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I. I had this practically finished. Lorelei saw it the other day and said she wanted it. I didn't have the jack-o-lantern face on it then. She spent the night last night. I cut eyes, nose and mouth out of paper, actually did a couple different designs of the mouth. She chose one similar to this. I redesigned the mouth a bit and finished it today. She wants it to hang on her door.
2. It is that time of year...this is one of the poems that I have shared before. I did not fully fall in love it it till I heard it read by someone else. Below the video, I will copy and paste the words till you can read them as well as hear them.
When the Frost is On the Punkin
by
James Whitcomb Riley
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and the gobble of the struttin' turkey-cock,
And the clackin'; of the guineys and the cluckin' of the hens
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O it's then the times a feller is a-feelin' at his best,
With the risin' sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock
They's somethin kindo' harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer's over and the coolin' fall is here -
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the trees
And the mumble of the hummin'-birds and buzzin' of the bees;
But the air's so appetizin'; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny monring of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur' that no painter has the colorin' to mock -
When the frost is on the punkin and fodder's in the shock.
The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin' of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries - kindo' lonesome-like, but still
A preachin' sermons to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below - the clover overhead! -
O, it sets my hart a-clickin' like the tickin' of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock!
Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the celler-floor in red and yeller heaps;
And your cider-makin's over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With their mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and sausage, too!
I don't know how to tell it - but if sich a thing could be
As the Angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me -
I'd want to 'commodate 'em - all the whole-indurin' flock -
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock! This poem is in the public domain.
3. How about a Simon's Cat video...this one reminds me of our cat Bubbie, but the part where he is on Simon's head and wrapped around his head reminds me of the first cat I had in our married life....he actually did sleep across my forehead and wrapped around my head just like that for the first few years of his life...
4. We sat here and watched a show I recorded...Infinity Hall Live...it had some of the best songs from some of the artists over the years. My favorites were America, Toad the Wet Sprocket, and Los Lonely Boys...
5. Roger had an off day today...nothing real bad but was dizzy and kept saying he felt so goofy. I hate for him to feel like that and always feel concerned. But I tell myself that these days are to be expected after what he went through.
That is it for the night...I have been trying to type on this all night...just now getting it finished.
Michelle said she is thankful for the heat....I couldn't agree more.
........I am thankful for all the flowers that are in bloom or will be blooming.
........I am thankful that I don't have to put on a coat or jacket every time I go outside...
........I am thankful that we don't need to start the Rav4 to get warm before we leave.
........I am thankful for it to be warm enough to sit outside and read! I think I miss that about more than anything during the cold months. I will sit outside in the hottest of weather to read...but I don't like to sit out if it is cold at all.
........I am thankful to get to see all the birds. Our baby robins have been gone over a week I think, and now the House Wren has been back out there the past two or three days. It keeps checking out the old gourd but I am not sure if it has decided to build out there or not. I am not sure I want them to, or not. They have been out there the past two or three years and I am never sure if they have success or not.
1. Since Mother's Day is coming up, I am so thankful that my mom instilled in me a love of sewing. It has given me pleasure for many years.
Also, I am so thankful to have had the privilege of being mom to my two daughters...and Mamaw of Lorelei.
2. I am thankful to have these two mug-mats finished...I plan to go ahead and give them to my daughter.
3. I finished these by doing a little free-motion quilting...not exactly proud of them but they will do for potholders. I didn't know what I would do with them but when Sarah came to get Lorelei this evening, she liked them so they went home with her.
4. I am thankful to have come across a new show called Victorian Slum House, this is a link to a page of photos from the show. You can got to PBS.org video page and actually watch an episode. I don't know how long the video will be available. The show is a reality show, has people actually living the way they did 150 years ago. During the show, it shows actual photos from that era, and tells a lot of facts about how things were back then.
5. I am thankful to have had the experience of raising a few calves with one of these:
When Roger and I moved to Tennessee we ended up raising two calves, but they did not take to the bucket at all. Instead we got bottles.
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And last, I am thankful I don't have to drive something like this. Though we have drove worse when we were young. I actually can't decide if this was a have to/make do repair or some kid doing it for fun.
1. When daughter and I made this quilt last summer, due to the method we used, we were left with many small half square triangles.
At some point in the summer I slapped them together to form squares...I am wishing now I had taken a pic of the container they are in...anyway, today I had the idea to sew a few of the squares together. The one pictured above is fairly nice. A lot were not that nice. When we first cut the triangles, we were not thinking about sewing them together again.
Anyway, this is the result of sewing 16 of them together this afternoon. I may add a small border and make a potholder with it.
2.
I now have three of these potholders. Each one still needs a bit of quilting. Maybe I will get to it one of these days.
3. We went Monday to get Roger's allergy shot. His doctor had not sent the serum. So, he did not get his shot. They give the shots on Mon, Tue, and Wed afternoons. So, I called his nurse the next day and she had not heard from them. So I called them Wed and it had been sent that day and would be in Terre Haute today. Thursday. So, I thought well, that is too late to get his shot. I was sitting sewing this afternoon and Rita called. Rita is the nurse that is in charge of giving his shots. She told me the serum was in and if we wanted to come in and get his shot, that she would give it to him if we got there before 4:00....all we had to do was tell the front desk that she said it was okay. Thank God for kind, caring nurses.
4. It was a wet, rainy day...and I do mean wet. We have had over 8 inches of rain in the past few days.. The point of it all is there was not much else going on, so we ran by the quilt shop and I got a bit more fabric.
This is not the bright orange that I usually like but thought it would be nice to blend in with the others that I have.
I couldn't resist these, either. Not sure what I am doing with them.
5. The other day at Hardee's, I was trying to think of something a bit new to do with Roger for therapy. We have not been doing much at all lately. Well, I started printing lines from songs...to give him practice reading. Then he tried to think and tell who sang song. Well, one song that I printed a line from was Do It Again by Steely Dan....and in looking for it on Youtube, I came across the one below. I did not even think of the other day!
I can't believe I forgot it...it is probably my favorite.
Does anyone remember the show Name that Tune? I keep telling Roger that someone should come up with a game where a phrase/sentence is given, and the contestants try to think of a song that contains that phrase...and if they think of song with the phrase in the title, then that scores double the points.
Or even one such as we were doing...give a line or two from the lyrics and then see who could tell the name of the song and who sang it.
1. Ginseng. I love to hunt the stuff. I no longer dig it...I just like to find it and see it growing. And photograph it. But when I was a kid, my mom and I would hunt it and what money came from it could go for things for school...material and patterns to make my clothes. I don't remember if I bought other stuff with it or not.
2. If you are a grandma, you might enjoy reading Granny by Sean Dietrich. I did not grow up close to any grandparent and have always felt like I missed something in life. But I sure as heck enjoy being one...my heart just sings when I know Lorelei is coming. Last weekend when we went to bed, she asked me, "Do you enjoy sleeping with me, Mamaw?" I said I did...she ask, "Do you REALLY enjoy sleeping with me?" I told her that I did. She then asked did I like sleeping with her better than anything...I told her almost...she only thought a second...she said oh, I know, Papaw!
3. For a little bit of laughter, how about Mama trying to go to sleep in a hammock?
4. And then I can almost guarantee that you will get a warm fuzzy feeling if you watch the following....and maybe even laugh a time or two.
5. For a taste of music, for those of you watching The Voice, maybe you would like to hear something from Gwen/No Doubt.
I listened to this song about a zillion times when I worked at the orchard. (I would make mixed tapes and listen to them. And certain songs appeared more often than others...)
6. And how could I leave out Alicia
I had left the orchard before this came out, but I can guarantee you if it had been out, it would have been on a variety of cassettes.
That is my few bits of randomness....I hope you seen something you liked....
2. This post has one of my all time favorite tree shots....it is the combination of the tree /atmosphere/lighting.
3. I was a happy camper a couple weeks ago when I found Amazon had finally made Sod & Stubble: The Story of a Kansas Homestead by John Ise available in kindle format. Even though I have a hard copy, I bought it too quick to talk about and have now read it once again.
4. We are thankful for good neighbors. When Roger went to mow the yard last weekend, he discovered a flat. Actually two flats. The back one would not stay inflated. The neighbor saw he was having trouble. He has a tool to take the tires off the rim...so they did that and discovered the tired was separating. We just got all new tires....and Tom helped get the other tires off and the new ones on. We won't go into details about how it would start but not go in gear...or so he thought. Roger left it for that night, but the next morning here came Tom again. That is what you call good neighbors.
5. I started with a bit of comedy and I will leave with a bit of comedy:
Hap Shaughnessy reminds me of a few characters I have know. While they frustrated me, he makes me laugh.
1. I started a couple Pineapple quilt blocks...I wish I could just do totally scrappy and every fabric be a different fabric. But for now these will do.
2. This is my first shot of a robin this year...I never take very many pics of them and I don't know why. I hope to change that this summer.
3. When I was in high school, I liked to try to sketch stuff. I never was very good. But it was still fun. Due to Genie's influence, I have been making the attempt again. Oh, I don't spend much time on it...I seem to do better if I just sit down and devote a few minutes to it. I used the pic here to sketch it from.
4. We are watching the second episode of Little Big Shots...this little girl became famous on this video and she was on tonight's show. This is my new favorite show. Steve Harvey is wonderful with the children.
1. The other day, I posted some pics of 'art' that I used to do in high school...I thought it was all I had that I had done. But then found this. I do have a couple other sketches that one BFF did...I have kept them all these years. Does anyone else keep things like this? I wish I had kept more.
2. I miss Jay Leno and Terry Bradshaw. I searched on Youtube trying to find a good example, but cannot find one that I like. So instead I am showing you this one.
3. One day back when I was sick, I had one blog open all day long...I am not going to say whose blog it was, though she knows and can tell if she wants in the comments. But I will say that I put 'Bob' in the search box. I read bits and pieces off and on all day. Every time I got on, I read a two or three posts. Or more. The reason is there are some really funny moments...they remind me so much of Roger and me.
4. A few days ago, a blog buddy sent me pics of her mess. I didn't ever think I would do this, but I sent her a picture of mine--my dining room. And it was a mess cause I had been sewing. She wrote back and told me mine was “organized distribution of odds and ends.” I got so tickled with that comment. I don't know if she got the quote from somewhere or if she made it up...I assumed she made it up...but it so fit and so made me laugh, and I smile any time I think of it. Again, not saying who, but if she reads this, she can lay claim to it if she wants.
1. Someone had a birthday recently...can you tell by this photo that she was happy with flowers her aunt sent her?
2. Remember this post about the recumbent bicycle? Well, we took the plunge about 3 weeks ago and got it. We are pleased with it. I guess. Does riding it do any good if you have to take a nap afterwards??? No joke. I get up and ride it before I do anything else. And I am so worn out when I am done, I could go back to bed. And I am not riding it very long at all....
3. We were through the strip pit area the other day...there were a few hundred White-fronted geese and several swans.
4. For some light reading material, specially if you have young kids, you might get a few chuckles from Junie B. Jones books...I had gotten Lorelei one...I don't remember the name of the first one. But that led to Sarah getting her some, and I got her more. And Sarah and I both enjoy them as much as Lorelei.
5. And Nothing To Tell by Donna Gray is what I am reading just for me...the author interviewed women that grew up in Montana, women with no claim to fame. This book is basically their words describing their life. I am really enjoying it.
I am linking to Tanya's Willy Nilly Friday Five...
1. Lorelei was here last weekend and called for me to come look...she was watching this fellow across the street. This is not a good pic...it was not still a second. Peck, peck, peck!
2. We saw this calf last week...I couldn't resist snapping a couple even though I was having a real hard time seeing the viewing screen of my point & shoot camera.
3. This is the type of weather we were having two years ago today. I am beginning to think we might not get any of this this year. But a little snow is predicted for Monday and Tuesday...
4: For a little laughter:
5. Just in case you missed it, I finished the Lotus quilt top yesterday....you can see it here.
1. Does anyone else love home-canned tomato juice as much as me? I love to have a jar handy if I get a cold. It is one of the few things that sound good and tastes good then.
2. I am enjoying the birds at the feeders this winter. Do you now feed birds and have you always? I did when I was a child...mom would let me feed the extra cornbread, and some corn. I can't remember what else we fed them. We did not buy food...in fact, I wonder how long has big bags of bird seed been available? I just started feeding them again in the past few years...so the big bags of birdseed may have always been available and I just didn't notice.
3. Yesterday, we found this new place where it was easy to get to the Big Raccoon Creek. It has a big sandbar. A perfect place to take Lorelei. Hoping we can make it back there this summer. It is a good place to wade and/or fish...and she can throw rocks to her heart's content.
4. This is one of the little cuties we saw yesterday!
5. I totally love days like this...I only wish they came more often than they do.
1. This is a place we pass when we go to Indy...it is maybe twice as long as it is wide. Not very big in other words. This vehicle is almost always there.
I always wonder if they live there all the time, or if it is just a place they go to get away from their everyday stresses.
2. I have sewed a few lines today...and had to unsew a few stitches, too. LOL I always make some of the dumbest mistakes....usually when I break some of my own personal rules. LOL
3. Guess what? Netflix now has the last season of Foyle's War. We watched the first episode tonight. This series is one of our favorite PBS series.
4. Still no sunshine...I still keep hoping I will wake up to a sunny day.
1. It is hard to see in the photo above, but these are red damselflies. The frist time I have ever seen them.
2. Not a very good picture, but can you imagine walking around in that coat in early fall? Also, can you imagine how much work has to be done before it can be spun into yarn?
3. This was at a shot pin Shipshewana...I like it but have no place for it. It was quite big.
4. We passed this courthouse, but I don't recall just where it was out. I think it is beautiful.
5. This place is in Attica, Indiana...I have posted pics of it before, here, here, and here....for some reason at that time I wondered if it was still being used as a church. At least we know it has been a church at some point, and a beautiful one at that.
Thursday, December 3, 2015
I could not hold my camera steady enough to not get the blur. But you can still tell it is our Lorelei. Yesterday was her school program...they sang several songs, most I had never heard. But let me tell you, their music teacher did a wonderful job with them. One of the first graders even came to the microphone and introduced all the songs, except one. A couple of the songs had motions they were to do and it was just so cute to watch. We all stood there with huge grins on our faces.
I took this when we got home but she would not stand still long enough for me to get a good shot of her. After the program, we went and had pizza, then back to Sarah's and stayed till well after dark...neither of us is crazy about driving after dark now. So most of the time we are in by then. Occasionally I will be after dark getting home from the strip pits but that is usually it.
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Tomorrow is Friday and I think of random thoughts for Friday. With that thought in mind here goes.
1. Christmas is coming, and coming fast. I need to find the ham and start getting in the things I need. We have at least got most of Lorelei's Christmas in, but it is not wrapped. We had to return something today, and did some more shopping. If I wasn't already worn out, I would have wrapped some/all of it tonight.
2. We are having more dark, dreary days than we are sunshine. I am ready for a day or two of nothing but sun and blue skies.
3. I finished the book I was reading in last Friday's random thoughts and hated to see it end. I am not sure what I want to start next. I am half way in the mood to read an old favorite. How about you--do you have a few books that you have read more than once? If so, tell me the title/author of some of them.
4. I have not sewn a stitch the past few days. I am having withdrawal symptoms. I am hoping to either go in there and sew later tonight or maybe get up and sew some tomorrow. Even just a few lines would be good. Right now my feet hurt so bad that I don't even want to stand up on them to walk in there. LOL
1. I have not been in the mood to blog much...not sure why.
2. Roger is improving some. He has had no new places break out, and he is not itching near as bad. We have found out that his magnesium levels are low. We will see the nurse practitioner again Tuesday. I am thankful he has gotten some relief, and I know he is even more thankful than me.
3. It has rained here. All. day. long. And been gray and drab and dreary. The cats want out. They go out only to want back in in a few minutes.
Another September photo
4. Our Christmas tree is up, not decorated. I love just even seeing it with only the lights on.
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