Moving Day!

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am moving my blog over to my own domain and using WordPress to blog with. It took a few days to design the new template but VOILA! She is fini! Come on over––all are welcome!

A Real FUN Guy!

Me thinks me tree stump has athletes foot––well it is a fungus! Too bad yard 'shrooms are POISONOUS!! Doesn't it look so Woodlandyish? All I need are Faeries fluttering about.

Moments Like This...

Make me all warm and joyful! This is my Baby Girl (child #7) reading to my Oldest Baby's Baby...clear as mud?

Bad, Bad, Blogger

Be patient. I am on day 5 of a big migraine. ACK!

Konnichiwa

Behold! Yup..straight from Amazon Japan––"Machine Made Patchworks". It only took 4 days to get from Tokyo to Austin!
Arigatou-gozaimasu (thank you)

Oy! With the Poodles Already!

Why do I say "Oy!" so much? I get asked that quite often...Oy! Well, It is always...well, most of the time...so very À Propos (wow! Yiddish and French!). But I digress...(and use too many 3dots and parenthesis!). I have found I am in good company using "Oy!" One of my favorite TV shows is
Gilmore Girls and THEY do it. Here is proof:

LORELAI: Huh. You know what I just realized? Oy is the funniest word in the entire world.
RORY: Huh.
LORELAI: I mean, think about it. You never hear the word oy and not smile. Impossible. Funny, funny word.
EMILY: Oh, dear God.
LORELAI: Poodle is another funny word.
EMILY: Please drink your drink, Lorelai.
LORELAI: In fact, if you put oy and poodle together in the same sentence, you’d have a great new catch phrase, you know? Like, oy with the poodles already. So from now on, when the perfect circumstances arise, we will use our favorite new catch phrase.
RORY: Oy with the poodles already.

So again I say––Oy with the poodles already!

What I Did With My Weekend Part 2

Sewing! I am piecing together some fabrics to make Daughter #2 a purse

What I Did With My Weekend Part 1

Gardens!! A little VEGGIE garden with Tomatoes––red, orange, purple, yellow cherry, red cherry; Peppers––Poblano (Ancho), Purple Bell, Bell; Cucmbers; Squash––Yellow Straight and Zucchini; Japanese Eggplant;Sweet Potatoes.



Another lil garden with HERBS–– Basil––Purple, Regular, Orange & Cinnamon; Oregano;Chives;Italian Parsley; Curry Plant; Rosemary.
Medicinals––Feverfew; Comfrey; Lavendar;...and now I can't remember all that I planted! Flowers––Marigolds, Hollyhocks, Petunias

He Lived a Good Life

There has been a Wonky Tragedy! My first lil' felt fur animal. He so loved playing amongst the seedling peppers...



being held by Cute babies (see example of cuteness above)...and very content looking extremely Wonky. But alas! His life ended much too soon!


Every effort was made to revive him. The Wonky ER could not use the paddles in fear of fried fur. Cause of death???

1930's Rock

Score!! I happened by an estate sale as it was closing up. Wasn't even why I was out... but LOOK! I bought two 1930's tablecloths. I am SOOooooo jazzed! My mind is abuzz with ideas of what to create from them. Ideas?

Garden Variety

Plum coloured (Oh how I wish I were British or Canadian so I could spell color as colour) Irises that are blooming in MY garden. I LUV the golden threads that are part of the bloom. My home was built in 1938 so thank you to whomever planted the bulbs!

TWO AM Felting

My first official felting project after making that little ball. Said little ball became a flower pincushion. The blue felt is not wool...just the cheap dime store variety––but it served the purpose and kept me busy instead of thinking of how I was NOT sleeping.
Now that I have made it I will perfect it and get a tutorial goin for Y'all (hehehe...this Yankee is trying to be Texan!)

The Year(s) of the Puffed Sleeves

She loved this dress when I made it for her...about 7 or 8 years ago. A lovely pattern. Made triangular insets in the skirt of contrasting fabric. Made my own piping. Covered the buttons myself. We drug it out of a box.
Pictured are the results of squeezing my teenage daughter into her favorite dress. I still think she is gorgeous...even with that wonky look on her face!