A Very Fun Time!

We have a game camera out by our shed and look who is waiting for some unsuspecting squirrel to hop by a pretty nice bobcat. 

My poor car took a beating going to Maine on Wed morning.

I was suppose to go Tuesday but we had snow and I needed to to be home to shovel the deck and stairs as husband still had some pneumonia left in his lungs. ( His xray came back as non left thank goodness!)

I started out Wed morning and when I got to the Maine line it looked like they hadn't plowed ugg it was slow going for awhile.

I made it to Maine in one piece! I will show a few rugs as I could go on for ages but this is just a few. This one she was down to background she was mixing a few colors I really like it. 

This is being hooked by Janice she told me the burlap was so stiff she put it in warm water a few times to rinse and soften it up. I was shocked I thought it would make the burlap fall apart. She said no and has done it before. Amazing work. 

This one she was working on the braiding for the border. 

This is being done my roommate and sweet friend Donna!

Her husband was a mechanic most of his life and this is for their bedroom purple and blue gears. 

This is an antique rug reproduction she tried to stick close to the original rug colors. But she didn't like the border and was going to bind it as is.  

This was being done by Gail all she had to do was the sky.

Kathy from Vermont did this santa and I had never seen her finish before. she used silicone calk and then she could cut it close to the end of the hooking and put the strips to match each section I loved it! She said it was an idea in a rug hooking magazine years ago. 

I will have more rugs to show you next time. 

I was in Freeport Maine so on my way home I stopped at a vintage store. I thought this hankie would be so sweet for valentines day or Easter. Tuck it up your sleeve for a vintage look. And that little book has all kinds of fun things. Recipes, good dates, bad dates etc so cute. I am going to put it in my giveaway basket.

I am going to have quite a basket to give away. 

Go to this post ."Give Away" to put your name in. (Yes I have seen each of your entries blogger is not playing nice with me)

You have to be a follower and I will draw it on Jan 27th and announce it the 28th. Don't be left out!

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We are in the deep freeze I don't think we got higher than 17f today brrrrr but it is winter and we have plenty of snow. We have the woodstove and the fireplace in the family room going. I am staying away from husband for the next few days incase I came home with something. 

We had so much fun at the hook-in we laughed and ate and had cocktails. I feel very blessed to have this hobby that allows me to meet such wonderful women and have such fun. I got into a class in April so excited for that more later. 

Stay warm everyone and have a great week!

Bluebird At My Window

This sweet bluebird and his mate visited our feeder during a recent snow storm. 

I have been slowly putting Christmas away. I don't have a lot of heart things. This was from a thrift store several years ago. 

Husband used up the last of the raspberry jam. I was getting ready to marinate some chicken so I made a very tasty marinate with what was left in the jar. I added some olive oil,vinegar, mustard.salt and pepper. Shake, shake,shake the jar voila tasty marinade. You could also use this as a salad dressing. A great way to use up what was still clinging to the jar. 

We are cold and very snowy. (But not as bad as Buffalo NY yikes!) I have shoveled and sanded until my body aches so much! I got my first seed catalog and someone posted this. My garden is not this large but I will take some of the ideas when planting this spring. Think spring!

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Husband is better but needs an exray this week. I am off to hook with friends for a few days! 

Have a great week

Color Choices

I started lady liberty and I need your help. I started hooking her like a person but should it be like the statue?

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We had about 10 inches of snow then about 2 inches of rain so you can imagine what a heavy mess it was! Then there were high winds thankfully we kept the power on. 

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As you know husband has been sick since before Christmas. Well very long story short he has pneumonia. He is on antibiotics and finally starting to feel better. Fingers crossed

Since I haven't been anywhere or done anything that is it for me.

Blogger is having issues when I go to comment on my own blog it comes up as anonymous crazy.

Don't forget to put your name in for my giveaway here.

Have a wonderful week!

Thrift Find

Snow Day today we got 6 to 8 inches of fluffy snow.

King Arthur flour has a sale and this pan was 60% off.

I gave myself a little present.

I made a small chocolate cake to try them out. So sweet! 

I had an orange that needed to eaten but before I cut it I zested the rind and put it into sugar. 

Voila orange flavored sugar! I have been having oatmeal for breakfast and it is so good for a light sprinkle of this sugar. 

There are so many great uses for this sugar. I kept the top off for a day and ever once in awhile I gave it a stir.

And I pickled some onions I had a half of a red onion and a bit of white onion so in a pint jar I sliced the onions, added a heaping tsp of sugar a half cup of very hot water and then top off with vinegar add some salt and pepper.

Shake it up and refrigerate oh they are so good! 

I had a hair cut on Friday and around the corner is my favorite thrift store. lookie lookie what I found! It is a little large just perfect for layers underneath. Now that we have snow I hope to get out to snow shoe and oooh I will be looking pretty fashionable lol. 

 I got this shade out I got last week. It looks great on the small floor lamp by my chair. 

Speaking of Christmas I walked passed these two getting ready to put them away and I had to leave them for at least on more day.

Doesn't it look like they are having a great conversation. 

More on the give-away I have added fingerless gloves. They are handmade but not by me. Some cocoa bombs, a little sign,.....

And a fun basket to hold all the goodies. 

Do you want to put your name in? Go to this Give- away post to comment.

This is so true of me I need to get off my phone!

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I will reply to the comments on the last post (I have been spending to much time on my phone) and welcome to my new followers.

Time To Rest?

I have been rising early, today's sunrise was wonderful.

 

I didn't have much flour left in my large glass canister so I dumped it out and gave it a good scrubbing before I refill it. 

I also cleaned out the very large britta we have and changed the filter. 

I made some flavored salt. I used my last batch all up.

I have dried basil and oregano I grew this summer in kosher salt. 

I have been making small appetizers from leftovers we had.

Brie Cheese spiked with garlic cloves with tomatoes and some olives, a sprig of rosemary and some olive oil all around. so darn good

Husband finished another puzzle.

And it is giveaway time a pair of homemade slippers with a knit washcloth and soap. I will also add some other surprises. 

The slippers stretch so no need to worry about size. 

My first blog post was Jan 27 2010 I will pull a name on that day and announce it Jan 28.

All you have to do is be a follower and comment on this post. 

Good luck!

That's A Wrap!

Happy New Year! May it bring good health, Laughter and sweet peace. 

I couldn't sleep so I was up early this morning. This is why I do not rush to put Christmas away. We have it for such a short time I am going to enjoy it as long as I can. 

I made some pumpkin spice scones and coffee and with my snowman mug I was feeling very festive and tired.  

Yesterday we went to my brother in laws for our annual Christmas gathering. How amazing is this??? The table is where you deposited the food as you came in. 

I mean come on this is magic!!!

Husband gave me a gift certificate to Dorr mill when I retired in June. Well Dorr was having their annual sale, time to spend it. 

These are all half yard pieces, the green doesn't show up very well. I also got a full yard piece of a grayish brown great for backgrounds in my rugs. 

If you have been to Dorr Mill you know they sell higher end clothing.

They had them marked down I tried a few things on and settled on this top. I think it got marked down more than they wanted as there were some discussion between the clerks about it when I checked out. I just love it. And I only went 7.00 over my gift certificate! Win win!

I was able to take a quick spin around the local thrift store this week 2.50 dish towel and a shade for my porch lights. 

I was able to have a pre-birthday lunch with this sweet girl far left.

She became a teenager!!! sob sob where did the time go?? 

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My daughter was out to dinner and was approached by a blog friend who knew her from her pictures on here. 

Ok Michelle I will not post the selfie my daughter took with the two of you but I would love an email (myacornhollow@yahoo.com)so I can match you to your blog. 

By the way my daughter was thrilled to meet you, you were very kind. 

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Well I guess that is it for this year. My next post I will have a        give away celebrating my 14 years of blogging. 

Happy New Year!

It's All A Bit Foggy

It sure is not feeling like winter in NH. More like fall in England foggy and wet, so wet! I am not loving it. 

Husband is finally much better not perfect but so much better than he was. He has passed his time with a puzzle. 

I spent some free time finishing off this little rug. I watched the first Harry Potter movie today for the first time. I now know why my sweet grand loves this series. 

I took a bit of time to start to color plan a larger 4th of July rug.

I have plans to go away for 5 days of rug hooking in Maine with my roomie Donna so I needed to get a rug going. It is not until mid Jan but time goes fast as we all know.

 

We had the full cold moon. We saw it for just a bit until the clouds and fog moved in. 

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I went to the Dr with husband today. I quizzed her on the RSV vaccine and RSV in general. She said the vaccine is new they have no idea how long it will last so 3 months or 12 months no idea. 

She does not want husband to get it for at least 3 to 4 months as he will have natural immunity for at least that long. 

She also said that there is a lot of sickness this year and expects more after the holidays.

I know husband is very leery of going out in public right now and I can not say I blame him. He still is coughing and his head is all stuffed up but his breathing is so much better. 

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I have one more post this year 

In January I will celebrate 14 years of blogging!