A Weekend At The Beach

With amazing friends who have a beach house.

We headed to the beach for a few days. This is Nubble Light House all decked out for Christmas.(York Maine) You can see the tree in the window so cute.

The beach had a quiet beauty...

But very very cold and windy...

Then we were off to Kennebunk Maine...

To the Christmas prelude...

With lots and lots great decorations and Santa keeping watch..

This was at the Kennebunk inn, they were roasting chestnuts

and had outside fireplaces and fleece blankets to wrap in so

lovely and cozy...

And a tree lighting! You can see the lobster buoys decorating the branches. Sooo very Maine.

We are back in N.H. but wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas from Maine. We are in for wicked weather this week so everyone stay safe.

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I am working on a very wintery rug that I will show you next time.

One Tired Elf

My ride home from work on Wed before Thanksgiving was

a bit slippery, the only good thing was I seemed to be the only person on the road so slow and easy I made it just fine.

We did not lose our power like a lot of people in this state. 

So we felt very blessed.

I put up my little vintage paper houses.

I have a lot of little extras in this village that makes it

so fun to look at.

Saturday we went shopping ran home and then out to be elves for 

two shows for the polar express. Being with kids when they think they are in the North Pole is an amazing experience. It is heart warming and so funny what they come out with.

And this is one tired elf :)

I had a long piece of linen so I drew up some mittens as you

can see this pattern is a work in progress. I am hooking with a 

9 cut so it should go pretty fast.

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I hope you holiday was a great one!

And Let The Season Begin

The is the worst picture as the light pole is very red and goes ok with the bow on the wreath.

Today I made beef stew and biscuits,we watched the patriots

win yet another yahoo. 

Friday night we had Miss B over night for cookies and general fun

When we started she didn't want to get her hands dirty. So we ended up in a flour fight with lots and lots of giggles. We love having her so much!  

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No big plans for Thanksgiving which is fine as I have to work 

Friday and we have fun plans for the following weekend.

Have a great week!

A Day Off

If it is going to keep doing this then I am not going to feel bad

Doing this...

yes a very old fashioned Christmas movie, my favorite kind.

I was also very productive a huge stack of stuff for the thrift and

and bag to the dump and in the middle of cleaning out drawers I find this that brought everything to a screaming halt.

It is from when my daughter was in kindergarten. I took the time

to frame it and hang it I love it! ( She is now a mom so it is extra special)

Ok back to work I made 5 woolly balls to fill some old wooden bowls I have.

I also started the wool (feather)tree. It is not hard just a lot of fussy work. I am sure I will love it when it's done.

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We are going deeper into the freeze tonight. So the beast is keeping the oil man away for now.                                                                    I have women's night 

tomorrow night and I am bringing my homemade bread. It is our little Thanksgiving together so always good food and good laughs.

Have a great night! 

This Turkey Is Done

We had a dusting of snow on Friday which was beautiful but

the black ice was not! A little tricky driving to work.

I finished my turkey even though I had a stomach bug 

for a couple of days and did no hooking at all. (and it's bound!)

He looks great on my butter churn coffee table. The color is awful

in this picture but trust me it looks cute.

I also made an apple pie and...

For those French Canadian's this English girl 

can cook a great pork pie. I had never heard of it when I started 

dating my husband and was sure it was awful. Well lots of years later and  with the help of his great aunt I have it! Now I need a nice mince pie.

that is what we had at the holidays made by my very English lineage Grandmother. Ok and homemade fruit cake that was very good (I swear)

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Hope you are all warm and cozy the cold is here, the beast in the basement is happily keeping us warm as long as we throw in a log or two now and then. 

Have a great week!

Another Full Weekend

The wood is stacked

Leaves are raked

the pots are filled and the cupboard is full. I guess we are 

now ready for winter. A calm week this week but we are in for major cold by next weekend brrrrr.

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My sweet little Da Da Dump find

I have been hooking for about 20 years and I have

never purchased any new equipment. Even the hartman hook

I am using was given to me. I was asked if I wanted to buy 

this frasier cutter with 5 blades for 150.00. I agreed to and plan to purchase a couple of more blades, I feel it's a great deal.

I finished my sampler rug (ok not bound) and I started this

on Saturday it is not very large so I hope to have it done by the end of the week.  

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A friend and I went to a Christmas open house at a geat

country shop. I didn't buy much but it put me in the Christmas mood, so I got out the lights for the windows

and now I will try to restrain myself from doing anything else for now.

have a great week!

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Take time for all things.

Franklin

The Scary Things You See Trick Or Treating

This house we were greeted by this guy. Who made us laugh a 

lot because he was not the least bit excited about anything.

This guy was dressed up as a body builder and he kept the kids

laughing with his "I am really strong do you see my muscles?"

And this is my little tiger with her trainer.She got a couple of 

candies and said ok lets go home. When we asked why she said to eat it of course. after she had some she was ready for lots more.

This was a scary sight with fake blood on her ebola suit yikes!

But a great time was had by all.

I had my guild meeting Saturday so I did get something done.

Then we were off to a birthday party and I had to work today so 

there goes that weekend. I have put in for some time off

mental health days. I took a couple of days off for our anniversary the beginning of October then I had to work extra so I really never had to use my time. 

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We are cold and windy but warm and cozy inside

watching the football game.

Have a great week!