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• Red Letter Day - NuMobility

  Today is a Big Adventure for Julie. At 10 AM a new semi-electric wheelchair will be delivered to her at Mesa Manor. It is to have wheels powered by an electrica... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• If Your World Rocks on Its Foundations

  

  sourceSuppose your whole world seems to rock on its foundations; let it rock, and when the rocking is over, the picture will have reassembled itself into... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Hand Spun Gifted Wool

  

  An internet Scrabble friend whom I have virtually known for about seven years but have never met personally, sent me this:An amazing gift of hand spun woolThis... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Three Weeks in Summer

  

  Forgive me readers, it has been 22 days since I last posted. And I have made many mistakes and committed to just a few major decisions. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Clematis and More

  

  Beauty observed from neighbor Woods' fence...and a Woods' iris to boot.Also, courtesy of Mr. Woods, a cedar nursery box he made for me in April; trusting the... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Sharing Goodness

  

  Indulge me in the sharing of the goodness I found and re-found today in searching the web. Here are web sites, readily accessed in the future for perhaps... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Daughter Julie Returns to Colorado

  Yesterday was a bittersweet 24 hours, filled with good byes to friends and Julie's home in South Carolina. She and I spent several hours in sorrow, but... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Kitchen Table Wisdom

  Until we stop ourselves or, more often, have been stopped, we hope to put certain of life's events "behind us" and get on with our living. Read more

  Posted on 26 May 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• On the Watch

  

  Don't interpret this post as a sermon, but as a reflection. OK, put me on the lectern, because I feel deeply enough about this to preach. Elizabeth wrote a... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Planning for a New Beginning

  

  It has been a week since last Juliet (daughter) and Jack (now deceased) were given my blog attention. This was a picture taken of them in 2005 during better... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• A Life Remembered

  It was a matter of life, then death. My son in law Jack, photographer, punster, husband to daughter Julie for 18 years, died suddenly of heart failure on April... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Only the Necessary

  

  Going through my closet, discarding clothing and deciding that I need only a dress or two, a funeral dress or a party dress, for both are indeed the same,... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Measure Twice

  

  After watching a YouTube tutorial by Irmgard Rawn, I decided to paint a rose in watercolors in an impressionistic manner. Or two or three, or maybe even a... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Watermelon Socks?

  

  Have you heard of picture yarn? Well, Abi Grasso from Colorado Springs dyes it up in all kinds of colors with graphics that make pictures when knit. She has an... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Easter Eggs Dyed with Nail Polish

  

  Scouting around on Pinterest, I found an easy way to color hard boiled eggs for Easter decorations.Steps for a DIY project that literally takes only a minute! Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• More: Owl, Bowl, Pause in Lent

  

  Olly is back, but too frightened for me to get a better picture of him. This was as good as it happens on zoom lens. He is present only in the early morning,... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Fabric Bowls and Laundry Line

  

  As usual, when Elizabeth posted her pretty fabrics bowls here on Washing-Line Tales, I had to copy her and make a fabric bowl also. Monkey see=monkey do. Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Spring Luck

  

  As I have previously said, Jeans Knitting is one of the first reads of the morning when sitting in my chair, or actually my husband's chair, after I get up and... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Odd How Colors Play in Spring Time

  

  The finished tetraptych does look bright when photo-shopped together:(panels 10"x 30", acrylics)But this is how it looks on the walls, with northern light the... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS

• Wall Panels in Acrylic

  

  not finished, but hanging on the walls to mature and let the colors settle into a new environment, each panel 10" x 30", in acrylicsneeds a bit more work... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 ARTS & CRAFTS