Doing my thing day and linking to two memes

Doing my thing day.

 I call these Journey Totes.

They are made of plarn (plastic yarn)

and trimmed with 

Journey Beads.

www.journeycrafts.com

I call this bag
"Peanut butter and Chocolate"
because of the colors.

They are all lined and have two pockets.

These will go on the Journey Crafts website to 

help raise money for the SCN missions.

This one is named.
"The Blue and The Gray."

Have several basic ones made just waiting to see how these will sell and if they are liked.

So far there is only jewelry on that site.

Finally someone I know is going to have a baby.
Our daughter's best friend is expecting in April
Working on this afghan for the new baby.
WooHoo.
I love doing afghans.
I can just get lost in that work.
Calms my nerves.




Being able to stay active brings me much joy and sharing makes it even more joyful.


Hooking up with Share the Joy

And 
Tea Time with Ruth.

Having........Passion by +AZO in my real china teacup.

Feeling........Grateful the storm we had on Wednesday was no worse than it was but grieving for the folks in other states lost in that storm.

Thinking..........I do believe that humans have caused the changes in the weather patterns that we are experiencing around the world.
The pollution, chemical and matter that our society causes to rise to the stratosphere has an effect on the routes and formations of clouds and winds that make up our climates.

The only way I'd worry about the weather is if it snows on our side of the field and not theirs.
Tommy Lasorda

I get a laugh out of this quote.

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I love surprises in the mail

I love to go to my mailbox and fine surprises.

BlissfullATCswaps.

I know I will receive one each month but when it comes it is such fun.

Our theme this month was Alice in Wonderland.

Received this beautiful one from

Oliva just yesterday.

Oliva does such beautiful work.

Go here to visit her blog.

You will come away inspired.

This is the one I made for her.

A tiny book with rusty hinges.

Very old book with a very old story.

Alice in Wonderland

It opens to this.

Our hostess and administrator of this fun project 

is

Wendy at

http://blissfullatcswap.blogspot.com

Mosaic Monday around the yard

Mosaic Monday

Two beautiful days this week-end to 

meander around the landscape and check things out.

Look at the marvelous hues in the bark in this Riverbirch tree in our front yard.

I gather these huge pieces of bark, let them dry and use them to paint pictures on.

The moss covered yard art is nature's art.

Mourning doves in the oak tree.

 A great week-end to get shots for this coming Friday Shoot Out too.

The theme Friday is paths, walkways, roads.

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Sunlit Sunday-1st. Sunday of Lent

Sunlit Sunday

 I went to the Media Center on the Nazareth Campus to find some spiritual reading material for Lent.

They had just gotten this 3 DVD set of The Gospel of John..

The third DVD is the documentary of the making of the Gospel of John.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

I have finished the first DVD and it is well made and very impressive.

Great material for the weeks of Lent and material for contemplation.

 "Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock
and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken." (Psalm 62:1-2 NIV)

Nothing like shining the light on the word of God.

Happy Sunlit Sunday to all

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Sepia Saturday

Sepia Saturday

With

our

host

Alan

Pvt. John C. Jones

Circa 1914.
He served in Germany in WWI
This was an official army photo.

My shoes circa 1938

My maternal grandmother in the center at her last attendance at a public family celebration.
Nice lace ups, very practical with a little heel.
All of her grandchildren present.
She was 84.
I am the oldest at 31 here somewhere in the back and the youngest Harriett is 14 on the right end.
The white cane belongs to my blind uncle.
My grandmother walked as straight as could be and never used a cane.
She died at age 96.


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Friday Shoot Out-Theme movement

Well since I am using still photos I will only show the movement in a still msec. or whatever.

Well, they were in motion or the results of.

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Sharing the joy of family and hand crafting

Share the Joy Thursday

and

Tea Talk with Ruth
Having,,,,,,decaf coffee in a white tea cup.

Just thinking ,,,,,,,about spending time with my family gives me much joy.
Feeling........ like the luckiest mom and grand in the world.

Celebrating a beautiful granddaughter 's birthday is always a fun time.

We have been doing this for years and as the grands get older they choose more fine dining as opposed to MacDonald's when they were little.

Mozz's Mozzorella Bar and Supper Club. 

Lamp made of glass

In house made bread

Farm to Table program

Fresh things that can be bought locally.


Cheeses made on site.

This was a hors-d'oeuvre with
Juniper & citrus roasted garlic olives
Rosemary-Roasted wild mushrooms
Vine ripe tomatoes-Basil Burschetta
Eggplant Vegetable Carponata

and two of their cheeses.

Thinly sliced strips of Italian Cold Cuts.

and more bread.

My Entree

Scallops "Pesto"

Seared Scallops
Jalapeno-Mint-Pesto wide and thin noodles
Golden Raisins
Pine Nuts
Marcona Almonds

Out of this world.

Let the wine flow.

No wonder we were all smiling.

Birthday girl with blonde hair to my left.
Daughter Rachel, Beth, Julia, me and daughter Jennifer around the table.
Her daughters behind her
Cindy, Jill, Nikki


Go here to check this restaurant out
Well worth traveling a few miles to dine there. 

Mozz on Market St. in Louisville, Ky.


"LORD, you understand; remember me and care for me... When your words came, I ate
them; they were my joy and my heart's delight..." (Jeremiah 15:15, 15:16 NIV)

 



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Doing a little hand crafting too.

 These were made from vintage wooden spools that had belonged to my mother.

I recently found them in her old sewing box.

I painted them blue and glued the candle holders on then trimmed them in blue, green and yellow for Easter.
They were my gift for my gd making them her great grand mother's vintage spools.
Of course these cannot be bought anymore.
She loved them.

Ash Wednesday

Remember that thou art dust, and to dust thou shalt return.

—Genesis 3:19

 Ash Wednesday, in the calendar of Western Christianity is the first day of Lent and occurs 46 days before Easter. It is a movable fast, falling on a different date each year because it is dependent on the date of Easter. It can occur as early as Feb. 4th or as late as March 10.

 According to the canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke, Jesus spent forty days fasting in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, during which he endured temptation by Satan.

Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of this forty day liturgical period of prayer and fasting. Ash Wednesday derives its name from the practice of placing ashes on the foreheads of adherents as a sign of mourning and repentance to God. The ashes used are typically gathered after the palms from the previous year's Palm Sunday are burned.

This practice is common in much of Christendom, being celebrated by Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans, Methodists, Presbyterians and some Baptist denominations.

Courtesy of Wikipedia

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Fat Tuesday

Happy Fat Tuesday to everyone out there.
Ash Wednesday tomorrow.

Going out tonight but to celebrate one of the Princess's birthday.

Time's have sure changed.
When I was growing up Lent was void of anything that was considered celebratory.
Weddings were not performed in the Catholic Church at my house my grandmother did not allow us to play cards during lent or any of the other things we did for pleasure.
Of course no TV anyway so did not have to give that up.
There was a lot of church going. 
No movie going except maybe on Sunday.
No eating of meat any day of the week and only one big meal a day.
We all got slimmer back in those days.
Do you think we were more holy?

 

Mosaic Monday-Berries, Berries everywhere

Mosaic Monday

Wow, we need some more color around the place.

There are berries for sure.

Had to search through my archives to come up with some outdoor color for today.

Several days of dreary sunless days make color very important.

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It is very inspiring.

Might make you want to join in.

 

Sunlit Sunday

Sunlit Sunday

Lavender in my kitchen window.

About 1 1/2 years ago on Mother's day, one of my daughters gave me lavender seeds.
I keep them in the sun and indoors until the past summer when I put them outside in the sun until it got hot.
They have been in this window now for about 6 months.
I am hoping for blooms by this Mother's day.
My info says it takes about 2 years to get blooms from seeds.
I have a place waiting for them outside as soon as they are strong enough.

 Love the lavender.



"My son, do not let wisdom and understanding out of your sight, preserve sound judgment
and discretion; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Then
you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble. When you lie
down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet." (Proverbs
3:21-24 NIV)

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