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Gifts from the Farm
I have been busy since we got back from visiting the lavender farms. (If you didn’t get a chance to see the farm, you simply must scroll down and look at the pictures! Lavender is commercially...
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You’ve Got Mail
“The only gift is a portion of thyself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson Making handmade cards is a simple pleasure of mine. Truthfully it should be called a guilty pleasure when you consider how much money I...
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Pumpkin Love
“I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.” HenryThoreau Who doesn’t love pumpkins? They are round and orange, and you can even cook with them!...
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December Mornings
December mornings have been very cold here in our little town at the edge of the mountains. The historical downtown is all decorated for Christmas, and from one window upstairs we can see the town...
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Christmas Baking Day
It is Christmas baking day at our house today. My daughter flies in tomorrow from Denver (I am hoping with the winter storm coming she can get out!) so I hope to have all the baking done today and...
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Scraps of Life
“It was an act of courage to take the scraps life provided and stitch them together, wrestling the chaos into order, taking what had been cast off and creating something from it, something useful,...
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Special Pillowcases
The sewing fairy has been busy at my house making pillowcases to donate to a local children’s hospital where each child receives a special handmade pillowcase when they are admitted. I have been...
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Rainy Day Quilt Show
The wind was blustery, the rain fell hard and steady. Most folks enjoyed the lazy Saturday afternoon watching television or reading by the fire. Soup simmered on my kitchen stove as my husband settled...
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Quilting in the Rain
“Arts and crafts keep you sane”-Author Unknown Wintertime is quilting season at my house. The rain falls steady here most days, and it is too cold for me to drag myself outside to work in the garden....
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