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Were you aware that when you celebrate your 50th birthday and it is near Halloween you are given an official witch name and begin to receive mail in that name????  Neither did I but it's true. Just look.........................   Almira....I like it!  Has a nice rhythm to it doncha think? So here I was, quite certain this envelope contained my official broom flying license.  I was already thinking of polishing up the old Nimbus 3000, grabbing Ziggy and going for a quick spin around the neighborhood.       So I opened the envelope and found this:       AARRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!     I'll get you AARP!

I attended the grand opening of a new quilt shop yesterday, The Quilting Coop.  It resides in a renovated barn beside the owner's house.  Such a lovely country setting, there were cows in the pasture behind the shop.  :o)  I thought her fall displays outside were very cute and there was a sitting area underneath a big shade tree.  I felt myself wishing I had some handwork in the car so I could just sit outside and stitch for a while. Marsha the owner was very warm and welcoming and had some delicious treats waiting for you when you walked inside.  I particularly liked these gummy chicken feet.  :o)   It is a small shop, not on the scale of what you would see in a larger city but I think it will suit my needs just fine.  There were lots of $1 and $2 bins, fat quarters for $2.75 and some of the fabrics were only $4.75 per yard.   Well worth a visit if you are in the area.  I am very excited to see another local business open that I ca...

Hello friends, I write this post with warm feelings and so blessed to "know" each and every one of you.  As I watched the Pumpkins for Cathey posts go up through the day yesterday from all around the world I laughed, I cried, I prayed, and was just overcome with emotion.  As I know there is a higher power that guides us through this life, I also know there is great power in friendship and kindness.  I was so happy and proud to be able to witness this wonderful blogging event. I want to share with you the kindness and generosity I experienced for my 50th birthday. Christina sent me this wonderful wool ornament.  It came in the prettiest sparkly box that refused to let me take a decent photo.  She said when she saw it she thought of me.  :o)   Thank you Christina.  It will make such a lovely addition to my tree this year.  (I hope you received my email.  :o)   A package arrived from Carol with this sweet Thanksgiving pillo...

Cathey ... I am wishing you a Happy Blog Anniversary and Happy Pumpkin Day!   You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers.  Keep fighting! Hugs, Myra (To see what this is all about and to visit others who are participating visit Daffycat's blog )

There has been bird watching...   "Majestic Bird" Homespun Elegance - JCS Ornament Issue 2013     Moon gazing...        Decorating...     Some sewing... I couldn't bear to cut up this fabric so I made a super quick, down and dirty table runner.   More cat chasing....sigh.... He is fast becoming my photo taking nemesis!   And a little celebrating!   Life is good!   I hope this day finds you surrounded by love and doing all the things that make your heart sing.  :o)

Wow!  You guys really rocked my blog on the Pincushion post.  116 comments!  That is a record for me.  Thank you so much for you visit and wonderful comments.  There were just too many for me to respond to individually but please know I read and appreciate each and every one. I really tried to make sure I took nice pictures of my pincushions.  I did a little staging and they turned out pretty well.  What you didn't see was the saboteur that was trying to thwart my careful plans.   Do you see the darker black in the upper left corner of this picture?   Guess who?   Wrestling my backdrop into submission.     Hi Mom!  I tamed it for you.   So... you can see why sometimes my pictures are better than others.   I have a finish to show!  (Happy Dance) "Beggars Night" Threadwork Primitives 32 ct coffee stained linen/DMC floss   As you can see I took the liberty of personalizing it with my initials and the year....

  Welcome!  Today is my day on the pincushion blog hop hosted by Madame Samm and our head cheerleader Kristen .  I would like to say a  big THANK YOU to these wonderful ladies for their organization and encouragement.   When I sat down to choose fabrics for my pincushion there were so many possibilities I just couldn't decide.  I knew what I wanted to make but I was having a tough time choosing just one color combination.  So as things usually go I decided to make more than one.  I thought why not have a pincushion for every season?     Here is Miss Robin Redbreast singing about Spring.  She is decked out in 30's repro's as those fabrics just say spring to me.    Next up is Mr. Bluebird.  As you can see he is out tending the tomato plants in his garden hoping to enjoy some of that late summer bounty.   Mrs. Crow joins the party in her formal mourning attire.  Do you suppose she is sad about t...

Happy Labor Day to those of you in the US and Happy Monday to all of my international friends.  :o)  So, let's get right to the winner of the Halloween basket and then I'll share a few other things with you too.  The winner is Barb  !  Barb said the wordy one is her favorite so the wordy one will be off to her soon.  Barb please email me your address so I can get your package ready to go. Thank you all for your lovely comments and encouragement.  I see more baskets in my future. Saturday I met Chris to catch up and have lunch.  Little did I know she planned for this to be my birthday lunch as she is going to be away on my actual birthday later this month.  (I can't believe it is already September and I will be .....Gasp!  50 years old this year.  How the snot did that happen?) We had a wonderful time as we always do and did our part in solving all the worlds problems.  ;o) We met at Hobby Lobby and you know I couldn't lea...