Antique Trail

 

Well the yearly antique trail 

came and went.

This is only the second time in 

the 23 years it has been going on

that I missed it.

The first time I vended instead of shopped.

I hated every minute not being out there shopping.

This time it did not feel right going

with out my sidekick in the passenger seat.

AKA MOM.

A few folks new about my mom's situation.

These three amazing ladies let me shop

their early bird sale.

(they dont usually have early bird sales)

I think it was God who might of told them

I needed a break.

All I know is they were a godsend to me.

I was able to visit them a few days ahead 

of the trail weekend.

First place I shopped.

This adorable small wool teddy

with original cardstock flag bowtie.

He will be perfect next year

in one of my Americana displays.  

Just a wonderful bunny mold.

Finally another antique bunny mold.

Me loves my bunnies.

Second stop.

This bee skep.

It is not old, but I would like

Bob to make me a wood bee skep

holder next year so I can display this outside

in the Summer months.

Original bee skeps would have had

 a hole in them for the bees.

Gotta love an Arnett Santa.

This one is holding a cake crock.

Santa's coat is gold so will be perfect

for my untraditional Christmas look.

Next up is this flax hank.

It is the fiber that makes our linens.

For some reason am getting back into pewter.

This plate was calling me.

Finally this antique Americana parade hat.

Next year one of my teddies will be sporting it

on its head.

Ooops I did buy one more crock jug.

Forgot to take a pic of it.

I will make sure to let you know what it

was in my Autumn display posts.

Finally my third stop.

This vintage drum.

Loved the graphics on this.

It included the drumsticks.

This  Americana pillow.

Final piece was this handmade 

wood quilt block made by my friend.

Had to come home with me.

It was screaming Autumn 

with the colors of dark brown, tan and cream.

I want to give a big shout out to

Tracy, Sara and Ruth.

You ladies made my day.

In other news,

mom is losing blood again.

Her hemoglobin is down to 8.0.

They are testing her every other day now.

They are thinking about do an endoscopy test,

however she wants none of it.

It is her choice.

They also now put her on oxygen at night.

Bob and I went to see her last night.

She was very quiet.

Obviously something is on her mind.

The good news is she was able to take

one step with the help of the therapist.

Mikayla's first night at MSU (college)

was not what she expected.

Her and her roommate went to movie night.

Her roommate ditched her and she freaked

out trying to find her way back to her dorm.

She got back around 11:00pm.

I would have freaked out too.

Glad she is alright.

Nice to be able to sleep with the widows

at night these past few days.

Off to work now.

Antique Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Sunday Starts

Today's post I am showing you

two new starts. 

I first cut out the shapes.

Do you know what I will be sewing up?

If you guessed an acorn, you were correct.

A few sewed up waiting for their stems.

One finished.

I added a chenille stem so it can be bendable.

Wait until you see how I displays these

in my upcoming Autumn decor.

Next I pulled out this pattern 

I purchased last year called

Hello Fall by The Scarlett House.

I started this on my lunch hour Friday.

This is a one hour progress.

Am using my own colors from stash.

Will totally be different from the pattern.

For the words am using Swamp Water.

You may think swamp water would be green.

Mine is a dark brown with a hint of some

very dark green in it.

In other news,

am still trying to catch up on my blog reading.

Thank you to everyone for their comments.

from my last post.

Since my last post, my SIL had to have

throat surgery for cancer.

Because of the cancer diagnosis,

they now took her off the transplant

list for a kidney.

She also has night blindness now.

My mom was given an extension.

Monday they will review again whether

she gets to stay or not.

This will be a week by week basis now.

Just sad to have this hanging over our heads.

Good news is she has begun taking baby steps.

Bad news is her hemoglobin has gone

down to 8.0 now.

They drew blood again Friday,

so we are waiting to find out the results.

I have been visiting her 3-4 days a week.

It takes me an hour each way to get

there and back from my home.

When I leave after work, it makes for

long days.

 Anyway am going to catch up on

my household chores and maybe get some

stitching in.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

We finally had a small thunderstorm come

in the wee hours this morning. Much needed.

Sunday Blessings To All!

Janice 

Whippy Wednesday

Hello friends.

Well my Sampler Summer idea

of stitching on my three samplers

until the first day of Autumn

hit a snag when my mom fell. 

I did finish the final bird.

Worked on these flowers.  

Then I continued the left side of the border.

Came to the corner and across a bit.

Finished these flowers.

This is where I ended up for July stitching

on my Antique Birds and Angel.

Once I knew my mom would be

transferred to a rehab center,

I began stitching then on

Sarah Casey Unwin.

I finished all of the upper half now.

I purchased this sampler for the saying.

The saying stitched up fast with only

only color used.

The small trees on each side were also

only one color.

I did change some of the peach

in the flowers to another pink.

The fruit bowls were suppose to be peach too.

I again opted for a rose.

My third sampler is this one.

Feniscowles Hall.

This one will be a tribute to my

paternal grandparents and their parents.

Am stitching my grandfather's name

and his parents in Deep Sea Blue.

My grandmother and her parents

will be stitched with Cherry Cobbler.

The alphabet and saying were done in

Dublin Bay.

The alphabet was included in this pattern.

For those new to my blog,

my great grandmother married

her cousin. This is why her name is

Rosemary Husson- Husson.

I did not make a mistake.

I will now stitch on the border and then

begin the tree on the left.

I have yet to decide where I will add in

my grandmother's parents names.

Toying with doing them either on each side

or at the bottom.

 Will make my decision once all completed.

I also need to stitch in 

my paternal great grandfathers name.

Am thinking right above 

great grandmother's name now.

Finally Summer Saltboxes.

This was my lunch stitch.

Not much progress because I have been 

skipping lunches to be able to leave

work early to see my mom.

I almost have the sheep on the right finished.

Sadly this will be put away now.

Am getting in the Fall mood now.

In other news,

I wish it was September.

August has not been a good month for me.

My daughter had to have surgery

for an infected wisdom tooth and a cyst was found.

Hopefully not cancerous.

My son was in the ER for a possible heart attack.

Found out his sugar was extremely high,

which he found out he has diabetes.

Our hope is he can control it now.

One of our good friends passed away last week.

My mom may be kicked out of rehab.

The determination will be made today sometime.

We will appeal if her insurance will not

accept her to be there any longer.

Our appeal agreement 

will be that we pay out of pocket.

If they agree she is making some progress,

they will accept our appeal and she can stay

on a week by week status.

If not we have 24 hours to find another facility

to transfer her to.

Am praying this is not the case.

Well off to work.

Wednesday Blessings To All!

Janice

August Cupbordscape

Hello friends.

Today's cupboardscape 

Am leaning into Fall.

With the colors of blue and yellow.

A wonderful oval hooked rug.

This is my favorite blue and white quilt.

This yelllowware bowl is a vintage one.

While this one is an antique.

Getting into Fall mood.

In other news,

the million dollar answer to why

my mom cannot walk is not something we know.

I even asked her why cant you walk,

you only broke your shoulder?

My guess is her brain is not telling

her she can walk.

Or maybe she is afraid of falling again.

None of us know the answer...

wish we did.

Mikayla is staying on campus.

To bring her car would have cost 

her way too much to keep her car there.

Maybe in a few years if she gets into

a rental house she might bring her car...

but not now.

Pam I tried to follow you,

however for some reason Bloglovin

is giving me issues...just like Blogger at times.

I will continue to try as I would like to get

to know another fellow Michigander who blogs.

Well off to see my mom.

Hope everyone enjoys their weekend!

Autumn Is A Coming Blessings To All!

Janice

The Graduate

 Good morning friends,

In the midst of dealing with my mom's

latest health issue,

Bob and I attended my sweet granddaughters

graduation party last Sunday.

Congratulations to Mikayla.

Here she is in her cap and gown.

School colors are red and white.

At graduation the girls wore white,

while the boys wore red.

Am not sure why she decided to add

tint to her hair that day.

I told her she should have done it in 

a red though to match her school colors.

One of her baby pictures on the left.

One of the many awards she received.

Her school name was Chippewa Valley.

My daughter decided to add the college colors

she will be attending for the dessert table.

Michigan State University.

I took this picture way before all of

 the desserts were put out.

Proud mom (Michele) my daughter

on the right.

Mikayla on the left.

Mikayla reports to Michigan State University

on August 19th.

In other news,

My mom had an orthopedic appointment 

yesterday morning.

I met the courtesy van there.

The doctor told her that at a minimum 

her shoulder will take 3 months to heal.

It also may never heal.

Her only other option would be to do

shoulder replacement surgery.

However the doctor did not recommend

this at all because of my mom's age.

She still cannot walk.

In therapy they are just having her ride a bike

and having her stand with assistance

for a few minutes.

Am hoping she is able to walk...

otherwise us kids will have to make some decisions.

We finally got our new privacy fence yesterday too.

Will need to take a pic of it at some point.

Bob also celebrated his birthday yesterday.

We went out for dinner after I was done working. 

Ate outside at this restaurant along our river.

There was a nice breeze and it was not hot at all.

It was also very hazy all day 

due to the Canadian wildfires again.

Am hoping it goes away today.

Well off to work.

Hope everyone is enjoying

 their August weather thus far.

Post Graduation Blessings To all!

Janice

Friday Finish

July is over.

August has arrived.

I have not one, but two finishes.

YAY

Just not fully finished.

 

Patriotic Pinwheel Parade.

The bunnies will be made into a pillow

for next July 4th.

Anyone who has been following

my blog for awhile....

knows I love BUNNIES.

These bunnies are so adorable.

That flag was a beast to stitch though.

Then I finished Blueskin.

Blueskin was George Washington's horse.

I changed my floss colors for this one.

Looking at this photo, I will need

to do a backstitch around him now.

So looks like this one is not really finished now.

Once I finish Nelson,

George Washington's other horse,

I will get them both framed.

Would like these to also be finished and framed

by next July 4th.

Now my next dilemma.

I ordered more fabric to stitch Nelson

for next year.

The one on the left if the one I just purchased.

(looks like a grayish tan)

One on the right is the one I stitched Blueskin on.

(greenish tan hue)

Notice the difference.

Looks like the dye lot changed.

UGH

Now I am hoping I left myself enough

room on the first fabric to stitch Nelson.

***note to self***

Order enough damn fabric all at once if you

are going to stitch more than one pattern.

In other news,

my mom was transferred to a rehab

facility now.

She started therapy to walk again.

According to the therapist she 

had a good first day.

She was released from the hospital 

on Wednesday and all her vitals

were back to normal.

It will still take about 2 months

for her shoulder to heal.

We are all hoping she will walk again.

Also grandson Michael is still not

able to go back to work.

He was able to get the boot removed now.

His toes have healed.

Now he is wearing a back brace for

the herniated disc.

His doctor does not want to do surgery.

Is hoping this will heal on its own.

He will also need therapy as well.

My son's 41st birthday was yesterday.

He is coming to our house tomorrow

afternoon to go swimming in the river.

We will have a bbq later and possibly a bonfire.

Will go visit my mom in the morning.

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

August Blessings To All!

Janice