When she heard Zach and Ashton were getting married, my sister in law LeeAnn immediatelsuggested we make a quilt…because she’s a quilter. She suggested she make half the blocks and I make half the blocks, and she chose a Becky Goldsmith applique pattern. Each block could vary between 9 and 11 inches wide, and would […]
Category: Christmas
Tuesday…
The convalescent day moves at a slow pace…maybe the pace of healing itself. It isn’t unpleasant really…just…slow. Stately. But I’m beginning to enjoy convalescence because it brings you so many things…like delicious luncheons brought by friends (THANK YOU Nancy and Ellen…) who stay and tell you stories of the bustle of the world outside in […]
Getting Ready …
I was making my Thanksgiving grocery lists this morning and R had a “Martha Stewart moment”…”Why not put lights on the volunteer cedar outside the bedroom window?” We were going to cut it down and put it on the deck, BUT…really… why not??? I already had the lights… but it DID involve ladders… He was […]
Christmas Week…Monday and Tuesday
A busy week for most of us…Monday for me started with assisting Nancy Lindburg who is overseeing the re-arrangement of the art collection at the Salem Public Library. Jonathan Bucci, Collections’ Curator at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, designed the rehanging and he and museum colleague David Anderson were installing things in new locations […]
Tree Topper Extraordinaire…
While I was stopped at a red light downtown yesterday, a big gull flew down and landed right on top of this tree and I HAD to take this picture…though by the time I got my camera out the light was green and there was honking…I considered it festive Christmas honking…I mean who among you […]
City Days
We’ve gotten in the Christmas spirit by spending a few days in the city, a trip that began as R attending a meeting, and turned into a three day festival of varied activities that surprised us with how much you can really cram into three days. I could draw it out over several posts but […]
On The Way 