Happy St. Patrick's Day

 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We are feeling lucky today because there were bad storms last night and we are okay.  Right up the main road, folks lost roofs and trees fell and a lot of people are without power.  We are grateful to be spared today.

Did you make it through the storm okay?

Today my brother is making corned beef and cabbage for the family.  For whatever reason, I just don't like corned beef although the rest of the family loves it.  Anyway, I will pick up some for my husband on my way to the doctor today.

How are you spending the day?  I'm hoping one of these days I can actually spend the day sewing!

Take care of yourself and have a great day!

Flower Friday: March 13, 2026

 

One week until spring!  We had great weather this week...until Thursday when it rained and the temps dropped again.  

The warm weather brought CROCUS TIME!!!

Louise sent this photo of crocuses she saw at a Chili Festival:

Then I walked outside and saw that mine were blooming as well!

Have a safe and happy weekend!

Tuesday's This and That: March 9, 2026

 

Today I have no cookies but do have one this and one that.

We also have warm days here and it's been a blessing!  Our snow is almost all melted!

I was at Paducah Quilt show back in... I dunno, the early 2000s.  Happily I got to see Ted Storm's quilt, "Spring of Desire".

Ted is a quilter from the Netherlands and there is a video of an interview with her here.  This interview was recently posted by the National Quilt Museum.  I also enjoyed this interview with Ted that was published by the Quilt Alliance here.

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This is not my dog:

Although the same could be said for Lucky.  He finally got a grooming from Jessa...and it didn't even snow!

Fuzzy Wuzzy before:

Cleaned up and ready to rock and roll this spring!

"Can't you see I'm sleeping on LambChop?  

I'm not modeling right now!"

Wishing you a safe and happy day!

Monday Check-in

 

Actually we don't care about the time change...we're retired!

Interesting weekend here.

  

The internet went down and for the third time in three months we had to call our new cable/internet carrier to come out and repair whatever was broken (turned out it was their equipment).  It was also a little alarming that many of their customer service computers were not working when I telephoned them.  Verizon is a big company and this really surprised me.  Originally they told us the technician wouldn't be here until Monday (internet went out Friday).  But I think they realized that enough is enough and did get someone here late Saturday.  

For my husband who is really limited yet with his rib problem, it was a godsend.  Watching sports on tv is really his favorite thing right now and it doesn't hurt him. 

  

I've a lot of emails to read and catch up on so give me a day or two to get settled again.  

We are switching cable companies later this week.  Here in our valley, we have always had a three cable companies to choose from and this is unusual.  Growing up, my family in Philadelphia didn't have any cable companies until the late 1970s/early 1980s.  I'm curious as to when you had cable tv available in your area.

Have a safe and happy day!

Flower Friday: March 6, 2026

 

Only 15 days until Spring!

The snow is slowly melting here and finally I see these little snowdrops starting to emerge:

The snowdrops are soooo late.  They usually surface in January or early February.  But there was too much snow on the ground.  Over the weekend it is supposed to be warmer, in the 60s!  Hopefully I will have time to clean out some of the garden.

And our Amaryllis bloomed a second time!!!

This has cheered both Brad and I up!

What's going on in your garden?

Have a safe and happy weekend!

Wayback Wednesday: March 4, 2026

 

MEMORIES CALLING!

You know it wasn't that "the good ol' days" were so much better than now.  A lot of youngsters can't imagine the world without internet and social media.  At one point, Carol's grandkids found an old rotary phone in the basement.  They couldn't figure out how to use and were so enamored with it they begged to take it home (grandma let them).  There are a lot of youtube videos of kids trying to use a rotary phone.  I think this video is hilarious.  Anyway, here are some phone related memory memes to brighten your day!

Have a safe and happy day!

Storytime Stitches (A Different Version)

 

In 2021, I did a bunch of blog posts based on my program "Storytime Stitches".  Each post focused on quilts that were inspired by illustrations in children's books or othere things children used.  

The last year or so, I've been collecting a different kind of inspiration for Storytime Stitches.  The actual illustrations from children's books and other kids type ephemera are now the inspiration for a real quilt.  Over Christmas, I thought that my first one should be to make a quilt similar to the one below...possibly in 2026:

Actually the above is a card but I liked the quilt and I have some solid scraps that might work well in the design.

I was reminded of this when one of the ladies posted in an online group that she was looking for a quilt name for a textile she saw in a vintage children's book.  I need to get back to that idea as well and thought I might feature a few of these different quilts in upcoming blog posts.  I'll just call the image "today's inspiration" or something.

Do you collect quilt inspiration ideas as well?  I'd love to know what sparks your imagination!

Have a safe and happy day!