tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23073285354626851532024-03-13T21:24:06.680-05:00Bird Nest On The GroundPathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.comBlogger733125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-20646362446923895062023-07-04T17:46:00.002-05:002023-07-04T17:46:56.111-05:00Good Intentions and Hyacinths<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtU7tP3VyFWpdEPLAoRSqKbmwlfFhP2nCKFZK8uzcyqvVccT0-RAgFfWGhfOrJMVTWATQGGWRc8nYRTVlD6XFwmzeHysGcdKDR0YLw1ljYAnkDNkkS_jiA8c4nZZ-womHUwYcyfTzLB7n-GOVaz16tAj0dLEqFxQJIsJ2OZZ1XhNfOCGmxAGt4PHvKPLJ/s4032/IMG_0420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdtU7tP3VyFWpdEPLAoRSqKbmwlfFhP2nCKFZK8uzcyqvVccT0-RAgFfWGhfOrJMVTWATQGGWRc8nYRTVlD6XFwmzeHysGcdKDR0YLw1ljYAnkDNkkS_jiA8c4nZZ-womHUwYcyfTzLB7n-GOVaz16tAj0dLEqFxQJIsJ2OZZ1XhNfOCGmxAGt4PHvKPLJ/w400-h300/IMG_0420.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>HAPPY FOURTH 0F JULY! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wishing everyone a wonderful day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had intended to post this in March but since I am the slowest creature on earth these days and the world is still in crazy mode...I'm just going to say I had good intentions. I do hope you all are safe and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">celebrating our wonderful country's birthday.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aFqkdtoyy9fKBT7BdTKAH3HTHk2n9vzrR9kRU1LsfLHJUFS3aYTB4GZVQxJGfB9iWXrw19Et7xSIh1zkghi-4I2J5av3a-nDCeFRtPpdW62b2-j2xchWEpZGvgfwHymLITNWaDoE5yoVkb4-BeBhURieO2eaWnMKVagZVWlvcaoZA3ZuKV9AZAmhRvvh/s4032/IMG_0410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9aFqkdtoyy9fKBT7BdTKAH3HTHk2n9vzrR9kRU1LsfLHJUFS3aYTB4GZVQxJGfB9iWXrw19Et7xSIh1zkghi-4I2J5av3a-nDCeFRtPpdW62b2-j2xchWEpZGvgfwHymLITNWaDoE5yoVkb4-BeBhURieO2eaWnMKVagZVWlvcaoZA3ZuKV9AZAmhRvvh/w400-h300/IMG_0410.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80jbZoZMb4LYOwTEY45dyxalpRe0rYl6XQvuahUeKJsM4rXLUj1pgUDc3WSgZnnD-EAgaHXvRJhNVyf35p1xX4wueZfewKKEGworVE-fUuGTtEXdaIlf-Baqlxxh4H_cI4lJN0jl2lUg75GptSaH53-VAq1chSoJ1wXYexRHbu7eGETUEtlspTZS3YUw4/s4032/IMG_0415.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg80jbZoZMb4LYOwTEY45dyxalpRe0rYl6XQvuahUeKJsM4rXLUj1pgUDc3WSgZnnD-EAgaHXvRJhNVyf35p1xX4wueZfewKKEGworVE-fUuGTtEXdaIlf-Baqlxxh4H_cI4lJN0jl2lUg75GptSaH53-VAq1chSoJ1wXYexRHbu7eGETUEtlspTZS3YUw4/w400-h300/IMG_0415.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to show this cross stitched poem. Once again, something lovely from the flea market. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just as my interest in cross stitching has taken hold of me again..I found this stitched piece and couldn't help but post it for you to see. Beautiful flowers, feeding our souls with another sign of hope and optimism. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Next year I will actually plant Hyacinths!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>🇺🇸 GOD BLESS AMERICA!!! 🇺🇸<br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you soon♥️<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-66536560733775539492023-06-25T23:07:00.001-05:002023-06-25T23:52:23.366-05:00Returning to Stitching<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPqlQ7HmHjWHmZP05dcpgXiXE8YNbIcBiCeJYOlIX56nE7aTshptuHxFocvA-ArfuI2MjyzDcBk70MmuyIXHsOiYLcUzySLG7i1DaghlucHGL1Q3_3knH6VdkuP9H1K9yN1O3qihQIFUrrBZUz157idroWtFEaNEF9H5QsIIVXQOTD3RPhguY9uedgVSe/s4032/IMG_0530.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="549" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipPqlQ7HmHjWHmZP05dcpgXiXE8YNbIcBiCeJYOlIX56nE7aTshptuHxFocvA-ArfuI2MjyzDcBk70MmuyIXHsOiYLcUzySLG7i1DaghlucHGL1Q3_3knH6VdkuP9H1K9yN1O3qihQIFUrrBZUz157idroWtFEaNEF9H5QsIIVXQOTD3RPhguY9uedgVSe/w412-h549/IMG_0530.jpg" width="412" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <b>Returning to Stitching</b><b> </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> </b><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Well, my photographic skills haven't improved, neither have my writing
skills or computer skills. I'm a lot slower than I was and I have to
work at having energy...but I'm back again to give blogging another<br /> chance. After a year and a half of being "out of commission" two of my
favorite sentiments have lately reminded me to make more of an effort. <b> IT IS
WHAT IT IS</b> and <b>NEVER GIVE UP</b>! I feel I need to harder. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br />As
you know...if you've been here before...I have always tried to 'rescue'
an old quilt or embroidery now and then and then to repair or redo it. A year without this work has
been tough. In fact all the things I used to do have suffered in some
way and so has my mood. I have missed out on all the things I enjoyed.
So, like the blog, I have recently given myself a good talking to and am
making an effort to actually DO things. Like posting. It will take me longer, my
stitching may not be all that great but making the effort will be
GOOD. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Maybe some of my readers will return...and if not, there
might be a few new friends come along and if not, it will be a good
thing to put out the effort anyway.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />I've renewed my interest in
cross stitching. I used to love it....and thanks to the internet, my
interest has been renewed by finding Flosstubers. It has totally taken
over the time I spend looking at tv. They are also very inspiring. I'm
trying to discover ways I can use it in some of my other stitching. We
will see. Meantime, it's just fun to watch. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Now, for the
photo....I rescued that cross stitched piece on black fabric from the
flea market....it's all half crosses. There was a second design with
it...but I liked this one best...for the photo anyway. It needs to be made into something. There is a crocheted heart. I have a collection of
those...none of which I stitched. I guess I rescued those too. I've
saved that button card a long time...and HOPE....it's a good reminder. A
bird. Well, you know. That handful of DMC floss....who doesn't like a
handful of that beautiful stuff or a handful of all the new flosses I
am seeing. Also a cross stitched table runner from the flea. The kind
of stuff that I really love. Oh. I also ordered a <b>BOOK OF DAY</b>S
(even though the year is half over)....to round out the excitement.
And, some stickers...a couple books and charts. If it turns out I
can't manage to see well enough to do it...I'll just have fun touching
and looking at all of it and being entertained by the excitement of it
all. I notice that most of the cross stitch videos seem to have a
new video every couple of weeks. Hopefully, I'm going to do that
here. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <br />Wishing you all safe and happy days ahead. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />❤️Pat at <b>Bird Nest Cottage</b><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /><br /> </div></div></div><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Returning to Stitching </b><br /></div><p></p><br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-9419862692386752662023-02-14T15:34:00.001-06:002023-02-14T15:34:23.976-06:00I made myself a Valentine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNMZ8lnxOjoodxA0tknzHk7YaIR5_cCP_c0GkSJvXK9nwfrNRxvTbn6iNePwQ1nRHNEAawV53feSHip6EyoEPjMVo7FjdWQkusBAEuJ4bYO7fubvrqVMySLzuXUwxIF38yNKbGJQ1xDYehPvMC4-pq5-mkihAD4FA_hmQdwzLw7haD_m-XrwNkBPVVQ/s4032/IMG_0298.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjNMZ8lnxOjoodxA0tknzHk7YaIR5_cCP_c0GkSJvXK9nwfrNRxvTbn6iNePwQ1nRHNEAawV53feSHip6EyoEPjMVo7FjdWQkusBAEuJ4bYO7fubvrqVMySLzuXUwxIF38yNKbGJQ1xDYehPvMC4-pq5-mkihAD4FA_hmQdwzLw7haD_m-XrwNkBPVVQ/w400-h300/IMG_0298.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>So, here I am....celebrating Valentine's Day 2023. I got the idea earlier today to make myself a little Valentine's Day vignette from heart items gathered from around the house. So, here we are....a little effort to cheer up a rather grey rainy day. I hope you enjoy the photos and that YOU have a wonderful Valentine's Day yourself.<p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-KTo8ZVNr52Qw2SybvdCr6kdvSH-loZF-xaxX-qbx6wEhfrI6ybkRBUmOuhfKt4O02U4hLBajzG-u5TvMff30UAHb1iOoUAZ-VolaCdgq-wX6fTgO796p5NTgXgJ8viiaE-QSUe8QXJ1tNSap7dsjK2xnGZfc9Kyj42H0Y42h5he7A8cEErSgXnqg/s4032/IMG_0299.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6s-KTo8ZVNr52Qw2SybvdCr6kdvSH-loZF-xaxX-qbx6wEhfrI6ybkRBUmOuhfKt4O02U4hLBajzG-u5TvMff30UAHb1iOoUAZ-VolaCdgq-wX6fTgO796p5NTgXgJ8viiaE-QSUe8QXJ1tNSap7dsjK2xnGZfc9Kyj42H0Y42h5he7A8cEErSgXnqg/w400-h300/IMG_0299.jpg" width="400" /> </a></p><p> That framed piece is a collage of heart and Valentine ephemera I bought several years ago at the flea market. So pretty....the two vintage heart boxes were given to me by a friend long ago....<br /></p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA8hRUOG8pfILqNJJFK_7KnJnkBAuC54MYxvitatqM5UZfuP2oOwo0_SIYnDrRJhy1Gr7FMPAhKlcA7lMAfO53lDjANaH0Zm86q9kr6RnfhbS4TPWWFsRErogaDe6flobNQE0AAVusDbKMDhCQLFVbscPFeKkNkoy1vhgIylmuj3nkkIgRCas9tbEyQ/s4032/IMG_0301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOA8hRUOG8pfILqNJJFK_7KnJnkBAuC54MYxvitatqM5UZfuP2oOwo0_SIYnDrRJhy1Gr7FMPAhKlcA7lMAfO53lDjANaH0Zm86q9kr6RnfhbS4TPWWFsRErogaDe6flobNQE0AAVusDbKMDhCQLFVbscPFeKkNkoy1vhgIylmuj3nkkIgRCas9tbEyQ/w400-h300/IMG_0301.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;">There's a heart made of twigs that holds a glass vial for flowers and has a tiny glitter heart suspended in air by a thin wire. My daughter gave me that years ago. And, also, one of the few really old cards I have found here and there over the years. And, that pincushion you've seen many times here....can't resist embroidering those teeny tiny hearts, so had to add it to the mix. <br /></div><br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwm2-5hXCHV1Sk7l5fHKzFfiO97wNhZAauHe2MRub0o__lEFeF-axkIjyP6zleWO-BizZ-utJ6pIR9UJhUdVS4zedxrshqqpKzo02tNm4jwspM6G9nFezytPo9TL-IAcX897mE9GbG5jJldr_KqXbtf5GcEpALrOqsoNGiSrjgAauDrrRUGWXD6JPRw/s4032/IMG_0304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDwm2-5hXCHV1Sk7l5fHKzFfiO97wNhZAauHe2MRub0o__lEFeF-axkIjyP6zleWO-BizZ-utJ6pIR9UJhUdVS4zedxrshqqpKzo02tNm4jwspM6G9nFezytPo9TL-IAcX897mE9GbG5jJldr_KqXbtf5GcEpALrOqsoNGiSrjgAauDrrRUGWXD6JPRw/w400-h300/IMG_0304.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> And, here we are....Valentines forever. I used one of those old heart boxes to make my Valentine for today. I had this copy of a photo on my refrigerator for quite a while, and today decided it would be neat to add it to this vintage heart box. I believe the photo was taken around 2010. Where did all that time go? Now that I've made a new heart out of an old one...I really like it....it has "made my day." I'm sure that my "old navy man" would have liked it also.<p></p><p>Hope you are all well and I'm wishing you all the best on your own Valentine's Day. Take care.</p><p>Pat at <b>Bird Nest Cottage ♥️</b><br /></p><p><br /></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-70852353389980960612023-02-02T23:49:00.001-06:002023-02-02T23:49:27.847-06:00An antique Blue Bowl with Bits and Bobs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uV6T17lE1EXJ2DwHJ0Ki2bvmHSq4DMYkbj1xKMmcBlehgL6wYCxhUu3BRDYqE2CGb33L-XpESxmS_vvZCIusJiHGmN9W8be8okk7vZ4TUXWJgFE9dYEIizGutKGNVz1NLgUnqFtIDJbAF2SsMpcxFoWH5aAzNGYRlqZo3VMHopjVavYqMP-nJLE3ow/s4032/IMG_0283.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_uV6T17lE1EXJ2DwHJ0Ki2bvmHSq4DMYkbj1xKMmcBlehgL6wYCxhUu3BRDYqE2CGb33L-XpESxmS_vvZCIusJiHGmN9W8be8okk7vZ4TUXWJgFE9dYEIizGutKGNVz1NLgUnqFtIDJbAF2SsMpcxFoWH5aAzNGYRlqZo3VMHopjVavYqMP-nJLE3ow/w400-h300/IMG_0283.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've been wanting to show you this blue bowl....so here it is. I was going to just show you the bowl....but you know me...I have to have a story. Here it goes:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This bowl came to me after my father-in-law passed away. It belonged to his grandmother. All I know is it was hers and her husband was in the civil war. My father-in-law passed away when he was 97.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My mother-in-law had passed before him...and no one in the family seemed to want the bowl, so, yes, you know me...I brought it home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't really know how old it is....but it's very old and I imagine it has lived a long and useful life...it is cracked here and there and has chips on the side that you can't see in photo...but I will show you. It can't be used, but I like to look at it and I always think of Gramps when I do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsd_TCyHpAUfqs4-tFw-egivXc2riOVS3CC8tNAvSr94f1_HHmzq-1n-i9CwejXf2Xz1gfQII-ydNjkdznLb1XUDSeLUDGrQcHGBPUw9xvNusEOiMApatr8YWh01Snlpot7ndvlcP8ZOfUQPFLVYX5PUsTHV_8XmiIEKJ2dZdfVJJyDlzv9wLaHHTWvg/s4032/IMG_0284.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsd_TCyHpAUfqs4-tFw-egivXc2riOVS3CC8tNAvSr94f1_HHmzq-1n-i9CwejXf2Xz1gfQII-ydNjkdznLb1XUDSeLUDGrQcHGBPUw9xvNusEOiMApatr8YWh01Snlpot7ndvlcP8ZOfUQPFLVYX5PUsTHV_8XmiIEKJ2dZdfVJJyDlzv9wLaHHTWvg/w400-h300/IMG_0284.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To add another little story....there are the salt and pepper shakers. They are the only gift I remember my grandmother giving me. (My mother's mom.) I was small when she gave them to me but I remember and have always loved them.. So sweet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAvVHJ6gwAAEPqn8aA4LzSL-MPJWKl2F2nmCBMfWGOMgG_T6SUxd803xWqL-IMqFI5MEHJIlBbzhkkEtY4uOEINs6_D5Z-0nR7kXmcPouuxFiYj3sdNXrcXaUFHeVXmLKiX8L7ZvFG92RHYoS3_WEkpHST3Rhw3FOHdSsRVKJVrGnZO-J4VY-sLUubw/s4032/IMG_0288.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtAvVHJ6gwAAEPqn8aA4LzSL-MPJWKl2F2nmCBMfWGOMgG_T6SUxd803xWqL-IMqFI5MEHJIlBbzhkkEtY4uOEINs6_D5Z-0nR7kXmcPouuxFiYj3sdNXrcXaUFHeVXmLKiX8L7ZvFG92RHYoS3_WEkpHST3Rhw3FOHdSsRVKJVrGnZO-J4VY-sLUubw/w400-h300/IMG_0288.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, here they are...the chips. Conveniently placed so I can turn it to the 'good side' for display. I don't remember ever seeing a bowl with a handle and no spout. I think the bowl and shakers look good together...sharing that blue color. (A piece of an old quilt just adds a nice touch, don't you think?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6vnCNgHalhhLcptxOfce9G674SJcvFDT-V6Ps43M6wUApReLg2DJBPiMO5Zg2OYitd5S9KW9C5jZiuEwsjze_PvQqyo7h7_2so1ieTbNCNlYahhJDZQ8TEB2JIQBy9avwxgd2EmbuIonVWXOyTN9HWBvsnYjmsYkB9E3BJBGeDEP5Y6XsBzZZ19EEw/s4032/IMG_0290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR6vnCNgHalhhLcptxOfce9G674SJcvFDT-V6Ps43M6wUApReLg2DJBPiMO5Zg2OYitd5S9KW9C5jZiuEwsjze_PvQqyo7h7_2so1ieTbNCNlYahhJDZQ8TEB2JIQBy9avwxgd2EmbuIonVWXOyTN9HWBvsnYjmsYkB9E3BJBGeDEP5Y6XsBzZZ19EEw/w400-h300/IMG_0290.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And, here is the print of the grandmother. I found this at a flea market a few years back. It looks EXACTLY like my grandmother did. I don't have a photo of her, so I pretend this is her. Loved there was a quilt in the background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8SCgyz-OWOXDWDH24AgQhju_2aQSRqbhQvzG7w_WS7ao4aLi_qdf0gozBBMHx9YfWpN9kbsjctvS7QbZe2ATWluor0BOEYfJ4yAazvaRe3ybqEdua4cAFKjqWnUTMSS_tLLRRufkBqnqkpl1zQcshDRCuTNsUSWfdxe5ek1Eq7EakotiaUNhQhAdcg/s4032/IMG_0291.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs8SCgyz-OWOXDWDH24AgQhju_2aQSRqbhQvzG7w_WS7ao4aLi_qdf0gozBBMHx9YfWpN9kbsjctvS7QbZe2ATWluor0BOEYfJ4yAazvaRe3ybqEdua4cAFKjqWnUTMSS_tLLRRufkBqnqkpl1zQcshDRCuTNsUSWfdxe5ek1Eq7EakotiaUNhQhAdcg/w400-h300/IMG_0291.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This poem was given to me by my friend Kay years ago...and I just love it. It's been shown on this blog many times. Of course, I had to show it here because of the blue bowl! Kay always has known of all the old things I love. You know what they say: A good friend knows all about you and loves you anyway.❤️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWYK9z3YgFYvQys1bcaAcDqlhDa4tjXCFSNGO529eTZ-jrQggldVceyP5GQU7Am90DPQ1MV8oO2bKRJqohGOLZZ-4rRy_sJi4TefmZqt8PymXtFwxhc9snwVLUqDKDjSTl8PwFSSVGtSg2xaFse_l3EOR7n7OtEJCBPg1t40Hwm371eWowE8RWHS58Q/s4032/IMG_0292.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWYK9z3YgFYvQys1bcaAcDqlhDa4tjXCFSNGO529eTZ-jrQggldVceyP5GQU7Am90DPQ1MV8oO2bKRJqohGOLZZ-4rRy_sJi4TefmZqt8PymXtFwxhc9snwVLUqDKDjSTl8PwFSSVGtSg2xaFse_l3EOR7n7OtEJCBPg1t40Hwm371eWowE8RWHS58Q/w400-h300/IMG_0292.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">"A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Another old thing "they" say. Me too. I just love this bowl. So precious. By the way, there is no name or number on the bottom, so I've no idea where it may have been made, but I enjoy having it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm thinking next time you'll see a Valentine here. Can you believe we are in February already?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Wishing you safety, warmth and love. ♥️ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pat at <b>Bird Nest Cottage</b></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-9148065402284875822023-01-16T23:21:00.000-06:002023-01-16T23:21:20.173-06:00The Month is Half Over Already<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPXZH2lDA-tq7mL_1RbXMJ9QeqSje6n3RNKcIzH-KA3FRBqUkRFcah_y2ZonrdWeaYp4PxDZJW1HzvvfDkwH0gPcvSc-Pfokelhiw816ijjK8LMeSeNNESalk3AhXuAe_IMCvpFHBBs-vtPQYx0_3fFVv8ElykTIserRq1XI1n0nXBz6KCd1CnGgTeg/s4032/IMG_0239.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPXZH2lDA-tq7mL_1RbXMJ9QeqSje6n3RNKcIzH-KA3FRBqUkRFcah_y2ZonrdWeaYp4PxDZJW1HzvvfDkwH0gPcvSc-Pfokelhiw816ijjK8LMeSeNNESalk3AhXuAe_IMCvpFHBBs-vtPQYx0_3fFVv8ElykTIserRq1XI1n0nXBz6KCd1CnGgTeg/w300-h400/IMG_0239.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> By the fire this January....<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-N4z8lJKk6fFPc1APJjFN1W4XFYUEhAy9dboXRiFpeOFG6s--sWtXqXtS2in6f97FCLpsRO7l4EWFzOngw6C99EO_jaysm8_mJHDClS7ahZDyCkibmAOKx3DXMBCTs8eRoi5Q33XoNU_ONkLiccQfM8EZPJ4WVz2y90M7hhIpfp_JZNLRsU8RyHYUsA/s4032/IMG_0237.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-N4z8lJKk6fFPc1APJjFN1W4XFYUEhAy9dboXRiFpeOFG6s--sWtXqXtS2in6f97FCLpsRO7l4EWFzOngw6C99EO_jaysm8_mJHDClS7ahZDyCkibmAOKx3DXMBCTs8eRoi5Q33XoNU_ONkLiccQfM8EZPJ4WVz2y90M7hhIpfp_JZNLRsU8RyHYUsA/w300-h400/IMG_0237.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> another of the ways I entertain myself...making<br /></div> arrangements of my favorite collections. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbmK5RnvcInwCDKqCIMtAy0Vujyw9dC63PZ7Lp3056_rFORsdONWwTUEmihJ67fZo0-ykcPM6o70JFp9MhF1Ydy6rYdBy8aIvGEkHL6NedbAY8K9RZqvXvlWtMVrApyfUEYVrEzeeNGDUJmPwuLdQxOq-8KcbefprGOGEjxAtNnkVr4b4FrrToqblwQ/s4032/IMG_0241.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPbmK5RnvcInwCDKqCIMtAy0Vujyw9dC63PZ7Lp3056_rFORsdONWwTUEmihJ67fZo0-ykcPM6o70JFp9MhF1Ydy6rYdBy8aIvGEkHL6NedbAY8K9RZqvXvlWtMVrApyfUEYVrEzeeNGDUJmPwuLdQxOq-8KcbefprGOGEjxAtNnkVr4b4FrrToqblwQ/w300-h400/IMG_0241.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This one of stones my mother-in-law had collected. An angel.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Just noticed that the "heart" is upside down.) <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddL7Bra3FGxKWB0Uh6g5Gk4aK6GvK_sLcQ5SrmMLX2EVOpFB5kEIVAgBBFheWX8FLnPxMmLbEvIdNkpRSOGoXDLrNQHIGE_Ea8MbpDZDCEwJAilNOOavicdjwVphQY9XSGQdud-1CmnZp0TBXBwaDianSxLllggqEoB4JXAWP6P7rqpPCBdqAYRgQsQ/s4032/IMG_0243.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhddL7Bra3FGxKWB0Uh6g5Gk4aK6GvK_sLcQ5SrmMLX2EVOpFB5kEIVAgBBFheWX8FLnPxMmLbEvIdNkpRSOGoXDLrNQHIGE_Ea8MbpDZDCEwJAilNOOavicdjwVphQY9XSGQdud-1CmnZp0TBXBwaDianSxLllggqEoB4JXAWP6P7rqpPCBdqAYRgQsQ/w300-h400/IMG_0243.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some of my birds...and.... a dandelion collected early in 2022.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, still looking good. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYRjeJ15xl96Gv-urYcMp6HDOzspYjBfHTRpdeNdx62IjQ1hVI7QTUZgCOoTz6KHErIVR5L6-hqHqAbyeqnF9oI3dwuJaIA1vlwvANIwAw836Qlc-mT47wo3RSzkLQyEJtYNFAqjP7b3dR2iLOMVQIE7IzWFsZwF3lTukFJGCsupuEZ3OcI_YQOwipA/s4032/IMG_0245.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYYRjeJ15xl96Gv-urYcMp6HDOzspYjBfHTRpdeNdx62IjQ1hVI7QTUZgCOoTz6KHErIVR5L6-hqHqAbyeqnF9oI3dwuJaIA1vlwvANIwAw836Qlc-mT47wo3RSzkLQyEJtYNFAqjP7b3dR2iLOMVQIE7IzWFsZwF3lTukFJGCsupuEZ3OcI_YQOwipA/w300-h400/IMG_0245.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Books, clocks, bottles. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iszAZ4Y5bHOgE3JzxKh30ZCJhlP-2mVBT7xOxliQ5npH5DSXaMPUwoCtKH_yevqBYC8obitA7GVBwXal-4vn1HcSWhxoBlBcBmhGo7WZVBmQVoD1o4z4zG0ZbJ09H4d6IV2QwRkqaymV1FPMaNN_2EcJSVMkS--p3tTdep-hCwIO5bfcXM5LhsdRNA/s4032/IMG_0247.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-iszAZ4Y5bHOgE3JzxKh30ZCJhlP-2mVBT7xOxliQ5npH5DSXaMPUwoCtKH_yevqBYC8obitA7GVBwXal-4vn1HcSWhxoBlBcBmhGo7WZVBmQVoD1o4z4zG0ZbJ09H4d6IV2QwRkqaymV1FPMaNN_2EcJSVMkS--p3tTdep-hCwIO5bfcXM5LhsdRNA/w400-h300/IMG_0247.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Children's chairs. That cat. I've had it many years. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAfNCoy8PMYUxcw5_D3DtVilGB3B5pmtQZ6wbSHhWGiDSAGiWHGtj6YmuRHUhVZe_6XN4ApNTBgAfpf_yiBoF3JB1xicvJFcpk5s5DtXw3es0qXSuWMaH4vf5rb8zrGPzP_1eEezE2sbjbCj6m_5fgxWycNKTBMVda0QZCV4SmBdTh59Ssq1KXxcnGw/s4032/IMG_0250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQAfNCoy8PMYUxcw5_D3DtVilGB3B5pmtQZ6wbSHhWGiDSAGiWHGtj6YmuRHUhVZe_6XN4ApNTBgAfpf_yiBoF3JB1xicvJFcpk5s5DtXw3es0qXSuWMaH4vf5rb8zrGPzP_1eEezE2sbjbCj6m_5fgxWycNKTBMVda0QZCV4SmBdTh59Ssq1KXxcnGw/w300-h400/IMG_0250.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Old doors. Found a mailbox for this one. Sometimes there is mail in it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A photo of my dad marching along in the army in the 40's. A tiny</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">print of an English cottage.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is no end of things that catch my eye, or bring a memory to mind.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, January is half over already. Where did it go? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be sitting by the fire...remembering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope you are having a safe and warm month with your precious memories too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take care, be happy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bird Nest Cottage</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥️ <br /></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-28490982983926627702023-01-03T02:37:00.000-06:002023-01-03T02:37:50.892-06:00Begining Again....Happy New Year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VY0WG35J9eqI51TqK2i3Z7rBUjVWMJ6DbHOjfTgnIJUnIaLpTuAaXvi0lJrzYZqiJCde5cnVusvG460CltyTsa52DTV1Ewz_oJqxOw3rH9IIoGWHBuCtRP1oorLr7re7ZtPXCu8ke7PXpU3rD-3c2aoz8yodLFRIOFIOhHHQ4rDJonxThyLWkK1k0A/s4032/IMG_0219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8VY0WG35J9eqI51TqK2i3Z7rBUjVWMJ6DbHOjfTgnIJUnIaLpTuAaXvi0lJrzYZqiJCde5cnVusvG460CltyTsa52DTV1Ewz_oJqxOw3rH9IIoGWHBuCtRP1oorLr7re7ZtPXCu8ke7PXpU3rD-3c2aoz8yodLFRIOFIOhHHQ4rDJonxThyLWkK1k0A/w400-h300/IMG_0219.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Yes, I am back, hoping to post again after a year of being absent.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">It was a test of a year to be honest and I'm pleased to be done with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">Because I know you will want to ask...let me just say what happened, briefly and we won't talk about it again. I began 2022 with a broken right shoulder. Later, I went through a total knee replacement on my right knee. While trying to deal with those two things, I had a fight with something called c-diff.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I was amazed to survive and worked as hard as I could to recover from it all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I am still in recovery. It seems these things take a while to get over...even after you do become functional again. I am not full of energy, not driving, and even more of a "hermit" than ever, but do want to be more like "myself" again. So, my children have shamed me into beginning posting on this blog again. It seems that several of you have found a way to get in touch with my daughter asking about me. My children have pointed out to me that some of you are still interested in what I used to post and it isn't fair for me to leave you hanging in mid-air. I hadn't thought of it that way. In fact, I hardly have thought at all...sorry to say, and, they are right also to tell me it would be good for me to reconnect with my friends out there in "blogland." So, I'm posting. Not sure how often...maybe every couple of weeks or so....but I'm certainly going to try to show you what I'm into. </div><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Since I have no work to show you for the time I've been away, just
thought I'd show you the latest thing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have done......well, I bought
this antique dresser last year and didn't bring it home until just
recently.</div><p></p>Naturally, I went overboard loading it up with all kinds of
my favorite finds. Well, it did give me something fun to think
about...and way over due. So, enjoy this glimpse into my version of "hoarding.<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkWZXXH3_S4BQc47X5NhIE6EcJZ0VZc3OQVqHofZWkS0OLdAXHUdtBK64-_9moryQfhwVPXf1bEPDkmBD-tx7C-a1Qc2_4QR9NqnnQBBkVZEqk2EadZf_54fLr2ikhcjRj5mN3_w3J7f6tnOvMbb6ZEepbPJKQ0IhLUIoHVqYoWDLoHGTnwxIdsuZuw/s4032/IMG_0221.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTkWZXXH3_S4BQc47X5NhIE6EcJZ0VZc3OQVqHofZWkS0OLdAXHUdtBK64-_9moryQfhwVPXf1bEPDkmBD-tx7C-a1Qc2_4QR9NqnnQBBkVZEqk2EadZf_54fLr2ikhcjRj5mN3_w3J7f6tnOvMbb6ZEepbPJKQ0IhLUIoHVqYoWDLoHGTnwxIdsuZuw/w400-h300/IMG_0221.jpg" width="400" /> </a><br /></div><p></p><div style="margin-left: 40px; text-align: center;"></div><p style="text-align: left;"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqYmZ3ExXHy1wgiVwa8LqCNcdPFM78nFIaszDEwLDb9EnUygxJneYqzltUsne74bzMeDcwo-CMLhFtvJNh73dnBzY3AEQoiS0crVM5LUdDcvfe72LqtWTuZh4K1TFuZhj47PResV5FBPWW1Llmzlit9nbHvAnudGEsOba4i_iRFn-w-my55JDnpr21g/s4032/IMG_0226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJqYmZ3ExXHy1wgiVwa8LqCNcdPFM78nFIaszDEwLDb9EnUygxJneYqzltUsne74bzMeDcwo-CMLhFtvJNh73dnBzY3AEQoiS0crVM5LUdDcvfe72LqtWTuZh4K1TFuZhj47PResV5FBPWW1Llmzlit9nbHvAnudGEsOba4i_iRFn-w-my55JDnpr21g/w400-h300/IMG_0226.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LfdNF5E6axdZKcXMEFSyab_x9uIiWDE1KRUq98fprliwRrbKbCMrBcpdItd8F-LVYOw3-yxzew2wigDzLf-tuiNHpN0C7OIogziywPllgjFF7nvfySEPON8tgPQ8y3Ghc38WC49CNqb5MO85nyeU_V8DF8cAFbHnKINpChrVgWmRiJLY9_OpPlGipA/s4032/IMG_0228.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0LfdNF5E6axdZKcXMEFSyab_x9uIiWDE1KRUq98fprliwRrbKbCMrBcpdItd8F-LVYOw3-yxzew2wigDzLf-tuiNHpN0C7OIogziywPllgjFF7nvfySEPON8tgPQ8y3Ghc38WC49CNqb5MO85nyeU_V8DF8cAFbHnKINpChrVgWmRiJLY9_OpPlGipA/w400-h300/IMG_0228.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6W9-xCMiPHbBwqsUNlmJDW_TYriIgjVtT2kii8qyxqs4bay23ro0SQPknZa-uKiOM36CfuVA2KxJhdqUB1xwgT1kvf5Kgigfg4MCqJtK_705y7aCHP3iZBOErWiDj9EyqdbnkWf0yiPhKa4XBl5WwjQ05D7LAkPvde6_6Ntn3Dm5ty2EIyJlnkF7Kw/s4032/IMG_0229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6W9-xCMiPHbBwqsUNlmJDW_TYriIgjVtT2kii8qyxqs4bay23ro0SQPknZa-uKiOM36CfuVA2KxJhdqUB1xwgT1kvf5Kgigfg4MCqJtK_705y7aCHP3iZBOErWiDj9EyqdbnkWf0yiPhKa4XBl5WwjQ05D7LAkPvde6_6Ntn3Dm5ty2EIyJlnkF7Kw/w300-h400/IMG_0229.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Wishing everyone a wonderful new year and thank you for visiting. I'll see you again soon.<p></p><p>(For those who contacted my daughter...and you know who you are...Thank You so much. Your concern gave me a push to "get over it" and I needed to hear that.)</p><p>Until next time my friends, stay safe and warm and have a happy heart.</p><p>from</p><p> Bird Nest Cottage♥️<br /> </p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-68709782964259850082022-02-14T22:26:00.000-06:002022-02-14T22:26:26.694-06:00HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPckggBhchdN68N-hrtnHylN_9V2B6CkRcqZJVWZwL4C4d1Wzv2kjwgKga0to-V1LaGA7sF5x2yofEa6AJrGqGFnba9D_Qs5Rh_bKTbV7IyBoJvLdxJYAHGPjLdXAXelq8iCtgQTIPHzuU3ZJYKOjPMl4fIX0JOn6ofgjKdaRplj8KWLvUw_Ax7H2k3w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgPckggBhchdN68N-hrtnHylN_9V2B6CkRcqZJVWZwL4C4d1Wzv2kjwgKga0to-V1LaGA7sF5x2yofEa6AJrGqGFnba9D_Qs5Rh_bKTbV7IyBoJvLdxJYAHGPjLdXAXelq8iCtgQTIPHzuU3ZJYKOjPMl4fIX0JOn6ofgjKdaRplj8KWLvUw_Ax7H2k3w=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You heard me say the other week that I wanted to use these two little birds on a nest to make a </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Valentine's Day "card' for the old navy man.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He fed the birds every day and Cardinals were his favorite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whenever a male and female Cardinal appeared on the deck he always said:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">"They mate for life, you know." <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBMoleNLpN-uGrSXI_Iy5x6_SbbLGDE84xv7bAc2hxReIVpO_tTO7Ev3nFwjN2pGliOrKecR1pR-54HFsMT8QE93662ZkCabtZCr2XamecGtZKLU7hACOSesgwFJQSewdS6hiNA0VpyBTe0QSlvHJP4agIW92zyPe1IVGXgsKWAtg0rjm0E8K0wBI6rQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhBMoleNLpN-uGrSXI_Iy5x6_SbbLGDE84xv7bAc2hxReIVpO_tTO7Ev3nFwjN2pGliOrKecR1pR-54HFsMT8QE93662ZkCabtZCr2XamecGtZKLU7hACOSesgwFJQSewdS6hiNA0VpyBTe0QSlvHJP4agIW92zyPe1IVGXgsKWAtg0rjm0E8K0wBI6rQ=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Well, we did too and I'm still here, so wanted to remember him this Valentine's Day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with a little decorated nest and that cute Cardinal couple.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Mother of Pearl buttons because I had no bird seed.) <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfvcL51D4klq2vhicWU2Er4YMrVEOl6WQXh__xGjC_NIOvCXaLyVBAHa2N72PkXDzB_bzWXRgnJooRWpytpMWiAuUSO7aUlErPuYc7wN8ZJxhtP0bL6WRnLtiN_a6ZItNlapSYD8UVfCLLj3vsC8G5sSG-fGAc0LxyDFn2ouidQEiBZtQCUs0IW5996g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgfvcL51D4klq2vhicWU2Er4YMrVEOl6WQXh__xGjC_NIOvCXaLyVBAHa2N72PkXDzB_bzWXRgnJooRWpytpMWiAuUSO7aUlErPuYc7wN8ZJxhtP0bL6WRnLtiN_a6ZItNlapSYD8UVfCLLj3vsC8G5sSG-fGAc0LxyDFn2ouidQEiBZtQCUs0IW5996g=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> So, here's to you, <p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> Old Navy Man</b></p><p style="text-align: left;"> my one and only Valentine forever and ever. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> I will never forget. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> ♥️<br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center;"> Stay safe and warm and have a Happy Heart</p><p style="text-align: center;"> from </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b> Bird Nest Cottage</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"> ♥️<br /></p><p></p><p><br /> </p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-37715620524456420012022-01-24T00:29:00.000-06:002022-01-24T00:29:51.214-06:00For Want of a Floral Vine<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvLG-BWIdga4LBDKm92UBbQeWtFyTHvnX9BjXqCx0o4VTz7fVpSAlvQ-OYuXlqLnlqgvp2TUM4LrVGw85d4njIVsZhTpwst-yXJcVZPkr9lSN66ub_8zZ9TNlbjx_a0XBvLZsmgpN3a5vz72ajUKaJJh_-I-R-RRJQ3xZwN2ynIIxO80FWEFhPWZgg3Q=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvLG-BWIdga4LBDKm92UBbQeWtFyTHvnX9BjXqCx0o4VTz7fVpSAlvQ-OYuXlqLnlqgvp2TUM4LrVGw85d4njIVsZhTpwst-yXJcVZPkr9lSN66ub_8zZ9TNlbjx_a0XBvLZsmgpN3a5vz72ajUKaJJh_-I-R-RRJQ3xZwN2ynIIxO80FWEFhPWZgg3Q=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I don't know how to think or say anything anymore, without wanting to sketch or embroider.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Words just won't do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But here are a couple of "projects" I have decided need my attention.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought this old print at the flea a couple of weeks ago. In the "back room" as we call it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For $1.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't resist. I can barely ever resist.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I've been looking at it off and on wondering what I could do with it as my little brain instantly saw a vine all around the mat. How would I do it?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Well, will I do it? I want to think so. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGUccA1BV17UUyBSA-7VzUACofqn73UbNhcC_wuIn-DCZ0EW6W7V2P61g-9OIYkiU1DaeZ2wHQEzN_IEpbJ1rfLN0ZlNeYXCOtUKF2bedZGtytsNd96OLoeJDGWYbbeHNHjnWTgdg_H5PoW3h0w6obWDVboOdzvyXjrEFsfqw0f20hVrV3rqvRin50yg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGUccA1BV17UUyBSA-7VzUACofqn73UbNhcC_wuIn-DCZ0EW6W7V2P61g-9OIYkiU1DaeZ2wHQEzN_IEpbJ1rfLN0ZlNeYXCOtUKF2bedZGtytsNd96OLoeJDGWYbbeHNHjnWTgdg_H5PoW3h0w6obWDVboOdzvyXjrEFsfqw0f20hVrV3rqvRin50yg=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't improve on the lovely girl....no. But, I could really have some fun and experiment with that mat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Surely the girl would forgive me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(I think if I really messed it up, I could just put in an new mat.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh41bvNPvHW6Kg6eUL26Fp6uKls66nYQIGqyZ1EGiCAJT1yIAPMcB12a9AfR2-gCKIRX1D144tqGWoN7AYkywU-IQ_JJigKdzeqbvvJwlf4h5MWQUemmi1JfgluuL51-IgCYdonPwIsZWGjL7npS0vYlgRftxMYvTNWLV-8zDZDxiBd5pB6O2Coic8vdw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh41bvNPvHW6Kg6eUL26Fp6uKls66nYQIGqyZ1EGiCAJT1yIAPMcB12a9AfR2-gCKIRX1D144tqGWoN7AYkywU-IQ_JJigKdzeqbvvJwlf4h5MWQUemmi1JfgluuL51-IgCYdonPwIsZWGjL7npS0vYlgRftxMYvTNWLV-8zDZDxiBd5pB6O2Coic8vdw=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then....these hexagons....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought these, ($2), made into a pillow which was crying out to me to put it out of it's misery.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Needless to say, I unsewed the pillow, throwing the stuffing and the back away. I not only loved the wear and tear on the hexagons, but the old fabric prints. What would I have done differently?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well....I wasn't there then, so I really wouldn't want to say, but I do know that now I would probably not have used the muslin, but even more of the lovely old print fabric. And, I would have left off the blue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I do love it though, and hope to use these hexagons in a project or two.......just a small rescue project.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope to get better at answering email and comments. Patience please...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you next week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Stay safe and warm and have a happy heart.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bird Nest Cottage</b><br /></div> ♥️<p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-79181135030603369692022-01-17T01:31:00.000-06:002022-01-17T01:31:26.684-06:00Old Things Made Along the Way<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Bm0dxauMasFtPW_7m9ck9zXPGMhatzRVy9g-r-VA2_w-iU3AEGU-fKSLZuksgfoLJdhWUj7IwJzL9TlulcxXKeMWs9Z4eivbjVXX882p_h7ydA5e_gNGft8fr50VxSfPvyn3ORKrL_qN3S4KmP638dkSqTN2UHa-KmjOZAOfwXR_ei7XNKJAPmTfJQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3Bm0dxauMasFtPW_7m9ck9zXPGMhatzRVy9g-r-VA2_w-iU3AEGU-fKSLZuksgfoLJdhWUj7IwJzL9TlulcxXKeMWs9Z4eivbjVXX882p_h7ydA5e_gNGft8fr50VxSfPvyn3ORKrL_qN3S4KmP638dkSqTN2UHa-KmjOZAOfwXR_ei7XNKJAPmTfJQ=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> So, here's my story:<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpPZ2AnajVZSbZJNkHn5JskPYyJ-AyXG9pK_WvaDiv3vRAN-sUfvS5vjAzJ_E2Og_WNKOTaOim38p1fuwqkqqQyfSx8gLj1ciyjVNJWzhODn7nubYYWCIaUUy80fXVPQXQZNf_orjWygzP2ClNsM_908uMCqKC55n9TyQmGjbynTmcxdqamhNVg0GYAQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgpPZ2AnajVZSbZJNkHn5JskPYyJ-AyXG9pK_WvaDiv3vRAN-sUfvS5vjAzJ_E2Og_WNKOTaOim38p1fuwqkqqQyfSx8gLj1ciyjVNJWzhODn7nubYYWCIaUUy80fXVPQXQZNf_orjWygzP2ClNsM_908uMCqKC55n9TyQmGjbynTmcxdqamhNVg0GYAQ=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, here are some things I have made along the way. The "way" being years long.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm fond of these few things....none of them quilts, you will see. I could have shown quilts, but my house doesn't have much to wall space to hang them, so it was just easier to show some small things. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNsb8lJce2LPQQBecMvgzykosLpHOxdT1X4tZTgWw5EhBcgx_p8Nitz83RIxwAVPWBPnv2zc8p4z8bKesx5WfVxrjvQBBNu4HTUQBWm-Mr5xQ-5FMrTdYxU4MPihoXHqTvF7gH_PCByy4MmfRV3Jgqyy0EX-OKZ6h0P1ZR_0gYUowzHSFZidSNEs3YWw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiNsb8lJce2LPQQBecMvgzykosLpHOxdT1X4tZTgWw5EhBcgx_p8Nitz83RIxwAVPWBPnv2zc8p4z8bKesx5WfVxrjvQBBNu4HTUQBWm-Mr5xQ-5FMrTdYxU4MPihoXHqTvF7gH_PCByy4MmfRV3Jgqyy0EX-OKZ6h0P1ZR_0gYUowzHSFZidSNEs3YWw=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>This may be my favorite thing ever. I do so love some embroidery...and I especially love the very old all white embroideries of days gone by. The cloth on the end is one I found at the flea. Immediately I knew I was going to try and reproduce it. And, I did. It's embroidered on linen with a beaded edge.<p></p><p><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje8ij_zqROhpVBISMliS4am5IUoxt-fjKrFpUorz7qrhJnKDpSRQ07Jycv9qRj1SNafJwp3hV5WUt6L-x3QrkhYEibmY7VakK6_TaRZ-iF2anrxXo_XZEJBhTAD1ZFoXrkLyAU0T9JoNU8WASYoaqrN13py9LBsVy-rSYqPPzEVL1ABEET8G3BHgwkHw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje8ij_zqROhpVBISMliS4am5IUoxt-fjKrFpUorz7qrhJnKDpSRQ07Jycv9qRj1SNafJwp3hV5WUt6L-x3QrkhYEibmY7VakK6_TaRZ-iF2anrxXo_XZEJBhTAD1ZFoXrkLyAU0T9JoNU8WASYoaqrN13py9LBsVy-rSYqPPzEVL1ABEET8G3BHgwkHw=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a pillow I stitched many years ago. Redwork. I remember I used two strands of, I think, DMC #816. It doesn't take as long as you think. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmhUhUjuelDshI3nJXf2IzZzj1glN5eJTzVViKXmazfXCHczQs0XZr7tbWAq0WrW21LcYeOU1WX5l3hq-YDm7AdaFn8TyuQfOOahh1aZBnVPSAWY_BXUXrzp_WJS5jJwIkXi6g6CqLpzzPD6bk5EfrZmiMCl2rTydnPyXEI0IjyVejohE5yoB3raN7ag=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjmhUhUjuelDshI3nJXf2IzZzj1glN5eJTzVViKXmazfXCHczQs0XZr7tbWAq0WrW21LcYeOU1WX5l3hq-YDm7AdaFn8TyuQfOOahh1aZBnVPSAWY_BXUXrzp_WJS5jJwIkXi6g6CqLpzzPD6bk5EfrZmiMCl2rTydnPyXEI0IjyVejohE5yoB3raN7ag=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Somehow I got into a habit of making pincushions. I still love them and have LOTS of items to use to make many more. I will....I may have to push harder but I have every intention of using a lot of this stuff up.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDvsFQfJj4t2iMzGW5Hn539iNmMOshlVPhRhRwNAC9SgGJVSFPbPxyNGDJfBUwBNwmL8DhFcfifDxhMXVjQ8mzrW7bgT0BH7HSbyZALb3gSX0dJA51XVWC_EBguXVOSpRntVol6tuTe31cjptt-p9f0-FD8PQ9cVvQ-JaTin7YFt-lS3Jic1WNU7Mzjg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiDvsFQfJj4t2iMzGW5Hn539iNmMOshlVPhRhRwNAC9SgGJVSFPbPxyNGDJfBUwBNwmL8DhFcfifDxhMXVjQ8mzrW7bgT0BH7HSbyZALb3gSX0dJA51XVWC_EBguXVOSpRntVol6tuTe31cjptt-p9f0-FD8PQ9cVvQ-JaTin7YFt-lS3Jic1WNU7Mzjg=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This appliqued landscape I made for the old navy man. He loved it...notice the power poles. They weren't there at first, but he told me that barn would never have power if there were no power lines.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(He worked his whole adult life for the power company.) I took his word for it, so managed to stitch a few power lines along the road. There is even a transformer there. It makes me smile still.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-nIFTpwlH0B1fDpjK28f3FSWe49pVzn9p1ya6qndp4cu94RCsYahbnHGTCzvN1MhVcjjYj_QG5Q7GRQtTZdhdF-jtPmdYWe8jOXrLirrkhG7X1_29UUtMd8rHP9r2g_T17RllmLt8nbi5dgCmKriAe9CNkoLxoh5XA61s3KQJPsgcb6p-s-BlSAR4eA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-nIFTpwlH0B1fDpjK28f3FSWe49pVzn9p1ya6qndp4cu94RCsYahbnHGTCzvN1MhVcjjYj_QG5Q7GRQtTZdhdF-jtPmdYWe8jOXrLirrkhG7X1_29UUtMd8rHP9r2g_T17RllmLt8nbi5dgCmKriAe9CNkoLxoh5XA61s3KQJPsgcb6p-s-BlSAR4eA=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this pincushion....I do love it so. You've seen it many many times here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's very tactile...I just love holding it in my hand. Several people have asked me how I could possibly stick pins in it. I think that is hilarious as it has a million stitches holding it together. I actually don't use it as it was intended though. Mostly I just look at it.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu_JRx_Xkhp9zi2ghPnNe_1h1xIjX7DAXyeh-VkxG2rL_P2f6hucz2EUm5x4Y7qVfCxAz26ROMbilZN58AZbU-5WwksjS6TIj8A7dwWBOf5g3Nw8lQbiYIqg_bIoYycKEsXlmMTtcU33jZHT0WFSb8Xkg976b68-jcEduU2nWIXhUkRhRIVKGVvO-i1Q=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgu_JRx_Xkhp9zi2ghPnNe_1h1xIjX7DAXyeh-VkxG2rL_P2f6hucz2EUm5x4Y7qVfCxAz26ROMbilZN58AZbU-5WwksjS6TIj8A7dwWBOf5g3Nw8lQbiYIqg_bIoYycKEsXlmMTtcU33jZHT0WFSb8Xkg976b68-jcEduU2nWIXhUkRhRIVKGVvO-i1Q=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That basket. I em embroidered that on a scrap of fabric, then didn't know what to do with. I ran across some glass paperweights and knew that would be a good idea...so immediately put those two things together. I've enjoyed having it. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMAh2SIVw0dPsuJbU_TyBeNSntjwkous2Ei7KYSimgNsFd95aZB4t2VbSq4OT-3aTNmQvCMKhwQhcrCajaFamJyEwTjPyPvK7bBOpA6h2D7AW_Oy8WjV1rjU1DFZ26cDQ4lTLH6Ts5oxuA48lrDiUqU0kLrwUeSbR9pz0-4BVuHggY8XhMwxPYvybaGQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhMAh2SIVw0dPsuJbU_TyBeNSntjwkous2Ei7KYSimgNsFd95aZB4t2VbSq4OT-3aTNmQvCMKhwQhcrCajaFamJyEwTjPyPvK7bBOpA6h2D7AW_Oy8WjV1rjU1DFZ26cDQ4lTLH6Ts5oxuA48lrDiUqU0kLrwUeSbR9pz0-4BVuHggY8XhMwxPYvybaGQ=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Another pincushion. One of the Crazy Quilt things I felt compelled to make. I may make some more here soon......as I have it in my head to fill a huge bowl I have with different pincushions and hearts. We'll see.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis-EEnhjbpQusphmv_wK2KM4otBTcBufI0tSxMvIvH6ZOv76ZhUHhyyjpmsK17FJGtkeTdKimIVN52gfASdYfOWfHlvU7y5F1TMzVBaHjGVJPevZsoPKkjOA1ZXaL-EWLzUw0KKg6pvTuIEqozw4OTB837G7AQ5ZXrhYxJfJk4Jel4WG3DdiHC6U_-aw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEis-EEnhjbpQusphmv_wK2KM4otBTcBufI0tSxMvIvH6ZOv76ZhUHhyyjpmsK17FJGtkeTdKimIVN52gfASdYfOWfHlvU7y5F1TMzVBaHjGVJPevZsoPKkjOA1ZXaL-EWLzUw0KKg6pvTuIEqozw4OTB837G7AQ5ZXrhYxJfJk4Jel4WG3DdiHC6U_-aw=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is a little book from Walmart's school supply section. My kids are in their fifties, but every year I go to Walmart and buy some school supplies. One year I picked up about half dozen of these.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I gave it a little artistic touch by covering it with a paper towel, then painting it, etc. I write quotes in it. There are never enough cute books to write quotes in if you ask me.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2X1_P-69vjpX3zlQWqhj_DU6D4-_L4_aUUaC4cyz4HIeULOGWN7PXEoZdLj2NJQRef2wxzE5nJxSVriC3k0gQJxjA--u0Tvtl54dh7GN0S4dOZIfljDo4krfhQ9yVCsW3PSviZ5ytumSsML7jCsLPPQhDYLup7KL5qYbWt162YD_gYhu_pDesQElu8w=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg2X1_P-69vjpX3zlQWqhj_DU6D4-_L4_aUUaC4cyz4HIeULOGWN7PXEoZdLj2NJQRef2wxzE5nJxSVriC3k0gQJxjA--u0Tvtl54dh7GN0S4dOZIfljDo4krfhQ9yVCsW3PSviZ5ytumSsML7jCsLPPQhDYLup7KL5qYbWt162YD_gYhu_pDesQElu8w=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> This little 3" x 4" applique and embroidered bit of fun is another of my favorite things I've ever made. What fun it was. I still enjoy looking at it.........and, of course, it has been one of things that encouraged me to make LOTS of FRENCH KNOTS!!!<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZjTxmlp5yYSZTtbn4mDa2_IfYHl42csvgo--hDlGq2dsZWIhFs8cP1UseqIRB7u3RddBr98x3n2c9Yp0a83pZAqp3vT_RAcQWkr-h85Js1qDXxsC1wOp6UTkcBCRGnv4XdSBM-BjqgjoRT87uFgmG8k7eNTtA8vz4tToUQBkKfrISWSd4WcZU0caFOQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjZjTxmlp5yYSZTtbn4mDa2_IfYHl42csvgo--hDlGq2dsZWIhFs8cP1UseqIRB7u3RddBr98x3n2c9Yp0a83pZAqp3vT_RAcQWkr-h85Js1qDXxsC1wOp6UTkcBCRGnv4XdSBM-BjqgjoRT87uFgmG8k7eNTtA8vz4tToUQBkKfrISWSd4WcZU0caFOQ=w300-h400" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, this little person. Made her from a Japanese embroidered dinner napkin. Except for her hair which I made from some hand-dyed fabrics. She was so much fun to make. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7B2H-zdGR3kBaYtD16f9nWtS3E4buOnamIC9rEVN6d38aN9dm3uCjDI5c0lrLMN-d-MmOXUq1pR6_eeV-dKIwuHQIahKdQXLFWqFg-ve1XMlCuDYo_McVrP3yU2chel9HnqE6fp94oQK8u8FSwmf-I9swv4fppXLmlrdXVsJ_J2EXmfpsHXVhKRLk5g=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7B2H-zdGR3kBaYtD16f9nWtS3E4buOnamIC9rEVN6d38aN9dm3uCjDI5c0lrLMN-d-MmOXUq1pR6_eeV-dKIwuHQIahKdQXLFWqFg-ve1XMlCuDYo_McVrP3yU2chel9HnqE6fp94oQK8u8FSwmf-I9swv4fppXLmlrdXVsJ_J2EXmfpsHXVhKRLk5g=w300-h400" width="300" /></a></div><br />And, I've saved this little pincushion for years. It's barely two inches square. Plain as can be. I just never wanted to do anything to it as I thought it cute just as it was. Don't really try to figure yourself out....just do the things you feel you want to do. There really is nothing wrong with a plain pincushion, is there??<br /> <p></p><p> So,there you are. Many things you will find hanging around my house. Hopefully....more will be forthcoming here shortly. And that quilt I showed you a few weeks ago...I'd like to have it done by the end of 2022. </p><p>Much goodness to come your way this year.......take care......pat ♥️</p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Stay safe and warm and have a happy heart</p><p style="text-align: center;">from</p><p style="text-align: center;">Bird Nest Cottage</p><p style="text-align: center;">♥️<br /></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-71050246367274959122022-01-09T22:23:00.000-06:002022-01-09T22:23:19.348-06:00A Valentine - An Early Start<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh97W3QeigItXoezMVwrUX9EazLD4VJCA-wGzL557MZUWl9jo2WiYK2rRzTiMwtaF1kjD3aRUWKujpVq54dUcVKJmyTgqnGN6i-SS0YZ061XwSgHIr3eBD2DWbAWC9jrct51YdrdUtB6q2wxdE8cwTxz_I2WK6UzgkPb5NjmRm4WubuLdU7ga7qB8C_Q=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhh97W3QeigItXoezMVwrUX9EazLD4VJCA-wGzL557MZUWl9jo2WiYK2rRzTiMwtaF1kjD3aRUWKujpVq54dUcVKJmyTgqnGN6i-SS0YZ061XwSgHIr3eBD2DWbAWC9jrct51YdrdUtB6q2wxdE8cwTxz_I2WK6UzgkPb5NjmRm4WubuLdU7ga7qB8C_Q=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The Cardinal was <b>Richard's</b> favorite bird. He loved to watch them feed on our patio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this little ceramic nest with two Cardinals perched there on the edge a long time ago</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and decided the other day that it would make a great place to display an embroidered heart </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for Valentine's Day. For "<b>the old navy man</b>."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP_KyuR3S1OhGYfYBG_UzUn9YhGCMNwN9CP0RoTnP2orFNXCRoHgRaktniYD4r8juzfRXR2ZiiV-LraHl4HtWT5tOXVPYk35dYbgaeLiVLinx8mrDoZNzKWSMB57rMwGPFKb5HNuSPB_1Q0vvdSvA-owQeug7V5-H28zpn_VMy6D5Z6GMbW-EjK3bLVw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjP_KyuR3S1OhGYfYBG_UzUn9YhGCMNwN9CP0RoTnP2orFNXCRoHgRaktniYD4r8juzfRXR2ZiiV-LraHl4HtWT5tOXVPYk35dYbgaeLiVLinx8mrDoZNzKWSMB57rMwGPFKb5HNuSPB_1Q0vvdSvA-owQeug7V5-H28zpn_VMy6D5Z6GMbW-EjK3bLVw=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't made it yet, but thought I'd gather some "ingredients" together</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and make him one. Surely I can do that before it's actually Valentine's Day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, here we are....DMC embroidery floss, a bit of old aged lace, the needles,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the thread (even it is aged!).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, just for inspiration, I placed a needle book I make long ago....just the right colors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6ynA4UHMOleeZiLcp0fLFSiJgxyXId1HhaNDYH109zNN0CJw5PiflNShbeWEOXwr3YI-Qr1lHizyQmbneC96s_sg19CC7D0H52ztmnWN53KLlUeo1yw-cWQ7iWA45Noix4pCdv3bYQpg8bbUxhogBS72j-VYul367_dtX3QwFs31L2GdJ5qn-eGTqUg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1hmlT1Cnfx38wKIHVt9wJ2i0_P0KGs2FT3N7ltmnLsMDLNrOJjStBui305lUPcdAdRcgCi4mvV9tds8bh0F6aF5aE59dvTuAZe4DziwcFYhSl-ZQ-hZX7j5aEgMSFQSaa1Qbknl9eApvMSkVYZcNnOWuvO9SJXgxGqm8Uhnja53d869qGNaylYKy8Kw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh1hmlT1Cnfx38wKIHVt9wJ2i0_P0KGs2FT3N7ltmnLsMDLNrOJjStBui305lUPcdAdRcgCi4mvV9tds8bh0F6aF5aE59dvTuAZe4DziwcFYhSl-ZQ-hZX7j5aEgMSFQSaa1Qbknl9eApvMSkVYZcNnOWuvO9SJXgxGqm8Uhnja53d869qGNaylYKy8Kw=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a><p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, a bundle of fabrics to choose from....although these may not be the ones I use. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnpccdjAlpKetNHSUFj0OxcEI_QQJe8LbXK01QRz7It_yp41I_viDDUa0uyH2sATxQi-EncjBCZR3Yk-SRpsKUX8pctW-GKszJvQzZLKnq5Y8dXaISVOWimy8TvWq8tDtpMRv10I2DmoJLBep6y-WU-NwpPjkHdezmIXhYE5nny59GbIJyW2JI1pDFmQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnpccdjAlpKetNHSUFj0OxcEI_QQJe8LbXK01QRz7It_yp41I_viDDUa0uyH2sATxQi-EncjBCZR3Yk-SRpsKUX8pctW-GKszJvQzZLKnq5Y8dXaISVOWimy8TvWq8tDtpMRv10I2DmoJLBep6y-WU-NwpPjkHdezmIXhYE5nny59GbIJyW2JI1pDFmQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mother of Pearl buttons will line the nest.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is my little embroidered heart Sampler.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I made those as a stitch guide several years ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll let you see it beforehand, but it will probably be my post for Valentine's Day too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll add some others to that post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here I am....looking forward.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's all good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay safe and warm and have a happy heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bird Nest Cottage<br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-44764690850924535912022-01-01T20:11:00.000-06:002022-01-01T20:11:09.028-06:00ANOTHER CHANCE<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSf-g3_zhONd7yzz71ac2gfSpDYX8bK8FxfHvBBM6FLZidke1823k1VSsavMdWkQ1PxeHJEneEBvAHxxbilYGyn8E5fKs3K-wTwwOWgwWGfWMNAeKoUBrOdVTCg0LW_lsLxPcs1tY00oA1ArqbEZn_CMWAA0zH3d9Gm7AhLkv-xF-Xo8FB1BxujodLOQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSf-g3_zhONd7yzz71ac2gfSpDYX8bK8FxfHvBBM6FLZidke1823k1VSsavMdWkQ1PxeHJEneEBvAHxxbilYGyn8E5fKs3K-wTwwOWgwWGfWMNAeKoUBrOdVTCg0LW_lsLxPcs1tY00oA1ArqbEZn_CMWAA0zH3d9Gm7AhLkv-xF-Xo8FB1BxujodLOQ=w400-h300" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, here we are...a new year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am happy that 2021 is over and we have<b> another chance</b> to do better now that we have reached 2022. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Personally, I feel I pretty much wasted the last year. Nothing seemed to be right...I lost focus, energy, the will to accomplish things, and most important to me....enthusiasm. Then, there was also the fear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was the year I became old. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just to add to the craziness.....I fell and broke my right shoulder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That gave me plenty of time to see just how far I had "fallen" in this little world I had made for myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I couldn't do anything...I am right handed. I never knew how important a shoulder actually is.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During the last four months of the year, I realized I had to get over myself.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Physical therapy made me also realize I might have a little trouble quilting and embroidering and writing and all the other things I had enjoyed up until 2021.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I've done a lot of thinking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsh9BtstRawEleWfF513qCj2cUNf5gkwabhts5bOaij4mVMb9_sq5Adf4vqyRurC2dsjhMCQmIxcJFAlpFjP48rYK75K2Uqe_wvNqFwVFen0wvIanFjn26XtG75CDYCJTbd44m7N8P3S6-FDAex6HhCamNbvG593fxE6xyFqibbvZSLeqktVrELrYCVg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjsh9BtstRawEleWfF513qCj2cUNf5gkwabhts5bOaij4mVMb9_sq5Adf4vqyRurC2dsjhMCQmIxcJFAlpFjP48rYK75K2Uqe_wvNqFwVFen0wvIanFjn26XtG75CDYCJTbd44m7N8P3S6-FDAex6HhCamNbvG593fxE6xyFqibbvZSLeqktVrELrYCVg=w240-h320" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last few years, if you've read my blog at all, you will remember that I have loved rescuing quilts. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It occurred to me that unless I put out some effort, my own unfinished work would have to be rescued by someone else. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How sad would that be?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGgRWdTMYgl5Vwkfn1lrJI8ybCEEUgl3Y1SxY3zTdo4uPEQx1vA7vL6Tu4DmhfmyYGpXil23c7cZKJmIFh9iLWkctpKHIZwNZLLPN3W9a-3ErzLphrL_JDSOzm33cwx7s8Fe4gz8EJIAX3vkKLRErYKvLgDWevbuJ7qyD3UlxJVo593KvQx1VHPYr2EA=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjGgRWdTMYgl5Vwkfn1lrJI8ybCEEUgl3Y1SxY3zTdo4uPEQx1vA7vL6Tu4DmhfmyYGpXil23c7cZKJmIFh9iLWkctpKHIZwNZLLPN3W9a-3ErzLphrL_JDSOzm33cwx7s8Fe4gz8EJIAX3vkKLRErYKvLgDWevbuJ7qyD3UlxJVo593KvQx1VHPYr2EA=s320" width="240" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEJUvjGexf-eDVi6koN6VWLgpbyi02BMdXewOVb0qfz3v01oD_89bBifToou2fNmDtooyqAo6krJvyhbW1YcOsdWl2_sfVc4KDEG0iB-MlBGqADy75FW9fP6Jc5IN4LSWcGCbiGqwexBRpySYqDs_Swaw3Ht08MtQAW-4wS2PkN_zCm0oSSJIvFZZZKg=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEJUvjGexf-eDVi6koN6VWLgpbyi02BMdXewOVb0qfz3v01oD_89bBifToou2fNmDtooyqAo6krJvyhbW1YcOsdWl2_sfVc4KDEG0iB-MlBGqADy75FW9fP6Jc5IN4LSWcGCbiGqwexBRpySYqDs_Swaw3Ht08MtQAW-4wS2PkN_zCm0oSSJIvFZZZKg=s320" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> So, I made the decision that I had to work harder at the therapy. And, along with that, I needed to get back to writing to <b>YOU</b>.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Many times over the last eight years, you have given me a reason to do things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Last year, I let you down. So, this year, I'm going to try harder to include my work and my small audience back into <b>Bird Nest Cottag</b>e. I hope you will visit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNjR0TKa9HZvnBWB5JiiJcgCTMjXs40H4cOuLjSwKYUOsdGRKsTvxe1mEctYdx6XjerROd5Ssgrgq2FIQIyE4u6V6Jyp5Op-d-J1G5t4KoKmqbatOBA93j01-AXd5VYZZC1VTlCLwCCHUxRLemmc9s_Bg3LVW-ggcXIiB3zIxlGgBk5Yxv_VosN_82nQ=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhNjR0TKa9HZvnBWB5JiiJcgCTMjXs40H4cOuLjSwKYUOsdGRKsTvxe1mEctYdx6XjerROd5Ssgrgq2FIQIyE4u6V6Jyp5Op-d-J1G5t4KoKmqbatOBA93j01-AXd5VYZZC1VTlCLwCCHUxRLemmc9s_Bg3LVW-ggcXIiB3zIxlGgBk5Yxv_VosN_82nQ=s320" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhGy-qGyH7772tOIy3cELKTQWEtOWtJvU_epVoNx9AGd7XzGrFZ-WPeMGsl8m64J3g_A5L9x6dJuno1gkh5Guh6P9HTsYJ1vG8hRkmFlQ5UZpaUHmpDUSlNBF9swb4ONR0sjYmp86HOTuJCxZICiH0N_jXJBtS27PwQdodmou-MW_zffuxa_kIndwzjw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhGy-qGyH7772tOIy3cELKTQWEtOWtJvU_epVoNx9AGd7XzGrFZ-WPeMGsl8m64J3g_A5L9x6dJuno1gkh5Guh6P9HTsYJ1vG8hRkmFlQ5UZpaUHmpDUSlNBF9swb4ONR0sjYmp86HOTuJCxZICiH0N_jXJBtS27PwQdodmou-MW_zffuxa_kIndwzjw=s320" width="320" /></a></div> </div>These photos are to show you this quilt....one I started many years ago. And, the first thing I believe I need to finish in 2022.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I brought it...and my frame and put it right in the middle of my living room. I can't avoid it now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, later tonight, I plan on trying to actually quilt on it. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, you will find me posting more often.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you in a week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc86KRhBLpqo1CR6z1rqIlhqwXBxxPwX38BTj5ahpxJDJ58KzRE9GghWzOQvHq3izMXeF_aZT4w0_dFW1dG1pXEqClK80qADcQ4y8kZ_85Uto76cWh_9ogGRPn6S46g2F3SZPC8gYGzDEb0rfCL_ZZSMgf4ks6gbimQjTkjEcuwmgUUGuMXghu7qnOSw=s4032" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjc86KRhBLpqo1CR6z1rqIlhqwXBxxPwX38BTj5ahpxJDJ58KzRE9GghWzOQvHq3izMXeF_aZT4w0_dFW1dG1pXEqClK80qADcQ4y8kZ_85Uto76cWh_9ogGRPn6S46g2F3SZPC8gYGzDEb0rfCL_ZZSMgf4ks6gbimQjTkjEcuwmgUUGuMXghu7qnOSw=s320" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Have a <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <b> VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR! </b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm wishing you a safe, warm, and happy heart in 2022<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>BIRD NEST COTTAGE</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">♥️<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-50599317038898399062020-12-31T20:06:00.000-06:002020-12-31T20:06:25.931-06:00Auld Lang Syne with Buttons and Birds<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0dneFltNtkR01xpyvFFA4H9X36e_pKMxrjSsw5pPK5mnRNUqwcwTvShiqlnniiSJZTEB05Zx9AUsTmgXfRMhhZS7nsoNH612iPzdZA87DV3oFi5uFkzDhOeYF1dyWLcG8Y0Y594kT4qG/s2048/IMG_9217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ0dneFltNtkR01xpyvFFA4H9X36e_pKMxrjSsw5pPK5mnRNUqwcwTvShiqlnniiSJZTEB05Zx9AUsTmgXfRMhhZS7nsoNH612iPzdZA87DV3oFi5uFkzDhOeYF1dyWLcG8Y0Y594kT4qG/w300-h400/IMG_9217.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> We've been through a year, haven't we?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ06cgDz9MC19UX5_gwQotWo9clGQaFOGOGyyq57g-F46H2AmhHhl3o5LjLK9KprqpBvQKi0ZFdoRpSt5czVKi7O8GPb4IY0tcNGy8UOuvzmrGO-t-ikopye97FhDggR9NcG21lfPQ_qB/s2048/IMG_9220.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYZ06cgDz9MC19UX5_gwQotWo9clGQaFOGOGyyq57g-F46H2AmhHhl3o5LjLK9KprqpBvQKi0ZFdoRpSt5czVKi7O8GPb4IY0tcNGy8UOuvzmrGO-t-ikopye97FhDggR9NcG21lfPQ_qB/w300-h400/IMG_9220.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In some ways, it has been very long and in others, it just flew by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All I'm going to say about it is this....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not fond of having my life fly by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not that anxious to get to the end of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, this year....2020, the one we have been tested by...it just can't be over fast enough for me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO55WZSgxenGy6l7ypLrlDiH5KiM9owYBKD1dg1bNodg0O1ZQNoH25Ls4H1dKCgCklboLM_QRTQp35PpzwnugkO3rAnIPwKDb6H_r7Mm3ZJeAFZnyT22rEFUkAnelY9QFY42XgPJp_xWlB/s2048/IMG_9218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO55WZSgxenGy6l7ypLrlDiH5KiM9owYBKD1dg1bNodg0O1ZQNoH25Ls4H1dKCgCklboLM_QRTQp35PpzwnugkO3rAnIPwKDb6H_r7Mm3ZJeAFZnyT22rEFUkAnelY9QFY42XgPJp_xWlB/w300-h400/IMG_9218.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, tonight I tried to make a little vignette.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A little something that some might think pretty.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnwm8JPBAvDGhn8R7Iv0EvDXg9xf9v2nbRPL2GLN_3OwnCYJ0lwwMYsbT6qXF2RwOB8IoSE_jpI1RDKuzESl2E7qY0pMpS40c3avCe7cnjj3tSxNxV1r3gQutEYlxTN-9f0JampBrTY9V/s2048/IMG_9225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHnwm8JPBAvDGhn8R7Iv0EvDXg9xf9v2nbRPL2GLN_3OwnCYJ0lwwMYsbT6qXF2RwOB8IoSE_jpI1RDKuzESl2E7qY0pMpS40c3avCe7cnjj3tSxNxV1r3gQutEYlxTN-9f0JampBrTY9V/w300-h400/IMG_9225.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> Just to take us out of this year with the hope of a much better next year.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0yNVhWmQ8DXiZpW3QvF43GWZjb8rkhOhDwb_tbAu-LMMEJcyigGwvCg2gkXOIzcZffpOniiwkokzBYrLWKz-6lLKeZnyQS20szs_1W3BUof9moR2Emt0lUrLFzDNFPFeYCrEb-o55hMd/s2048/IMG_9229.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0yNVhWmQ8DXiZpW3QvF43GWZjb8rkhOhDwb_tbAu-LMMEJcyigGwvCg2gkXOIzcZffpOniiwkokzBYrLWKz-6lLKeZnyQS20szs_1W3BUof9moR2Emt0lUrLFzDNFPFeYCrEb-o55hMd/w300-h400/IMG_9229.jpg" width="300" /> </a> </div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm beginning to hear the strains of </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Auld Lang Syne...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I'm wishing you a much better</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> 2021</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>HAPPY NEW YEAR! </b><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Wherever You Are Have a Warm and Happy Heart</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bird Nest Cottage</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">❤️❤️❤️<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gOSz3iyogSWFywFhXxa6lrhjYDtET8UcpRBxrOIzg3aP8ngRmfYx7AZw9adZP-phdZQH-nHgQy4UFF8AdrE014cgZ1PGhCYPXW4aOpsRT7urCF7QZofObyCtextK4lgse2Nc43A2t6H6/s2048/IMG_9217.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8gOSz3iyogSWFywFhXxa6lrhjYDtET8UcpRBxrOIzg3aP8ngRmfYx7AZw9adZP-phdZQH-nHgQy4UFF8AdrE014cgZ1PGhCYPXW4aOpsRT7urCF7QZofObyCtextK4lgse2Nc43A2t6H6/w150-h200/IMG_9217.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-36552468163439255262020-12-25T00:22:00.000-06:002020-12-25T00:22:19.701-06:00My Twig Christmas Tree<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFI-lbEz3F0KkHD6A8jvaL-nSNSr8x7KaxiqpTHjDnLooc49j1fKC9TuOIUmhQvreL-eHuZRvNfrgVXBEF2vttbJKmY-e__ql8try9hauZL62xOMANQKOydlBNqXDeu1LMq4tgvdLXHGb/s2048/IMG_9169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJFI-lbEz3F0KkHD6A8jvaL-nSNSr8x7KaxiqpTHjDnLooc49j1fKC9TuOIUmhQvreL-eHuZRvNfrgVXBEF2vttbJKmY-e__ql8try9hauZL62xOMANQKOydlBNqXDeu1LMq4tgvdLXHGb/w400-h300/IMG_9169.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">During a year when nothing seems to make sense, when stress never seems to let up, when fear is rampant, and insanity clearly right there in front of us......it's now Christmas. And, even that doesn't seem like any other one we have celebrated. For instance, my children, my friends, and others have not been in my house most of this year....I live alone and that has had a more complete meaning this year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">ALONE. So, having said all that....I decided that I would not put up a tree, or decorate in any other way. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSW09KojSvXOaRaL8d5bBlxGCcduMsqnsG95g5Uco1T4t1Rjm5PT_3ISI7UNc35A56p7kIcnATVxsBB5kNTjyqhn7KVXFllasnx30cdS-Wz3I5yOWeI-el2QDJPR_U_Zx_9ojaTBve6WnF/s2048/IMG_9171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSW09KojSvXOaRaL8d5bBlxGCcduMsqnsG95g5Uco1T4t1Rjm5PT_3ISI7UNc35A56p7kIcnATVxsBB5kNTjyqhn7KVXFllasnx30cdS-Wz3I5yOWeI-el2QDJPR_U_Zx_9ojaTBve6WnF/w300-h400/IMG_9171.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've never been a big Christmas decorator...so this idea didn't alarm me or anything...in made sense.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, I did have a big container of twigs in the house. I do gather them from the yard and have used them in bunches around the house, on the porch....and then there is that 'tree' by the fireplace, which has been in the house now for years. I love those twigs/small branches. While thinking about having them always in the house, I decided that maybe it would be fun to at least decorate them for Christmas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I did. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeNiZjmaJcg7R9rc71SHPqmkA3VpfjzkPmSbfcU-RTWhyopGxYdvvSrhWZ_NF5FD7bfq7UZQ98gI5oJ7STaDlqVWpi_NHVJJMxEh_CS8kdiZJbgXrxM9P3IelaIdMX3REzapagTowOv8a/s2048/IMG_9173.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLeNiZjmaJcg7R9rc71SHPqmkA3VpfjzkPmSbfcU-RTWhyopGxYdvvSrhWZ_NF5FD7bfq7UZQ98gI5oJ7STaDlqVWpi_NHVJJMxEh_CS8kdiZJbgXrxM9P3IelaIdMX3REzapagTowOv8a/w300-h400/IMG_9173.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I had purchased some small glass ornaments from the flea and decided to use those, plus some birds I had also picked up there. A couple ornaments my sister made for me and a beaded snowflake, a small bird in a nest, etc. These are TALL twigs, and way over my head, so while trying to set up the flower bucket by partially filling it up with rocks, the whole thing slipped out of my hands, fell on my foot and broke some of the glass ornaments. Everything went everywhere. And, my foot, although it doesn't really hurt, is black and very blue! So much for my bright ideas! Anyway, I managed to clean it all up and redo it.....I did have to trim a bit off several of the twigs....but did manage to get it done. While I had broken several of the glass ornaments, I replaced those with others. While it could use a few more, I did decide I had done enough.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79_5t74uGh3UVlkp-eqaFUnc-TUCQ7PMlpHVeGClS2JbW_beU1EloRmjNwUW-fZ7RgzYLKjwKWwSE-r4-DZF2TXS8fiT8Q-Iuh9_6Q-QOyAqYN63swonbncn2FB7AzNZe8BWHddf-4eVr/s2048/IMG_9169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2d_WyMvw3xWRIsoNw6VD-IDH41PbtKAiW21iXR3hFdRYlw7rT697xuanYGv0GHBCbpV32Lj9-1yrEeY27eJFjIoOB87hb-1l_FX2FpxPNRbp-iSRkdfJO_nsaqXGaeXWGWiv85PFNCpS/s2048/IMG_9178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb2d_WyMvw3xWRIsoNw6VD-IDH41PbtKAiW21iXR3hFdRYlw7rT697xuanYGv0GHBCbpV32Lj9-1yrEeY27eJFjIoOB87hb-1l_FX2FpxPNRbp-iSRkdfJO_nsaqXGaeXWGWiv85PFNCpS/w300-h400/IMG_9178.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79_5t74uGh3UVlkp-eqaFUnc-TUCQ7PMlpHVeGClS2JbW_beU1EloRmjNwUW-fZ7RgzYLKjwKWwSE-r4-DZF2TXS8fiT8Q-Iuh9_6Q-QOyAqYN63swonbncn2FB7AzNZe8BWHddf-4eVr/s2048/IMG_9169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">So, there you are....my <b>Christmas Twig Tree</b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">And, I'm sure I will use them in another way after the holidays.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Yes, it's kind of weird....but I, the only person in the house, will enjoy it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">And, just know that I am wishing you all </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;"> A Very Merry Christmas.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">A safe, warm and happy one.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">Wherever you are today have a warm and happy heart. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">from</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: black;">Bird Nest Cottage</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">❤️🎄❤️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh79_5t74uGh3UVlkp-eqaFUnc-TUCQ7PMlpHVeGClS2JbW_beU1EloRmjNwUW-fZ7RgzYLKjwKWwSE-r4-DZF2TXS8fiT8Q-Iuh9_6Q-QOyAqYN63swonbncn2FB7AzNZe8BWHddf-4eVr/w200-h150/IMG_9169.jpg" width="200" /></a><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-83552660902702759442020-12-01T22:25:00.000-06:002020-12-01T22:25:41.960-06:00For A Little Bit of Inspiration<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5wojBFv3luh2qzSraK9MaC-rVfpYRm98kKrW95P5yZHx-0RDyUvCPBxmWC4XqK9Whjk6w1xreZ_dyOkVj5k7VafM4mnqOjD0cICa753zAhgnEtY6rGbIQ5nM7j2nfG764o7XfEZRTL4t/s2048/IMG_8946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5wojBFv3luh2qzSraK9MaC-rVfpYRm98kKrW95P5yZHx-0RDyUvCPBxmWC4XqK9Whjk6w1xreZ_dyOkVj5k7VafM4mnqOjD0cICa753zAhgnEtY6rGbIQ5nM7j2nfG764o7XfEZRTL4t/w400-h300/IMG_8946.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>In my last post I talked about inspiration. Specifically, that provided by studying another artist's work. That is one way of getting inspired. Actually, you can find it anywhere if you really want to. One way I find inspiration is to look at china patterns, both vintage and new. They can certainly provide subject matter, designs, and color choices too.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-uwAaftWWpBLQ7aaZbHzYd4Pglzqqyv0QbP-hBBLZhlj-hGGYnq5brv0O6xh47gFljKJiBPdptw7Cbt0t_w5WQuvDSTHz_lhubv-m1KGZtHdptgptbDia1BhKnPhUyav-54_3_rHIqm6/s2048/IMG_8947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-uwAaftWWpBLQ7aaZbHzYd4Pglzqqyv0QbP-hBBLZhlj-hGGYnq5brv0O6xh47gFljKJiBPdptw7Cbt0t_w5WQuvDSTHz_lhubv-m1KGZtHdptgptbDia1BhKnPhUyav-54_3_rHIqm6/w400-h300/IMG_8947.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>In this instance, I have chosen a few pieces to inspire me in the designing and stitching of little houses. I chose these in particular as the size appealed to me and the simple little houses are just what I like to applique and embroider. You don't have to make them identically to what you see here....but they can speak to you as your create your patterns. You can add some of the existing things, such as trees, flowers, birds,fences, etc., or just in the general layout of how you might like your little scene to look.<br />Also, you can reduce or enlarge. I'm kind of partial to very small patterns....but you should make yours suit your ability and personal taste.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEOkQ94ZoQhzBRx2MCB1BNvYkXS4r4AWAuxm_eG_kPCi7ex7uyS1qGo6NsDawRpJRtTmet2g3fsWo4y-zxa6SDD5qxA3EMWI8LdiHoFncMTa2dc2sbxWLqofKanRA4tiuSDTWOAuoHLX7/s2048/IMG_8948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglEOkQ94ZoQhzBRx2MCB1BNvYkXS4r4AWAuxm_eG_kPCi7ex7uyS1qGo6NsDawRpJRtTmet2g3fsWo4y-zxa6SDD5qxA3EMWI8LdiHoFncMTa2dc2sbxWLqofKanRA4tiuSDTWOAuoHLX7/w400-h300/IMG_8948.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Adding or subtracting elements so though you were inspired by the pieces, yours look nothing like the thing that inspired you in the first place. They just gave you a place to start.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu6Hh1N_flgtiUVkJl9P0Z9DqbIfiw_wsJVEht8YiyvyAQXX0v5sV6VcVCCBZPLETtH6JR8rYizrQO4L8wx8NmNhKBJ3AZRjiqPTsWAzngqXS2_CY45WOBQj2I8ZpxFAy6vyWYy3hmjd7/s2048/IMG_8949.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlu6Hh1N_flgtiUVkJl9P0Z9DqbIfiw_wsJVEht8YiyvyAQXX0v5sV6VcVCCBZPLETtH6JR8rYizrQO4L8wx8NmNhKBJ3AZRjiqPTsWAzngqXS2_CY45WOBQj2I8ZpxFAy6vyWYy3hmjd7/w400-h300/IMG_8949.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Here you can see a drawing I made of the house on that little vase. But, what you don't see is the back of the vase.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11_hjPyDlhzb8MT380w0msAhlkju91qHRcUKhZFsn0dOP5OhSU9di7RkTuTSdgPU8cq5_CqD9gQJ7Y_rgwitixYBJ-jopzCKe9ZnH8EPGPnoGqYmBWwTUAcDXAj9rsBeKgzOQPj84vvlu/s2048/IMG_8950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg11_hjPyDlhzb8MT380w0msAhlkju91qHRcUKhZFsn0dOP5OhSU9di7RkTuTSdgPU8cq5_CqD9gQJ7Y_rgwitixYBJ-jopzCKe9ZnH8EPGPnoGqYmBWwTUAcDXAj9rsBeKgzOQPj84vvlu/w400-h300/IMG_8950.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>It has a lone tree and if you want...you can make a lone tree too, or you can just add flowers around it for a different kind of scene. And, there are dozens of ways to make the foliage on the trees for different looks.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lMcIDkzuiASmeR1IR6bIhJ8bC0L_kuwG5eNxa2YPzwRfVo8iGHPg3PJL26_eMYEMw_PnDVC5RkTm7qe-mDU5Uxtf2erHpSFuahYrxjC2U5aRRBqTF8EuVwWUJ9XQSjsR8BTMo6K5xh7n/s2048/IMG_8952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8lMcIDkzuiASmeR1IR6bIhJ8bC0L_kuwG5eNxa2YPzwRfVo8iGHPg3PJL26_eMYEMw_PnDVC5RkTm7qe-mDU5Uxtf2erHpSFuahYrxjC2U5aRRBqTF8EuVwWUJ9XQSjsR8BTMo6K5xh7n/w400-h300/IMG_8952.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>I mentioned size....here is the same scene on the sugar bowl....two different sizes, from a different perspective.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-83hTpBmftXkm5Oq03KCX-602wJebFE84FSArbhvMjbnnrxbEBW55JofErf2c7w2O4R5oNTXZpBwdHp9JhrWMuKrEFVrkUfiHS_vRU2GpWEgYSXHywi7WtV4UWRKA3ffyTUzRrdQ1Rb6/s2048/IMG_8953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE-83hTpBmftXkm5Oq03KCX-602wJebFE84FSArbhvMjbnnrxbEBW55JofErf2c7w2O4R5oNTXZpBwdHp9JhrWMuKrEFVrkUfiHS_vRU2GpWEgYSXHywi7WtV4UWRKA3ffyTUzRrdQ1Rb6/w400-h300/IMG_8953.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Once again....add or subtract elements to suit your own taste. And, think of how you will stitch the elements too. For instance, I LOVE using French Knots to do some of the trees...making them into blooming fruit trees. There is a multitude of methods to make yours different from others.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjENIJqULrifdtcQoafkWs1THhVO1ejB_3rFycBwNJDf07KjQBj_ON8VeoDXQWQm9Ig5Wo3g3F_gEjm8rIXB-jwRYUG3wP9j05MY1klSEVOLLHsuntaxI6qVkl2tWtHhVpZnH2x7jePEf/s2048/IMG_8955.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjENIJqULrifdtcQoafkWs1THhVO1ejB_3rFycBwNJDf07KjQBj_ON8VeoDXQWQm9Ig5Wo3g3F_gEjm8rIXB-jwRYUG3wP9j05MY1klSEVOLLHsuntaxI6qVkl2tWtHhVpZnH2x7jePEf/w400-h300/IMG_8955.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Just have fun with it. Make a bunch of drawings, adding or subtracting...remember, it's YOUR work and you should feel free to be inspired by other things, but always putting your own touch on the work....so, notice everything...dishes, other needlework, photos in magazines, be open to visual suggestions...and "play." It's only paper you are drawing on...not a permanent thing unless you want it to be.<br /><br /> <b> Wherever You Are Have a Warm and Happy Heart</b><br /> from <br /><p></p><p><b> Bird Nest Cottage</b></p><p><b> ❤️❤️❤️</b></p><p><b> </b><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_QuC0bOAd60uor3HkkoMM_oxnMWUDHUO86alhyphenhyphen0ecwId8RPiaUWJEBqf-ZUkoR14-w2ZhIcp6_Y-PfGKGYDFKGij0bav_GoSu_HDNCIGWpo-Ok5pP3rsnh91cDO6vEtS9eAoBX_UHwOz/s2048/IMG_8956.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ_QuC0bOAd60uor3HkkoMM_oxnMWUDHUO86alhyphenhyphen0ecwId8RPiaUWJEBqf-ZUkoR14-w2ZhIcp6_Y-PfGKGYDFKGij0bav_GoSu_HDNCIGWpo-Ok5pP3rsnh91cDO6vEtS9eAoBX_UHwOz/w200-h150/IMG_8956.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-48090125314948577142020-11-25T19:54:00.002-06:002020-11-25T21:18:22.808-06:00The Inspiring Stitching of Mandy Pattullo<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFsL6quE7y4qUvgu4pVq5a5ZjhBaOs0yvVl_OA8BT25ZHcH5Br72TwpKBa2gZNdext8CwXJ-1jLAhDwCJZb2Uo6gZbiauvNU-SY6r8qkrxbEyJakPzgazrWFMGjHZvf4shwPq6VeWm0pq/s2048/IMG_8909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1826" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNFsL6quE7y4qUvgu4pVq5a5ZjhBaOs0yvVl_OA8BT25ZHcH5Br72TwpKBa2gZNdext8CwXJ-1jLAhDwCJZb2Uo6gZbiauvNU-SY6r8qkrxbEyJakPzgazrWFMGjHZvf4shwPq6VeWm0pq/w356-h400/IMG_8909.jpg" width="356" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>As some of you know, I am interested in rescuing quilts and embroideries that have seen better days, some just need a little careful stitching to give them more years of life. Then, on the other hand, many are on the verge of completely falling apart. There are certainly others on the planet who have rescued such textiles....using the smallest of pieces to create new life. Fabric collage being one of the methods of choice. I became interested is such activity several years ago when I found one of my "stitching heroes," Mandy Pattullo. She lives in the UK and I found her through her blog and instantly became a huge fan. I couldn't wait for her to write a book. Eventually, she did just that, calling it <b>TEXTILE</b> <b>COLLAGE</b>. I purchased it as soon as I could and loved it immediately. (I'll show a photo of it below.)<br /><p></p><p>This year she produced another book, her second, <b>TEXTILES TRANSFORMED</b>. And, once again, I purchased it also. And, once again, I loved it immediately. Her designs are so appealing....and fun. If this kind of work is "up your alley" you might want to check it out. I'm sure you will love her work as much as I do.<br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquaLJMQS8qT23_S7RzAEdxSS1vlXR8HIhuuEgiwg3IiD8OhyphenhyphenhFCyjrETNvK0C-A3TOB-vLamMuGrd3ShvMxEEENny7fPwJ4CQQVGGLlQJjr4DVlqqvBe9wXu0saciOe8q3GioubPOxWhv/s2048/IMG_8910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1635" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiquaLJMQS8qT23_S7RzAEdxSS1vlXR8HIhuuEgiwg3IiD8OhyphenhyphenhFCyjrETNvK0C-A3TOB-vLamMuGrd3ShvMxEEENny7fPwJ4CQQVGGLlQJjr4DVlqqvBe9wXu0saciOe8q3GioubPOxWhv/w319-h400/IMG_8910.jpg" width="319" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>The covers of Mandy's books are just wonderful.....tempting you to read further about her chosen work. Each page giving you so much information about reusing these sometimes ragged pieces combining all manner of threads and other bits and pieces to create lovely works of art. I have read them over and over again....and never grow tired of imagining what I could do with all the rescued pieces I have. As I said, she is very inspiring.<br /><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRvUDjn9kDprXIopC88lE01Mz4kY_u6K45KvGabYnpAmazfE9X6wxSont4-WygLqsRLgpkLE-VRd4WmpNd55XJFBFi_BdILx9MpBMfNiy5Jr8LOylhedNh38zmp4do0s7EoJMRe1FTzdM/s2048/IMG_8912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1728" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgRvUDjn9kDprXIopC88lE01Mz4kY_u6K45KvGabYnpAmazfE9X6wxSont4-WygLqsRLgpkLE-VRd4WmpNd55XJFBFi_BdILx9MpBMfNiy5Jr8LOylhedNh38zmp4do0s7EoJMRe1FTzdM/w338-h400/IMG_8912.jpg" width="338" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Here, all the photo needed was Mandy's new book. But, I wanted to add a little extra color to the photo....that painted vegetable can is full of painted book pages I have cut up to use as book marks. It can hang from a hook somewhere, anywhere. Of course, I like to use lots of paper to mark the places where I find all the things that catch my fancy. There is also a little creature that you met in my last post. I'm mentioning that now because Birdy will be showing up in a few odd places now and again and I may not mention it....just see if you notice though.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsAxp-V4Njy6dQ_GAuBxP9Pbc4DzPsp89-dUbApAK5ZNDxfa-Una1R3-25hU_IQ2BTcrhi7qMw2pSvxZzDeE1Bu7TgcYkweADvKiQW_Nw98mN8BTw5d38QF7IvGwO7m2OWZcAAMEtdPlA/s2048/IMG_8915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1982" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsAxp-V4Njy6dQ_GAuBxP9Pbc4DzPsp89-dUbApAK5ZNDxfa-Una1R3-25hU_IQ2BTcrhi7qMw2pSvxZzDeE1Bu7TgcYkweADvKiQW_Nw98mN8BTw5d38QF7IvGwO7m2OWZcAAMEtdPlA/w388-h400/IMG_8915.jpg" width="388" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Here the book is open to show you a bit of what you might find inside. Make it larger so you can really get a good look at what she has done here. Log Cabin, one of my favorite patterns...and what she has done to add so much life to such a varied selection of 'pieces.'<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5rIR8DA35limbgtbKpFlYImioTvMz56CjxxBhbckvwC57zCMTRmbyFf55x1C5An2Pn0e18OIokGk2oVBtWbo2LaMVu6p25xv98R2J2H6GHZGb6kTkupDW316zRML2HTgGFtdyTxMGuZ6/s2048/IMG_8916.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs5rIR8DA35limbgtbKpFlYImioTvMz56CjxxBhbckvwC57zCMTRmbyFf55x1C5An2Pn0e18OIokGk2oVBtWbo2LaMVu6p25xv98R2J2H6GHZGb6kTkupDW316zRML2HTgGFtdyTxMGuZ6/w304-h400/IMG_8916.jpg" width="304" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>And, here is one of Mandy's own pieces. This was given to me several years ago. I consider it one of the most "precious" items in my home. That sweet bird. And, my funny bird!<p></p><p></p><p>Mandy rarely buys new fabric, preferring instead to use vintage and antique fabrics along with her rescued quilts or embroidery. Yes, inspiration, indeed!!!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1s0A4668HTcKYmyqbUv27EibHD1g5ctNgH-JgoCnAbxPz5nW9dU9I2Z0lna1BZX7ogAx6VTTPWLr35qUr_IR3zNqKDxr7Fxrc4EAo9XEJUU8BRlhuKZ_L8Kfex3JUnSpUBc_4UlbU_5Jd/s2048/IMG_8917.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1974" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1s0A4668HTcKYmyqbUv27EibHD1g5ctNgH-JgoCnAbxPz5nW9dU9I2Z0lna1BZX7ogAx6VTTPWLr35qUr_IR3zNqKDxr7Fxrc4EAo9XEJUU8BRlhuKZ_L8Kfex3JUnSpUBc_4UlbU_5Jd/s320/IMG_8917.jpg" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>And, here is Mandy's first book. So filled with stitching goodness!
There is a little trick I do when I don't feel well. I can get a book
or two or three....a comfortable quilt, and a nice hot cup of tea....and
"pile up" on the sofa, studying the photos, reading the text, feeling
the inspiration, and before you know it...I feel better. <br /><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> FYI: I ordered my books from amazon.com. And, here is more information on Mandy:<p style="text-align: center;">blog: <a href="threadandthrift.blogspot.com">threadandthrift.blogspot.com </a>etsy:<a href="etsy.com/shop/mandypattullo"> etsy.com/shop/mandypattullo</a></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p> Wishing you a <p style="text-align: center;"><b>VERY HAPPY THANKSGIVING</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Have a Warm and Happy Heart</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">from</p><br /><b> Bird Nest Cottage</b><b></b><p> ❤️❤️❤️</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKHPjbTPhHNgF4XoolEvS59WbMMdk-SCx_S56ju2lqWIVMJp1xnTLdYS97tqzlyjrfjU3ulIWoZWB91_Fj_Z1OcrthRn54vFuvt0FP7Ji7zBaDYX2kkNa3n779Z_3XTFumEoW3kKT-CTV/s2048/IMG_8909.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1826" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirKHPjbTPhHNgF4XoolEvS59WbMMdk-SCx_S56ju2lqWIVMJp1xnTLdYS97tqzlyjrfjU3ulIWoZWB91_Fj_Z1OcrthRn54vFuvt0FP7Ji7zBaDYX2kkNa3n779Z_3XTFumEoW3kKT-CTV/w178-h200/IMG_8909.jpg" width="178" /></a></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-46764076932136588932020-11-17T02:52:00.003-06:002020-11-17T02:56:33.432-06:00Time to Knit<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4VuEiAGkcOUjcVX36qZ18dkmQyia7eM3BNgDTLwpMDf_PfcRFB8oaDXqibVu0dCxxfQI-NYoZqPtWdiyH3l4bS8_SOIJy1Ihp0xxWCU-Hv8mwqn10v4fFg6Di_KfOwOE-EccsBfmnVMn/s2048/IMG_8815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU4VuEiAGkcOUjcVX36qZ18dkmQyia7eM3BNgDTLwpMDf_PfcRFB8oaDXqibVu0dCxxfQI-NYoZqPtWdiyH3l4bS8_SOIJy1Ihp0xxWCU-Hv8mwqn10v4fFg6Di_KfOwOE-EccsBfmnVMn/w400-h300/IMG_8815.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Today I went to Hobby Lobby....a quick trip, thinking it would be quite a while before I visited it again. You just don't know these days. Among my other purchases, it seems a little bird flew into my basket and came home with me. So, tonight while trying to decide what to post, the bird caught my attention and made it's way onto my work table. I had already decided to use this gorgeous piece of fabric....a segment of a curtain I made years ago. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONiKOyNERMCUwRaIa9_QR7g3EmVlLs66x90Cra-4P1o-SfuL10EP3aGY-2RuCpuTdscGDXiSH1UspCP3EEgUjj9FJ7BA6-UiR18M8v7tMUg7rodLV8brXfrXzNP3cnFj2ojIGXBB_prg9/s2048/IMG_8817.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgONiKOyNERMCUwRaIa9_QR7g3EmVlLs66x90Cra-4P1o-SfuL10EP3aGY-2RuCpuTdscGDXiSH1UspCP3EEgUjj9FJ7BA6-UiR18M8v7tMUg7rodLV8brXfrXzNP3cnFj2ojIGXBB_prg9/w400-h300/IMG_8817.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>This watercolor painting, given to me in 1981 in Silver City, N.M. by my next door neighbor and artist, Arlene Foster, had been calling for my attention the last few days, so it became another element of my little 'scene.' <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD23J_tZzdKBwwfsD7Y7dCAlL-Y-C6H5CN6r_kdMa7C7ZcFQA221efQxLvmWost45jTZsJIlVnn9HqLvhZ8_w9c8IW9y6voo7xLO2T4YR0yf0kJnUSXfzO_PL1x9xCStTw_xbWB86MWCaQ/s2048/IMG_8818.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD23J_tZzdKBwwfsD7Y7dCAlL-Y-C6H5CN6r_kdMa7C7ZcFQA221efQxLvmWost45jTZsJIlVnn9HqLvhZ8_w9c8IW9y6voo7xLO2T4YR0yf0kJnUSXfzO_PL1x9xCStTw_xbWB86MWCaQ/w400-h300/IMG_8818.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>A small piece of knitting....intending to be a scarf of some kind was next. I love knitting a simple scarf....not much thinking involved and keeps your hands busy while your mind wanders, considering all kinds of things....while you "just breathe."<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlRictn8FBuP4-rS5sBXU6mRrDqvvAWXIgLPY61bbrWRlfVcisuD7Fza80vH7Pa19DLHhfbjMm_pvIXLBnEHXwBfDR6q1Bzh7Iq76YKvTC6ko0WwsAseM0W0-iDr9maoOUVdGP1zvzbQQ/s2048/IMG_8820.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtlRictn8FBuP4-rS5sBXU6mRrDqvvAWXIgLPY61bbrWRlfVcisuD7Fza80vH7Pa19DLHhfbjMm_pvIXLBnEHXwBfDR6q1Bzh7Iq76YKvTC6ko0WwsAseM0W0-iDr9maoOUVdGP1zvzbQQ/w400-h300/IMG_8820.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Notice the bird seems to have flown into the knitting needle basket, perhaps becoming interested in learning another thing or two about how humans might warm their nest. I love these needles...the longer ones are antique, the shorter ones new bamboo. I like knitting with wooden needles. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ3Jl_Hcy12BeqjdwddcORpLC0lFNR9K7TK1z6bDH1L8op5dIs16h4NvUyvI51772CrVLM5GevFFgF6MvGJCBDq4mcQM7HET1TAbjjhhp1YTPxTwGMGaAauOBL7HMe4aLVvpQ-OOtvcGf/s2048/IMG_8821.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeJ3Jl_Hcy12BeqjdwddcORpLC0lFNR9K7TK1z6bDH1L8op5dIs16h4NvUyvI51772CrVLM5GevFFgF6MvGJCBDq4mcQM7HET1TAbjjhhp1YTPxTwGMGaAauOBL7HMe4aLVvpQ-OOtvcGf/w400-h300/IMG_8821.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Well, seems the little bird flew away. Ready for an adventure somewhere else, I suppose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So....the cold is coming....who knows if we will have snow as in the painting. Whatever happens, I will be under some quilts, perhaps knitting away...and watching for a little bird. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> Have a warm and happy heart</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> Bird Nest Cottage</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> ❤️❤️❤️ </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b> </b><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TU9AeKEq-iBkjbrbyjgYfKfWRQl5e6TO843V6v0-ah8SH28djAmkX6pxTLqN10-DJphDi3JpHHkBgyga9yXu9rft6knPCvrr3LRNTRT7xwXGB1plBn9tWVx329PQoog0OcduWz06Nv_e/s2048/IMG_8815.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TU9AeKEq-iBkjbrbyjgYfKfWRQl5e6TO843V6v0-ah8SH28djAmkX6pxTLqN10-DJphDi3JpHHkBgyga9yXu9rft6knPCvrr3LRNTRT7xwXGB1plBn9tWVx329PQoog0OcduWz06Nv_e/w200-h150/IMG_8815.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-77268355558645720162020-11-09T00:24:00.001-06:002020-11-09T00:24:36.171-06:00A New Fabric Selection and Happier Days<br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeditHkdPlef7cUYWg3LHvPgFeE8VDW7MNvoBt2uihfPo9Ywxo4csuE7hJU-eCAbF9h3bB-EwGVPYtZJHmGWy0avnojlm3jp1AXAu3hG76jk-5U3vlpbviOOPqdJy0WqDKkSnoxY0dcyv/s2048/IMG_8775.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeditHkdPlef7cUYWg3LHvPgFeE8VDW7MNvoBt2uihfPo9Ywxo4csuE7hJU-eCAbF9h3bB-EwGVPYtZJHmGWy0avnojlm3jp1AXAu3hG76jk-5U3vlpbviOOPqdJy0WqDKkSnoxY0dcyv/w300-h400/IMG_8775.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">So, new to me, a selection of Waverly Fabrics I purchased from the local Walmart Store recently during three different visits. I hadn't purchased fabrics in a very long time and walking by the aisle with this display of fabrics available in one yard or fat quarter pieces....well, they made me think of Spring and a breath of fresh air, something I am very much looking forward to in 2021 after this sad and very stressful year. An "investment" in the future, I suppose you could say. And, that is my hope...for all of us...better, happier and healthier days.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoLtC0qM2L2lHwPDcY2wJQQUCygYaZ_7GGz4F0E7x8DD4LEAQSzAqz0XhYLL_ct9bopWBnbWyUCwvIq0x7-VXO62uSFzDhKqg9QeivIc4syT-R-BAQNMSfJzQLgL8xXSFdTEY88omxyJf/s2048/IMG_8776.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaoLtC0qM2L2lHwPDcY2wJQQUCygYaZ_7GGz4F0E7x8DD4LEAQSzAqz0XhYLL_ct9bopWBnbWyUCwvIq0x7-VXO62uSFzDhKqg9QeivIc4syT-R-BAQNMSfJzQLgL8xXSFdTEY88omxyJf/w300-h400/IMG_8776.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbiXPmqsWa3oEvwPlG_mGTSrXr7J0sXwlwk474GU6k2MgDi2YDIeoOodNvoJLhM1EkJM7HHa_ycw6oRI6vKZUoqHmiF03AF0U-LEAHOTJMsa3-9KV-l_DGEdLl-6lvX-wg93eBLKmMzPNm/s2048/IMG_8777.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBs5TJxbyNfwGgVkaz8U53XEzfY2JJ1-oOHf89TKJxzqTQMFYlIJ2XyhICKBWTfsYe06oLoRBJ9dWP2Zo8nSwr5ktIDGkdK7cyC-ylHanpnc3-CZ2kWeK6Yi-XHOFB2kbg2YHCP9bY2pk/s2048/IMG_8789.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioBs5TJxbyNfwGgVkaz8U53XEzfY2JJ1-oOHf89TKJxzqTQMFYlIJ2XyhICKBWTfsYe06oLoRBJ9dWP2Zo8nSwr5ktIDGkdK7cyC-ylHanpnc3-CZ2kWeK6Yi-XHOFB2kbg2YHCP9bY2pk/w150-h200/IMG_8789.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-29260755179594006062020-10-26T02:37:00.000-05:002020-10-26T02:37:30.481-05:00Another Day.....Another Door (#2)<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNig969NccpQe4MGSpKn4cNfQAmP-9XR0exh1-7J4k_3rhPtwUfE54VWZCxZ9-czOPJcCMl4UOwyEVRwx0I55M0WaF6YdpwIfr_2Piv9hBFEKqGQvkQj9qelVtBo9PepvsYSI6mwmvrzRn/s2048/IMG_8732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNig969NccpQe4MGSpKn4cNfQAmP-9XR0exh1-7J4k_3rhPtwUfE54VWZCxZ9-czOPJcCMl4UOwyEVRwx0I55M0WaF6YdpwIfr_2Piv9hBFEKqGQvkQj9qelVtBo9PepvsYSI6mwmvrzRn/w300-h400/IMG_8732.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>So, can you see it? There on the right of the fireplace. Door #2. When I moved into this house, I placed the door right there until I could figure out where to put it. And, it's been there ever since. I love that door. And, it is surrounded with lots of previously loved interesting goodies.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5msDUmtzdGvDv0ijH8MC6J2sv4VjfAoSXZeKJ0hAezGAMe0v7-kSg-VdHsKzPCkddo385I4Fvbg4bW9DSoLTIFquDZzUqUXCRpx-vbWEZRS9syogNA-LA_C3LbKx6ZZJU4rlF4pWnjEY/s2048/IMG_8736.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP5msDUmtzdGvDv0ijH8MC6J2sv4VjfAoSXZeKJ0hAezGAMe0v7-kSg-VdHsKzPCkddo385I4Fvbg4bW9DSoLTIFquDZzUqUXCRpx-vbWEZRS9syogNA-LA_C3LbKx6ZZJU4rlF4pWnjEY/w300-h400/IMG_8736.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>There is that round table....and a chair. They are there now, but sometimes other things take their place. I like moving things around...but, I don't do that as much these days as well, you know....I'm older now and sometimes energy escapes me. They are there now and probably will be all winter the way things seem to be going.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-l4MGYPAqsTrn6z896M2j1UEZcHIM24JoxRBtn6MoVz7rcnaTVuvmoWkIdmvWspZ6AUcjHv6o0mfWUfTtapb4FDVNeTx_8ZG6iGv1AAGBqix0MSS3CG4lL-tpBH-Ie8OeOPyZ4n1tBsUO/s2048/IMG_8737.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-l4MGYPAqsTrn6z896M2j1UEZcHIM24JoxRBtn6MoVz7rcnaTVuvmoWkIdmvWspZ6AUcjHv6o0mfWUfTtapb4FDVNeTx_8ZG6iGv1AAGBqix0MSS3CG4lL-tpBH-Ie8OeOPyZ4n1tBsUO/w300-h400/IMG_8737.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Here is a wonderful and very special gift I received several years ago. It was made by <b>Dawn at The Feathered Nest</b>. It's lovely and smells good too. Notice my last name is there. Extra special.<br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8OLCCNHzZfGaI5xxGx_euQVAcbAYMtUUl4vvaVOnWtctU0xs2Yu1B6jN7Q70Pex5OAuZHCU0pkJLPND2kUIGurFD8zwZLgmHYEpntUXUUyoPekRhC2ck9REpFkZoAn2szWa2sYvEy8Mj/s2048/IMG_8739.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ8OLCCNHzZfGaI5xxGx_euQVAcbAYMtUUl4vvaVOnWtctU0xs2Yu1B6jN7Q70Pex5OAuZHCU0pkJLPND2kUIGurFD8zwZLgmHYEpntUXUUyoPekRhC2ck9REpFkZoAn2szWa2sYvEy8Mj/w300-h400/IMG_8739.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>I found this mailbox on one of my hunting and gathering outings. Perfect color for that old door. Sometimes I even put mail in it. Christmas cards, all kinds on occasion. It's fun. I have a habit of placing old photos in sometimes crazy places. Here, I have placed an old photo of these soldiers marching....my Dad right there in front...second on the right. I wish I knew where it was though. I spent ten years of my life "in the army with Dad." That's what I used to call it back then. If he were here now, he would be 111 years old. And, I just turned 76. Makes that a very old photo! <br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3DHS5C367Q1LAwTGbX8EQ_bPjWVKTV9mOE0nAs4JjI71G4dwRL2hqcCKFC7SLHPvF-UvmsSCP4v_kcxt84EkhyStCJuNQfHGRusNCRfU2QRnZ4KBGEXCDcmrMIojbxZPT1Sp1ViRve8Q/s2048/IMG_8740.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3DHS5C367Q1LAwTGbX8EQ_bPjWVKTV9mOE0nAs4JjI71G4dwRL2hqcCKFC7SLHPvF-UvmsSCP4v_kcxt84EkhyStCJuNQfHGRusNCRfU2QRnZ4KBGEXCDcmrMIojbxZPT1Sp1ViRve8Q/w300-h400/IMG_8740.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Also on the table is what I call my "crystal ball." Just for fun. And, there is picture frame on the table where I have placed a candlestick. I love candlelight...and it looks quite cozy when one is lit here.<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDLgdpzn8KALIMGlWzN3UuR4wvmv07l2zLbz5GysLU4wJLFY3vquauk1bdEfD3C7HjGJVCCkhNhO-d3kA6FcmslK3dFowc2vkfKBOA6YWjgzRkNa2X77QrMX_uxOOQV2mgqHy21p4Wl-3/s2048/IMG_8741.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDLgdpzn8KALIMGlWzN3UuR4wvmv07l2zLbz5GysLU4wJLFY3vquauk1bdEfD3C7HjGJVCCkhNhO-d3kA6FcmslK3dFowc2vkfKBOA6YWjgzRkNa2X77QrMX_uxOOQV2mgqHy21p4Wl-3/w300-h400/IMG_8741.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>I found that "tree" in what I call "Two Pines Park" the empty lot behind my house. It's eleven feet tall.<p></p><p>I dragged it into the house the first winter I lived here. I'm sure everyone thought I was nuts. I don't mind...and I love the tree. So much so, that I have not been able to talk myself into getting rid of it.</p><p>If you look at that letter E, underneath that bottom corner, you can see a vintage glass bird ornament on the tree limb. It's adorable!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHlQLDobNOhMPnu6FpSxTrjfqmUJI9ES2aBroFq38HZ1lNKcqYgA-Wc3mZfvRxMnFZ81TgPXq3lVw64dWvvW_-oYHbnXaDoQ-EiGLw9U35DnaJBt3AP681pCD5v4ZjLm-TV7_AsYjghPC/s2048/IMG_8742.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTHlQLDobNOhMPnu6FpSxTrjfqmUJI9ES2aBroFq38HZ1lNKcqYgA-Wc3mZfvRxMnFZ81TgPXq3lVw64dWvvW_-oYHbnXaDoQ-EiGLw9U35DnaJBt3AP681pCD5v4ZjLm-TV7_AsYjghPC/w300-h400/IMG_8742.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> See....so cute.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sChBbca65l9aJ0LxheRcxmCcRxOceEHuZmPIQkKUwkzl-scWP0jC8M7-ITgnTQVOcGIIj5N8XWUZ_-cuT4OoKn1hLTXXwd1YMinp9BAyFTSA1C12v3tYXPLHD5fuDNNBCoL4bxn2Zo7v/s2048/IMG_8743.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sChBbca65l9aJ0LxheRcxmCcRxOceEHuZmPIQkKUwkzl-scWP0jC8M7-ITgnTQVOcGIIj5N8XWUZ_-cuT4OoKn1hLTXXwd1YMinp9BAyFTSA1C12v3tYXPLHD5fuDNNBCoL4bxn2Zo7v/w400-h300/IMG_8743.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, a close-up of that photo. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhOC1Hyvk7zz14zG4QCBnUxilTTiGXWxlCk5OwSyu5ZGYWFPhlIZ7-cK_ooToGlxsQ7lIx4p7v40YN31gcNav2RZjDY42aX_SpykG_l7fKosXZ28iDst8Q1dFm2L7SG8fBrhYXt8i36mq/s2048/IMG_8749.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhOC1Hyvk7zz14zG4QCBnUxilTTiGXWxlCk5OwSyu5ZGYWFPhlIZ7-cK_ooToGlxsQ7lIx4p7v40YN31gcNav2RZjDY42aX_SpykG_l7fKosXZ28iDst8Q1dFm2L7SG8fBrhYXt8i36mq/w300-h400/IMG_8749.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>These bells belonged to my mother-in-law. They are tied to one of the door hinges.<br />There is also a key tied there too. That key belonged to an old house in Little Rock, which was my son's first home when he moved out of our home. Seems I have a huge habit of saving "stuff."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, there you are. Door #2. One more to go. It's really in a different place. You'll see next week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See you then!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wherever You Are Today</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>BE WELL</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bird Nest Cottage</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">❤️❤️❤️ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRyhDwmBclOUw1LkwzAhKtiM-nswn2V9Z0hFbbJ9LJKELmoc4kDGnvyg2IgRHdjb-yrMlRkYfgQ31u6UhOvhENEBQxSkppfsFnHDpUwofHePZAVwu5FIxvPx4EEB1UYq7OBMAs_dNzhIi/s2048/IMG_8732.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCRyhDwmBclOUw1LkwzAhKtiM-nswn2V9Z0hFbbJ9LJKELmoc4kDGnvyg2IgRHdjb-yrMlRkYfgQ31u6UhOvhENEBQxSkppfsFnHDpUwofHePZAVwu5FIxvPx4EEB1UYq7OBMAs_dNzhIi/w150-h200/IMG_8732.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><br /></div><br /><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-88855098140859887302020-10-19T00:48:00.000-05:002020-10-19T00:48:06.294-05:00A Corner, A Door and A Mirror<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j4KzjjEqp6QW_icdZY4rFldcJqiVD7TRw-iqZrVeEHlhNYixErgqIGuLjvmaC-qUIlpZ0DESQFjY0lHuemSO5o41YpmhDQ27DBC0OuUeNm3U7jXvyYVvW_gJDSvMcpIINRD9eMtQ6mcD/s2048/IMG_8685.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7j4KzjjEqp6QW_icdZY4rFldcJqiVD7TRw-iqZrVeEHlhNYixErgqIGuLjvmaC-qUIlpZ0DESQFjY0lHuemSO5o41YpmhDQ27DBC0OuUeNm3U7jXvyYVvW_gJDSvMcpIINRD9eMtQ6mcD/w300-h400/IMG_8685.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> During my visit to the flea market on Wednesday, I saw <b>THIS DOOR</b>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A very old door, just the "right" old faded door with chippy paint, a very tiny old knob and a nail or two already in it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, it got my attention right away.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure you all know, but some of you do....I have two other old doors in my house.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this one looks somewhat similar to the other two.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">They aren't full size doors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One I got from my son-in-law's old family store, where a lot of old family things were stored on the third floor.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The other two, from the flea market. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One an old faded tan color, one green and this one...sort of tan with a grayish blue color in places.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, like the others, this one <b>called my name! </b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Old, faded, beat up, beautiful doors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I brought it home.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISlYEaBLpBWMpnW4nklNt2PQjAVQUrZtMW_Bji4crr9IypgKhGLv1Kj6Zr0MGGKept09EFZ0bI6bZfnH3_NIdTcZC1xIwI4g26pGj_dxqKJoMWr3Upiq1EraR6769_GYh-pDnebl3nM23/s2048/IMG_8687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISlYEaBLpBWMpnW4nklNt2PQjAVQUrZtMW_Bji4crr9IypgKhGLv1Kj6Zr0MGGKept09EFZ0bI6bZfnH3_NIdTcZC1xIwI4g26pGj_dxqKJoMWr3Upiq1EraR6769_GYh-pDnebl3nM23/w300-h400/IMG_8687.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That was Wednesday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I promised Kathy I would not try to carry it in the house by myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It does weigh a 'ton.'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> But....around 9:00 that night I couldn't stand it any longer and decided I would TRY to bring it in the house by myself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, I did. Funny...it didn't seem nearly as heavy as when she and I tried to get it in my car.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was much easier that that green table I bought last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once I got it in the house, I decided to try making a place for it in the dining room, which is where I had thought of putting it the minute I saw it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But first, I knew I'd have to scrape all the loose chips off.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like old chippy furniture....but I don't like loose chips...so I took my trusty scraper and went over the whole door.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, then, I placed it where I thought it should go. In <b>THAT</b> corner in the dining room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It looked good to me!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Next, I thought about what else should be in the corner.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I knew I wanted the mannequin there, along with a lovely old apron I've had a while, a crocheted heart pincushion I have a collection of...but this one was perfect there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A purse I had purchased from one of our new vendors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Several rosaries from my collection.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One was my Dad's, one was my Father-in-law's and two are from two of my friends, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Brian and Kevin.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There is a heart-shaped pin there with a real four leaf clover encased on the front, a heart-shaped necklace that says <b>"listen to your heart," </b>a crocheted piece left over from some project </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and, a strand of mother of pearl buttons and a little plastic heart added there just for fun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just a little collection of objects that I dearly love.<br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1H05GH-sljZnN-qOTE7_ub_NTkeAAIHjL9YbZpFjJ48yMxl3B_cZtSUO4lcZc9KP6Til72fBhCy-0R51B9FnhSVfJMQasDjbLu-K9MRkSuHivcjpLXDX7ifH7tZmiWlEctwAiLPZmWN4/s2048/IMG_8689.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1H05GH-sljZnN-qOTE7_ub_NTkeAAIHjL9YbZpFjJ48yMxl3B_cZtSUO4lcZc9KP6Til72fBhCy-0R51B9FnhSVfJMQasDjbLu-K9MRkSuHivcjpLXDX7ifH7tZmiWlEctwAiLPZmWN4/w300-h400/IMG_8689.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> At some point, I remembered I had also bought a mirror. When I decided to buy it Wednesday, it wasn't because I actually had a need for it...it was just that for $5 I didn't want to leave it at the store!<br /></div> I mean....you can put a mirror just about anywhere! So, I hung it on the door. <p></p><p>On the little knob, I hung a red metal heart...it made sense to me and over the door, I hung an old photograph of a lady, held in place by a gold and pearl pin. One of my adopted relatives from long ago.</p><p>Then, I added that basket of flowers and just placed it in front of the door. I've had that basket of flowers for at least twenty years! They are made of a velvety fabric....I have not ever been able to let them go somewhere else. Beside that basket is a little travel case decoupaged with copies of old ads.</p><p>Notice the chair. It's a small chair and has the prettiest needlepoint cover on the seat. Naturally, it seemed to me to be right at home there. On the wall, a print of an old country home. It is a signed print by <b>Nelson Rhodes, and numbered 713/1000. </b>I have walked through that old house many times in my mind....it feels like a real home. And outdoors....there is a quilt hanging on the fence, honeysuckle on the fence, flowers growing along the fence and a magnolia tree. That door could be part of an old home like that.....just saying. <br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVFD6U6lLG7_vxWZrNKPfo5GaZYf6M5yBnCrG1_Bg_RL9byiMzr8BtJlAP0UNDfK8jsVFBX_uEP49cH8u2lEont0jwi9q-Ld2oRnu9RaULbl-1G5aHsH0e36SysqG2Y0AEehtLApqofcJ/s2048/IMG_8694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSVFD6U6lLG7_vxWZrNKPfo5GaZYf6M5yBnCrG1_Bg_RL9byiMzr8BtJlAP0UNDfK8jsVFBX_uEP49cH8u2lEont0jwi9q-Ld2oRnu9RaULbl-1G5aHsH0e36SysqG2Y0AEehtLApqofcJ/w300-h400/IMG_8694.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXDc4R7psEjt8TH9RRxa1pBnwIi0hEuqAWD_E4mYXMxut0Vt7P2tVndXgI4tRAgCvCh4HLBPY1IjDzweh4gaEqwkWPO_LjziAS7L45cNDOR3Q5_-PmbdInxpf2GAhYfXAROrx1OG6iBPV/s2048/IMG_8697.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgXDc4R7psEjt8TH9RRxa1pBnwIi0hEuqAWD_E4mYXMxut0Vt7P2tVndXgI4tRAgCvCh4HLBPY1IjDzweh4gaEqwkWPO_LjziAS7L45cNDOR3Q5_-PmbdInxpf2GAhYfXAROrx1OG6iBPV/s320/IMG_8697.jpg" /> </a> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>So, it's a corner collection of a lot of things I love. With that old door setting the "scene." Couldn't <br /> have more fun if I tried.<p></p><p></p><p> Wherever You May Be This Day</p><p> <b> BE WELL </b> <br /> from<br /> <b> Bird Nest Cottage </b> </p><p> ❤️❤️❤️ </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVH2CJqmS5BfLRUmd3LiZzSmhhR_2sO200VcvDTmJkZs0jYOxyEW4sjXRFEPZtpamaSVmhNiL0jTWZCJd9VZK-V_jyII2CVtjoZda_kLMq2YsWLgpn2MCCj_GFB5-dmYBawqpPBVmbUKM/s2048/IMG_8687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVH2CJqmS5BfLRUmd3LiZzSmhhR_2sO200VcvDTmJkZs0jYOxyEW4sjXRFEPZtpamaSVmhNiL0jTWZCJd9VZK-V_jyII2CVtjoZda_kLMq2YsWLgpn2MCCj_GFB5-dmYBawqpPBVmbUKM/w150-h200/IMG_8687.jpg" width="150" /></a></div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPf0RhIb1phl-GdpENQGC1SYlV8iMxmezrbU8CoPX1EhRi5yLyR4_-CfaiSj6AxEyiDo2NN4r1cwIy074uyBKqzJEIOiyAKM3YgwSQ-eBb7sBerRq3Mu8vn4eJYCCystT7abv6uDLTPAjw/s2048/IMG_8695.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div></div></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-64792057030332670292020-10-13T02:29:00.000-05:002020-10-13T02:29:08.207-05:00Six Rescued Pillows<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZ6ZGYLIFp-iL-C_GnETLL5ZivnW8YD4VZlgWpIhE-sFwF5UXu85CGhJw3p_fLRbxYL0hBc5BDEY-ErxNUgDzRiLn1DZpZKKKuzo2dD5U2st3LbtTtlqW1-daPYRrOzxeJwXEz6w6LzZf/s2048/IMG_8640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEZ6ZGYLIFp-iL-C_GnETLL5ZivnW8YD4VZlgWpIhE-sFwF5UXu85CGhJw3p_fLRbxYL0hBc5BDEY-ErxNUgDzRiLn1DZpZKKKuzo2dD5U2st3LbtTtlqW1-daPYRrOzxeJwXEz6w6LzZf/w300-h400/IMG_8640.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are six pillows on this chair. All came from the flea market or Good Will.</div>So, in my mind, I have rescued them. And, they nearly all need a little refreshment of some kind. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfg6LYo_vmszw3p_lLY90PlvzzajrK_qJfDDwSAXhnuxvPwHUgkEtsa913Ochyka1iAnrkzlZEKcIaXhhQSz9iU9a1b2lt14q0zlrtC6F1cx1f_Os_nMiqYaRCYMyKl4Exx4o-Pm3RkhXR/s2048/IMG_8641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfg6LYo_vmszw3p_lLY90PlvzzajrK_qJfDDwSAXhnuxvPwHUgkEtsa913Ochyka1iAnrkzlZEKcIaXhhQSz9iU9a1b2lt14q0zlrtC6F1cx1f_Os_nMiqYaRCYMyKl4Exx4o-Pm3RkhXR/w400-h300/IMG_8641.jpg" width="400" /> </a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> First, the large ruffled one in the back. Actually, all it needs is a good pressing of the ruffles.<p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> I don't think it was ever used...seems to me it was just packed away for a time and never ironed and spotlessly clean.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg6UjHSZn_iKZWkU04ysvHHgqNCmWhFuwzVdZqBKriT-P5IMlsOowXOrawUUWlZGP9cbTMmFOE8dyS73E3X-HHK_0O0ADphoR4896eCYRn4ZeDv7ikHdao3ZxFQPwx1_noZD74WLK2nUC/s2048/IMG_8642.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvg6UjHSZn_iKZWkU04ysvHHgqNCmWhFuwzVdZqBKriT-P5IMlsOowXOrawUUWlZGP9cbTMmFOE8dyS73E3X-HHK_0O0ADphoR4896eCYRn4ZeDv7ikHdao3ZxFQPwx1_noZD74WLK2nUC/w400-h300/IMG_8642.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Then, there is the 'alphabet pillow' as I call it. Woven fabric....loved it. Could use a bit of clean up. <p></p><p style="text-align: left;"> I'm going to take off that cording on the edge and either replace it, or try something else. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I'm not sure I've ever said it here...but I love seeing the alphabet on just about any kind of needlework. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDg9jxrFpjSSAsYzX1Te-MijnV9W7MTxk9CzuxNUOSGcJ3MpwUGcyx5N3z60p5S_sW0jFFkOPGb8rFlh-0WozfLkpf30LxWi9zFLZe5W9T88yO4cKSBROJ6WlZF87Xt2L50wON0ERaNRZw/s2048/IMG_8648.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDg9jxrFpjSSAsYzX1Te-MijnV9W7MTxk9CzuxNUOSGcJ3MpwUGcyx5N3z60p5S_sW0jFFkOPGb8rFlh-0WozfLkpf30LxWi9zFLZe5W9T88yO4cKSBROJ6WlZF87Xt2L50wON0ERaNRZw/w300-h400/IMG_8648.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NF7Dl1Ku8PvQFzxEMVNPJ45z4vRQ3q934X-6tpbGLIHtaQ9OhUTThFVA_gllnvV6q67uz6TGSFXBZnCADllZ2dFTGOTDlQIoug4RzxJZXIB8hcD39VsRJNKTANdhSABGjeOUBqfXI3wi/s2048/IMG_8646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <br /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">An old faded rose colored pillow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It has a machine made lacey trim on the edge and an appliqued basket filled with ribbon roses.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It could use a little resewing in some places on the edge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still very sweet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSjNrHlSNowdDCIwWiJYVgjfIHieh15KkWvuH09tIK2Sgorq1iUNKG22OTUqhJGxy7SHRGdN39b_x7Lvvy1RuR6bIxo7X4pk6kmkcub-tW9EkScowTr7uFDL4lfNFxj3nOT0PRam6c5XZ/s2048/IMG_8646.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcSjNrHlSNowdDCIwWiJYVgjfIHieh15KkWvuH09tIK2Sgorq1iUNKG22OTUqhJGxy7SHRGdN39b_x7Lvvy1RuR6bIxo7X4pk6kmkcub-tW9EkScowTr7uFDL4lfNFxj3nOT0PRam6c5XZ/w400-h300/IMG_8646.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I found this bird needlepoint pillow in a bin of linens and other textiles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Of course, I had to have it...love the bird AND the green background.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> It needs a little bit of refreshment also...mainly re-stuffing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDivUPOkO1XoWNLeVIgOK7MkpbNuc0d66zLYCeDa11qTFSu_Soe6pj-uSuEdDFqwfdKjydruwHcH3sRQOzrInHDSdYDa048NdSQmuV-75aXpZCABuoL22HZMqcIUMKcdvE6p87d-zPdPMj/s2048/IMG_8645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDivUPOkO1XoWNLeVIgOK7MkpbNuc0d66zLYCeDa11qTFSu_Soe6pj-uSuEdDFqwfdKjydruwHcH3sRQOzrInHDSdYDa048NdSQmuV-75aXpZCABuoL22HZMqcIUMKcdvE6p87d-zPdPMj/w400-h300/IMG_8645.jpg" width="400" /> </a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>Behind
it is a burlap pillow with a lace band. It's in very good
condition...but I felt it needed a little something extra, so I added
the twine with a bird and heart charm, tied it in a bow, and pinned all to the pillow with a golden bird/nest/egg pin.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhlW9UuL1Ccg2fptcXskMUt5xyhQHwV0hv-DCbW3YNzfj0A3IYmMHVr8ySZI2tQafCrYazCY4K-KdotHrfd5KWl9CPpkZuCdA532r7xIPDBbRVMcD2PmHTrdWVI6BRy0ighnv1BOJSMSU/s2048/IMG_8644.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhlW9UuL1Ccg2fptcXskMUt5xyhQHwV0hv-DCbW3YNzfj0A3IYmMHVr8ySZI2tQafCrYazCY4K-KdotHrfd5KWl9CPpkZuCdA532r7xIPDBbRVMcD2PmHTrdWVI6BRy0ighnv1BOJSMSU/w400-h300/IMG_8644.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is the floral fabric sawdust stuffed pincushion found at the flea quite a while ago. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is stuffed so full, it weighs a ton.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aside from being well used, the ruffle is coming undone on each end, so I'll repair that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a very old fabric...of course in colors I just love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, there you are....six pillows in various stages of rescue/repair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">With a little work, they will last for a very long time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, they will be much loved.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wherever You May Be This Day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEhL3zWrj86eMR3hAKbWh__iCYqFGOniafp14UX4zPT0E0HNxWaQEs7C3QLhFje7blGUxhEqdxEFRM6HRJFjXPUZNjqgVVrWcQlJfZUlck4mI4kd6RZwK1S6zCVWZ1TugvUvvyz5b6GqJ/w400-h300/IMG_8599.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, here is Miss Minerva Prim.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In 1994, my quilt guild held a doll challenge. An identical ready made doll was given to all interested and the challenge was to dress a doll to your own liking and then winners would be chosen at a future meeting. Miss Minerva Prim was my entry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After finishing the doll, I couldn't think of a good name for her until my little group went to Paducah, Kentucky for the annual quilt show. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFb_RN3lzXITQZeN6kRD1u5eTay4Wtlu9Fhe3gWQZVwWIp28cmWShxaSTmvwrPeTppH6KFtzzLv2AGAfqAu8uuFzwASg_mQMC3x9R49lMTkmT-6xvwbqq2CXKmzDNCHbcXqID9LH1XV5T5/s2048/IMG_8605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFb_RN3lzXITQZeN6kRD1u5eTay4Wtlu9Fhe3gWQZVwWIp28cmWShxaSTmvwrPeTppH6KFtzzLv2AGAfqAu8uuFzwASg_mQMC3x9R49lMTkmT-6xvwbqq2CXKmzDNCHbcXqID9LH1XV5T5/w300-h400/IMG_8605.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We decided to ride around the town for a bit looking at pretty houses </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and the
blooming Dogwood trees. At some point, we turned onto a street and when
I read the name of the street sign, I knew that would be the doll's
name. I believe the name of the street was Minerva Place. I named her
Minerva Prim because I thought she looked rather prim and proper.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The things we do.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1jw4366G-WJlQKqPSG1z7pUAGbeStS5I55YFs-v1trJXVrzbU_7UzQd4gxtDS8txxpEqQFAWu54WfFXCDPjACTinwGu2mxiNNmU2puhb7hXfdJpmeDQ3bEO-OAo2X9-WFbdztJc_-5hE/s2048/IMG_8606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1jw4366G-WJlQKqPSG1z7pUAGbeStS5I55YFs-v1trJXVrzbU_7UzQd4gxtDS8txxpEqQFAWu54WfFXCDPjACTinwGu2mxiNNmU2puhb7hXfdJpmeDQ3bEO-OAo2X9-WFbdztJc_-5hE/w300-h400/IMG_8606.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">On her petticoat, I wrote:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🖤 Miss Minerva Prim loves to talk about quilts. </div> My name, the year and the town I lived in.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1jw4366G-WJlQKqPSG1z7pUAGbeStS5I55YFs-v1trJXVrzbU_7UzQd4gxtDS8txxpEqQFAWu54WfFXCDPjACTinwGu2mxiNNmU2puhb7hXfdJpmeDQ3bEO-OAo2X9-WFbdztJc_-5hE/s2048/IMG_8606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjod0GDSbqfkr5KjIudIkG8uT0zy1hBkba-4apWP14YYPonq8F29gzXBLvjrySaC5oPqdiVG1ByIlWIxGZn8EDQGXL7i3M5xWPYZhfiBZFXa7qEtvMCPrm59Jmf_tfWFKT0ukCgpHMxlZK/s2048/IMG_8608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjod0GDSbqfkr5KjIudIkG8uT0zy1hBkba-4apWP14YYPonq8F29gzXBLvjrySaC5oPqdiVG1ByIlWIxGZn8EDQGXL7i3M5xWPYZhfiBZFXa7qEtvMCPrm59Jmf_tfWFKT0ukCgpHMxlZK/w300-h400/IMG_8608.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div></div>I made her clothing, her knitted shawl, a basket with "bolts" of fabric," a sewing basket and several quilting books. I also found a pair of glasses for her.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpphyphenhyphenm32dQg6Y31-eZDeVhP94qHdi7Kb4BtEMCcQWqJb-k-HR94Cb9B8x6qOpydT9GpRzwDVf-Z8cO461_IyhukCngYUOtzh33WZjhA2uq7HPEXPuMkPNc262zslKwxuzln8-MHqPuROb/s2048/IMG_8609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmpphyphenhyphenm32dQg6Y31-eZDeVhP94qHdi7Kb4BtEMCcQWqJb-k-HR94Cb9B8x6qOpydT9GpRzwDVf-Z8cO461_IyhukCngYUOtzh33WZjhA2uq7HPEXPuMkPNc262zslKwxuzln8-MHqPuROb/w300-h400/IMG_8609.jpg" width="300" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Oh, yes, I found a chair and table just the right size for her</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and just today, added<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> the silk bonnet on a stand, a tea cup and saucer, plus the brass bird pincushion I've shown here many times before.<br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXo8JBwIJNYHrA6uAoGd0VETWmTYu-DXzDp2WBESrmZt21n9_JAvx4eccqzMMFIr_wQPn-l4sASDtAKClZpWerMy2yYICTkmEg64X-SDQjmay-pn_4xlxFDRGTCi8b6QA0Pqwih-anAlfA/s2048/IMG_8610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXo8JBwIJNYHrA6uAoGd0VETWmTYu-DXzDp2WBESrmZt21n9_JAvx4eccqzMMFIr_wQPn-l4sASDtAKClZpWerMy2yYICTkmEg64X-SDQjmay-pn_4xlxFDRGTCi8b6QA0Pqwih-anAlfA/w300-h400/IMG_8610.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div> <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> And, I made a little set of quilt books for her too. Not real books of
course. I could make those better now but at the time, I didn't really know
what I was doing.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjMbeZMCn-rE9G-FGh12k3upVsW3q36xKSH0k60i-5iiIokT4MIQ9MLErQsIead9ez4bzSlp8AoPZVqVWgu9FTwT9fObfo3n8-eRKwEcFOjHmIsLlOdLGvayACNW-o2UJq6v2PtjKrjFM/s2048/IMG_8613.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdjMbeZMCn-rE9G-FGh12k3upVsW3q36xKSH0k60i-5iiIokT4MIQ9MLErQsIead9ez4bzSlp8AoPZVqVWgu9FTwT9fObfo3n8-eRKwEcFOjHmIsLlOdLGvayACNW-o2UJq6v2PtjKrjFM/w300-h400/IMG_8613.jpg" width="300" /></a><p style="text-align: center;">I glued them all together so I wouldn't be chasing them all over the place. Still holding up pretty good since 1994!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYebpZpeRUpiQijRPXMt5zeoCajuVJ6AT0AaCcQdWzWV1VT2u_27UY-7Pc6yjvOIjr_bHYP4OlZGUL6x6CESWh13t_S3rnT_B-2iL2XIETSNkGGRpEevln0wynlRnIkj4lhDbE4K1e2qh/s2048/IMG_8614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYebpZpeRUpiQijRPXMt5zeoCajuVJ6AT0AaCcQdWzWV1VT2u_27UY-7Pc6yjvOIjr_bHYP4OlZGUL6x6CESWh13t_S3rnT_B-2iL2XIETSNkGGRpEevln0wynlRnIkj4lhDbE4K1e2qh/w300-h400/IMG_8614.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And, the tea cup...so cute. I have a bunch of these I purchased just a few weeks ago, not even thinking they would be the right size for Miss Minerva!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fHo8of_HYnlDGDGHw1M6KWdU3sC6Fs7SHkODPts55HjnPO6NIEktnuJAjvDDHsBwrPDeol4DsZBWy202_hx6a1sO8X4V1RNXVSup0lnIMkwyqGEoeUqXg3S749LgftoTTNAqHjx8Y-Fv/s2048/IMG_8615.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8fHo8of_HYnlDGDGHw1M6KWdU3sC6Fs7SHkODPts55HjnPO6NIEktnuJAjvDDHsBwrPDeol4DsZBWy202_hx6a1sO8X4V1RNXVSup0lnIMkwyqGEoeUqXg3S749LgftoTTNAqHjx8Y-Fv/w300-h400/IMG_8615.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">She is wearing a long sleeved blouse, embroidered down the front, a skirt made of black file with embroidery along the hem, that petticoat I wrote on and I found the perfect size shoes for her when out shopping one day before she was finished. That was lucky. She is also wearing a button that looks like a watch and also a shawl I knitted for her from bedspread weight crochet cotton.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_XvYQCirD_36C3QcIVExEvGrY8yo1loGUgEZNVvKBuyUDTNhCpzUll5V9hhDLcjnNMC6ruUrAMYPGAb7qM4N7PvYENAV8oKqRqqhu9TEbC0pp9jCAM_uZOd2WpjiKo3NqhxaILHb9WMS/s2048/IMG_8617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_XvYQCirD_36C3QcIVExEvGrY8yo1loGUgEZNVvKBuyUDTNhCpzUll5V9hhDLcjnNMC6ruUrAMYPGAb7qM4N7PvYENAV8oKqRqqhu9TEbC0pp9jCAM_uZOd2WpjiKo3NqhxaILHb9WMS/w300-h400/IMG_8617.jpg" width="300" /></a><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">She is working on a quilt square as you can see. A friend of mine made that quilt square and being unsatisfied with it she threw it in the garbage. This was way before I made the doll. I had rescued the wonderful little square from the garbage and saved it, and when I made the doll decided Miss Minerva would love to have it. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Once again, the things we do!<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">I hope you liked the visit with Miss Minerva. </p><p style="text-align: left;"> She has been with me a long time now and every so often she likes to be seen. <br /> <br /> Wherever You May Be This Day</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b> BE WELL</b><b> </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bird Nest Cottage<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3_XvYQCirD_36C3QcIVExEvGrY8yo1loGUgEZNVvKBuyUDTNhCpzUll5V9hhDLcjnNMC6ruUrAMYPGAb7qM4N7PvYENAV8oKqRqqhu9TEbC0pp9jCAM_uZOd2WpjiKo3NqhxaILHb9WMS/s2048/IMG_8617.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">❤️❤️❤️ <br /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-E-B6Z6_Qi_lJHcOvXMWHrH7VE3YigpQHYtn9dTNwM6uyvL3v8TjhELO6DsH69zWtC_Gnp8s2kVBgsdZlyLq6_2h8fxbCUbrZOzlzNg7nHLQ0GpVxpSp6_5c5g-0dtMachNAyGI3Tm_g/s2048/IMG_8605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-E-B6Z6_Qi_lJHcOvXMWHrH7VE3YigpQHYtn9dTNwM6uyvL3v8TjhELO6DsH69zWtC_Gnp8s2kVBgsdZlyLq6_2h8fxbCUbrZOzlzNg7nHLQ0GpVxpSp6_5c5g-0dtMachNAyGI3Tm_g/w150-h200/IMG_8605.jpg" width="150" /></a> <br /></div></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-E-B6Z6_Qi_lJHcOvXMWHrH7VE3YigpQHYtn9dTNwM6uyvL3v8TjhELO6DsH69zWtC_Gnp8s2kVBgsdZlyLq6_2h8fxbCUbrZOzlzNg7nHLQ0GpVxpSp6_5c5g-0dtMachNAyGI3Tm_g/s2048/IMG_8605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-52023414281109714832020-09-28T00:50:00.000-05:002020-09-28T00:50:19.297-05:00A Gift and a Lamp Rescue<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnu0fGfcXR7duqaHbVWZv60Pw5eeP18P8VcJtn2zKpmJfvwM5aLQYplidS3Yq8vYeiZhdeoFxlwgvKp9wSNLFLBsn-6-rGSbHG0ZT_nJYvWDLU_MWp3ziSa5n896HPisT01Sh8vDS5UBFd/s2048/IMG_8541+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnu0fGfcXR7duqaHbVWZv60Pw5eeP18P8VcJtn2zKpmJfvwM5aLQYplidS3Yq8vYeiZhdeoFxlwgvKp9wSNLFLBsn-6-rGSbHG0ZT_nJYvWDLU_MWp3ziSa5n896HPisT01Sh8vDS5UBFd/w400-h300/IMG_8541+2.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>I had these items waiting in line to be on the blog for a while.....an assortment of things coming my way. And, I think...something good that happened this year. Thanks to a thoughtful friend and my way of collecting things in a serendipitous way.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI6DGIJIgIDSQXK74YZUhvzeviyDegH7UhBdCUyxmvCLHYVQnyqFf9jT_J9zcft6a1ABpn4dBPv9y3aKgYAthfMZoBeIgQq1VFGzxqJu7_KVZ6_Q1gK7luLEKC5TE-mn9iKn9CYY50OKv/s2048/IMG_8542.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVI6DGIJIgIDSQXK74YZUhvzeviyDegH7UhBdCUyxmvCLHYVQnyqFf9jT_J9zcft6a1ABpn4dBPv9y3aKgYAthfMZoBeIgQq1VFGzxqJu7_KVZ6_Q1gK7luLEKC5TE-mn9iKn9CYY50OKv/w400-h300/IMG_8542.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I have a lovely friend in Texas....Jackie...actually my sister's best friend...who has become a very good friend to me. I enjoy seeing her whenever I get to visit my hometown. She sent this very cute card, actually a coaster, and one of my very favorite things to FIND...a heart shaped rock. Included in the package was this absolutely beautiful embroidered and monogrammed hand towel. It is BEAUTIFUL.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Now, Jackie knows that the one thing I never could learn to do was to tat, so when I find it at the flea, I want to buy it. The odds of me finding something embroidered with my initial, and also tatted...well, I just never would have found it, but Jackie did and sent it to me!!!! I love it.....thank you Jackie...as always, you are so thoughtful and generous. And, you watch out for my sister for me and I really appreciate that!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJHTa3FrOMr1ZyV1vhlRrGIa6h8HHBrb3Ldqq6yxyBlXqRs12MPbl9tH5y01CgBvhdpMxxDKbwM8tPb0pTWgookHmMZi31RSpdLWFt55P0us5xM1havUfzKsyTCbgm1G_68SLU0Kp8xG1/s2048/IMG_8543.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEJHTa3FrOMr1ZyV1vhlRrGIa6h8HHBrb3Ldqq6yxyBlXqRs12MPbl9tH5y01CgBvhdpMxxDKbwM8tPb0pTWgookHmMZi31RSpdLWFt55P0us5xM1havUfzKsyTCbgm1G_68SLU0Kp8xG1/w400-h300/IMG_8543.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Beautiful!!!<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL3oePcKilkWOVRguh8JJjTW9tDnPsHMYrqh0KtO7vUEkxNwLYdzF_6lHjvsyyvFnLx-TwfG_8KoT_OlXB1Zyr-MbgSn1GC8yElsvj6lLyuv-mO15cGfsTM5IvUoe3sEqHXI4LWR7SXtb/s2048/IMG_8545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaL3oePcKilkWOVRguh8JJjTW9tDnPsHMYrqh0KtO7vUEkxNwLYdzF_6lHjvsyyvFnLx-TwfG_8KoT_OlXB1Zyr-MbgSn1GC8yElsvj6lLyuv-mO15cGfsTM5IvUoe3sEqHXI4LWR7SXtb/w300-h400/IMG_8545.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And, so cute! I have a collection of these heart rocks....one day I will show them. So fun to come across one by chance, another gift from Jackie.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWweOY7fRNeeawsgJWw0Fqneg9eBVpl44W3bu3j5-nNpyaQqPvmwRh4mPvNjJZaM7v65s43EpZt0tcg_b-uayyWmCI8ktHVHkfO-8jrRu5PuWPaAbPAdn0vtwbMfEP8mv9bboMRIK1KIJk/s2048/IMG_8546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWweOY7fRNeeawsgJWw0Fqneg9eBVpl44W3bu3j5-nNpyaQqPvmwRh4mPvNjJZaM7v65s43EpZt0tcg_b-uayyWmCI8ktHVHkfO-8jrRu5PuWPaAbPAdn0vtwbMfEP8mv9bboMRIK1KIJk/w300-h400/IMG_8546.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Here are two Gardenias, caught in bloom. I love the smell of Gardenia. These I picked, then just laid them on a paper towel until they were totally dried. A remembrance of Spring, again, one of the sweetest things from this year. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jbHmWHdOJo-qNdes8FjH458092i_3jI6vnnT1yO-Aidf4eeySQbunl0CKkvfSGTmqyZIMvHfAS2ZOOLZ5i24xbeLzgpKm6PAiaAi-I-M79xKIwjzXzQsuLLf2h4jWFL8QZ0MspEAyvsB/s2048/IMG_8547.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1jbHmWHdOJo-qNdes8FjH458092i_3jI6vnnT1yO-Aidf4eeySQbunl0CKkvfSGTmqyZIMvHfAS2ZOOLZ5i24xbeLzgpKm6PAiaAi-I-M79xKIwjzXzQsuLLf2h4jWFL8QZ0MspEAyvsB/w400-h300/IMG_8547.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And, a rose. This was a pink rose with a bit of yellow, however, it dried this lovely color which I dearly love. <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwr8bRhNDOvQgdHVP6v3NpO6RAtGDdtAiH1S3yM7D5de1Ar7qi-gx29qIetkVYScMrCDmCykYE0KhRDujSLVb3Ljkn0kljFGYV4K6ocSiE24f8e45VYqalfvDJ0buDdh_YdU-HSmaBRy0I/s2048/IMG_8549.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwr8bRhNDOvQgdHVP6v3NpO6RAtGDdtAiH1S3yM7D5de1Ar7qi-gx29qIetkVYScMrCDmCykYE0KhRDujSLVb3Ljkn0kljFGYV4K6ocSiE24f8e45VYqalfvDJ0buDdh_YdU-HSmaBRy0I/w400-h300/IMG_8549.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">And, here you see some of my favorite thread colors........the Rose and the Gardenia look good there beside the threads, I think. Do you see that large spool with a bit of crochet? That is sewing thread, not crochet thread, but I just had to try it and see how it would look. Makes the tiniest design. Not bad. One day, I will add a bit of that to an embroidery project.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JqDG0TPA3_Ijz-pQ61XtXRHh4KBQ0U220S0Hm-acQcw8qNzBuF35aaPPira7V50oCLijJH5x4nKX6u4ZDXqm9pLLfYqvBwG5twoQK_3tJTj3f0LNDFmJTAZ7fn_J2YQRpGfT5HMuZmHd/s2048/IMG_8550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="441" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4JqDG0TPA3_Ijz-pQ61XtXRHh4KBQ0U220S0Hm-acQcw8qNzBuF35aaPPira7V50oCLijJH5x4nKX6u4ZDXqm9pLLfYqvBwG5twoQK_3tJTj3f0LNDFmJTAZ7fn_J2YQRpGfT5HMuZmHd/w300-h441/IMG_8550.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b>LOVE!!!</b><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXj_EuwfW3fBW6msYAlBpcThznfOGUB0dYLNlGNRijuC-ZwNKr_zks4hUkwLaImJiDQJ7DuVL-ZOeJGtEjfmRYUsZaVBEFUxFgXQG9qHed_O45mYioFmJpEhPASEkvKLrJobik81cNdaC/s2048/IMG_8552.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijXj_EuwfW3fBW6msYAlBpcThznfOGUB0dYLNlGNRijuC-ZwNKr_zks4hUkwLaImJiDQJ7DuVL-ZOeJGtEjfmRYUsZaVBEFUxFgXQG9qHed_O45mYioFmJpEhPASEkvKLrJobik81cNdaC/w300-h400/IMG_8552.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Now, a word about this lamp. I bought it at the flea. It's only about a foot tall. And, as you can see, there is something missing.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_HOvBWntdzwmxKMJ0WQX53g5DEMIraMPAKRLkhQuUXNbZJphaJTBf8cKZO_KpxyqJ2i5nDktv3YwTNGz9Y6TLwASWJEzTPN5K9ttMoTWcmb9w7bhKVOyovJuKTBDsMk7yxD1Voy6saKi/s2048/IMG_8554.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht_HOvBWntdzwmxKMJ0WQX53g5DEMIraMPAKRLkhQuUXNbZJphaJTBf8cKZO_KpxyqJ2i5nDktv3YwTNGz9Y6TLwASWJEzTPN5K9ttMoTWcmb9w7bhKVOyovJuKTBDsMk7yxD1Voy6saKi/w300-h400/IMG_8554.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">I have no idea what is missing, but I thought the little lamp so sweet and the base so pretty, I bought it anyway.</p><p style="text-align: left;">But, what to do to rescue it? I searched the house high and low and couldn't find a thing...then realized that I had a pincushion with a beaded edging that matched the base of the lamp. Oh, why not? No one is here to care but me and I instantly loved the arrangement.<br /><br /><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyceZ-rFHeEkURZd5_5LU5iSuyL3okxBCiEcVWbbmAslUdbme8vdNIAXAuJCxap-LCvpO3MkeXMEiqDhJuICUq_mSVuBw-DDe2AlarIxoy1NhqiRXPpfM41CCUN77yFoDVUq-GIrVuWZ4/s2048/IMG_8555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcyceZ-rFHeEkURZd5_5LU5iSuyL3okxBCiEcVWbbmAslUdbme8vdNIAXAuJCxap-LCvpO3MkeXMEiqDhJuICUq_mSVuBw-DDe2AlarIxoy1NhqiRXPpfM41CCUN77yFoDVUq-GIrVuWZ4/w300-h400/IMG_8555.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, here is is..... <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNou5PO-vsIjqVy7NE7nOlTU-DLQp2LA8sFWZ6lpKLSvoP7BCG-BzqMx6anD6xQJA2VFiOtcHIASzPWrtOXX0oT21NtD5GeYD8LZlMsT0AGfybi0pSiSvlsRNHadRa-10wp-CwBSQR6lZW/s2048/IMG_8556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNou5PO-vsIjqVy7NE7nOlTU-DLQp2LA8sFWZ6lpKLSvoP7BCG-BzqMx6anD6xQJA2VFiOtcHIASzPWrtOXX0oT21NtD5GeYD8LZlMsT0AGfybi0pSiSvlsRNHadRa-10wp-CwBSQR6lZW/w300-h400/IMG_8556.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think the lamp glorifies the pincushion and the pincushion glorifies the lamp.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Win...Win! <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhx9LE6jUiEVioHFxClF47CLylTwRNelu4t_gerYiK5qONjQXo9vjOifpmNk1uXBzsXbJyi7bi7iphv9rVea3w0Y5kz89Bk9Hs1lwmifPy6jnybDkQy2EzOdI6W3Tt34kxGmja4X95dpL/s2048/IMG_8560.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnhx9LE6jUiEVioHFxClF47CLylTwRNelu4t_gerYiK5qONjQXo9vjOifpmNk1uXBzsXbJyi7bi7iphv9rVea3w0Y5kz89Bk9Hs1lwmifPy6jnybDkQy2EzOdI6W3Tt34kxGmja4X95dpL/w300-h400/IMG_8560.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The shade is tiny....about four inches. And, I love the little pull chain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Adorable.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, yes, a thing of beauty is a joy forever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wherever you may be this day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>BE WELL</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bird Nest Cottage</b><br /></div> ❤️❤️❤️<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZav33fxm81PjxsCuaO4Ae7TGURHyoXHXLCmoQWLjQHUMDi2GaxU-ovTLBfGS8zg4wdyq5TZWLYMkjtQx2Bc9942ZhLBimptsXtUiLQYz6scUaAxbUo8p5Ev89gRZAbM04cBboY-ks_PC/s2048/IMG_8541+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"></span></a><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry3SCt0FBeEG4Ngr9fwvgxD_vFbhamXycijLHrIYxjPffUdlMKYIKoEbduMZ4hSECAlARz_bPZrKB18hQIVrtxf9E2znHpYAjVyIw_yxa-JRR3RIFABIKWj-8sqC0_5n9UGhcHvlb8nQf/s2048/IMG_8541+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgry3SCt0FBeEG4Ngr9fwvgxD_vFbhamXycijLHrIYxjPffUdlMKYIKoEbduMZ4hSECAlARz_bPZrKB18hQIVrtxf9E2znHpYAjVyIw_yxa-JRR3RIFABIKWj-8sqC0_5n9UGhcHvlb8nQf/w200-h150/IMG_8541+2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiZav33fxm81PjxsCuaO4Ae7TGURHyoXHXLCmoQWLjQHUMDi2GaxU-ovTLBfGS8zg4wdyq5TZWLYMkjtQx2Bc9942ZhLBimptsXtUiLQYz6scUaAxbUo8p5Ev89gRZAbM04cBboY-ks_PC/s2048/IMG_8541+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-70035393541163259012020-09-21T00:43:00.000-05:002020-09-21T00:43:53.715-05:00Rescued Patchwork for Winter Warmth<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMl9HEkrLyXDIF81h2EYE9U27g-tXPSwPV5k7tZjaQfdC_veKgT_hclz1rzlMVnm6IILUokjS0n9ecGvR4tgHYhLki8ozivTC6A8l1znUzXPAfhsnT5H3Rig4jLeXYj76q5Tt7g1RiAyc/s640/IMG_8533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMl9HEkrLyXDIF81h2EYE9U27g-tXPSwPV5k7tZjaQfdC_veKgT_hclz1rzlMVnm6IILUokjS0n9ecGvR4tgHYhLki8ozivTC6A8l1znUzXPAfhsnT5H3Rig4jLeXYj76q5Tt7g1RiAyc/w300-h400/IMG_8533.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sandra, from Alabama, asked if I'd show more about the quilts used in the background of the photos in my 9-19-20 post. That was the one with the embroidered heart pin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, of course, I told her I would. And, here they are.<br /></div>The one taking the place of a spread here is made of rectangles 5 1/2" x 6." The small quilt is made of rectangles 2 1/2" x 3." All are made from vintage clothing scraps.<p></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIIWlMfwm8UkM-Xmd_HJ6TJbR17WMUwovlWu-A29nAFCBf1atOZ5ycJy_pGnpQWesGdCUufwFsuKIfCJPM2diZpt7BkAz7X5iSKryd2RxGDKcq1fnZP9Jj2igcH_KFkYbWcaSt6_rDetb/s640/IMG_8527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIIWlMfwm8UkM-Xmd_HJ6TJbR17WMUwovlWu-A29nAFCBf1atOZ5ycJy_pGnpQWesGdCUufwFsuKIfCJPM2diZpt7BkAz7X5iSKryd2RxGDKcq1fnZP9Jj2igcH_KFkYbWcaSt6_rDetb/s640/IMG_8527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwIIWlMfwm8UkM-Xmd_HJ6TJbR17WMUwovlWu-A29nAFCBf1atOZ5ycJy_pGnpQWesGdCUufwFsuKIfCJPM2diZpt7BkAz7X5iSKryd2RxGDKcq1fnZP9Jj2igcH_KFkYbWcaSt6_rDetb/w300-h400/IMG_8527.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't have them on display in the house as I had simply pulled them out of the quilt closet to use as the background of those photos. So, this evening, I just put them on top of the bed coverings in this room.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's always fun to "play" and try to come up with something interesting. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVg9e7If-i8ylBDJoKo4jEDtfI4stJsX2fBKtZ2qbMSEIpGwQVBUPG0C8XFyYb_2tvj5B9iHKTaSz-g69XGo8xISsH525MVBFq09nBs5WeN7C3_X6k3vWzICvaRhzWGr3WqLzEuqMVRNsY/s640/IMG_8528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVg9e7If-i8ylBDJoKo4jEDtfI4stJsX2fBKtZ2qbMSEIpGwQVBUPG0C8XFyYb_2tvj5B9iHKTaSz-g69XGo8xISsH525MVBFq09nBs5WeN7C3_X6k3vWzICvaRhzWGr3WqLzEuqMVRNsY/w300-h400/IMG_8528.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> I just had to add the bears, a book and some knitting yarn and needles. <br /> I made the bear ages ago....it actually has a felt jacket, but I loved this little vintage baby jacket so much I wanted it in the photo also. <p></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3iinwTa9RdhIWUOIM6PIiiVjO2lf7QBBJobWIOabbfwUxpBgfcQXIRfF9rymaM-KCm9ovKe4oaEP8irnNa_vVhxcf3qc5laHvYw4CuxZ5dqNcCmUM-5NcW3AEI6z76FtsjlTnOiNqsR1/s640/IMG_8519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu3iinwTa9RdhIWUOIM6PIiiVjO2lf7QBBJobWIOabbfwUxpBgfcQXIRfF9rymaM-KCm9ovKe4oaEP8irnNa_vVhxcf3qc5laHvYw4CuxZ5dqNcCmUM-5NcW3AEI6z76FtsjlTnOiNqsR1/w400-h300/IMG_8519.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each rectangular piece of the smaller quilt is hand embroidered. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are no quilting stitches. And, the stitching is done with a variety of colors of embroidery floss. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rG9FJTsvT40zYST_pGs0HXBz2BYZtcZrLBQmOf7EPuWhoJFq_i6jNqyyMUwi0LbHJeEKxzfREdaMQjSaw19y1ZzFVIiZcF9c_-ecpo-DH1usQbcj5EjLk29xoBvCqju3oRBOhu3FuKcF/s640/IMG_8520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4rG9FJTsvT40zYST_pGs0HXBz2BYZtcZrLBQmOf7EPuWhoJFq_i6jNqyyMUwi0LbHJeEKxzfREdaMQjSaw19y1ZzFVIiZcF9c_-ecpo-DH1usQbcj5EjLk29xoBvCqju3oRBOhu3FuKcF/w400-h300/IMG_8520.jpg" width="400" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> The beauty of this quilt is in the simplicity of it.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKn3VqCip0a_C2zC-psE_GmSMbJoh3bQopDTWon6uI0tSOqrNCfDSrjLIJyFZncFRfFiEOkN7Y1Q2P3sSNo273baQ6ux4v11I_vtiyH8XgjPXgUHED3eJHIBOvlw1Wf8X6KRCntPok76i/s640/IMG_8531.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxKn3VqCip0a_C2zC-psE_GmSMbJoh3bQopDTWon6uI0tSOqrNCfDSrjLIJyFZncFRfFiEOkN7Y1Q2P3sSNo273baQ6ux4v11I_vtiyH8XgjPXgUHED3eJHIBOvlw1Wf8X6KRCntPok76i/w300-h400/IMG_8531.jpg" width="300" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here you can see the larger quilt has yet to be embroidered. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I intend to embroider it the same way as the smaller one.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That will be something warm to do this winter. <br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXw1HnZh7Z8nQoGrnEM2mzShkizFvOZ0rCDWlg-Lau8hRzKngrX4XgZubFh7yiFHMAKmDFTZy4T-7hAp2wGwR7rVXw7L3TsqckV2MSLDd0mORsjMxwiWPctf107cxU7C0SSLzK_W8CROku/w300-h400/IMG_8533.jpg" width="300" /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, as you probably know without me saying....both came from the flea market. The smaller one I found several years ago. I don't remember what I paid for it, but it wasn't much. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The larger, unfinished one, I got from Kathy at the Junk House in Beebe just a few weeks ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was $1.00. I couldn't turn it down. Of course, it had cried out to be rescued.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The standing bear, and the three pillows came from Good Will...less than $2.00 each. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Hope you enjoyed this little peak at yet another rescue. <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, we will revisit this larger quilt maybe in the Spring when it is completed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know I just love rescuing old used quilts. By rescuing, I mean it's fun to find them and then figure out what to do with them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes there isn't much left to work with. It's a challenge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sometimes repair is possible, but labor intensive.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, that is ok by me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Whatever you might choose to do...you've given that quilt a new life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And, saved another thing of beauty from the landfill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I like to think they keep your heart warm as well as your body. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">❤</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wherever you may be this day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>BE WELL</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Bird Nest Cottage</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>❤❤❤ </b> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc38sM-sBQHmOZwQFSiln0c50gpkgdKovcqND584CGDx4X5ByWM6TLNoaWbGf-yPggSFi4neNBJAeSMhkJ6w9KkjRtOplCw7p6lY7iZCqrIyv7JVQazuUVxrHj4k5WasmruKoHqC7TfVd/s640/IMG_8516.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjc38sM-sBQHmOZwQFSiln0c50gpkgdKovcqND584CGDx4X5ByWM6TLNoaWbGf-yPggSFi4neNBJAeSMhkJ6w9KkjRtOplCw7p6lY7iZCqrIyv7JVQazuUVxrHj4k5WasmruKoHqC7TfVd/w200-h150/IMG_8516.jpg" width="200" /></a></div></div><br /> <p></p>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-2110853940507783222020-09-14T23:58:00.000-05:002020-09-14T23:58:24.294-05:00A Heartprint Giveaway Update<br /><div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> <img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Hww-gwe9twyYkqa-BFeWavZOoMKC2ZTK3AcNpR3fTjJxOblh_ftLPN_VbuEotjsK6P6ykp64KdoOeNO0nt0Y_1XfIWhTkzIb7gV9Wr5a5jKmqjsqIrVFDsCwUoXI0dqPDvWzJElade6l/w375-h500/IMG_8494.jpg" width="375" /> <br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <span style="color: black;">Here are the current <b>HEARTPRINTS</b> along with the winners names.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"> The winners names are on the backs, so they won't know which one they are receiving until it shows up at their home. Just a bit of surprise at this point in the year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"> Here are the winners:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"> </span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Sandra Stephens</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Tina Tx</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Marilyn McLeod</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: black;"> Beverly Long</span></b></div><span style="color: black;"><b> Sandi S</b></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"> I will need your mailing address so I can get these to you asap. Even though I may have some of them...please send anyway in case I can't find them...entirely possible the way things are going around here. I have actually frantically searched for my phone while talking on it....honestly. The human brain!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: black;">Remember, these little things I am calling <b>"Heartprints"</b> are pieces from one of my rescued quilts. They are ALL from one quilt. I have taken sections from the quilt to form these blocks, and stitched them to an old blanket from the quilt which was used as batting, then I have hand embroidered all the designs on the blocks. You may display them as you see, or frame them...whatever you like. I hope you enjoy them.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHe944o6hi8ByDPjLtp43YNyLOPJi9z3xd2GnxzWva8HXDkITz8xIZgDGxsnEao9oSuMmHGf8B143wKP0i4FU6rE97Et4xRrBgO9Isvh9nY5rnXEst65rMwN4DG009usoi0reTdtrtrlj2/s640/IMG_8496.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHe944o6hi8ByDPjLtp43YNyLOPJi9z3xd2GnxzWva8HXDkITz8xIZgDGxsnEao9oSuMmHGf8B143wKP0i4FU6rE97Et4xRrBgO9Isvh9nY5rnXEst65rMwN4DG009usoi0reTdtrtrlj2/w375-h500/IMG_8496.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> The hearts are appliqued.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">. <img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1534" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3-a32u5FTt-mt_SgSxfweyd2PVkVV_22K9-mqXxFdwclIhIY9zG-qbyCpvbtpM9gDRRRaM5tP277fEHI7xgntQssTtaE8zoZCqjiwm0i-a1qG0IXEmD-2pmDNuZd1Qbad-FdLe1hHPXG/w375-h500/IMG_8497.jpg" width="375" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqA5jSKS3__R0_QIUQt8FFCiskzfUAXmXSRBca262imZ3YdxoS6HNjFnHzPv1FcrfgNKAjQB-FVG1LyerxN4PyGFTaS7txPeYwa3klVqcHuWJedcpiygfEG7lQa8ns3DVrrE3oTDfXVAD/s2048/IMG_8498.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;">The teeny tiny ones, embroidered</a></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqA5jSKS3__R0_QIUQt8FFCiskzfUAXmXSRBca262imZ3YdxoS6HNjFnHzPv1FcrfgNKAjQB-FVG1LyerxN4PyGFTaS7txPeYwa3klVqcHuWJedcpiygfEG7lQa8ns3DVrrE3oTDfXVAD/s2048/IMG_8498.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqA5jSKS3__R0_QIUQt8FFCiskzfUAXmXSRBca262imZ3YdxoS6HNjFnHzPv1FcrfgNKAjQB-FVG1LyerxN4PyGFTaS7txPeYwa3klVqcHuWJedcpiygfEG7lQa8ns3DVrrE3oTDfXVAD/w375-h500/IMG_8498.jpg" width="375" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXqA5jSKS3__R0_QIUQt8FFCiskzfUAXmXSRBca262imZ3YdxoS6HNjFnHzPv1FcrfgNKAjQB-FVG1LyerxN4PyGFTaS7txPeYwa3klVqcHuWJedcpiygfEG7lQa8ns3DVrrE3oTDfXVAD/s2048/IMG_8498.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;">They are actually fun to do.</span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZtgg5zRl4opZ81pYZKyRi5ChsG5UfovVH3VR0OEWj4gjKxj8DlcV28CIW-ElrlcKbCYHvMuRLH0AZIgStByzza6oNTpXLxRPt6AjsRmOnkojG6bMjLzC9QFMWWUkMDFxiWhX4dZW8mgh/s2048/IMG_8500.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJZtgg5zRl4opZ81pYZKyRi5ChsG5UfovVH3VR0OEWj4gjKxj8DlcV28CIW-ElrlcKbCYHvMuRLH0AZIgStByzza6oNTpXLxRPt6AjsRmOnkojG6bMjLzC9QFMWWUkMDFxiWhX4dZW8mgh/w375-h500/IMG_8500.jpg" width="375" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4snv-7X6szAHmh_E5Hmoj0OG8QKFIhONfsJIK9OX7j3Gc2ivExyyphksiCrsdtBNItmujHW6j2qQonQOSJtmBt98yjUr9_WsvlUVEUEjku0QWNsHVw7WALXPKi8eZQMSK72wwQm4vUrGN/s2048/IMG_8501.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="500" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4snv-7X6szAHmh_E5Hmoj0OG8QKFIhONfsJIK9OX7j3Gc2ivExyyphksiCrsdtBNItmujHW6j2qQonQOSJtmBt98yjUr9_WsvlUVEUEjku0QWNsHVw7WALXPKi8eZQMSK72wwQm4vUrGN/w375-h500/IMG_8501.jpg" width="375" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> I'm told this by one of you lovely people out there:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> <b> "Our lives are so impacted by Covid. We all need something pretty to be posted by you."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Wow! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Thank you, Cindy. I'll do my best.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> See you over the coming weekend.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> Wherever you may be this day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b> BE WELL</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b> Bird Nest Cottage</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b> </b></div><p><b> ❤️❤️❤️</b></p><p><b> </b><img alt="" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9WV5MsQeSmcZuLreAdbcO5YdZobJXc0L2I4_F8jkqPp12-axxDTRWQCd8pFbPxswjaMC4DOdUF7E0CkqtlTuC7hYlRkUSF_JLXrxOYmI4ejcaqUjbvwiJ88m-U3-DGckGiZwUvVoXKnFs/" width="180" /><b> <br /></b></p><b> </b><br /><b> </b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4snv-7X6szAHmh_E5Hmoj0OG8QKFIhONfsJIK9OX7j3Gc2ivExyyphksiCrsdtBNItmujHW6j2qQonQOSJtmBt98yjUr9_WsvlUVEUEjku0QWNsHVw7WALXPKi8eZQMSK72wwQm4vUrGN/s2048/IMG_8501.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"> </a><br /><b> </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> <br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div>Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2307328535462685153.post-17847592103914690272020-09-11T20:34:00.000-05:002020-09-11T20:34:37.134-05:00Nineteen Years, Where Did They Go??<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PMFWEubyUotD1EuJWGyurzXLc0KZ65VkZFw8vHXqJsYvtNymmabrptkKXOWT9DjXnrD858knTyj9RrtXG4nFEiDSRewzVwR0w5dTtBb77T67tSeoui7iakFFItSiKzUsNpcF_u1JYZiX/s2048/IMG_8480+2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1843" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8PMFWEubyUotD1EuJWGyurzXLc0KZ65VkZFw8vHXqJsYvtNymmabrptkKXOWT9DjXnrD858knTyj9RrtXG4nFEiDSRewzVwR0w5dTtBb77T67tSeoui7iakFFItSiKzUsNpcF_u1JYZiX/w576-h640/IMG_8480+2.jpg" width="576" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"> Nineteen years and we still never forget. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> And, today, <b>more than ever,</b> we continue to ask </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>"God Bless America." </b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC1gmqrz0BSavqlomzHC9eWUEeGhUWqBZ-ZDY7esxGPGqjKJTLNgGWGs4hsmclS5_0uFgJ-bbMagjLLCf0SZPVeto2NLjjdD72oAbzd-M5z_kVIu1QPURKtfXtxX-uL1lTz7y1FZ8OsrH/s2048/IMG_8483.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1916" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfC1gmqrz0BSavqlomzHC9eWUEeGhUWqBZ-ZDY7esxGPGqjKJTLNgGWGs4hsmclS5_0uFgJ-bbMagjLLCf0SZPVeto2NLjjdD72oAbzd-M5z_kVIu1QPURKtfXtxX-uL1lTz7y1FZ8OsrH/w598-h640/IMG_8483.jpg" width="598" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is a pin #2 of two I made after the events of 9-11-2001.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Pin #1 was lost at the International Quilt Exhibit in Houston that year.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, I made another.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm showing the pattern here and giving you permission to use it if you would like to make one for yourself</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">or use the flag on another piece of work.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The heart is about three inches x three inches.<br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMotQQTjaFqxCWiBxRnyvfJsFjdNX3p4PTbIAI3mAW-gVW9cvJTPjQlEqxiXjGiWhUpB_5PEaeDv5FMJtDYvzpqBYO7PKACgHFq0b9IsS4im8tyTZDryP-AtpgaFiUBIBw5xhZTtWqgJj/s2048/IMG_8485.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1604" data-original-width="2048" height="502" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgMotQQTjaFqxCWiBxRnyvfJsFjdNX3p4PTbIAI3mAW-gVW9cvJTPjQlEqxiXjGiWhUpB_5PEaeDv5FMJtDYvzpqBYO7PKACgHFq0b9IsS4im8tyTZDryP-AtpgaFiUBIBw5xhZTtWqgJj/w640-h502/IMG_8485.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">The tiny hearts are my Trademark, I suppose, as I seem to embroider them on just about </p><p> everything I make.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo1KINqEwWpJbBZYIuvOtFu_Rz6JC-ayHqfjb3MaQkfwSikjohj_ZwWWZYv4wS3lNtoSgx797p3Nq1UoueWFaEtUY3KFsfF3uX7W-zIqVjjUepF_8c_OVoERCdQvBxNknpRqTXUvhZP7i/s2048/IMG_8488.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1865" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeo1KINqEwWpJbBZYIuvOtFu_Rz6JC-ayHqfjb3MaQkfwSikjohj_ZwWWZYv4wS3lNtoSgx797p3Nq1UoueWFaEtUY3KFsfF3uX7W-zIqVjjUepF_8c_OVoERCdQvBxNknpRqTXUvhZP7i/w582-h640/IMG_8488.jpg" width="582" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> I try to always sign my work.....using a permanent pen. And, as always....there is usually a tiny heart added.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuZjxZtKXA0imv6wgBjivy83RkMgb24IJ6vykGQYVWOPu7fCusM-fb3XOHOnOEQngx4o1pJ2ivQKUxwH8cQhgkwUUQ4-_IUNU0nBFtGBo2J0gM4ELMCfSyMiNzpkmHBnmReZ6Fwk6sR3n/s2048/IMG_8487.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1801" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNuZjxZtKXA0imv6wgBjivy83RkMgb24IJ6vykGQYVWOPu7fCusM-fb3XOHOnOEQngx4o1pJ2ivQKUxwH8cQhgkwUUQ4-_IUNU0nBFtGBo2J0gM4ELMCfSyMiNzpkmHBnmReZ6Fwk6sR3n/w562-h640/IMG_8487.jpg" width="562" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> I would like to thank you all for your patience during the last few
months with no blog posts here for your viewing. I am well, but have been pretty much traumatized as have we all the last months. I hope <b>YOU </b>are well and that we can all get through the trials and tribulations this year is providing for happier times next year.</p><p style="text-align: center;">I will be posting again <b>very soon</b> and catch you up on my monthly giveaway, </p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>the Heartprint Artwork</b>. </p><p style="text-align: center;"> I still intend to create twenty-four of them before the year is over. I have several completed.</p><p style="text-align: center;"> More information coming on that in my next post.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Do take care my friends. </p><p style="text-align: center;">❤<br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;">Wherever you may be this day</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>BE WELL</b></p><p style="text-align: center;">from</p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>Bird Nest Cottage</b> </p><p style="text-align: center;">❤❤❤</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHk7yVTjAsrIhitBtzBiEVFNVg2MS2nGrV8f4aJltZV0TC_zKt9UpPeJaLWMDopaxfI2bD23AOjaQE0reHaUfKLcJz6gpE9qHuL4zkmM5SG6oR-H4RHjL0UL8MXKeIvI6F_Zw19lwU2Fl-/s2048/IMG_8480.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1843" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHk7yVTjAsrIhitBtzBiEVFNVg2MS2nGrV8f4aJltZV0TC_zKt9UpPeJaLWMDopaxfI2bD23AOjaQE0reHaUfKLcJz6gpE9qHuL4zkmM5SG6oR-H4RHjL0UL8MXKeIvI6F_Zw19lwU2Fl-/w144-h160/IMG_8480.jpg" width="144" /></a></div><br />Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05300887002787400706noreply@blogger.com5Searcy, AR 72143, USA35.2244528 -91.73441556.9142189638211562 -126.8906655 63.534686636178847 -56.5781655