Don't Drink The Water

The baby shower was wonderful and she received so many wonderful things all we need now is a nice healthy baby.                                                                  

 And if you go to Conway NH don't drink the water because this could happen.: ) My daughter is in the middle and this is her group of friends.  Did you ever see a happier group of moms? They all are educated wonderful women married to really great men. What mom could ask for more?

 Because yesterday was so hectic we had a home day today. My husband is leaf blowing and I put greens in my plant pots by the door before the soil freezes and I can't stick them in.

 I usually wait until after Thanksgiving before I do more than the greens for the pots but it has been cold and I was cutting greens any way so I made the roping for my lamp post. I will make a couple of wreaths later.

I want to thank everyone for their wonderful comments. and yes the deviled eggs where good if I do say so myself.  So fun is over and now I have to go grocery shopping yeck. Have a great week!

Thanksgiving

I have company coming for the night Sat. So I thought I would put away my halloween and dig out my thanksgiving. I kept the pumpkins and fall leaves then I filled in with these.

 I have had these for years. They are made with paper ribbon that was so popular in the 80's. and the turkey was a ceramics project when I was first married.

 This cloche is from the thrift store 1.00, the stand the dump, and the pumpkins dump. So for a grand total of 1.00 I decorated my living room.

 This is a rug I did a long time ago, it summed up our cat just right. she is always bringing us some kind of present.

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My daughter's baby shower is this weekend. Yes she knows.  I should be cleaning my house for the house guest but here I sit. I hope she likes clutter. It is my aunt and I love it when she comes we have a few laughs. she is only 10 years older than I am so she is very YOUNG : ) I will post some pictures of the shower. Have a great weekend.

One Last peek

This is the last time I will show this rug until it is finished. I have hooked a lot but it doesn't seem to show here. As you can see the mustard is showing up a bit more. For all of you new people this rug is 54 in square. So a lot of hooking doesn't show up like a small rug.                                                                    

 Now who ever said money doesn't grow on trees was right, it grows on a plant . I was walking in my neighborhood,  I met up with the lady next door. This is called  a money plant, she was so wonderful to let me pick a few pieces it dries so nicely. then she gave me a tour of her new garage. The up stairs has wonderful windows and the most amazing light coming in. I told her to use it for her quilting and she said that it was built for her husband. I would be too tempted to move in when he wasn't looking.

 My sweetie friend at work (Lisa) brought in this cute acorn dish for me. It was an ash tray but after I get it cleaned up it will hold holiday candy. It is very different, the top is rough and unglazed.

 I had to show you my dish made with left overs. It is bow tie pasta with chicken, broccoli, white sauce with a can of cream of chicken, and some gruyere cheese. and sprinkled on the top? my disaster of corn bread.ymmmmmmmmmmm.

Thank you to everyone who visited and left comments. I love them and keep them coming.

Happy Halloween

This crow rug I hooked several years ago. I love the colors and leave it out year round in a spare bedroom.

 But this is the truly scary thing. I bought this cast iron corn pan at a yard sale this fall. It was new and not seasoned. I seasoned it like my other pans and then tried it out. Well you can see what happened. So does anyone have any ideas?

 And a first at Acorn Hollow, I went to a yard sale in a mini snow storm. But it was a good sale and I know the girl who was holding it. She had a lot of old rugs priced very reasonable. But I took pity on this little rug it has damage around the binding. 2.00

And I couldn't leave this print behind for 1.00.

 

Last but not least we purchased this outside lamp for the top of our driveway. It is very dark on our road and I have always wanted a light there to welcome guests. A honey do item for next spring.                                         

The girl having the yard sale owns a motel and cabins on Squam lake, she has thrown out an idea. She would like to offer craft retreats at her hotel and cabins in the winter and is asking me to teach beginning rug hooking. Now I am not sure if I could really do that. I have taught beginning rug hooking classes at a park and rec. class that ran for 6 weeks. It was fun and I had plenty of students to make it worth while. I don't know why my first thought was very over whelmed? But I will give it some thought.
I hope you all have a fun and scary halloween. Boo

A Golden day

My day was filled with gold. The color gold that is. First I am going to give you a sneak peek of my rug. This doesn't show the true mustard color. I am really glad I added this color it makes a difference.

 Then off to the dump for work in the a.m.  I found a whole bag of fall decorations. There are two of these wreaths. I am going to change the bow. cute huh.

 There was a pile of pumpkins 5 small and 5 large. Do you see the string of little fall gourds?

 And two of the cute little pots. all have gold. Now I would like to clear something up about the dump. There is a space where people leave things they think someone else might want. No dumpster diving involved. although I am not above a dumpster dive for something really good.

 Then I went to one of my favorite thrift stores. I found these two pieces of pottery. The dream jar, do you see the little name of the potter on the bottom? "Dave" that is my husband's name. I am going to fill it full of quarters and give it to him for Christmas. He likes to shot pool and is always looking for quarters.The other piece is a garlic jar. I love the blue so it's a keeper.

 I got this cookbook it really made me laugh. I like the soprano's even thought I haven't seen that many of the episodes. How would you like to sit at that table! The last chapter is called the final celebration,what food to make for a funeral. And they ask the group what they want on their tombstone. Paulie Walnuts:" He was nice to his mother and always well groomed."  So funny.

Today the weather was wonderful. I was able to work in the yard a bit.I emptied up my large pots and put them away for the winter. I want to thank all of you for your wonderful comments you know I love them. I also have a new follower welcome! I am off to a conference all day tomorrow ZZZZZZZ. Have a great weekend.

The Rain In Spain

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain. The other day a customer came in to answer our trivia question of the day and I am not sure just exactly what I said but he looks at me and says "Are you from Maine?" Yep why???? "Oh I could tell." Now just what did that mean? Then he tells me he is from Maine, a lot of conversation later I find out he went to college in Maine not from. Not quite the same thing and I tell him so. If a cat had kittens in the oven you wouldn't call them biscuits would you! Another Maine gem.Ok I know I do not pronounce an "R" in any thing. This is not the first time this has happened. The first time it was brought up I was insulted and now I could care less. I think??? I am a Maine girl living in NH. I have been in NH for 33 years. I guess I just can't let Maine go : ).  This is part of our burning bushes lining our back yard (or yad)

 I found this magazine among some used ones. This is a real magazine, self-help with a sense of humor. so it says. But what a title for self-help ha.

 On Wed I go to work at 10 so I get some thrifting time before work. I found some pretty wonderful clothes. This is my stack. Talbots,j.jill,liz golf,and one I have never heard of.

This is for my husband, Brooks,patagonia, eastern sport, and a lowe sport. all light weight for layering that he likes to do.                                                                                                      

 And the most comfortable pair of shoes I ever felt. They feel like slippers. Total spent 27.00 not bad huh.
Remember the snow and frost we had? forget that, we are in the high 60's and mid 70's. lots of rain which we need but I am sick of. I will show a picture of my rug soon I have had some good hooking time.
I just washed the kitchen floor and cleaned the bathrooms, off to get laundry out of dryer AND then I can hook. Welcome to my new follower! My daughter said I am begging to much for comments. I say what ever works. I love those comments.

A Trip To Maine

Everyone made me laugh so much about the snow. It did snow off and on all of Friday but nothing stuck.

I had a great weekend a friend and I drove to Maine on Saturday to check out 2 rug hooking stores we had never been to. The first one was in Rollinsford NH called wool and goods. The owner Cathy was very nice and the store was lovely. I bought some wool and a new hook. One with a larger shank . Of course I was so overwhelmed with all the lovely wool and patterns I forgot my camera. She told us about Camp Wool in Kennebunkport. Since I was going to stop by George and Barbara's(Bush) to say hi : ) anyway, we went.

First of all I couldn't write enough words to describe camp wool. cozy, the cupboards the wool is displayed in are wonderful, the rugs displayed are amazing, the little group of chairs for her classes area are             comfortable.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 The colors in these pictures are so washed out. If you could have seen this it was amazing.

 This is wooden box was filled with paisley, the color was amazing.

 There were wooden carriers all over filled with wool. She is holding a hook in next weekend and I hope to go. I have never been to one and would love to be with other rug hookers again. I bought more wool and the wool street journal.

 Where I found this picture of the rug I am working on. Page 35 Sammie's wool room, The colors are wonderful. Soooo I started to look at my rug and colors.....

 Mine looks a bit washed out do ya think???? now be honest. I do not want a black background, its the yellow that catches my eye. So I am going to do something I am very much against. I am going to pull out parts of my rug and hook in some mustard color. I think that people pull out their hooking way to quickly and should wait for the rug to be more done before they make the decision to pull out. I think that discourages people (me) when they are working on a piece.

 

I am off to reverse hook.  It is rainy and cold here. I have done my quota of house work for the day. I going to watch one of my movies I got at a yard sale and make a cup of tea. ,

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