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  • Get me out of here.

    Here I am, still waiting on Spring. Waiting. And Waiting. Here’s the week ahead: Nice, huh? So, I’m not actually sure what I got done last week– I always go through my camera roll and there’s not many pictures there.… Continue reading

    Get me out of here.
  • Record March Heat Wave!

    Nope. Not even close. In fact, we appear to be getting the opposite– 5-8″ worth. I remind myself that I signed up for this when I said, “I do,” to the mountain man all those years ago. And like the… Continue reading

    Record March Heat Wave!
  • Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

    The corn beef was completely sold out at the grocery store and a batch of maple syrup is on the boil until late today, so we’re settling for a pot roast dinner tomorrow. It’s still pretty raw here, but the… Continue reading

    Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
  • Spring is here… (sort of)

    This is traditionally a very tough time of year for me, and this year, having had snow cover for three plus months now with temps often in the negatives, it’s even worse! Usually, all it takes is a visit to… Continue reading

    Spring is here… (sort of)
  • No blood moon for you…

    I had imagined beginning my blog with a fabulous picture for you of the red moon over our gorgeous frozen lake and I was even up at the required hour of 5:30am. The sky was clear, but with a temperature… Continue reading

    No blood moon for you…
  • We dodged a bullet!

    Ironically, we are so far north that many of these nor’easters pass south of us– not a flake fell from storm Hernando. Unfortunately, I can’t say the same for our son and family who live in Plymouth! He plows for… Continue reading

    We dodged a bullet!
  • Hearts a-plenty!

    Welcome to another week of running with scissors, sewing over pins, and leaving rotary cutters open. Don’t you love me? Let’s go! A Happy Belated Valentine’s Day to you– Valentine’s Day is appropriately my sweetheart’s birthday, so that took part… Continue reading

    Hearts a-plenty!
  • Happy Days!

    I just had the most amazing, creative and fun week! With Carefree Highways off my plate, the juices are flowing and I spread myself thinly over several fun adventures, old and new. The week didn’t get off to a great… Continue reading

    Happy Days!
  • FREEDOM!

    Six years ago, I mentioned on the blog I would love to digitize all fifty state birds and flowers, but the idea seemed overwhelming. Then the comment came in– well, why not just do one every two weeks and slowly… Continue reading

    FREEDOM!
  • Stitching in the Snow

    We survived storm Fern! So far this winter, we’ve had a dozen hits of 3” or so. This was our first bigger snow of 14.” I’ll show our pet snow boulder before and after to illustrate how much we got!… Continue reading

    Stitching in the Snow

  1. Pam M's avatar

    Love all your ART progress especially the proposed Posh border. No rush on the finishing pattern for the Sugar Meadow…

  2. Linda Sue's avatar

    I don’t know where Dottie Newkirk is but my weather has been the same and very dry!! Keep up the…

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  5. pbrenner's avatar

    Beautiful work as always :-) There’s a reason my thin blood lives in Texas (where we are having record warmth…