Today is Not Your Day and Tomorrow Doesn’t Look Good Either

Remember my lovely sewing machine from Monday’s post?  My dear friend that I have cared for – oh for around 15 years.  Not a scratch on her – just needed a tune up and good cleaning.  Well it was apparently packed well.

But it showed up cracked down there.

It’s been tagged and [...]

Festival

Friday some friends and I headed out to Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Festival.  We had a great time at their new venue.  We all came home with new goodies.  The bag was a freebie and a very nice one indeed.

I know I don’t need any more fleece… but this BFL in deep [...]

Chicago

For our anniversary DH and I decided to go to Chicago for a few days.  We stayed right downtown on MI Ave and were able to walk to the museum district.  We had a mission to see Lyuba – the woolly mammoth – who is currently visiting The Field Museum.

She was gorgeous.

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The Parrots Continue

This project is really addictive.  The leaves are getting easier and the acorns… don’t get me started on the acorns.  Those are so much fun, I couldn’t put this down until 1 am last night.  I absolutely love the french knots.

Now let me tell you about my MagEyes.  These are the. [...]

Rose Garden

So it’s no secret that I love gardens.  I just seem to have trouble working in my own.  The rose garden at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House were spectacular and here are some of my favorites.

 

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Lessons From a 20-Year-Old Cat

Lesson 1 -  Make sure to enjoy morning sun.  Life will still be there when you get back.

Faygo says – Happy Whisker’s on Wednesday.

Also —- Big thank you to Bubblesknits at Alabama Fiber Dreams – I won the prize for following her to her new blog home.  I’ve never had Wollmeise before [...]

Pewabic Pottery

So one of the the great treasures in Detroit is Pewabic Pottery.  It’s a style unto itself and after seeing a tile above a sink at the Fisher Mansion (another treasure), I was quite smitten.  My own father was a tile man, doing beautiful designs in tile and marble and I’ve have to admit always [...]

Plying

I feel like I start projects and they really just languish too long.  I tell myself I have rotation, but really is that the truth or am I easily distracted…or worse yet the big L word – Lazy?

I finally decided that I needed to finish some spindle spinning and get the plying done.  [...]

Maiden Voyage

So remember last week when I was contacted by CSN stores to review a product.  I was given a very generous gift certificate that I could use to purchase a product from one of their 200 stores.  Well, since they have a pet store – All Pet Furniture, it was easy to find a product [...]

Saturday Sky

We had a gorgeous, albeit humid day here.

It was $5 a bag book sale day at the library and I got a bag full.  I think I’m going to have to donate some back before the next sale as space is always a premium around here.  I’m in a romance mood, so I [...]