daily yarns 'n more

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{Makes my heart break}

 

digging through my files

Gosh, I've just been so busy I haven't even taken any new photos.  Maybe this is a good time to go through all my Texas 2013 photos and post what I haven't posted yet.  This shot was from San Antonio at one of the missions, I believe it was at the Mission San Jose.

See that open door on the church?

This is what we found when we went inside.  A young man playing the piano.  I don't remember the piece he was playing, but we sat there along with others who stopped to listen.

Believe me when I say there are more photos to come from our Texas trip ;)

Hope Y'All have a great evening.

 

baby surprise

I took off again on Saturday, back to Illinois for a surprise baby shower for a family friend who grew up with my older daughters, and boy was she surprised.

I had made a Dr Seuss baby quilt and a nursing cover up.

This is what I have been working on that has kept me so busy lately.  Now I'm working outside in the yard.  It's been such a long winter and being able to go outside is awesome and the weather has been so nice, I'm absolutely loving it.  I brought back a van full of boxes and odds and ends from my parents home that they've already packed up, and I've been cleaning things out and getting things ready for their arrival.

I hope Y'all have been doing good.

rain rain go away

At least go away long enough for our ground to dry up some.  We haven't been able to get in the garden to plant anything :(  and my flowers are still not popping out of the ground yet, tho driving by the mail box yesterday on my way to town, I did spy a bit of my tulips.  I was wondering if they would ever come out of the ground. 

This was from the other day, it was raining but not too hard, and the hills were smoking.

Well, I really shoudn't complain about the rain, it could be snowing!

Hope Y'all have a wonderful weekend!

 

and the answer is...

A Grist Stone.

We saw this when we were in San Antonio last January, this was actually found at the Alamo when we toured it.  Isn't it just so pretty?  Wouldn't it be cool to have one of these things in your garden?  I thought I'd google them and after seeing the prices of these babies, I'll just admire my photo ;) 

I know I haven't been around on the blog or visiting, but all is good and I'm doing good.  I've been busy sewing {can't wait to show you but that has to wait}, the sewing room is coming along, the drywall is all up and I picked out the paint and the flooring.  In between working on the room {which I'll admit, Jim is doing all of the work (smile), I'm sorry I didn't take before pictures of the project}, and sewing, as I posted previously we skipped to Michigan to see our newest grandson.  I absolutely loved this shot.

I've been meaning to show you my homemade vanilla that I made a few months back.  I've been too busy to do any baking, and I can't wait to use it.

I gave my kitchen aide away when we lived in Illinois, because Mr started making bread and got a Bosch mixer, so I started using that instead.  I recently got it back and didn't want it sitting on the counter collecting dust while not in use.  So, I dug into my fabric stash and came out with some fabric to make a cover.  I didn't have quite enough fabric of any one kind, so I added the third color which is actually supposed to be a pocket, I decided not to make it a pocket.  I found the cute download for the kitchen aide pattern on line which really added to the cover.

Like I said all is good here, just so busy.  I hope to visit Y'All later while watching the Hawks play tonight.

Have a wonderful day on this cold, rainy Friday!

 

 

what is it?

I thought instead of doing Wordless Wednesday this week I'd do a "what is it".

Care to take a guess?

 

nest

Has it really been awhile since I've posted?  We skipped out of here last Friday to Michigan to see our newest grandson.  Mr hadn't seen him yet or our son and dil's new home.  While still in Wisconsin Mr saw something, so he turned around so that I could get photos of it.

He spied a Sandhill Cranes nest and one of them was "sitting" on the nest.  Can you see the two eggs?

 

It's been busy, busy, busy, around here.  My room is getting done and yesterday I didn't even go on-line to read blogs, I sewed all day on something I needed to get done.

I tried to read blogs this morning, but Feedly is not loading up for me right now, not sure what is going on.

I hope Y'All have a wonderful day today!

 

{photo of the day}

Linking with...

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday Bloggers

and

Rurality Blog Hop

 

amish girls

Heading to the Dells we pass through another Amish community.  These girls were each riding a bike, it looks like it's a bicycle for two but they are each on their own very colorful bike, one pinkish purple and one a light blue.  I'm guessing that there are no rules to having colorful bikes, it's one way to get some color into their life.  I don't know about the Amish in other areas, but the Amish here ride bikes to get around, and if you saw our hills here, you'd know how hard it really is to get around on a bike.

Hope Y'All have an awesome day today!

 

good morning! or is it afternoon!

Slept late...

had breakfast...

did a few exercise videos...

started laundry...

folded laundry...

did the morning dishes...

balanced my checkbook (whew it balanced)

and

FINALLY got to sit and have a cup of coffee and do this post.

I found this barn somewhere between here and Illinois, lots of flooded yards and fields everywhere.  I was even re-routed on my way home because of flooding.  I loved the reflection of all the barns in this one.  I'm linking with Barn Charm.

Wow, where did the morning go?  I still need to run to town to do errands, maybe I'll find some more flood shots.

Hope Y'All are having a good start to this rainy Monday!