Sunday, October 13, 2024

Sunday Starts


Hello my friends.
First off,
am hoping all is well with those in Florida.
I could not imagine having that many
tornadoes in one day.
Just horrible with that and the hurricane. 
More may be on the way.
Hurricane season is not over yet.


I wanted to show you a start that Bob
had been working on.
He found some more old doors,
and is making Christmas trees.
The wood around the door tree was some
of the leftover 200 yr old wood 
he still had.
I kept one for myself.
So far he has made 8 of them.
They are already at the store for sale.
I want Bob to put an old nail 
in mine to hang a wreath.


This is my new start.
House on Pear Hill.
Hopefully I can have this stitch
completed by Christmas.
I want to include this in our keeping room,
where I have my un-traditional colors.


My one day start.


 Not sure if I like this mauve pink
in the border.
I may change this out.

In other news,
my SIL survived the hurricane.
She lost power for a day,
but is alright now.
She was spared the damage that most had.

Mom's birthday party was a hit.
Everyone loved the food.


Here was the menu.

Will have to gather all of the pics and do
 a different post on her party.
She was definitely surprised and I am just glad
it is over now.
All the prep work for it was a bit for me.
We ended up with 42 family members attending.
I had invited 60, but knew 7 probably would not
be able to attend because they live all over
the country...which was the case.
My son could not get out of work.
His co-worker would not change days for him...
so he will NEVER do him a favor.
My daughter and kids could not come either.
Mikayla had homecoming yesterday.
She is a senior, so she could not miss that.
They will be going to my mom's next Sunday
to take her out to dinner.

Well have to do laundry now.
Beef cabbage soup will be going into
the crock pot for dinner tonight.

Sunday Blessings To All!
Janice 

 

Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Whippy Wednesday

Hello friends. 


Today I only have three WIP's to show.
First is my latest stitch for my Heritage wall.
I deleted a few of the rows of alphabets,
because I need to add my parents names.
their wedding date and church name.
I may even omit the two wreaths.
Will see once I get the top corner motifs stitched. 




The last I spoke about this stitch, 
I opted to go back to some of the ghosting.
I stitched back in the yellow, but not the white.



The second row of letters were a pain.
Lots of confetti stitching...
changing up the colors in each letter.



Once I got past that row, the next motif row
and alphabet row went by pretty fast.
Again no letter J's in this pattern.
Its a mighty big stitch too.



Left side



Right side.


The left motif is now finished.
Lots of confetti stitching here too.
This blue and brown border
will now go around the remaining design.
I wont stitch the whole border yet as I need
to make sure I get my parents names in before 
working on the church.
Then the name of the church will go below.
Then the rest of the border below.
Did I confuse you yet? LOL

With this sampler I am stitching out of
my comfort zone.
Am not a fan of pink, green or yellow...
and these colors are definitely in here.
I stitch on this every Saturday and Sunday 
when I am able to.


Next up is Penny Pumpkin.


This was my first day of stitching.
As you cans see I changed up the colors
of the pennys.


Also changed the colors of the berries.
Wanted them to be more like the colors of bittersweet.
then I opted to change the veining of the pumpkin.
Decided on doing mine in orange.


I worked on this for 5 straight evenings.
With my big Halloween project finally finished,
I have more free time each night.
This week working on another Halloween one.
One I want to finish this month if I can.


Last but not least.
Turkey Trot.


Last time I had almost completed 
the final turkey.
I do this one during my lunch break.


Turkey is well done. LOL
Even finished 2 of the 3 flower pots now.
Once again, I did change up the colors.
The pots themselves were 
suppose to be the white acorn color.
With the fabric I chose, they would not
have shown...which is why 
I had to outline the acorns.

Well that does it for what 
I have been working on recently.
I want to start a few more...will see what I choose.

In other news,
another hurricane is coming in.
My SIL is staying put and Bob is worried.
She lives inland but lives in a modular home.
Am told this may be the worst hurricane to hit
Florida in 100 years.
  Please say a wee prayers for everyone 
living in the path of what will be another
destructive hurricane.

Saturday is my mom's surprise birthday party.
We have over 50 family members attending.
Hopefully everyone will enjoy the limited
menu we picked out.
It will be nice visiting with everyone,
since many I have not seen in over 10 years. 

Have a wonderful rest of your week
my friends.

Mid Week Blessings To All!
Janice












 


Saturday, October 5, 2024

Autumn In Our Keeping Room


Today's pictures are courtesy
of our keeping room.

***DISCLAIMER***

Long picture post.
 















Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

In other news,
I am appalled, livid and just plain
disheartened to hear that 
Mayorkis a few months ago said that
FEMA was ready for any disaster
that may come.
Only to find out now they ran 
out of money because they spent $1.4B
on illegal immigrants.
If another hurricane comes in they have no funds.
I pay flood insurance because we are so close
to a major river.
So my funds went towards illegals instead of
what it is intended for.
Those folks in N. Carolina
 were only offered $750.
What the hell is that going to pay for?
I pay out over $1000 a year.
The Biden administration has spent
how many billions on Ukraine and now these illegals,
that we cannot help our own citizens.
Its downright disgusting.
Why am I even paying for it myself?
If something would happen...
would I only get $750?

I am sorry, but they do all need to be deported.
Come back in the legal way like all of our ancestors did.
If Kamala gets in, just like her video shows
her singing to down down with deportation,
millions more will be coming in.
Dont believe in her border photo op where she would
not let reporters near her.
Wake up everyone.
Over 20 MILLION Illegals
 are everywhere in the US now.
With more still coming in.
You are not safe.
They are here in my own county,
 with more drugs and fentanyl 
coming through.
More crime than ever.
Every week I read it in my local newspaper.
Its a shame that 
WE THE PEOPLE
have no say in this....but we do.
Think about it when you vote.
Ok enough of my rant.

I went to the grocery store yesterday and OMG,
the entire toilet paper aisle was empty.
Guess folks panicked with the port strike.
Funny thing is, all of our 
toilet paper is made in the USA.
The strike would have affected bananas,
 coffee and tea to name a few...
 and those items were all there.

Well have to go to the store and take inventory
of our candles and make out an order.
Folks have been wanting certain scents,
do need to get my butt moving...
it is going on candle season.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.
Plus say a prayer for those affected by the hurricane.
I feel so bad for everyone that lost everything...
including their friends and family.
Such a tragedy.
Hurricane season is still not over yet either.

Autumn Blessings To All!
Janice








Tuesday, October 1, 2024

October CupboardScape


I cannot believe it is October already.
Am super excited about this post.
You will see why at the end.
 

I just love Autumn and Halloween,
 and all that goes into it.
Apple pie, Apple Cider...
APPLE APPLE APPLE


Then there is pumpkin everything!
Pumpkin Rolls, Pumpkin Pie, Pumpkin Iced Capps,
Pumpkin Muffins...well you get my drift.


My favorite time for baking.


My favorite time for burning candles
and the sweet scents of Autumn.


Like Yaya, I love witches.


I bring out all of my drieds.


My decor is much more muted
with just pops of oranges, 
golds and browns in some areas...
even blue and gray this year.


I finally finished block 12 of
Halloween At Hawk Run Hollow.
YAY
This block was entirely stitched.
No open areas anywhere.
I wont lie, but I was getting tired of stitching brown.
Started this piece on October 27, 2023.
I finally finished on September 28, 2024.
Yes almost a full year stitching on this.


Since I wont be getting this baby framed
any time soon,
I thought it would look great being featured
in my October CupboardScape.


I am super proud of myself
for plugging away.
Getting a block completed each month.
Some months I was not into it at all....
like the under water one & the swamp one.
I even changed up the scarecrow one
and changed some of the orange pumpkins
into black and added in a black jack-o-lantern.
Like the Energizer bunny,
 I kept going...and going and going.
It will be framed for next year.
Definitely will be under glass.
Speaking of framing,
I actually go to Hobby Lobby Robin.
The ladies there have been lacing for years.
They are very experienced and I am happy
with my projects thus that I have taken there.
Plus if I am not happy,
they will correct to my liking.
In fact with my last one there was one motif
that was crooked.
Debbie took it out of the frame and adjusted it
while I was watching her until I was pleased,
then put it back in the frame again.

Well that's it for
Halloween At Hawk Run Hollow.
Thank you everyone who followed along with me
on my progress. 
I truly believe it was all of your wonderful
comments which encouraged me to keep
on going month to month.
Otherwise it may have ended up in a closet,
collecting dust....

Hope everyone enjoys their October season.
Let me know what you like about this month.

In other news,
both Bob and I are feeling better.
Thank you for the well wishes.

Please pray for those who lost their lives 
from that devastating Hurricane Helene.
My sister and BIL flew into North Carolina
via Charlotte the afternoon it hit that state.
She was going to her granddaughter's 
birthday party just an hour east of Ashland.
My sister had never been in a hurricane before.
Neither have I for that matter.
She said the winds were scary that night.
Thankfully my nephew lives in the valley.
No flooding. Just lost power for a bit.

Yesterday was my mom's 90th birthday.
Fortunately I was at work when the Verizon
power outage happened and was able
to call her from my work phone.
I was lost without my phone, & thankful I did
not need it on my drive home. 
It finally came back late in the afternoon.

Well speaking of work, Have to get
 ready and drive in. 

Hawk Run Hollow Blessings To All!
Janice




Friday, September 27, 2024

Friday Finish

I finally finished my third sampler
for my heritage wall.


This was the pattern by Blue Ribbon Designs
called Little Quakeresque.
I just added all of my
great grandfathers names & information
amongst the rows of motifs.
My maternal great grandfathers first,
then my paternal ones.

 

I chose this frame because I felt it 
somewhat mimicked
the motifs in the sampler.
Even the framer said this was a great choice.



Here it is up on my Heritage wall.


Then above it I hung the sampler I stitched
with mine and Bob's information.
Two up now. WOOHOO!


The first sampler I stitched is the one on the left.
It will stay here until I decide where to hang it.
The second one from the left is my Valentine stitch,
but I still kept it out because the colors looked pretty.


A little bit of Autumn tucked in...


...here and there.


My tribute rug to Peepers our cat watching over us.


A few dusktime pics.


Am loving my progress thus far.
My next one I am stitching is
 Laura Vorgensen, and it will be a long one.
Little Quakeresque took me 6 months,
and Laura is much bigger.
Much bigger.
Oh well...I knew this was not going to be 
an overnight process.
Will continue to stitch away.
At least I have something to show for now.

In other news,
Bob and I caught a bug from his aunt
who came in from Vegas.
We went and visited her and she gave it
to everyone who saw her.
UGH

Not much else going on.
Just still plugging away on the
last block of 
Halloween At Hawk Run Hollow.
This is a full coverage one...
and when I mean full coverage...
the entire block is stitched.
Will be glad to put this one to bed.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend.
Any plans?

Heritage Blessings To All!
Janice