This post has to be quick!

Oh, boy you should see me trying to manuever on my new lap top computer..........not pretty!      I am trying so hard to get used to doing this without a mouse.  Plus everything on this screen looks so different.
Yes, trying to learn some new tricks here. 

I don't even have any pictures loaded on here yet and I hate to post without them.

Going to Malabar Farm tomorrow for The Spirit of Friends Show.  I was there last year and loved it.
If any of you are going and you recognize me please say hello.

I will be back tomorrow, hopefully.

Linda

It's time for a new computer

So sad but true.........my old computer is dying.  I picked out a new one today.....a laptop and I should be able to pick it up tomorrow.   We recently changed our cable service and now have wireless so the timing was right.  I love downloading pictures and have just reached my limit on the old one.

I have been having trouble uploading them and that is my excuse for not posting in such a long time!
  I plan to pick my Bittersweet this week and then I can take some pics of my plain and simple Fall decorating.  I just tried to load a picture but it just wouldn't and I am too impatient to wait any longer.  
I will be back in few days with some Fall at my house and a couple of hooked rugs that I have finished.
Linda

My Sheep Hooked Rug is Done

Just a quick post to say that my very first hooked rug...........Lexington Proddy Sheep is finally done and hanging up!
I am officially "hooked" on rug hooking. I got the pattern and took the class for this rug from
Alice at her studio.
I have another one on my frame now plus I am binding a little mat sized one that I did with some scraps. Have a couple more planned to do........
see I told you I was "hooked"!



We are having a break in our weather today, only supposed to go to 88 degrees.
Will be back soon with some more photos.
Have a great day everyone.

Linda

Dog Days of Summer

Well, it has been here at our house. First, because of this week's awful heat and second because we have two of our Grand Dogs this week while their parents are vacationing.

Gracie and Summer







After playing in the yard for awhile they try to see who can be first inside to the air conditioning.















I know a lot of people are starting to wish for Summer to be over and for Fall to arrive but as hot as it is......NOT ME! We had such a cold long Winter this year that I am not ready for it again anytime soon. I love Fall but I know what comes after that!
When it is this hot I just stay put and stay in where it is cool. And I have been working on my rugs. I am putting on the binding on this rug right now.














Then I will finish this one. Pictures to follow when they are finished.
















Try and stay cool this week end.

Linda

We meet again.....Finally!

I don't know where the past months have gone but..................they have disappeared.
Since my last post I have had far too many Doctor visits and repair work done on this body.
No...not any face lifts or lipo.........just routine maintenance.
Are any of you due for a mammogram or Colonoscopy? If so, get them done!

Remember back in May when Linda and Audrey from APP traveled to Susie's Shop Bittersweet Treasures in Rochester NH and this was the prize for the winner of the drawing?

Well, I was the lucky winner and here is this fabulous bird house in my yard. Thanks again Susie for drawing my name.




And many thanks to Linda for wrapping it up so carefully and sending it to me.












I have always loved collecting little shoes and now my obsession is into garden shoes too.
I love planting old work boots..big or small. I even have some little Mary Janes with hens and chicks too.

















My new passion is rug hooking and I was able to go to the hook in at the Kingwood Center in Mansfield that so many other have blogged about. Soon I will post some pictures of my humble beginnings! Yes, Lauren and Alice....I really will!

Until then.........bye for now.

Linda

Spring is really almost here....................

It will be some time before my little Herb Garden is lush and full again but I know that it is coming
soon.

I have a busy week ahead with lots of appointments and a much needed new "hair-do" later on today. Will be back later in the week with some photos from around my nest.

Welcome to my new followers.............I will try to give you something to follow soon!
Thanks for visiting me.

Still Trying...

To get a picture to show up for me as a thumbnail.

Edited to add....Yay! It worked.....Don't know what I was doing wrong....................everything, I guess!

"This corn tastes so good"!

Just trying to get some lunch before the birds eat everything.

 

 

Playing with fonts......

I have been trying some new things on here and I think I have found a font that is easier to read.

For those of you who were wondering about the barn picture. This barn is in Delaware County and I like it because the picture has a nice snowy scene.
Barns in every county in Ohio were painted to celebrate Ohio's Bicentennial in 2003 by a young man named Scott Hagan.
There are some really wonderful painted barns all over the state.

Linda

I really can't wait another day.....

I really should create a blog. Oh, wait............I already have one!
A very neglected one at that. I am a really faithful reader of blogs and a sometime commenter of them but for some reason I always get behind on my postings.

I noticed that within the last couple of days I have gained a few more followers and on that note I feel guilty not having some more recently postings.
I hope you will all stay with me for you never know what just may be in the works for this humble little blog of mine.

I have been wanting to take some pictures of a few of my collections and some of the winter weather around me but my camera is acting up. If I can't figure out what's wrong with it I may have to buy a new one.

I just love a blog with pictures and have really enjoyed seeing all that my favorite blogs have been showing.

I will be back soon. A good day to all.
Linda

Look what I got....

I just wanted to share with you the wool that I bought from Alice (A Day in the Life) at the Spirit of Friends show last weekend.

It was so hard to decide, Alice has the best selection of the most beautiful wool I have ever seen.  She and her husband are the nicest people too!

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And, since it is Wednesday,

here is something I have been working on.  Not much to work on actually.

I have wanted a foot stool to match my furniture but they are so expensive.  So, I found this stool at a flea market and used the fabric that I had for a head rest and stapled in on the stool.

Not exactly like the ones that match the furniture but it will serve the purpose for me.

Before:

After:

 

Tomorrow I hope to finish my inside and outside fall decorating and I will post some pictures soon.

See you soon,

Linda

Getting ready for Fall

All I can say is………

 

Hello…………again! 

I am not even going to  try and explain my tardiness in updating my blog.

So I am just going to start anew with a brand new Season…….Fall,  my favorite, as it is with most of you out there.

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Like most of you we have had a very hot, dry Summer.  I need to open up a tomato stand  for all of the  harvest we have had. 

And, we still have many more green ones on the vines.

I think this has been the very best year ever for our tomatoes.  I have canned and frozen them in the past but I just can’t seem to get motivated to that this year.

In a few months I will be wishing for a fresh Roma tomato.

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I have to tell you that I have been reading all of the blogs on my list  and have added many new ones all Summer long.  Thanks to all of you faithful bloggers!

I have been working on setting up a Picture Trail.  I always enjoy looking at them so I thought I would give it a try.

I’ll keep you posted how I am doing.

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Everyone have a safe and happy Labor Day weekend and for those of you in the line of  “HurricaneEarl’s”  wrath……………..

Stay safe. 

See you soon.

 

So little time….so much to do

April is going by so quickly and once again I have more ideas of things I want to get done than I have time to do.

I have been on a real kick this Spring of

either use, pitch it or donate it.

So far I have taken bags of things to the Goodwill, Volunteers of America and now tomorrow the Kidney Foundation is coming  for their share.  That should be it for now.

I have been making some changes in the house, in a couple bedrooms and also redoing my laundry room, just got a new washer and dryer so might as well make some changes, right?  And if I ever get those finished I will share some photos.

I can’t wait to get to the garden center to pick out flowers for this years window boxes.  These are some photos of previous years.

I have lots to do in my Herb Garden as well. 

 

I have to tell you that I so enjoy keeping up with all of your blogs.

So many of you inspire me with all of your talents.

I will be back again soon.

Linda