Spring is That You?

Yesterday was 60s and lovely today 50s, drizzle, and fog.

The snow is melting very quickly! Yahoo! 

Last night was a bit chilly perfect for the fireplace.

We got a lovely visit from my daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter. My grand came with gifts. She painted the bag and made the coaster. We ordered pizza and our daughter helped her father with his new IPad. She uses one every day and it was a snap for her. He was pretty thrilled with all his help. 

I am still painting and treated myself to new brushes.

I did a couple of pages of leaves. These new brushes make great leaves. Then just for fun I made some chicks. 

I also bought a weighted vest for walking. I bought it a bit heavy and tried it out for a bit. while it is only 8lbs it is harder than I expected. I will work up to wearing it on my whole walk. 

Husband came home with maple syrup that was still warm.

It is syrup season here and by all accounts it is flowing pretty freely. 

 Remember 40 gallons of sap equals 1 gallon of syrup. This was a gift but that is why it is so expensive. (No imitation syrup shall ever be in this house lol ) We tried it out on French toast made from my homemade bread this morning yummmmmmm!

Tomorrow is St Patrick's day. I gave my grand and daughter socks like these to wear to school. I plan on making a boiled dinner. Not my husband's favorite but oh I love it so much. It will be hard to scale it down as it usually makes so much. 

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I am going to see one of my sweet friends this week. I am going to visit her hooking group and Wed. we pick up my other sweet friend from the airport. It will be nice to have her back in NH. 

I did stay up to see the eclipse no pictures, but the moon did turn very red. It was worth staying up for.

A nice week weather wise ahead.

Have a great week!

Good Weather ahead

I have seen a couple of sunrises this week always beautiful.

And a bit of snow. 

I am painting a page a day. Some are fun and some are just practicing brush strokes.

And I have started a dish cloth. I have already made a mistake but who cares, I am the one using it.

And a full moon is on the way with the total eclipse very early Friday morning. 

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I had rug hooking today. 

And I am back to walking daily. 

I have a few winter lbs to lose.

       Have a wonderful week

My Winter Of Discoveries

I was gifted some tea this week. The fortune on the tag was interesting. 

I tried making paper.

I like nothing about the process. This will be it for me. 

My husband made a few of us flower presses. 

I have learned I need to select bright colored flowers.

At my watercolor class she wanted us to relax, be free, and enjoy the process. 

Relaxing and just going with the flow is not the easiest thing for me. 

I have decided I will paint at least one page a day. 

Today I did a few extra. I am enjoying painting, and most of it will not see the light of day.

I am still working on hooking. I am not sold on the light purple. 

I have made some new friends this winter at rug hooking class. 

We met for lunch on Friday it was fun and lots of laughs. 

We have lost a lot of snow from the rains that came in. 

Sadly, the winds and cold weather came in behind it. 

And we are in for a dusting of snow tonight.  We can get some of our biggest storms this month. But the sun is warmer, and it melts faster. 

Thankfully there is warm weather coming in this week. 

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Thank you all so much for all the wonderful comments and visits.

I appreciate you all so much!

Have a wonderful week!!

A Cold Rain

I have been getting to the end of my freezer. I found a bag of blueberries from last summer's picking. A blueberry coffee cake was just what I needed. It is already almost gone. I am getting ready to restock cupboards and freezer, but I wanted to make sure we use up what we had first. 

And talk about creating my Sweet B did this in art class in school!!!

My friend said "I think she got the whole family's talent" I don't think she is wrong. This grandchild blows me away every day. 

I have a watercolor class tomorrow. I am looking forward to it. I have warned this teacher I have never done this before. she laughed and said don't worry we will have fun. 

This is outside our skylight; it is hard to see the rain drops but it is raining on all the snow that is on the ground. It is also 35 degrees, so you can just imagine how cold and damp it is.

I have done a bit of laundry and now I am in my rug room listening to music and hooking a bit. It feels good to be quiet

I am meeting a few friends for lunch on Friday should be fun. 

Have a wonderful week!

Winter Weary

We went from almost 50 to minus 2 with the wind chill in just less than 24 hours. I see all of your lovely pictures of tulips coming up. 

The weather here makes me weary at times. 

So, I braved the cold and wind and the thigh deep snow and cut some forsythia branches.

I put them in warm water and now I wait for the yellow flowers to show. 

I changed out my winter table for a spring look.

I put my new runner out and a new picture on the wall.

I put something sparkly on it, it made me smile.

My sweet friend and I headed out on Friday for some thrifting and a fun lunch. I bought this new purse for 5.00. (It is a different green than shows here.)

I picked up this book for .49 cents. It has a lot of different stitches to try in it. 

I now have my feet up watching a mystery and hooking on my rug. This basket is making me think! 

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My sweet friend is leaving for Florida for a couple of weeks. I will miss her.  

I am meeting a couple friends from rug hooking on Friday for lunch. And the weather is supposed to get better (warmer) I can hope. 

Have a wonderful week! 

A Change Of Plans.

I paid the bills so that counts for something.

We have about 4 inches on the ground and still snowing a bit. My watercolor class was cancelled. She said she would reschedule soon. 

I had a piece of chicken that was so tough it was like old leather. 

So, I boiled it for a very long time to break it down, and then I made

 a soup a really tasty soup and now chicken is now in tiny little bits but still tough. That must have been one old rooster, I think. I made homemade rolls, so it made up for the tough chicken. 

I made oatmeal bread, just out of the oven. I should have never put cold egg whites on the top at the end it, it should have been at the beginning of the 2nd rise, and they should have been room temp. Waiting to have a slice. 

Our funny little grand dog loves looking out our windows, she can watch the red squirrels under the feeder. 

And this is our Sweet B. She got a maxi skirt about 5 sizes too large for her at a thrift store and she cut it down and made this sweet dress!!!! I am so impressed by her talents. I know she is ours, but she really is amazing!!!

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I hope to meet up with my good friend tomorrow for an adventure.

I will be shoveling a bit later. I made a beef stew today with meat that needed to be cooked. So, we have a bit of a choice for dinner tonight. 

Have a wonderful week!! 

Just Kidding Myself

I have not walked much all winter for one reason or another. 

I told myself that I was exercising (off and on) and running up and down the stairs I was good!

Well, that was not true at all. I took my first walk the other day and by the time I walked the last hill I was dragging, and I mean dragging! Today I was up and out early to yoga and then I walked. I will sleep very well tonight (I hope).

I dropped two bags at the thrift store and well I had to take a walk around. I found the cosmetic bag for travel and the plastic tablecloth I will use at Easter, both for 1.00.

And this runner,

 it is hard to see all the amazing hand work in this for 2.00.

We had an ice dam back up between these two skylights.

It has been good for years, but this year it is unusually hard with the amount of snow and ice we have had. I am very thankful for young men who climb 40ft ladders with a roof rake it to break the dam. We will get billed for it; I sent them off with a bag of cookies I baked the day before. Funny how happy they were to get the cookies. 

Husband's youngest brother turned 60. His wife invited just the brothers and sister for dinner and cake. Oldest to youngest left to right. (husband 2nd from the left) It really was so nice we laughed and played cards a nice afternoon. 

We came home to a cold kitchen and family room.  Called this morning to have a tec come out and it ended up being a faulty thermostat. 

I finally got a leaf hooked that I like. I have put in and pulled out so many

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I have lunch with my daughter tomorrow. Wed I have rug hooking, Th I have the watercolor class, plus we are watching the grand dog while they go away. And it is going to warm up all week. I see lots of walking with the grand dog this week. 

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I want to thank you for all the lovely comments. I am very thankful for my lovely life. I am thankful for all of you. 

Have a wonderful week!!