2012

and happy chinese new year for those  on the lunar calendar.

if i told you i was stitching again….

would you say

SO WHAT?

or would you say

SEWING WHAT?

feels so good.

pretty fall colors.

okey dokey.

back to an artsy fartsy quilting blog.

i am knitting furiously on a pancho for Kayla and each round it gets bigger.

and longer and longer to knit around…

today i dug out a bunch of my favorite Japanese cloth

in an effort to cure my “materialism”

today i will cut and stitch and begin to create.

aren’t you all excited.

I am.

this is the view out the window from the room off the kitchen with the computer.

sometimes my neighbor is out there working.

most of the time, she’s not.

still taking books out of boxes and attempting to find space for them.

(way too much) material still in boxes……

today i actually laid out some cloth and got the mind thinking about stitching.

it’s been a long damn time since i put needle to cloth….

sigh.

kitchen view from the entry way..

 loving my new kitchen….. trying to keep it neat and clean and inviting!!

view from the back door....

finding that more house and more land takes more time…

it feels good to have room to wander and putter….

always a weed to pull,  a walk to sweep,a  tree to prune…

this season of thanksgiving, i feel truly blessed… 

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

huge praying mantis!!

a national holiday

and

my wedding anniversary.

here are some photo updates….

farewell flowers....

flowers from my previous neighborhood association…

notice my fairly new haircut AND my new red glasses!!!

halloween in the carport.

the carport is a fabulous place to decorate for parties and for just hanging out with friends….

two boys horsin' around.......

and just a few random shots of the kitchen……

new fridge

 love that big eye thing in  the center…. big brother is watching!!!!

cassette racks

my dad and i made these racks for my cassettes (holds 54 cassettes) when i went off to college….now turned sideways, they make excellent spice racks… i added some hooks and dowels and VIOLA!!!!!! towel racks!!!! i love to repurpose stuff, especially homemade wooden things i made with my dad…..

vanity in bathroom

having trouble  loading multiple photos, trying to figure it out..

less than 1/3 of the sewage line construction

new quilt top.

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the new kitchen.

 the new system kitchen.

it is white.  the blue tiles remain.

the built in 3 burner stove will be on the left..

the (hopefully new!!) fridge will be on the right…

the wire/steel rack in the window is going to be “adapted” with some paint and some wooden shelves.

(by me)

I am also going to build a wooden floor to ceiling spice rack, which will be like a ladder…

I am scrounging the leftover wood from the carpenter to use for my projects…

building  and creating and accessorizing on this simple kitchen is going to be fun!!

i transplanted a large rosemary plant outside the kitchen window for a green view!!

this fine young couple got married.

September 15, 1956.

they had no idea that their life would be so full!

3 fabulous children.

6 amazing grandchildren.

a life in Texas, Alaska and Washington.

giving and taking

honor and respect

loving and laughing

good times and bad

forsaking all others.

Congratulations on 55 years !!!!

with love, Jan

circa 1956...

so

i got into a little basket of scraps that somehow didn’t move to the new house yet.