tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76697841032421144122024-02-18T22:31:17.593-08:00Artfully Ooglebloopsooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.comBlogger526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-77661642240828949182012-12-18T06:38:00.000-08:002012-12-18T06:38:08.799-08:00Tea on Tuesday<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Come on over- to my new blog site!!!</span><br />
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<a href="http://artfullyooglebloops.wordpress.com/2012/12/17/an-artistic-eye/">My blog has been switched over to wordpress</a>- to make it easier for my followers, and me!!!<br />
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I hope those of you who are following me here, will <b><i>abandon ship, </i></b>and come on over to wordpress!!!!!<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b>PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE !!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I MISS YOU!!!!</span><br />
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You don't know what you are missing!!!<br />
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For one -<b> a free drawing</b>!!!<br />
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Please drop by, follow me on wordpress, if you haven't already - read my latest post about my daughter's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Four-Leaf-Clover-Photography/171399889597473">new photography page on Facebook</a>. If you<b><u> like and share</u></b>- you have a chance to win a <u><i><b>free 8x10 print</b></i></u> from her gallery of photos (ever growing....)<br />
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-23456290038083896802012-11-18T04:44:00.002-08:002012-11-18T04:44:29.001-08:00Just a Reminder!!!!!<b> ARTFULLY OOGLEBLOOPS has moved!!!!</b><br />
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Please come on over to the other side !!!LOL<br />
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Easier posting, uploading photos, and most important of all - EASIER for you to leave COMMENTS- with no captcha, jumping hoops, or other annoyances that people seemed to find here.<br />
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I love you all -it took a long time to find you all, and I hope you will come follow me..... <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is heart wrenching, in a way, since it took soooo long for me to accumulate followers, and I have so many posts here. They will always be here, to refer back to!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">But, with people telling me it is harder to leave comments here with cyber hoop jumping, logging in, captcha, etc; issues I have when posting photos, and lots of other little things, I finally quit WHINING and am starting anew.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">New look, more posts I hope, the continuing antics of Yoshi and Finnegan, more about quilting - and, yes, there will always be TEA!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I hope you liked visiting me enough to follow me - pretend I am the Pied Piper- you have no choice but to follow me....................please???</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am also weeding out teas that have been in there for more than a year!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So as not to waste any, I have been drinking tea like crazy (plus, I love a cuppa hot tea when it's cold!!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am presently working my way through the<b> bags</b> of tea my dear friend Teresa has so kindly shared from her many trips overseas!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I alternate between the French, English, Italian, and Spanish hotel teas, only having to google translate the Italian, to make sure what it is I am drinking!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This morning, tho', it is my usual morning tea- <b>Lady Grey</b>, with local honey - or to be totally truthful, I have some tea <b>WITH</b> my honey!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">A couple of months ago, I met Crystal, who had recently moved here with her family from Kentucky. She sells her honey in some of the local shops. I asked if she ever put her hives in places other than their own property , and she was looking for a place!!! She and her family came out over the weekend- her husband, (the beekeeper), and two lovely children (the kids really came to see Yoshi and Finnegan!)- checked out the site, and agreed the bees will be coming here to live !!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The hives will be set up over the winter, the bees will arrive in the spring, and I will get some honey for letting the bees live here and pollinate to their hearts' content!!! It's a win-win!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I can observe, photograph, and blog about the bees, and taste their honey!!! <i>From a distance!!!!</i> LOL</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Now, I can have my honey and tea too- along with a teacup for every day of the month to drink it in........</span><br />
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Please drop by anytime for tea- visit <a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/">Patty</a> and <a href="http://nathaliethompson.blogspot.com/">Nathalie</a> for a list of more tea lovers today!!!ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-68234278838178192202012-11-06T03:30:00.002-08:002012-11-06T03:31:31.122-08:00Tea on Tuesday<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The steam from my tea swirls upward, misting my face, my hands wrapped in the warmth of this vintage Bavarian mug.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> I am debating moving "artfully ooglebloops" over to wordpress. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I need to get back to posting on a regular basis, but blogger has made it difficult over the last few months.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">People tell me they are unable to leave comments,I have trouble leaving comments on others' blogs from here, my counter does not always work, I have trouble posting photos in an upright position, and it has become like jumping thru' hoops to delete and add blogs to my reading list!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> Some days it is just <b>downright aggravating</b>!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">I admit I am not the most computer savvy person - but it seems that blogger was sooo much simpler when I first started out. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">This has made posting on Facebook- <b><i>blogger shorthand</i></b>- so very appealing...... </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">The only thing that keeps me here, is that it took soooo long to accumulate followers and readership, if not comments- and I don't want to lose that, and start from scratch!!! I am truly flattered that so many have chosen to follow me!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;">Well, my tea is cooling, I will mull this over for a while, and let you know what I decide........... If I leave, I HOPE you will follow...............</span><br />
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-66022872695973221182012-10-30T01:43:00.000-07:002012-10-30T01:43:00.023-07:00Tea on Tuesday With Sandy!<br />
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Since my computer is sketchy at best right now - and the winds are blowing<b> </b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><i>Happy Tea Tuesday, stay dry, and curl up with a cuppa and a friend....................</i></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold">Inspired by a poem shared by Robyn Gordon the other day, in her<a href="http://artpropelled.blogspot.com/2012/10/making-music-against-hard-edges.html"> wonder-full blog</a>, I started thinking about how we (I) can remain calm in this ever increasingly crazy world......</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold">I hugged them, climbed them, grew them, pruned them, walked through woods filled with them, preserved fallen leaves from them, and strove to learn the names of all of them.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold">In trying to remain stress free in a stress filled world, I think I should be more like a tree.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold"> No stress.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold">Nothing to worry about, except when someone approaches you with chainsaw in hand, a heavy wind rips you from the ground, or a forest fire reduces you and your forest to cinder and ash.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold"> But, do trees worry about that happening? I am sure not.........</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold">Unless, of course, one is a tree in a Christmas tree lot, whether a full bodied spruce, or a tiny Charlie Brown twig- they might have an inkling of their specific purpose in life, and what is their fate..... but, still, they live each day as it comes, not looking back, not thinking ahead, living in the moment.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold"> The world continues flailing wildly around them, and trees just look up. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span class="bodybold">Trees are blissfully unaware, just lifting their arms to the sun, drinking in the rain, firmly grasping their "feet" to their little spot of earth, and going thru' the inevitable motions of the seasons.</span></span><br />
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<span class="bodybold"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> With, apparently, 'nary a care, thought, or worry. </span></span><br />
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<span class="bodybold"><br /></span>ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-49127636172627953342012-10-23T02:30:00.000-07:002012-10-23T02:30:03.815-07:00Tea on Tuesday...and Every Day<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am very busy doing some catch up quilting - online swap quilted wool PC's that need completion, charity quilts that need to be worked on and mailed off for machine quilting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have a pantry <b>full</b> of <span style="font-size: large;"><b>tea</b></span>- and am presently working thru' bags of teas from England, France and Italy, sent to me by a wonderful traveling friend !!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I thought I would share today, some of the photos I discovered here and there online- peaceful images of tea and it perfect companion - books!!!! And one really cool teacup CAKE!!!!</span><br />
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Back to sewing - enjoy your tea today - and please drop by<a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/"> Patty </a>for more links to tea fanciers.!</div>
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-46006589013205744612012-10-22T06:01:00.001-07:002012-10-22T06:01:36.419-07:00Frustration Mounting!!!HELP!!!!<br />
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I am trying to unfollow some blogs in my reading list!! I used to be able to do this easily- and now cannot figure it out at all!!!!!<br />
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Maybe there have been some changes in Blogger- maybe I am just losing my mind!!!<br />
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I can't add any new blogs to my reading list - until I get rid of some of the stagnant ones.<br />
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Any help would be appreciated!!!!ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-16453931964697878592012-10-21T05:20:00.001-07:002012-10-22T06:02:13.587-07:00Quilting Mania<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Ever since I organized and held the first Mountain Meadows Quilters Retreat here in August, I have quilting on the brain!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Am getting myself organized to where <b>I </b>can begin quilting again in earnest!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My daughter just moved into her own apartment to be nearer to her job. Bittersweet, but definitely time for her to make the move - and, in an attempt to assuage my sorrow, redirect my mind, get rid of the clutter, <b>and</b> ward off the effects of empty nest syndrome, I took <span style="font-size: small;">over </span>her basement bedroom and bath to turn into my sewing studio.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Of course, the room will always be known as "Katie's room", just like a lovely almost vintage truck we bought from a friend is always referred to as "Bill's Truck" !! We should get a license plate for it, that says <b>Bilstrk </b>!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Anyway, the room transformation is almost complete. I would like D/H to put the flooring down that was never installed (D/D preferred painted cement floor!) and put the molding up around the window frame (another incomplete project of his!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I won't show you a "<b>BEFORE</b>" of the room -D/D would never approve of that (!)- but here are several stages of the "<b>AFTER</b>"!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Note the Pat Sloan baskets to the left of the table, quilt top done by Pat, finished and hand quilted by me, eons ago......</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then, I had to add a cute little vintage hutch scored at a local thrift store- great storage for quilts, fabric, and my ever growing pin cushion collection</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Hanging on the wall, above one of my quilts, is a custom horseshoe I had created for Mountain Meadows Quilters, by local talented artist, Deborah Sherwood. I have many of her pieces- check out her <a href="http://www.rhythm-n-beads.com/">website</a> - it's not just for horse lovers!!!</span><br />
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If you are on FB, please check out Deborah's FB page - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rhythmbeads?ref=ts&fref=ts">Rhythm-n-Beads</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">A little Featherweight, purchased at a yard sale in Waterford, Va, about 15+ years ago, has FINALLY emerged from its case, to be put into use!! After seeing the several Featherweights at Pat's workshop, I was hooked!!! It seems to be working fine!! I am amazed! The sewing machine, in case, with all the accessories, attachments, table, and original instruction booklet was purchased for <b>$40</b> !!! Even back then, not knowing all I do now about Featherweights, I <b>knew</b> it was something I should NOT pass up!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Except for possibly needing some cleaning in the inner workings - it appears to sew smoothly. Got to read the instruction manual and get busy!!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For those of you on Facebook, I would love for you to join and follow along with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/401014533296061/">Mountain Meadows Quilters - I try to post interesting links and daily info, and welcome members to post pix of their quilts-</a> a kind of cyber show and tell!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">For those of you not on FB, I will try to post some of the info here in the blog, so, I hope you continue to follow and share my blog with quilt-y friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> Facebook has become a kind of <b><i>blogging shorthand</i></b> for me - I have been remiss about blogging regularly here - but promise to do better!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Let me leave you with one of the many cool links I find and post on <b>MMQ</b> FB page- if you love <b>origami</b>, or have even just been intrigued by the process - here is a<i><b> tutorial on making a 3D origami block </b></i>- reminiscent of a napkin folding technique I once made! I may just have to make one of these origami quilt blocks now !!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Here is my post w/link below.......... </span><br />
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LOVE origami - how about this tutorial for an origami quilt block!!!
Found this link on the Quilting and Sewing Enthusiasts FB wall. I think I
have made something similar to this before - a table napkin from a
booklet on napkin folding. This makes a VERY cute 3D quilt block!<br /> <a href="http://mypatchwork.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/block-20-origami-flower-textured-quilt-sampler/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>mypatchwork.wordpress.com/2012/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>10/20/<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>block-20-origami-flower-texture<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>d-quilt-sampler/</a></span></span></h5>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">beautiful origami block created by Teresa Down Under- please visit her link above for instructions and more!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-14340729771747352732012-10-18T03:01:00.000-07:002012-10-18T03:01:18.668-07:00The Valley Gals Are At It Again!!!Once a month, several of us artsy gals taking turns meeting at each others' houses and do some creating!<br />
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The hostess picks the activity, whether it be an area of her own expertise, or a new talent we would like to add to our artsy resumes!!!<br />
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So far, we have tackled wool felting, card making, upcycled china pedestals, hypertufas, and crazy quilting.<br />
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Meeting at Bobbi's house today, we were creating autumn themed centerpieces.<br />
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It is fun to create, commiserate, share life stories, laugh, and just be together- with lunch afterwards, of course!!!! So much talent, creativity, wisdom, and life experience around a small table..........<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left-Vicki, Bobbi (hostess this month) and Julie</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bobbi, Julie, and Susan setting up</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judy, unpacking her supplies</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Decisions, decisions, Susan- will this look good?</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Judy's finished piece</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mine's done- for my daughter's new apartment</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Vicki decided to add everyone's photo to her phone list, so our lovely faces will pop up when we call her- now, I just need her cell phone number!!!! Ooops!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone's working hard - except for the photographer (me) and Vicki, trying to get Bobbi's photo just right for her cell phone!!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Julie, mulling over her gorgeous creation in a vintage box</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Somehow, I managed to miss photographing Bobbi's masterpiece centerpiece- SORRY!!<br />
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Another fun get together!!!<br />
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Next month, will be at my house, where I will teach the "fine art" of making chocolate, long stemmed roses!ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-15550790993755500042012-09-30T23:47:00.000-07:002012-09-30T23:47:32.515-07:00Just a Quick Note....If any of you are on Facebook, please drop by and follow (or become a "member") of <i><b>Mountain Meadows Quilters.</b></i><br />
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I would love to have you!<br />
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After having a <b>VERY</b> successful first workshop with<a href="http://www.patsloan.com/"> Pat Sloan</a> in August, the quilting ball is rolling!<br />
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Starting again next year, we will have another quilter/teacher workshop in the spring (teacher TBA), and, hopefully, have Pat return in the fall to teach another workshop, and schedule a <b><i>Saturday Sew In</i></b> every now and then!!<br />
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The Facebook page is way to keep in touch, keep people up to date, and to post interesting links, quilts we are working on, and news from the quilting world!<br />
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For those of you not on FB, I will try to post <i><b>Mountain Meadows Quilters</b></i> updates here, as often as I can.<br />
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Would love to see you join us at a workshop sometime!!!<br />
<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-32080529727492031772012-09-18T05:14:00.002-07:002012-09-18T05:14:51.946-07:00Yes, It's Tuesday......<br />
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.....and I am having tea (Twinings Lady Gray) Seems apropos, since it is a dreary, stormy, and VERY gray day today......<br />
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Since my computer service is spotty - the "power tower" is shrouded in clouds, I will just briefly post this contest link, just discovered on Facebook this morning.<br />
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Hope it's not raining where you are, but, if it is, get out your favorite Twinings, and post about it!!!! <br />
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ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-47318149275488807572012-09-11T01:27:00.001-07:002012-09-11T01:30:29.350-07:00Tea on Tuesday<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This 1938 photo (courtesy of somewhere in cyberspace) would seem to be the type of tea party I would have had as a child - were I "into" tea back then!!!! Of course, I was not yet a "glimmer" in my mother's mind in 1938!!! She was of the age to be having imaginary tea parties back then!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Who better to have as guests than animals??? Not quite a Mad Hatter's tea party - but it will do!!! A hawk, and a lobster- the lobster being quite content to be a <i>guest </i>and not an <b>entree</b> !!!!</span><br />
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1921, Tea at the <a href="http://www.retronaut.co/2012/09/the-treehouse-in-the-kit-kat-club-1921/">Kit-Kat Club</a> - not sure where this club was!!!<br />
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My very early morning tea-in my English lidded bone china mug- Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime Tea- because it's 3am, and I am going BACK to bed!!!<br />
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-15079844046534511082012-09-05T03:50:00.001-07:002012-09-05T03:50:36.587-07:00Hussif, Hussif, Who's Got a HUSSIF....????? <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Does anyone know what a<b> HUSSIF</b> is?</span><br />
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I may be in the minority, but I sure didn't!<br />
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This morning, I saw a FB post by famous doll maker extraordinaire, Patti Culea- about an intriguing "hussif" she created. Here is her<a href="http://pattimedarisculea.typepad.com/patter_from_patti/2012/09/my-answer-to-the-hussif.html"> link.</a><br />
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I <i><b>love</b></i> hers, having dabbled a teensy bit in doll making myself, <b>years</b> ago..........her creation is the best of both worlds- it's a <b>doll,</b> and it serves a purpose in sewing organization!<br />
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In researching what a "hussif" was, I found this blog - a <b><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hussif</span></b> is, simply put, a <u>needle case</u>. Could be a roll up, could be fashioned in
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You know how it goes - one link leads to another, then you find the wee hours have slipped away (literally- I was up at 3:50am today!) - all spent in the cyber space! This 2nd blog (link below) gave me the definition of the word <b>HUSSIF</b>.<br />
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Its origin is Olde English - meaning <b>"<i>housewife</i>".</b> A word that appears to be coming full circle, from the days of women's lib (when it was a bad word!) to the present, where alot of women (including myself) appear to be embracing the back to basics and relearning the skills (and they <b>are</b> skills!) of housewifely "drudgery" combined with the arts of fine handiwork- sewing, knitting, spinning, weaving, etc..Altho', I must admit - I do NOT categorize washing dishes as an art!! That is still <b>drudgery</b> - unless I can escape to an imaginary world in my mind, while gazing out the window, and mindlessly scrubbing pots!!!LOL..... <br />
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You can read about the definition of the word Hussif -<a href="http://www.quiltersclubofamerica.com/groups/crazy_quilt/forum/t/21891.aspx"> <b>here</b></a><br />
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Curiosity just got the best of me - I could see <b>what</b> it was that Patti Culea created - and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it- but did not know the origin of the word she used to describe it! Now, I do!<br />
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So, as always, GOOGLE to the rescue!!!!!<br />
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I also found <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=hussif&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=dGs&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=vhdHUO6HDIX50gGz8YHABA&ved=0CCAQsAQ&biw=1272&bih=855"><b>photos - click here</b></a><br />
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<b> Oh sooooo many photos!!!</b><br />
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I have made several needle cases over the years- and have swapped needlecases online. I have a ton of them - well, maybe not a TON- but I have alot!!! What I need to create now, is an artsy storage case of sorts, to hold all the needlecases in a semi organized way!!!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">blogger decided it looked better this way! My own wool envelope- I love the teeny pewter basket pin cushion!Lined with vintage feedsack.</td></tr>
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(Obviously having another photo placement blogger issue again today.......sigh)<br />
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One <u><b><i>hussif </i></b></u>that I do NOT have is a larger roll up style, similar to Patti's creation..<br />
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I do have several wool applique envelope styles - 2 or three of these inspired and created while in <i>The</i> <i>Woolie Nuts</i> group with<a href="http://www.patsloan.com/"> Pat Sloan</a>, Lennie, Judy, <a href="http://ginghamgirls.biz/shop/">Ann Weber,</a> Debbie, Joanne, <a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/">Patty</a>, when we did some round robins. I admit being only a sporadic member, as work and kids allowed! Now distance separates...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Woolie Nuts- late 1990's ?- from left, Judy Post , Lennie Stimpson, Pat Sloan,Ann Weber, Deb MacDougal Conway, and me (on the floor)photo probably taken by the ever elusive Patty!!! </td></tr>
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This is one of the needlecases - mine- from the Woolie Nuts Round robin. I think my base wool was one hand dyed by <a href="http://patty./">Patty.</a><a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/">www.bitze.wordpress.com</a>, back when she was into that sort of thing!! She created the <b>best</b> wool colors ever!!!<br />
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Others are small folder or book styles - created and swapped in an online group with <a href="http://www.apronstringsandothertiesthatbind.wordpress.com/">Judy</a> and several others.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">this is the outside of Judy's- all recycled fabric - the outer is from her dad's old sweater, I believe - how sweet!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and the inside</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">a gorgeous burnt fabric method- needlecase by London artist Rosemarie McLavy for the online Art4Mail swap in 2011</td></tr>
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After seeing Patti's <span style="font-size: large;">wonder-full</span> creation, I have a feeling I need to create a fantasy roll- up. Maybe borrowing the from the theme of <a href="http://www.patsloan.com/">Pat Sloan's</a> recent workshop at my Mountain Meadows Quilters Retreat, and use up the rest of my stash fabric to put together a new <b>all encompassing hussif</b> <b>!</b><br />
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If you have made any <b>hussifs</b> - and I am SURE you all have - under a different name, perhaps ????- <b>leave a comment - share a link with a picture of your creation!</b><br />
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I'd love to see them!! As would we all!!!! We can all become hussies!!!LOL<br />
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Inspiration comes from sharing!!!<br />
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-13572726278923239482012-08-30T02:15:00.000-07:002012-08-30T02:16:18.534-07:00Tea Time-Day 1 of the Quilters WeekendWell, after 8 months of planning, the Mountain Meadows Quilters Retreat/Workshop has come and gone...<br />
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We only had one RV camping on the property, but, in retrospect, one was enough!!<br />
Discovered, that with unpredictable weather, trying to put RVs in any of our fields, would probably not work out!!! This one was parked in the gravel parking area, which worked out just fine!<br />
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The tea was Friday's event - and it went off without a hitch!! I had nothing to do with that! All the credit goes to Julie and Susan!!!<br />
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Susan and Julie, of Julieanna, outdid themselves- hanging vintage quilts around the room, quilt blocks and pin cushions as table decorations - Susan even came up with a lunch plate design of finger sandwiches that looked like a quilt block!!<br />
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We had a choice of several hot teas, the cold blueberry spritzer tea was in the goblet, and 4 courses!<br />
Susan shared the 3 proper ways to eat a scone, and there was a lovely dessert to finish off the meal, AFTER the scone!!<br />
Somehow, I did not get a pic of that - and can't for the life of me remember what the dessert was!! But, it was GOOD!!!<br />
I'll get back to you on that one!!!<br />
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I got to put a face to at least half the names of the people signed up for Pat Sloan's workshop that day.<br />
It was a wonderful start to the weekend!<br />
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Stay tuned for a detailed account of the Pat Sloan Workshop coming soon!!!<br />
<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-45237679318425258792012-08-14T04:57:00.001-07:002012-08-14T04:57:27.951-07:00Tea on Tuesday<br />
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<i>Boy, Tuesday rolls around fast, and sadly, it seems that is the<b> only </b>time I post lately.</i><br />
<i>Sad commentary on things, when I don't find time to write, when there is always sooo much to talk about!!!!</i><br />
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<i>I don't even have a photo of my teacup or tea today..........it is a lovely bone china mug- my mom found a pair of them in the thrift store for $2- not old, floral, dated 1996. Even tho' I have a pantry full of teas, it seems I always fall back on Lady Grey in the a.m., drowned in local honey..........</i><br />
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This morning, I thought, since I have already <span style="font-size: large;">bored</span> <b>everyone</b> on FB with my pictures and videos of my new baby donkey- that why not spread the wealth and bore everyone in blogland with the same?????<br />
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This past Saturday morning was<b> the day</b> - the day that <b>Finnegan</b>, (formerly known as Li'l Stevie) came to live with us!<br />
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Finn was born in January- I met him a few hours after he arrived into this world.<br />
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He has been living with his parents for 8 months. Altho' his big brother Yoshi, was over a year old when he left his mom and moved here- River and Ocean's owner, Jean, decided it was time for (Li'l Stevie) Finnegan to move in with his brother!<br />
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The first few days of his life, Finnegan was thought to be a Fiona.......then it became quite obvious that HE was not a SHE!<br />
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As soon as his tiny hooves hit the ground, Finnegan was feisty and fierce, or as Katie calls him - FEROCIOUS ! He was not afraid of anything and would nibble and bite, and drive his parents crazy! Yoshi, on the other hand, was very quiet, retiring, and so laid back. I was hoping for similar personalities!<br />
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Saturday morning, Mr. Green Jeans drove the trailer over to pick up Finn, who needed a little convincing and some pushing from the rear, to get him on the trailer. AS we all know, donkeys won't move, if they don't want to - no matter what their size!!!<br />
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He rode very nicely, with Jean in back with him.<br />
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Altho' not lead trained, he walked off the trailer like a little gentleman, and into the paddock. We kept him separate for a while, so the horses and Yoshi could get acquainted thru the fence.<br />
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By lunchtime, I let Yoshi in with his little brother. For a few minutes they played it cool, then Yoshi decided to show Finn who was boss around here and chased him around the paddock for a solid 3 minutes. They were both worn out- it was a bit hot out. They took turns following each other, with Finnegan nipping at Yoshi's neck and face, and Yoshi letting loose with a few well placed kicks, to put this little whippersnapper in his place!!<br />
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The first day, Finn stuck to Yoshi like glue.<br />
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Yoshi's expression reminded me of a well loved <i>Robert Louis Stevenson</i> poem, from<b> </b><i><b>A Child's Garden of</b> <b>Verses,</b><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"> circa 1913</span></i><br />
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<tr><td><i>I <span>HAVE</span> a little shadow that goes in and out with me,</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="1"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>And what can be the use of him is more than I can see.</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="2"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>He is very, very like me from the heels up to the head;</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="3"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>And I see him jump before me, when I jump into my bed.</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="4"> </a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>The funniest thing about him is the way he likes to grow—</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="5"><i> </i></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>Not at all like proper children, which is always very slow;</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="6"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>For he sometimes shoots up taller like an India-rubber ball,</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="7"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>And he sometimes gets so little that there’s none of him at all.</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="8"> </a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>He hasn’t got a notion of how children ought to play,</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="9"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>And can only make a fool of me in every sort of way.</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="10"><i> </i></a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>He stays so close beside me, he’s a coward you can see;</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="11"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>I’d think shame to stick to nursie as that shadow sticks to me!</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="12"> </a></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td><i>One morning, very early, before the sun was up,</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="13"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>I rose and found the shining dew on every buttercup;</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="14"> </a></span></td></tr>
<tr><td><i>But my lazy little shadow, like an arrant sleepy-head,</i></td><td align="right" valign="top"><span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7669784103242114412" name="15"><i> </i></a></span></td></tr>
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By day 3, they act like they have been together forever, altho' Finn still sadly tries to nurse, and looks very depressed, and occasionally brays in response to the donkeys who live a few fields away. It seems like he is asking, are you my mother? I am probably anthropomorphising, but weaning has to be hard on these little guys.<br />
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The horses were mildly interested in this new arrival. They are kind to him, and I hope he does not start chewing on their tails!! We got Yoshi over that bad habit, and the tails are starting to look good again!!! Time to get out the NoChew spray again!!!<br />
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Please drop by for tea every Tuesday, and visit <a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/">Patty</a> and <a href="http://www.artinredwagons.blogspot.com/">Kim</a> for a list of other tea loversooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-73184741319687971712012-08-07T04:55:00.000-07:002012-08-07T04:55:09.875-07:00Tea on Tuesday- Pretty in Pink.....It's August, so that means it's time for the annual August birthday mug!!! It comes out of the closet several times in August every year, only to be pushed to the dark recesses of the shelf when August is over!<br />
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Please join us every Tuesday for tea- and drop by <a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/">Patty </a>and <a href="http://www.artinredwagons.blogspot.com/">Kim</a> for a list of other tea loversooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-15618738968654948892012-07-31T04:57:00.000-07:002012-07-31T04:57:46.002-07:00Tea on Tuesday- Constance Has Arrived.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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To flit thru' our day with nary a care or worry, going from flower to flower, and floating below the clouds..........</div>
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I thought I would share with you a bonus box I received in the mail the other day, from my dear friend Teresa, who travels constantly, and collects teas for me from each of her stops! Baggies filled with teas and jams from Japan, France, England and Spain this time!</div>
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....who joins us for tea this morning! Constance was spotted in a charity shop in England, trying so desperately to get Teresa's attention. Her sharp chiseled features and old English or Marie Antoinette style attire was eye catching, to say the least. Altho' she is not as old as that (ssshhh!)- Constance appears to have been born circa 1950's- dressed for a costume ball.<br />
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Obviously, she got her message thru' to Teresa- that she soooo wanted to leave England, and travel across the pond, to the colonies! Her first stop was Georgia, and she has arrived at her final destination - in Virginia, one of the first original colonies.<br />
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She joins me for tea this morning- (guess I should have served something very English!- instead of French, oh, dear!!!)<br />
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As we leave you this morning, Constance is surveying her new domain, from her aerie perch. I hope she likes it here........<br />
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Please feel free to join us ever Tuesday for tea - drop by <a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/">Patty</a> and <a href="http://www.artinredwagons.blogspot.com/">Kim</a>, for a list of other tea fanciers!ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-18061673804753196582012-07-24T06:06:00.000-07:002012-07-24T06:06:00.123-07:00Tea on Tuesday<br />
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Having my favorite Inkivaari Tee- ginger tea from Finland, in one of my favorite mugs- handmade by Richard Busch of <a href="http://www.glenfarmpottery.com/">Glenfiddich Farm Pottery in Leesburg, Va</a>. I have several of his pieces, and love his work!!!</div>
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Atop the mug, is one of my new "<b>tea toys</b>"!!! It's a solid cherry tea strainer/infuser, hand made in America (!) by Moon Spoon.</div>
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The other little tea toy I have is a teabag tweezer, made by Stan and Sue Jennings of Alleghany Treenware.</div>
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I found these at a <b>wonder-full</b> shop in Elkton, Va called <a href="http://www.solaceinc.com/">SoLace Studios.</a></div>
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SoLace is owned by Barb Polin, and it is her working studio as well as her shop. Barb is a fiber artist, who creates beautiful hand marbled silk and leather clothing and accessories. This eye candy store carries all sorts of tantalizing, must -have creations by many talented artisans.</div>
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<b><i>So, if you are in Elkton, look up <a href="http://www.solaceinc.com/">Barb's shop</a>- she is also on FB! </i></b></div>
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-7250772385346893562012-07-22T13:41:00.002-07:002012-07-22T13:43:24.199-07:00Etsy Shoppe Open Again!!!<br />
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Check it out if you get a chance, add me to your circle, and I will add you to mine!!!</div>
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<i><b>River rock hearts, limited supply- made to order</b></i></div>
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<br />ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7669784103242114412.post-86179559009005164412012-07-18T04:34:00.000-07:002012-07-18T04:36:53.046-07:00Quilters' UFO's<br />
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As if I don't have enough UFO's of my own, I was quite happy to inherit someone else's!<br />
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Yesterday, a friend gifted me with a bag full of quilt blocks. She had bought these at an estate sale or auction 10 years ago.<br />
They were done by a woman in the next town, who was going into a nursing home.<br />
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The colors are, for the most part, a little drab- but, almost all the blocks are <b>hand pieced</b>!!!<br />
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I could <b>never</b> do this - nor would I have the patience!!!<br />
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<i><b>I am most in love with the 45 star blocks!</b></i> The muslin is stained in some places. On one here and there, the center point might be a bit off, but they look pretty perfect to me!! All that work - and never finished!!!<br />
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My question is- <i>do I clean the blocks before I put them together?</i> What would be the best way to do that, AND, would this fabric hold up to being a bed quilt? My thought is it would be best as a decorative bed cover in a guest room, or hung on a wall. Machine quilting would hold it together, but am not sure the fabric would withstand much washing.<br />
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The fabrics look like a combination of feed sacks and old shirting and dress materials. Exact date or origin unknown. <br />
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<u><b>These stars are my favorite!!!</b></u><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">45 hand pieced blocks- unbelievable!!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some of the squares are not perfectly square, with points very close to the edge, some staining/age spots - but, overall - impressive!!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hand stitched - every one!!!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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These odd pieces look like she was practicing paper piecing (?) by machine. All stitched on to a fabric back.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The stars are a little rough, but pressing them might make them look better - all this hand pieced too!!! Amazing!</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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I guess I better get busy and start putting some of these together! I have some other old feed sack blocks that may even match these. I will have to pull them all out and see what I can create - maybe (?) even in time for my <a href="http://www.ooglebloops.com/">Mountain Meadows Quilters Retreat </a> with <a href="http://www.patsloan.com/">Pat Sloan</a> on August 25th!!! Wishful thinking.......LOL<br />
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And, here I am, "artfully" posing for an upcoming newspaper article on the quilters workshop. This was not the best shot, (a bit fuzzy) so probably won't make the cut - but we took a few! The requested pose was of me quilting, and not looking at the camera! Pretending (sshhh!) to work on one of my vintage Dresden plate thrift store finds.....<br />
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I am enjoying some ginger tea, all the way from Finland.</div>
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Pulling out a rarely used teacup- Foley English china from Cotswold....I do have some Finnish Arabia teacups, which might have been more appropos- oh, well!!!</div>
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I had a bag of this ginger loose leaf tea, sent to me by a friend (Teresa!), and my bag was almost empty, try as I might, to make it last forever!!</div>
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Another friend, who is Finnish, went home to Finland for a 3 week vacation. I was watching her baby lambs (100 lb babies!) - socializing them, being a <i><b>lamb whisperer</b></i>. All right ! I was<b> playing</b> with them- while she was gone. LOL</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">CJ (aka Calamity Jane) is the one with the best conformation and show quality, and of course, the one who was the least friendly of the three( and most camera shy)!! She has come around - and towards the end of the vacation, would come to me looking for her treats,and would permit full body rubs!! I understand she is now walking on a lead, in preparation for her County Fair debut! I told myself at the onset, NOT to get attached to them - but I think I failed......</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I have to admit, my favorite is Spiderman (named that because he was caught eating spider webs)- he is a love, very affectionate, and would fall asleep in my hands while I was petting him. He would also ba-a-a-a when he realized it was my car that pulled up, and ba-a-a plaintively when I left. The lanolin in the sheep's wool is so good for your hands - and made the leather in my old work gloves so supple!!!LOL I can't think of anything worse than being a lamb in the hot humid weather of Va- but surprisingly, they fared far better than I did with the heat those 3 weeks!</td></tr>
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Well!!! Look what I got, very unexpected - all for having fun with 3 lovely lambies!!!!</div>
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<b>3 bags</b> of ginger tea - obviously, one from each little lamb (!), and some lovely <i><b>Marimekko</b></i> goodies and chocolate!!! That purple suede Marimekko wallet with goblet design is wonderful!!!! Thank you Jo!!!</div>
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On a different "note" - please enjoy this group - called - appropriately enough for today's post - </div>
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Please join us each Tuesday for tea - drop by<a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/"> Patty </a>and <a href="http://www.artinredwagons.blogspot.com/">Kim </a>for a list of other tea lovers!!! </div>
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I am sipping a new sample tea I got in the mail (it's delicious with local wildflower honey!).</div>
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Even tho' my Irish mug is definitely NOT vintage, while sipping a new Twinings Orange sample tea I got in the mail (it's delicious with local wildflower honey and the pictured <a href="http://www.beekman1802.com/">Beekman</a> lemon creamed honey!), I thought I would share some vintage black and white photos found on the internet, of teas gone by..........</div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Please join us every Tuesday for tea! Share on your blog what you're having and what fancy cup or mug you are using, or just peek at what we are sipping. </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Don't forget to leave a comment, and visit </span><a href="http://www.bitze.wordpress.com/" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Patty </a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">and </span><a href="http://www.artinredwagons.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Kim</a><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"> for a list of other tea fanciers!!!</span></b>ooglebloopshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14222611602787757388noreply@blogger.com12