanding. I love finding interesting things to photograph, but the camera is so sensitive it picks up<i> e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g</i>, like a smidgen of dust that's not noticeable but becomes the <i>focal point</i> when you bring up the picture on your computer , lol. Egads, I swear I dusted that!<br />
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Hope your Christmas journey is warm and sparkly.<br />
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What a lovely way to bring in the Christmas season! We awoke this morning to the softness of snowy vistas and dazzling trees, it took our breath away. It was mostly gone by 3:00 p.m., though some shaded areas still had an accumulation. No ice this time, so I even managed to get some Christmas shopping done. We're all cozy now, warmed by the fire and soft glow of the tree. Snow, fire, Christmas tree, stockings, full belly's and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Living the dream my friends!Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-22678984861092176532017-12-03T15:08:00.000-05:002017-12-03T15:08:19.379-05:00December Days<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hello! December already?!? Doesn't it seem like time has produced wings and is swiftly moving ahead? I just want to throw my hands out and push back. Stop! Stop! There is too much to do and see and enjoy - but I'm less organized than ever and I feel like I can't get out from under the crushing weight of a "to-do" list that is quickly turning into a "didn't-do" list. And of course, when life gets like that and you just want to pull the blanket over your head, you yearn for something familiar and and cozy and non-stressful...like a quilt! I amaze myself with my ability to sit at the sewing machine and not see a single thing that tells me I should be doing<i> this</i> instead of <i>that</i>. It's really a wonderful quality to have in your arsenal of things that you like to think are good,(<span style="font-size: xx-small;">but really aren't</span>). </div>
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We are experiencing a rather strange autumn here in Georgia. Usually by this time our leaves have fallen, but this year they are hanging on and looking beautiful. Unfortunately it has greatly increased the chore of raking, bleh. We're looking forward to some cold weather this coming week, finally something that will feel seasonal - and I get to wear actual cold-weather clothing! That's a great big RAH!</div>
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Learning to use a new camera. I've never had a DSLR, so there is a lot to learn. It all sounds so easy while I'm reading about it, but when I get out there, I can't remember anything! Av, IOS, White Balance, Shutter Speed, RAW, etc. Right now my biggest problem is to remember to take the cap off, arghh! Camera 3, Leslie 0. Tomorrow is another day!Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-59933368813878302212017-09-11T16:42:00.001-04:002017-09-11T16:42:53.039-04:00The Winds of Irma<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Hello! Keeping dry? The windy, rainy bands of Irma have arrived. It's a frightening sight to behold when a sudden strong gust wrestles the trees to an angle where you are sure they are going to snap. I have never experienced these tropical storm winds before and must admit I've been a bit wary. I do like the way the raindrops bombard the window and make a hazy garden picture. Our lights have been flickering, and many of our close neighbors have lost their power, but so far we've managed to stay connected. And even though it's only September, and even though the temperature isn't cold, and even though we are running the air conditioning...we have a cozy fire going - just in case we do lose power and need to cook (or heat up) dinner. Hoping everyone is safe tonight.</div>
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These have been quiet, beautiful, breezy days...the calm before the storm. For a little while, Irma looked like it was heading straight for Newnan, Georgia, but has now moved a bit west. We'll mostly get some strong winds and a lot of rain. In case our power goes out, I've collected a wheelbarrow full of sticks that we can burn to heat water or make some baked potatoes (never done this before in the summer - only during ice storms!). We started off sunny, but the cloud bands started moving in late this afternoon. Our weather should start sometime late tonight/tomorrow a.m. School has already been cancelled for two days. I've got a nice stitching project to keep me busy. Prayers for those in Florida who are directly in it's path.</div>
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A wonderful start to my 5 week summer vacation. A week in Florida (it rained every day, but no lightning so we could still swim in the shark habitat). More garden re-working. Still so much to do, but just doing what I can with the energy I have. It's been raining quite a bit, but I think next week is supposed to be pretty. I try to get out early, before the really unpleasant heat begins! I've been adding shrubs and am so happy with them. Color with foliage when nothing is in bloom! Hope your summer is shaping up to be fantastic!<br />
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Winter has been bullied out of the way by an obnoxious warm weather system. My poor garden! It looks forward to cold temperatures, and repays with great beauty come Spring. Not sure what to expect this year, but I have a feeling bugs will be running amok and making me and garden crazy! The warm weather also makes me anxious to get out and start digging, which is not a good idea because the poor dormant bulbs get terrorized by stabbing trowels. But there is lots of clean up to do in the way of raking up fall's bounty of leaf litter that blankets the garden (to keep it warm,lol), and a lot of garden "things" that were piled here and there during the great "tree removal" of December. Many of these are heavy and I've been putting off getting out there and doing the unwelcome task of straining my back. My dearest sweet Hubby has promised to help me this afternoon get that drudgery done.<br />
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Goodness, so much to do and so little energy! I've been off work for a week and haven't really accomplished much. Daughter and I had a little "Girls Time Out", driving to the mountains and staying a few nights. What fun! We went last year and practically froze to death. This year we were wearing sleeveless shirts! Good grief!<br />
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Has there ever been a January more lost than this? Tornadoes, extremely high winds, warmer than warm temperatures, crazy. It makes the gardener in me itch to get outside, but you just really can't or you'll be spearing all those lovely little bulbs you can't see and can't remember where.<br />
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I ordered a lengthy list of plants the other day and can't wait for March to get them. This is a Christmas present from my dear sweet son. I'm just about to burst with excitement for the upcoming gardening season!<br />
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I'm watching my super-duper Falcons play for a chance to play in the Super Bowl. Looking pretty fantastic so far. We're expecting more drastic weather, and I worry about all those people in the Dome at the game. How scary. Where will they go?<br />
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This weekend was barely even there. I have slept more since Friday than I think I've ever done. Left work Friday at 9:30, went to bed at 10, slept until 3, then back to bed a t 7:30 and slept until 10 the next morning. And so it's gone the whole weekend. I finally realized I had not been taking some of my medications which caused all of the tiredness. Whew, I was afraid I had some awful sleeping disease! I'm so happy to know it's just my senility kicking in. Better get that prescription picked up! Hoping for a much better week (being all correctly medicated, ya know). I honestly don't think I could possibly have been much less productive.<br />
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I am excited for this gardening season. Last year I added a lot of shrubs to the garden. The picture above was taken in October, when my garden is usually ugly and messy.<br />
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I've removed the garden that was on the left. I could never get it right, and as I get older I want to just focus on one main area. I replaced a part of that garden with a circle and a large urn. I've planted spring bulbs in the circle. Behind the circle is a little cozy, shady spot. I've been looking at some of the cute play areas for children. Our great grandchildren would love a place to play.</div>
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I have a gazillion leaves to blow to an area where I used to have a shade garden. It's just a big empty spot now, and it gets overrun with forest-y things that aren't wanted and grow better than anything in my garden. I'm hoping getting a deep layer of leaves will help keep it clean until I can decide what to do. You can see the stumps left from the huge trees we had removed. All the little piles of stuff is where the workers put things that were in the way of the trees. Goodness, I have soooo much to do. Aren't I lucky to live in Georgia where the temperature today was 74 degrees!</div>
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Misty, gray mornings with fog drifting among the trees...ah, January, how I love you! All the busy days of December moving into the soft and slow-moving January. This is when my mind switches to dreams of Spring and the garden and the tulips I planted in the fall; of learning new things, like weaving; the pleasure of writing in a new, beautiful journal (my daughter gave me a new one for Christmas, but the kitty seems to have other plans) and of trying to get the house back in order (not happening). </div>
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There has been a huge flock of birds coming through every morning lately. It's an amazing sight, and you don't even have to wonder if they are there because they make some kind of noise! They move as one, from tree top to tree top, filling the branches so that in the dim morning light, the trees look like they have leaves, until one of them (the leader?) decides it's time to move and they all leave together, squawking as they go. </div>
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I've been learning to weave. A friend made me a loom using an old frame and some small nails. I love the calmness of weaving my needle in and out,seeing my thought come into being. I don't know anything about yarn. Not wanting to spend a lot while I'm learning, I've just been buying the cheap stuff at Michael's. Cheap or not, I am pretty happy with the results. </div>
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I love the beginning of a new year...everything seems....possible.</div>
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It's been a wonderful fall. I can't remember when I've enjoyed it so much. Love having my daughter home. We've not had much fall-like weather, but I'm learning to go with whatever I'm given! Won't be long before I'm taking down the browns and yellows and reds, and putting up some festive Christmas colors. I want to enjoy every minute of autumn, though.Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-62922097687178379742015-05-24T18:50:00.003-04:002015-05-25T10:25:43.440-04:00Springtime<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Wow, time really has swift wings! But now that school is out I hope to start accomplishing a few things! My garden has suffered this year. As a matter of fact, a lot of my "need to do" things have suffered this year. I feel things are getting back on track, though. The spring garden was pretty, but the tulips were not the color I had hoped for (red instead of pink on some of them). A lovely Mother's Day and a few outdoor crafts (the nature loom) are kicking off this spring season. A few more fun things on my nature list. I have a little friend from school that I'm kind of mentoring and he loves the outdoor crafts. That's his loom on the bottom. I have not done a single thing with my pots this year. And there is a big urn in the middle of one of the gardens - a big ol empty focal point! SHAME!!! I have 3 more weeks of work then I'll have 5 weeks of vacation, really looking forward to that! Perhaps there is time for me to accomplish a few things. I hope your summer is off to a good start. Happy Memorial day!<br />
**UPDATE, Since a few people have commented I thought I'd better make it known that the vegetable garden is a community garden that I love to visit on my Dad's golf cart. It's always so beautiful. I would love to be able to grow vegetables, but my yard is too shaded.Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-57246372191402925022015-03-02T11:10:00.002-05:002015-03-02T11:10:39.707-05:00Quilty<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I love jelly rolls! I made both of these quilts with them. I think I could make two more quilts with what is left over. They are only lap quilts, not too big. The second one was super easy, which I really needed after the other one, which was somewhat challenging. I've ordered me a 1/4 inch quilting foot for the sewing machine. I've always had a hard time being accurate, so I'm really looking forward to getting it. We've had some rainy cold days which made the sewing so enjoyable! I'm trying to decide if I want to make another strip quilt, or a log cabin next. Such fun decisions!Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-16936660194311514032015-02-23T19:03:00.002-05:002015-02-23T19:03:21.057-05:00Back To It<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh!The most beautiful of days. Those days spent with son and daughter and sweet husband. Parks and ice creams and low burning fires . Sometimes I am just in so much awe over the lovely little life I have. I feel so blessed for the love of home and hearth. My beautiful week off has come to an end. It's back to reality and job and early alarms. But honestly, who can complain about a job that gives you a week off every 6 weeks?! I hope you're having a great Monday, thanks so much for stopping by!Leslie's Gardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08934030162946774736noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5523111059655283640.post-40507767042701331932015-02-19T19:02:00.001-05:002015-02-19T19:02:26.910-05:00This and That<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What a fabulous week I am having! I just can't let myself think about the fact that tomorrow will be the last day. I don't really count the weekends, because I would have them off anyway. I've been doing a bit of everything, except what I usually do on this week (garden). I've completed 25 blocks of the Farmers Wife Quilt. There is no way I could do any more. I struggled with several of the blocks. One block took me two days and about 10 rip-outs, so frustrating. I've ordered another jelly roll. I have big plans to make that little darling girl above a little quilt. So excited about that! Gotta finish my daughter's first, though. I'm not going to quilt it, I'm just going to tie it. I don't think I'll ever quilt again, tieing is the way to go for me now. Super easy. The Farmers Wife Quilt turning me from an adventurer to an Only Easy scaredy cat. And look at that!!! I made dinner. It doesn't look very good, but it was yummy!<br />
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