First Stop Germany

Good morning friends.

Well I got some pics of Mikayla's

stop in Germany.

From Detroit they first landed

in Frankfort Germany.

Had a 2 hour layover and

then hopped another plane to Berlin Germany.

They arrived around 9:00 am,

checked into their hotel and were off by bus to 

The Neues Palais

The "New Palace" in English.

Here the group is in front of the palace.

A little back story on this palace.

After the Seven Years War in 1763,

then King Friedrich began construction

of this palace.

It was finished three years after in 1769.

It is located in Potsdam Germany.

Considered the last great Prussian Baroque palace.

This was the last royal residence of

Great King Friedrich.

All of these pictures are from inside the palace.

Just amazing detail and grandeur in my opinion.

Hope you enjoyed her stop in Germany.

In other news,

Mikayla almost burned down my 

daughters house the other day.

She decided to make homemade popcorn.

Put the butter in the pan.

Went into her bedroom to facetime a boy,

forgetting about the butter.

When the smoke alarm went off,

the microwave was already melted above the stove.

She called her mom and said,

"Mom not sure if the microwave will work anymore."

My daughter got home and smelled

 the smoke from her yard.

She went inside looked at her kitchen,

and walked out and called me.

Mom she said, I had to walk out before I killed someone.

I said "who are you going to kill"

She said "Mikayla"

I then said what did she do?

She told me and said said she was going to the bar.

All I said back was dont drink

 too much and try to drive home.

I then called Mikayla.

A claim was made for the repairs and

a cleaning crew will come in to remove 

all of the smoke. There was soot on all of the walls.  

That same evening there was a warehouse

explosion that made the national news.

That building was 6 miles from my daughter's.

Same daughter as I only have one.

This was around 9:00 now.

She called me again asking if I could hear anything.

I am 45 min from her. I did not.

She heard the explosions for over an hour.

Was getting emergency notifications on her phone

not to go outside.

She thought a war had started it was that bad.

Unfortunately a young 19 year old man

died from debris a mile away.

I pray for his family.

Such a tragic loss.

Lauren from Rugs and Pugs

inquired on sending a birthday card to Larry.

If anyone would like to, please send me an email.

primsbythewater@yahoo.com

and I will give you my address to send to me.

I will then give them to him at his party 

at the end of the month.

Thank you.

Have to get to work.

It's almost the weekend.

German Blessings To All!

Janice

 

Sunday Starts

Its an early Sunday morning.

Guess Tundra thought I needed

 to go to work and he woke me up. LOL

Hello friends.

Today I wanted to share a few more

stitchy starts I have going.

 

This one I had hoped to have finished

by Valentine's Day.

Seems I meant in 2025.  LOL

I only worked on this one for two days thus far.

Day 1 was on January 14th.

This was my pitiful start.

Day 2 I managed to get more accomplished.

Since I  have already added the date of 2024,

 I better finish this one by year end. LOL

Will continue to work on this each 14th of the month.

Stitching this on 32ct Milk & Honey linen,

using all the called for threads.

My next start is this bunny

Spring Gathering

by Scattered Seed Samplers.

I also purchased the companion pattern

called Spring Delivery.

That one arrived last week,

and will be an upcoming stitch this year.

Hopefully it will.

Am using 28 ct Peeps linen

by Seraphim.

Such a springy fabric with pinks and blues.

Even though I am not much of a pink person,

I do love this linen color.

Am using all the called for floss.

It does amaze me though that in the picture

the eggs are pink,

but the called for floss is more of a brown egg color.

Which is fine with me.

The green is also more muted.

Am not so sure about the bunny color though.

I only started this row.

At night it looked like it was going to blend

right in with the basket,

however in the light it is a bit darker.

I did pull a different brownish purple

from my stash.

Here it is to the left next to the brown called for.

Do you think I should change or keep going?

In other news,

Our one day of Summer like temps

last week did cause a tornado to touch

down in the wee hours of the morning

in a town about an hour and a half

northwest of us.

So scary as we did have a bit of hail

that morning when Tundra kept barking

during that thunderstorm the same time 

that tornado touched down.

Bad because it happened in the dark.

By afternoon the cold front came back in

and it was snowing when I left work 

to go home.

How fickle Mother Nature was that day.

We are supposed to have another Summer

like day again tomorrow, so hopefully

no thunderstorms will roll in again like last week.

I spent the majority of my time yesterday

doing a deep clean of my stove and refrigerator.

Both needed my attention.

Along with cleaning and laundry.

I guess Spring cleaning is coming early for me.

Bob and I are invited at the end of the month

to celebrate my sister's FIL's birthday.

He will be a young 100 years of age.

He still lives my himself, although his wife 

passed in 2020.

Larry is a sweet man and I look forward

to celebrating this milestone

 with him and his family whom I have known

for a long time.

Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.

First Sunday In March Blessings To All!

Janice

Whippy Wednesday

 

Hello friends!

Today I want to share my progress

with a few of my WIP's.

Starting with

Smell My Feet.

I went with a variegated orange and purple

floss for the witch socks.

I love how the variegation looks;

especially the purple where is goes 

from dark to light and medium.

Same with the orange.

I also used a variegated black and orange

for the lettering.

Now remember this is a free pattern from

La D Da,

so you can choose to use any colors you would like.

I have seen the socks in green, plain orange

and black and orange.

Next up is Catherine Dickenson.

This will be my first sampler 

with my relatives names on it.

Doing this one for my maternal grandparents

and great grandparents.

I finished the last motif and am working

on my great grandparents names.

This should be completed by month end.

Then off to the framer it goes.

Winter Saltbox is my stitch at work

piece while at lunch.

This one may get put aside now...

as I want to start one of the Spring Saltboxes. 

Finally Block four is complete

on Halloween at Hawk Run Hallow.

I finished this block the evening of February 23rd.

I call it the bats in the belfry block.

This one took me 10 evenings,

 and two Saturdays to complete.

Here were the first two in case you missed them.

Blocks three and four now.

Altogether.

I will iron once all completed.

Block five will go under block one,

and then across I go again.

As Spring and Summer approach,

am not sure if I will be able to keep

my goal of one block a month.

We will see.

Block five is also not one of my favorites,

so again I will have to push myself.

In other news,

Sunday night we went to dinner with

my daughter and Mikalya,

"the world traveler" as I call her now.

Gosh she had so many stories to tell us.

She will start sending me pics so I can 

try and do posts of each country.

We talked so much we hardly ate. LOL

We live in a fairly small city.

If you believe the border is closed

you are highly mistaken.

Last week our police pulled over a stolen car.

In it were 2 illegals.

One they were able to arrest, the other one

is still on the loose.

Makes me cringe that this administration

is letting in all of these folks.

Border Patrol here now are finding more

now than ever.

Our city paper reports all of the police stops.

Crime is on the rise here as well.

It is so sad.

Well looks like I will be driving 

in a thunderstorm this morning.

One already rolled in after 1:00 this morning.

Tundra barks constantly as he hates the thunder.

Hump Day Blessings To All!

Janice

 

A Little Late To The Party

Boy  am I late.

Sorry I should have posted this

before Valentine's Day.

Oh well.

Better late than never I guess.

 

These pics are from our newly

added gift shop space inside 

our antique mall.

Set up for Valentine's Day.

Good news is that folks are finding us

over here now.

In other news,

Mikayla comes home this afternoon.

She is in the air as I write this.

She had a fun filled trip to 4 countries.

Germany, The Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary.

The best food she loved over there was the chocolate.

I have heard from many friends, 

that chocolate over in Europe is so much better

than over here.

She is supposed to bring some home

so we can try it...hopefully she wont eat it all. LOL

I will try to gather up some pics she took for

an upcoming post.

Yesterday was the foggiest drive through the marsh

since going back to the office for work.

So bad I could hardly see the lines 

for this two lane road.

However that did not stop an idiot from passing

three cars.

So glad another car did not come from the

opposite direction.

Some folks just dont think.

Today I received my St Patty's Day order

for the gift shop, so I need to check in and price.

Other than that cleaning and maybe some stitching

on tap for today.

What will you be doing this weekend?

Post Valentine Blessings To All!

Janice

 

 

Pops Of Red

Hello friends.

A little late showing you

my Valentine's decor.

Hope you enjoy.

All of the handmades are mine

created through the years.

The pop up paper Valentine's are antique ones.

 

Oops forgot these were made by

a blogger who no longer blogs.

This is an antique heart cookie cutter.

In other news,

Mikayla my granddaughter

had a great time in Germany.

She did not like the sauerkraut though.

She said it was too sour.

She sent us pictures of a castle tour she went on.

It was massive.

She loves to collect rubber ducks.

While in Prague, she visited a store  called the

Duck Boutique which was completely

full of ducks in all sizes.

She was in heaven.

Cannot wait to see what she brings home. 

Am loving my stitchy progress 

of my current projects.

I have 7 in rotation.

Nashville market is around the corner,

and there are a few new cross stitch releases

I would like to purchase.

Will see.

I had yesterday off so it was a longer weekend

for me.

Had to go to the dentist and now have to see

an oral surgeon to remove my wisdom teeth.

UGH

Well have to get my butt to fixin dinner.

BBQ pork sandwiches with French Fries.

Pops Of Red Blessings To All!

Janice