Where is my Brother?

 
stuck at home with a sick kid
cold day can’t get much done
special friend going on a special trip
an idea!!!! a great idea!!!
something special to commemorate her adventure
some graph paper to work out the design
a day on the couch with a sick one…..
i sent it yesterday, she should get it tomorrow… if she breaks the code, [...]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year…..
 

 
We celebrated the winter solstice with a citron in our bath.  Kids on vacation since the 24th and it’s a cold cold week in Nagasaki.  I am stitching on the moon quilt by day and snuggling under it by night.
From all of us here to all of you [...]

Hello sister and all!  We arrived after good flights in SeaTac yesterday afternoon and drove North.  Our bags did not travel with us as they missed the flight, but they did catch up with us this afternoon.  The roads last night were pretty bad but passable as long as we took our time and most [...]

 
It’s the 12th in Asia.
I phoned my brother, but he was out.
WHERE IS MY BROTHER?
On this day, in the early 60’s
in  a small town in Western Washington
a cute little red headed baby was born.
He would grow up to do great things.
He would  excel at acedemics.
He would serve his country.
He would travel the world.
He would become [...]

with good intentions, I sat down to address and write a few christmas cards. It gets humid here in the summer and the glue-y part of an envelope got stuck to a card…I tried to peel it off, but it left a a big spot on the card… so I got thinking about how I [...]

finished the HEARTBREAKINGLY CUTE KIMONO from MASON-DIXON this morning and will give it to a grandmother -to- be today.  I added just a bit of blue striping and knit the tie……it turned out cute.. and a relatively easy and quick project to make…
 
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next up we have the christmas count down tree
that I made several years [...]