tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87767672620676749022024-03-13T20:09:50.279-07:00SimplifyKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.comBlogger1140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-11144218081390948402018-08-23T10:52:00.003-07:002018-08-23T11:01:00.547-07:00Sunset Beach HouseWe wrapped up summer with a few days at Sunset Beach. It was a fantastic time with family. We were able to escape the triple digit temps here in the Inland area where we live. Here are a few photos from our trip. But first, the hardest part, dropping off my baby, Duke. It was the first time I had left him, since I adopted him in March. My friend Donna, does doggy day board and care, and she made the process much easier for me. <br />
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Now, let's get to the beach!<br />
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Our fabulous view for the week! The first day, I was there alone with just Noah. Let me tell you, watching him in the ocean made me a nervous wreck! <br />
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The beach house had a wonderful jacuzzi tub. Noah thought it was great!!!<br />
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Oh those sunsets...…<br />
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Our middle daughter and her boyfriend, ( Noah's Mommy ) came to spend a weekend.<br />
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We had a very relaxing time! And enjoyed good foods!<br />
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Our oldest daughter and her family also spent a couple of days down there with us. What a blast!<br />
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There was knitting on my Tecumseh Sweater!<br />
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One sleeve down, one to go!<br />
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More naughty eating!!<br />
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Some not so naughty eating, with my garden goods.<br />
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Grilled peach and goat cheese salad! To die for!<br />
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Afternoon patio snacks.<br />
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The three cousins....how I love them!</div>
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Hearty breakfasts</div>
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Wonderful strolls along the beach at sunset.</div>
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We got back into town, and upon leaving the house to pick up Duke, I spotted a terrible sight. The Holy Fire had begun it's devastation! School would be postponed one week, and many people's lives were affected by this senseless act of arson.<br />
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That's a wrap! A great time was had by all. Summer is coming to a close. Still a lot more heat for us, but school has started this week, and the days will be getting shorter.<br />
My favorite time of the year is coming. Fall! All things Fall! I cannot wait!<br />
XO Kris<br />
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<br />Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-11914755490647501112018-08-08T13:33:00.002-07:002018-08-08T13:41:47.928-07:00Big Bear Vacation <span style="font-size: large;">Oh dear, here I said I was getting back to blogging, and I have been absent for nearly two months! Time just gets away from me! We have had one of the hottest July's on record, here in Southern California where we live. We escaped one of the hottest weeks, at the end of July, up in our beloved Big Bear. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Away we go...off like a herd of turtles, as our friend Randy Lasher would say.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We left the town we live in, at about 109 degrees on this day, and arrived at Big Bear, to a torrential downpour, and a cool 75 degrees! Glorious. But that blew past quickly, and the heat came back. Although a good 20 degrees cooler than back home. Still hot for Big Bear, at about 90 each day...but cool on the water. We arrived late in the afternoon, and didn't get on the boat the first day. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I love this photo of our grandson, Noah, sitting on the rocks, watching the beautiful sunset. The lake is very, very low. We have camped in the same spot, when we could fish from our campsite!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was our new dog, Dukes first time in Big Bear, and only second camping trip with us. He was a champ! Such a delight to have along. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This was his little spot on our site. He was so content. And he LOVES the boat!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We experienced much more wind than usual this time. But it didn't keep us from having a good time, or enjoying being out on the lake.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Noah has gotten really good at driving the boat. And this gives Geeps the free hands to set up fishing poles. I am retired from being a deck hand, and like to spend my time on the back bench seat, under the shade of the bimini top, knitting with my dog at my feet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A few days after we arrived, our oldest daughter and her husband, and girls arrived to stay in a cabin nearby. They had planned the trip to celebrate our son in law, Jake's, 40th birthday. His family all came from Idaho and Oregon too. Along with several friends and neighbors, and all of our side of the family. It was a lot of fun. They rented a pontoon one day, and we side tied in a cove and the kids all had a blast paddle boarding and swimming and tubing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Jake's birthday party was held at a local restaurant in The Village. It was great food, and a really good time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We keep our cooking simple on our camping trips. I had brought my fresh tomatoes from the garden, and other veggies to enjoy. We had some good burgers, and good steaks! </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Noah and I played a lot of Gin Rummy. He got a few good hands!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We watched a lot of beautiful sunsets, and did a lot of laying around. We watched a movie in the trailer every night too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I adore the shot of Noah and his Geeps, quietly watching the sun set on our Big Bear Lake. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">We roasted marshmallows of course!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We left a couple days before Gennifer and her family. So we said our goodbye, and headed down the hill. We were greeted with more triple digit weather, and a very thirsty garden! I tended the chickens, and did the laundry, and we prepared for our next trip, only a couple of days later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Big Bear, you never disappoint!! Thanks for the visit. Come on back in the next few days or so, to see where we went next.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">XO Kris</span><br />
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Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-2729165227043115012018-06-13T08:05:00.000-07:002018-06-13T08:20:58.020-07:00Garden GirlGreetings!! Summer has arrived here in Southern California! It has been hot, hot, hot! My garden has begun to really produce some nice veggies! I am cooking with them daily.<br />
I have already harvested all of the cooler planted veg, like broccoli, and spinach, cilantro, potatoes.<br />
Here we see the back garden, where a good deal of it has been harvested. I have planted some new seeds, but they are not yet poking through.<br />
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There are 5 raised beds here, and several other pots and containers, holding veggies. The corn got a late start, as all of the first seeds, did not come through. I have had a problem with Toe Hee's taking my seeds this year, and wound up with many a bare spot in my garden. The cabbage patch, although much smaller than I had wanted, is putting out some decent heads of cabbage.<br />
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I have a Japanese eggplant in the above box, as well as lettuce varieties, and a yellow squash and arugula.<br />
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I love Arugula, and use it on so many things. My favorite is perhaps to heap it on a hot pizza, drizzle it with olive oil, toss some sea salt and fresh grated parmesan on top. Oh la la!! I also make pesto with arugula, and I love it as much as with basil!<br />
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The beets are just now coming in, and I have been roasting them, and enjoying them in salads, and on sandwiches. They are divine! The leafy beat tops are a favorite for the chickens!<br />
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The back garden is entirely fenced, due to the free ranging chickens. They would mow that garden down in nothing flat! We have repurposed our pool fencing, but will be putting something much prettier up next year, as I am planning to be on the garden tour for The Women's Assistance League next Spring.<br />
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In the pots sitting just outside the garden are Lavender, Thai basil, and Stevia.<br />
The area just opposite the fence, which is actually to the front of the house, and directly across from our garage, I took over as more gardening space a couple of years ago, and it has given me double the space to play in the dirt with. We have a large property here, but it is heavily treed, and therefore shaded, so the only desirable area for veg gardening, is in this space. I wish it were in a more private area of the yard, but it is okay. And the soil has been beautifully amended now to yield me some great crops.<br />
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In above photo, you can see how I have rigged the hose. I built a tripod with bamboo stakes, and have them on either end of this patch. I can rest the nozzle of the hose into the top, and direct the water where I want it to go, leaving me hands free to do some weeding, and harvesting, while at the same time watering the patch.<br />
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My tomatoes are abundantly growing. I have 6 varieties planted. They are all loaded, but not ripening yet. Below, you see the sugar snap peas, and cucumbers. I am getting some nice cukes, and I eat the peas while I am out there working. Yum!<br />
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I have some tidy rows of carrots,and more cabbages coming up in the center where the birds have raped my garden, time and time again!<br />
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This rusted out bed spring is one that I dumpster dove for a few weeks ago. I thought it would make an excellent support, trellis, and backdrop for some flowers in my garden. I have planted a variety of flowers in front of it. I think it is going to be really pretty when it blooms!<br />
I have more lettuce planted here, and a cantaloupe, a watermelon, Swiss chard, Kale, some onions, and a lovely butternut squash, which is loaded with little gems!<br />
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This front garden is coming along beautifully now too. It was planted some 4 weeks after the back garden.<br />
I have just recently put in my pumpkins. I have planted 3 varieties. Two of which, are Big Jacks. I am hoping for a good crop.<br />
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I have two huge clay pots that my brother gave me from a gas station tear down that his business did. He had to deliver them with a forklift, so I can't move them from this spot. They have been integrated into my garden as well. This is where I planted my potatoes earlier in the Spring. And now I have strawberries in one, and radishes, dill, jalapenos, and bell peppers in another.<br />
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The bale of straw is an experiment. I am hoping that the tendrils and shoots from the strawberry plants will attach to the bale and continue to set off more plants and berries. I have seen it done, but have not yet tried it.<br />
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That final hour of daylight is my favorite time in the garden. The hens come a waddling over for some fresh greens to peck at. The sun streaks through the orange grove in the most spectacular way.<br />
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As the sun slips over the horizon, the girls make their way back to the safety of their coop for the night.<br />
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This Silver Laced Wyandote is now broody! I need to get some fertile eggs this week for her to sit on.<br />
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This pretty little lady has just come off her broody spell. She was broody for about a month!<br />
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One by one, they make their way back to the coop. Greg has installed an automatic door to the back of the coop, so that now when we are away, they can be let out to the safety of their fenced run at sun up, and be closed back in at sundown.<br />
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The backyard is coming alive with blooms too. These nasturtiums are in their prime. I do shade them with garden umbrellas in extreme heat, as they tend to wither away and die if I don't.<br />
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This pot of zinnias is about to explode in color! I can't wait to see them bloom. It is one of my favorite cutting flowers! I have several pots of them planted around the pool and yard.<br />
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This little guy was having a sunbath in the last of the days sun.<br />
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I hope you enjoyed seeing a bit of what is growing in my garden. It is indeed, a passion of mine.<br />
Happy growing!!!<br />
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I have been looking for a small, comfy chair for my little Knitting Nook. I wanted it to be small. It had to rock, and swivel. And it HAD to be very comfortable! I also wanted it to be pretty. So this one ticked almost all of the boxes. I wish this was a floral print, but maybe I can recover it in a pretty feminine floral. It is a green/gray. I don't love the color, but I don't hate it. It was 169.00 at the thrift store. I offered 50.00 and they said yes. So I brought it home.<br />
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I love the tufted back of the chair. And it had been freshly cleaned<br />
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It fits perfectly in my little Knitting Nook, and I know I will be spending a lot of time in there.<br />
Next up, another Longaberger basket. It sits inside a metal holder. I am not sure how I will use this one. Possibly as a planter.<br />
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Two Fall dish mats, for laying dishes to dry on.<br />
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Two glass watering globes.<br />
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A heavy duty beach umbrella. I put it up to provide some shade for the nasurtiums. They fry up in our hot summers!<br />
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A Patriotic utensil holder and ice bucket.<br />
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I also popped into Big Lots to see if I could find some new cushions for my patio chairs. I didn't want to spend a fortune. Cushions are crazy expensive! I had remade the cushions on the patio wicker set last summer, and did them in a sort of patriotic colors. Navy blues and a red, white and blue print. So the cushions I bought match those perfectly.<br />
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The table is a thrifted, wrought iron, glass top table I bought last summer. I love it, but have not repainted it yet. <br />
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Our back patio is west facing, and can be very hot in our summers. We installed misters a few summers ago, and boy do those make it nice!!! <br />
Lastly, I have dressed "Nana's Hutch" for the summer and Fourth of July season. <br />
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I still need to find my red silk geraniums to put into the turquoise vase on top of hutch. The bunting, and firecracker stick and pom pom stick were all found at Big Lots. They had a great selection of holiday decor for summer.<br />
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My new thrifted Willieraye figurine from last week, looks perfect on the hutch. <br />
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I also found a cute burlap bunting that I hung on the fireplace. The quilted scrap flag pillow I made a few years ago.<br />
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I put the runner I made last year at retreat, out on my counter.<br />
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The little tray you see in above photo, with the red scale I found last week.<br />
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That's it from me. Hope all of you are enjoying the beginning of summer. We have a lot planned here, and I will be posting along the way. Next time, a garden update. <br />
XO Kris<br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-92137921748016143272018-05-31T15:23:00.000-07:002018-05-31T15:31:09.666-07:00Thursday Thrift & ShoutYesterday I popped into one of my favorite haunts for thrifted and vintage finds. This particular place has a great little outdoor room, filled with rusted old tools, buckets, and yard goodies. I happened upon my best find of the day here. Two thick foam pool rafts. These are the extra wide ones, and they also have a drink holder (the star cutout). I have had two of these mats, and I love them. But mine were not the extra wide kind. This was a good find, as these rafts are well over 100 dollars each. I paid 5.00 each. I also liked the floral design at the end of these. Even though I cannot sunbathe, these will get a lot of use in our pool!<br />
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Another thing I have been looking for is a red scale. What did my eyes spy, across the dark outdoor room of rusted out treasures?<br />
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I love the scale, and I also love the apple green writing and markings on the scale face.<br />
I also got the set of buffalo check napkins that are seen to the left of the scale in the above photo.<br />
I spotted this beat up box, high on a shelf. It was a limited edition Williraye set, hand signed by Williraye. It was 10.00<br />
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Two little chicken plates, with a red and white crosshatch design on edge.<br />
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A two page sheet of heavy magnets in a Laundry theme. These are thick and sturdy, and had not yet been unfastened from the magnetic sheets they came on.<br />
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A small cross stitch pattern of a blue bird.<br />
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And a cute rusted out trailer, that I put succulents in. The trailer was 1.00.<br />
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I just wish the truck was there too!!!<br />
Yep, it was a good trip to the thrift this week. My favorite finds were the rafts. What are yours?<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-87445273621084957202018-05-11T19:14:00.003-07:002018-05-11T19:21:05.566-07:00Thrift & ShoutI am still a thrifting fanatic. I have a couple of favorite places that I frequent often. The other day I found this old wood box, and galvanized strainer with star pattern, and a trivet with barn and chickens. The strainer has already been lined with moss and planted with zinnias.<br />
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I love enamel ware of any kind. I use these scoops for many things. I keep one in the chicken feed bin to scoop feed to their hopper. I use one in the garden to fill planters with soil.<br />
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Today while out and about, I found this bowl with the exact same scene as the trivet that I found the other day.<br />
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Another chicken bowl that called me name!<br />
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I found some pretty glassware. I never pass up on large jars. I use them in so many ways.<br />
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The pretty fluted edge glass bowl will hold the fresh fruit salad for Mother's Day Brunch at my Mom's.<br />
I am a sucker for vintage train cases. This one still had the name tag attached. It belonged to someone named Clarkson.<br />
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I found a heap of yarn in a barrel. I settled on 4 hanks of merino worsted, and one lambs wool, and a silk blend in a pretty hot fuchsia. I also got two rolls of Aida cloth, for when I begin cross stitching!<br />
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I saved the best for last today. These....oh my! They stopped me in my tracks!!! I had to have them all!!<br />
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What Dachshund owner could ever pass these up? I had to have them all! Greg cracked up when he saw them.<br />
I also got a Dachshund raised feeding tray the other day. I forgot to take a photo of that. And today I found a set of stairs for Duke to use to get up on the bed. Yes, I have gone Dachshund crazy. I love him so!!!<br />
Have you found any great deals while out thrifting lately?<br />
See you soon.<br />
XO Kris<br />
<br />Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-7952153352928291712018-05-03T14:24:00.000-07:002018-05-03T14:28:07.530-07:00Birds & Blooms & Veggie GardensThis is a time of year that I love. I plant my garden and watch it grow. I set out bird feeders of all sorts, and enjoy the many varieties that come visit our home. It amazes me, the many types of birds we have that reside, and pass through here on their migration. If you feed them, they will come!!! This small thing, brings me a great deal of pleasure, especially in difficult times. This feeder is stuck to the outside of the window with suction cups, and is in my laundry room, which is visible from the kitchen as well. It is a very busy spot for seed and nut eating birds like this House Finch, and Grackles.<br />
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Mr Western Bluebird stands watch on a branch next to the nest box, while the Mrs leaves for a quick stretch. They are sitting on a clutch of 5 eggs.<br />
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I have multiple hummingbird feeders. It is a job keeping them full. The migrating Orioles, who are here from March to September, also drink from them.<br />
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Below is an Oriole Feeding station. I keep oranges halved on spikes, and they love grape jelly. So I always have cups of jelly out for them.<br />
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This feeder hangs in the garden. It is simply a tuna can screwed to a fenceboard.<br />
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My garden has taken off pretty well, with the exception of the new seeds I planted a few weeks ago. I have only got a few things sprouting up, which is probably due to the tenacious Toehee's that insist on scratching up the seeds!<br />
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The basket of flowers on the garden gate is a bike basket I got thrifting. I tied it on with zip ties, and filled the basket with flowers. It is so pretty. The chair with the broken rush seat that sits outside of garden gate, was one that belonged to my Nana. Instead of throw it away, I put a pot of flowers inside the broken seat. The front garden has not taken off yet, except for a few heads of kale, and the beginnings of cucumbers and sweet peas along the fence. I have strawberries in the pot where I just harvested potatoes. They are going like gangbusters, and I have enjoyed them on my cereal several times already<br />
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My mother in law, Mac, loved impatiens, and these are planted along the garage in memory of her.<br />
My cat Maui stands guard in front of the nasturtiums that are planted from seed in the backyard.<br />
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She is a gorgeous Calico kitty. Almost 15 now. In retirement mostly, but still loves to watch the wildlife found here on Grover's Grove.<br />
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She is still somewhat skeptical about this new house guest, Duke. Duke has almost convinced her to be his friend.<br />
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Poor Dukey He just wants to play with everybody!!<br />
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He stands watch while I go tend to the chickens.<br />
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I have a broody hen. She will not get off of everyone's eggs. She is sure she is going to hatch them. I keep saying I will go get some fertile eggs and let her hatch them out.<br />
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It is the white one, a Lavender Sussex, that wants to be a Mama. She is making the others a little bit mad, by hogging one of the nest boxes!<br />
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Thanks for coming along on this little garden tour. As Spring turns into Summer, there will be a lot more to see.<br />
Thanks as well, for the warm welcome back. I appreciate all of the kind words.<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-22304771853072040722018-05-01T10:30:00.000-07:002018-05-01T10:30:34.058-07:00A Dachshund Has Stolen Our Hearts!We lost our beloved Lab, Dusty, at the end of last summer. We were broken hearted. He came to us when he was 6. He belonged to Greg's cousin, who passed away and there was no one to care for him. We wound up bringing him home with us the day of the funeral. He was a 100 pounds of untrained lovable Marley-ness. We worked with him, and he got a wee better, but he was always a puppy at heart. And we loved him so!! <br />
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This was taken up in Big Bear, only a few weeks before he died. We had decided that we would wait until Spring to get another dog. And of course, we were interested in another Lab. How can you go wrong with a Lab? We have had 3. I had made the decision to not get a puppy! I didn't want to go through the puppy stage again. And I was not opposed to rescuing a dog either. In fact, I had made it a practice to pop into the animal shelter about once a week. I also had not ruled out, a smaller dog. One that would be easy to bring along with us in the trailer, and to take with me in the car. At any rate, we were undecided, but knew that we would know when the time was right. <br />
I was attending a quilt retreat in March, and ran into a friend, who out of the blue, asked me if I would be interested in adopting her friends Dachshund? I was so shocked. I had not ever even thought of a Dachshund until my grandson got one for Christmas. We had put feelers out for one his Mom could adopt for him. But he got a puppy for Christmas, and it was no longer even on my radar. I looked at the photos of this Dachshund in need of a home, and decided to call the lady. We made arrangements for me to come and see him the following day. The rest is history!<br />
This is our Duke.<br />
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He is a 6 year old, blue eyed, Double Dapple, Standard Dachshund. And we....are...in.....love!!!<br />
He could not have come into our lives at a better time, and he is a perfect fit!!! We have had him about six weeks now, and can't even imagine life without him. He is pure love. And so easy to have along. We took him camping with us in the trailer last week, and he was perfect. He has the best personality, and is full of energy, but well behaved. I just can't believe we found each other. He was already named Duke, and although at first, I didn't care for the name and wanted to change it, we opted to keep it. He is after all, German. And he is Duke. We love him so much!!! <br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-51305860422936879802018-04-30T16:17:00.000-07:002018-05-01T10:39:13.115-07:00Mom's BirthdayHello out there in Blogland! It has been almost one year since I have last posted. There are lots of reasons for that. Some good, some not. I am going to try to post more regularly. I miss it, and I miss all of the blogs I followed. It is a great documentation of our lives.<br />
We celebrated my Mom and my Niece's birthday yesterday at The Crab Cooker. A favorite restaurant of my family. There are a lot of us, and even when some can't make it, it is a crowd. We like to gather on the bench out front. Usually we have a glass of wine, and shrimp cocktail while we wait for everyone to arrive.<br />
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This is my brother Mark, he is getting us both a shrimp cocktail.<br />
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We stacked the gifts and cake in the big scale, and began to assemble ourselves at the long table that they usually set up for our big group.<br />
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We made a toast to the birthday girls. My hand is in the photo, but that is all, since I took it.<br />
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We had dinner, and good conversations, and then cake. Our family is notorious for singing "Happy Birthday" very, very badly. And it would seem, that over the years, some (I'm not naming names) have contributed to that more than others. At any rate, it is horrendous. Imagine 25-35 people, singing Happy Birthday To You, all off key, and somewhat, in the round, inSIDE a restaurant!! What must people think of us!!?<br />
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The cake was a red velvet pound cake from Nothing Bundt Cakes. Yummy!<br />
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We had a lot of fun, as we always do. I know one thing for certain......all families, big and small, have their ups and downs. But the older I get, the more I know for sure, that family is EVERYTHING!!! No one will ever love you more, or forgive you more, than your people. I am grateful for mine. So very grateful!!! Tomorrow is not guaranteed. Live!!! Celebrate!!!! Tell the ones you love, that you love them.<br />
Happy Birthday Mom and Deanna! May we be blessed with many more celebrations of life!!!<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-8446622748625353232017-05-07T14:53:00.000-07:002017-05-07T14:53:18.394-07:00How Does Your Garden Grow?My gardens are coming along nicely now. I have been harvesting lots of lettuce, arugula, spinach, green onions, cilantro, and herbs. <br />
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The sugar snap peas are in bloom, and I am hoping to have lots of those very soon.<br />
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I have planted two varieties of beets, and they are getting close to harvest as well.<br />
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The strawberries are yielding enough for me to munch on their sun ripened sweetness while I am out working in the garden.<br />
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I planted way more yellow squash than we will ever consume. And all of the plants are loaded with blooms and tiny veg.<br />
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The front garden is coming along too. It was planted two weeks later than the back, so it is behind somewhat. And, it isn't fenced from hungry rabbits either. So my cabbage patch is only half the size of when it was planted, and so is the kale and sugar snap peas.<br />
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I planted both russets and sweet potatoes in the big pots out front. The sweet potatoes have taken off fast and furious. <br />
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The russets only have one plant popping up. <br />
My yards are all in bloom, in both front and back. The front is especially pretty this time of year.<br />
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The swing in the front yard is the one from the cabin. Many a good conversations have been had there. And I shall always think of Nana. She loved to sit in that swing at the cabin and wait for the lemon meringue pie to finish baking!!<br />
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Whenever I have a broken piece of pottery, or a dish I love, I tuck it down into one of my pots to continue to enjoy in the garden.<br />
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These photos were all so overexposed, it is hard to see the design on the dishes. <br />
Whenever I go to a garden center, I check out the clearance shelf. Usually, these plants are need of nothing more than a good watering. I have some beautiful hanging baskets that have been picked up for just a couple of dollars.<br />
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I think this is my favorite time for working in the gardens. Things are at their prettiest, before the heat of the summer gets to them. Today we are enjoying much cooler temps with scattered rain showers too. I'll take as much as we can get. <br />
So, how does your garden grow?<br />
XO Kris<br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-36855719875383745102017-05-03T18:29:00.000-07:002017-05-03T18:29:15.717-07:00My New Chicken Coop!!!!Oh I have exciting news! My new coop is built, and the chickens are all happily residing there now. Greg spent all weekend putting the new coop together. I had been at a home and garden tour all day on Saturday, and was delighted to come home and find it almost done!! Then on Sunday, while I worked in my garden, he finished it up! Would you like to see it????<br />
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It was already quite bright when I took these at 9:00 this morning. Perhaps the evening light would have been better. The front of the coop will be getting the morning light, but by about 10:00, will be well shaded. They will be allowed to go to their run for full shade though, first thing in the morning. But we are waiting for them to get a bit bigger before the run is built. The bucket that is in left of screen is placed there to divert water from hitting the coop when the irrigation is on. <br />
We angled my old dilapidated swing to have full view of the coop, yet still remain in the shade of the big avocado trees.<br />
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I have had my breakfast out here for three days in a row.<br />
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This swing was past it's prime about 10 years ago. We had it in the backyard, and used it a lot. Anyway, instead of toss it out, I made a new seat for it by webbing old sheets in and out to form the seat base. Then just added some old cushions I had. I used quilted placemats as a soft spot for armrests. It doesn't need a cover, as it is fully shaded here. But from time to time, I do add a canopy to it, just for pretty. It has drink holders, and a basket to hold my yarn projects, or books, or a big bag of Skinny Pop. We use the HECK out of it!!! <br />
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This is the side of the coop. Three sides are fully enclosed from top to bottom, for protection.<br />
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This is the back view. See the little door at the bottom? This is where they can exit and enter, once the run is in place. I put the darling vintage sign that my friend Jane gave me, on the back. This was her Dad's when they raised chickens. He was a member of this Co Op. <br />
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I will be keeping the little brooder coop, as there are times when a chicken must be culled, for various reasons. Plus it is an additional place to seek shelter in the event of a hungry hawk flying overhead. The run will extend off of the back of the coop, and encompass all of this area under the shade and protection of several large trees. <br />
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Greg had the coop personalized for me too. He chose this name because, although I usually go by Kris, my given name is actually Kristin. I have been called Kristy all of my life by my family and friends since childhood. And my middle name is Diane, after my Mom. Hence the initial D. Which creates a play on words for both of the names I go by, Kris and Kristy, or Kris (D) . Pretty clever I thought. And I loved that he thought of that for me!!!<br />
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The roof is a gambrel style, completely made of durable metal.<br />
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There are many special features on this coop! Starting with the feeding system. The system is designed to be able to be away for up to a week, without your hens needing additional food or water given. There is an exterior door just to the left of the entry door on the coop. This can be opened exposing only the space needed to fill the dry feed hopper. Also, a handy door to toss a handful of garden greens inside as well. This tube funnels down by gravity, into a space at the bottom, where it only dispenses as needed, for the hens to eat. There is a PVC cap, like a fence cap, that fits tightly down over the tube to keep is clean. The water system is also housed in a large PVC pipe. It can be filled from the outside of the coop, without even going inside at all. It holds several gallons, and is only dispensed by the action of the hens touching the red nipple feeders that are at the bottom of the pipe. Thus keeping the water clean at all times. <br />
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The water pipe is the one with an elbow facing upward to allow for easy filling. The cap fits tightly on pipe, keeping it totally clean.<br />
Dry feed hopper is filled here, and then funnels slowly into a space for them to feed.<br />
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Below, you can see the hens standing on cinder blocks to reach the red nipple water dispensers. I sat inside the coop, taking each chick and holding her beak to the nozzle as water dripped from the spigot. They all took to it after I showed them They won't need the blocks to reach the water when they are full grown.<br />
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There is an attic, or loft space, with large door spanning the entire width of coop, to hold feed, hay, tools, and items needed to care for the hens. There are also two vent holes to keep air circulating. And there were insulation doors included, in the event of cold weather, for both this door, and other doors on coop. This is fully covered and enclosed to be kept clean. There is a hook and eye above door to hold open while in use.<br />
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Directly below attic space, and still sheltered from view and the elements are four night time roosting bars.<br />
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Along span of coop at the bottom, is a day time roost.<br />
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The two nest boxes are both accessible from the inside and the outside.<br />
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I thought the egg shaped cut out was pretty cute!<br />
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This may very well be, my favorite feature of all. Considering that my old coop was only about 4' tall, and I had to bend way over to the corner to retrieve eggs every day. <br />
Even though, there will be no eggs to collect until late August or September, I am sure that each feature of this new coop will make chicken keeping so much more enjoyable! Greg really hit a homerun with this birthday present!!! I absolutely love it, and am tickled pink to be back in the chicken raising business! I hope you enjoyed the new coop tour!!!<br />
Til next time....<br />
XO Kris<br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-20557594846579956812017-04-19T16:30:00.000-07:002017-04-19T16:45:14.094-07:00Easter CelebrationHello again! I told you I would be back! We had the family to our house for Easter this year. It was a smaller group than usual, only about 20. Some of you are gasping right now, I know. But our usual gatherings are in the 25-30 range. The weather was beautiful, and everyone had a really good time. At least, that's what they told us. <br />
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The chocolate bunny pillow I made.<br />
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The quilted carrot I had made several years ago, and I still love it every year that I pull it out.<br />
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I had a friend give me a bag of these pretty eggs with ribbon ties on them. So I went into the grove and picked up some branches and stuck them down into some florist foam, setting all in an Easter tin, and topping with grass. I distributed the pretty eggs throughout the branches for my Easter Tree. I loved it. The quilt on the rack behind it, is one I had made for our local quilt shop as a shop sample, and only got that returned to me recently. I thought it was fitting for Spring.<br />
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I made a huge fresh veggie platter to snack on. It was so pretty on a bed of lettuce, with a cabbage head hollowed out as a bowl for the dip.<br />
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I also set out a platter of red grapes, and a block of gouda cheese, with some mounds of prosciutto alongside. Some sesame crackers to have that with was perfect.<br />
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And then some Caprese bites, made with mini mozzarella balls, and fresh basil, and grape tomatoes, cut in half, and put on a toothpick. I drizzled some olive oil and balsamic vinegar on top. Yummy!<br />
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Desserts were lemon cream pie, pound cake with strawberries and real whipped cream, cinnamon crumb cake, and some little coconut nests that I made.<br />
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Our meal was delicious!! My Mom made a fabulous herbed salmon that we served ice cold. She also brought the ham. And I made potato salad, roasted asparagus, and everyone else brought the salads. We had fresh fruit salad, broccoli salad, deviled eggs, and Mom's cream potatoes.<br />
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The food was delicious! <br />
The kids had their Easter Egg Hunt in the backyard. Hannah got the most eggs, and Claire found the coveted Golden Egg!!<br />
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Mom hid a Golden Egg in the house, for the grownups to find. <br />
Gennifer was the winner of that!<br />
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Although I never got any photos of our desserts, we enjoyed them outside with our coffee as the sun was setting lower. <br />
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My brother David, always the jokester, trying to get a picture with his Glennie. She hates to have photos of herself taken! Can you tell?<br />
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Nephew Chad.<br />
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Niece Deanna with her Fiance George, and Greg. <br />
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Greg and I with son Drew.<br />
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Drew with his new girl, Irina.<br />
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Mom and her friend Dan.<br />
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It was a really fun day. I spent the next day home in a chair, doing nothing. But I am raring to go again after a little rest. I hope all of you had a lovely Easter too.<br />
See you soon.<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-8331735088790568522017-04-03T19:44:00.000-07:002017-04-03T19:44:43.898-07:00Yoo-Hoo.....Anybody Out There??????Hello, Hi, How are you? I have been a very naughty blogger! I am so sorry to have been absent for so long. Life just gets messy sometimes. I am going to try to keep blogging, on a fairly regular basis. I have received so many of your lovely messages, and emails, and notes, to check on me. I so appreciate that! I try to peek in on your blogs when I can, but that too has been irregular. <br />
So, I have dusted off my big girl camera, and taken a fair amount of photos in these last few weeks. I will only post a few here tonight. But I do have so much to talk about with all of you! So do come back soon, and I will try to keep my end of the bargain too.<br />
I am gardening again, and it feels soooo good! It hurt so good, those first few nights, after I had prepared the beds, and spent long hours turning soil, and getting ready. But I am watching it pop up now, and it is so satisfying.<br />
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The front garden went in about 2 weeks later. It is just now popping up, and I will share the progress with you. <br />
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Our yards are coming to life, and things are blooming and looking so pretty. The Orioles are back and lapping up the grape jelly, and reaming the oranges I set out for them.<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XsUFyr_ERno/WOMEs8zsu0I/AAAAAAAAkLg/kmZMtoNNm4U3nkyFmZdXr-H0MZmNlBgFgCLcB/s1600/DSC_0027.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XsUFyr_ERno/WOMEs8zsu0I/AAAAAAAAkLg/kmZMtoNNm4U3nkyFmZdXr-H0MZmNlBgFgCLcB/s640/DSC_0027.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
The orange trees are heavily laden with blooms, and the aroma is heavenly.<br />
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The front yard is perking up, with roses blooming as big as dinner plates . And irises are just about ready to show their tall prize blooms.<br />
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And best of all.....guess what is in here?<br />
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Oh, the tin sign on the front may have given it away. Greg got me a new chicken coop for my birthday!!! It is to arrive in two weeks. Inside this old playhouse, are a dozen chicks. This little house makes the perfect brooder. They will be fine in here until the new coop is built and ready. I am so excited to be back in the chicken business!! I have missed my chickens something awful!!<br />
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I will be back very soon my friends. I hope that if you made your way back here, that you will continue stopping by. I have missed all of you, and will be around to visit!<br />
Much love....and a very Happy Spring!!!<br />
XO Kris<br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-81843571563883423912016-10-12T13:53:00.003-07:002016-10-13T09:00:04.524-07:00Fall Has Finally Arrived!Greetings & Salutations! Fall has finally arrived in Southern California where I live. We will still get plenty of warm days, but the nights are cool, and the day time temps are pleasant. <br />
I have decorated my house, and seem to have an abundance of Fall things, as this is my favorite season, and time of the year. Since I have relocated my sewing room, back to the original bedroom it was in, my living room is shaping up again. I still need to find wall décor. I am on the lookout for two large iron sconces for either side of the picture above sofa.<br />
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We are also hoping to install crown molding sometime soon. The pillow at center of sofa, is a recent make. I used my Accuquilt Go and two sets of Fall dies to cut the shapes. Then just placed them on black fabric in a pleasing scene and I backed with batting and quilted in diagonal lines. After that was done, I used my free motion foot to create veins on leaves, and tendrils on pumpkins, as well as spherical lines to add dimension. I framed it in green, and added an acorn backing, in envelope style.<br />
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Still using my free motion foot, I went around each raw edge shape to keep them from lifting. <br />
I took this photo yesterday morning, because I thought it was so pretty with the morning light coming through the window in there.<br />
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The rustic tray on the ottoman was a Hobby Lobby find. I love how it looks in this room.<br />
The chairs that flank the table in front of the window, are holding pillows that I made last season, using placemats from Walmart. <br />
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This is not a very good photo, sorry, but the light coming in the window was playing tricks with my camera. The mini quilt underneath tall turquoise vase, is a totem of pumpkins made several seasons ago. That is our boy Dusty keeping his spot warm.<br />
This cornucopia is a favorite of mine, and I love the rich colors in it.<br />
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The living room is a nice place to sit and have a visit.<br />
I am adding in this photo of the stained glass hanging in the window, which is partly why the dappled sunlight looks so pretty streaming in through the window.<br />
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This room will look so much nicer when I find what I want for the walls, and get crown molding! <br />
The piano is dressed with my collection of soft pumpkins. These were made from thrifted sweaters. Such fun to make!<br />
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The large white one with the sparkly yarn is my favorite!<br />
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The little Halloween quilt on piano key top, is from a panel that I cut apart and made several mini projects with.<br />
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All of these things look so great against the black scrappy paint job on this antique piano.<br />
Also hanging in the entryway, is an oldie, but goody. I made this Log Cabin style friendly ghost, a good 12-15 years ago. On this one, I meandered using black thread on the black, and white on the ghost, and orange on the pumpkin. <br />
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In the entryway as well, is this wood and wicker chest with ceramic pumpkin display. The wreath above gets seasonal items added to it, as the seasons come and go, but it stays on the wall despite the season we are in.<br />
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My family room is also overflowing with small quilts and pillows that I have made. <br />
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The Autumn Subway art pillow is from Kohl's. The Black Autumn Blessings is from a cute shop in Covina that I bought a couple years ago. The black cat is a Thimbleberries pattern. And the pumpkins is another placemat I turned into a pillow from Walmart.<br />
The quilted table topper on the table is also a panel that I quilted.<br />
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The pumpkin tureen on table is a favorite piece of mine. As is the pumpkin pie dish that sits on a table runner I made years ago. <br />
A Willie Ray lamp, and jackolantern, sitting in a small mug rug I made, just to use some extra appliques I had from another quilt.<br />
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In the kitchen is yet another Halloween panel. This is special to me because it was from a friend of mine, that she brought to my house on a sewing day I hosted, and she let us all pick a piece to cut off and make something with. <br />
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On my green kitchen door....you guessed it, another Fall panel, quilted by me.<br />
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These panels are the perfect size to practice your free motion quilting on domestic machine. And obviously I like them!!!<br />
In my laundry room, my button up for November, just because I love it, and don't want to hide away until I put it on my quilt rack. The picture is fuzzy, but you get the idea. And the chalkboard has a Fall scene too. I used regular chalk, and then went over it with some art chalk.<br />
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My new little kitchen table is set for a guest, with wicker chargers, a Nutmeg colored plate, with a small plate atop that, from Walmart's limited edition this year. Instead of napkins, I am using two tea towels from Walmart that were 88c each. On the middle is a topper I made with some pretty Fall fabric, and one of my loved Fitz & Floyd roosters.<br />
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I have a fun new piece that I bought recently at one of my favorite thrifts. It is a sturdy iron plant stand, with beautiful scrolled legs, and a great shape. I knew it had to be mine!!!! It was pricey for a thrift, but I knew its value, and I had to have it. I dressed it with Fall mums, and pumpkins, and I couldn't be happier!! It greets all who enter.<br />
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Sitting atop the little table by my door is Happy Jack. He was always at the table in the cabin, and brings back great memories for me.<br />
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I am trying to hang in there with blogging. I still get over to visit other blogs I love when I can. I will try to be back soon. <br />
Happy Fall Y'all!!!<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-67605630634366603982016-08-18T17:15:00.002-07:002016-08-18T17:15:18.307-07:00Crazy For Sock Knitting!I can say it now. I am a knitter. I can knit socks! It didn't come easy. I knit a half dozen bloopers, with no mates. All different types of yarns, needles, and an assortment of various patterns. I wanted to throw it all in the trash several times. But I didn't give up. I'm a little tenacious like that. I was determined to learn this craft, and in particular, to learn to knit socks! And I did!<br />
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These are my keepers. Two pair are missing, as they have been given as gifts. The pair of shortie socks on lower left, are my most recent FO . That's knit speak for finished object. I have a pair on the needles now, in the Felici sock yarn from Knit Picks. Also known as a WIP....work in progress, in both knit speak and quilting speak. Which, I love by the way!<br />
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I am sure many of you out there, non knitters especially, are thinking, who needs that many socks? And what is the big deal? Well let me tell you. If you have ever owned a pair of hand knit socks, you need not ask. But if you have not, there is nothing like the feel of them. Or the fit. Or the fun colors and patterns you can create using the vast availability of sock yarns these days. Don't even get me started on the Indy dyers! Oh my, such beauty!! I bought this skein and bag as a collaboration between two crafters. An Indy dyer, and a bag maker. <br />
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The yarn is so yummy! The bag is well made and I love the fabric. But I won't likely be buying too many bags, as it does seem silly when I can make my own. <br />
I invested in a yarn swift and ball winder recently, since I have been buying the hanks lately.<br />
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I got them at Knit Picks, and they were reasonably priced. I am sure it will get good use! I have been scouring the Ravelry patterns for a shawl to make. I think I have narrowed it down to a few I like, that will be in the novice knitter category. That will be next up to make. <br />
I ran into my local quilts shop the other day <br />
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The green and pink were for a bag, as well as the gold and brown autumn prints. I couldn't resist the mice in love. My nickname was mouse. My father always gave me gifts of mice. It made me smile. <br />
I have done a little thrifting lately, since my grandson has returned to school. I am always on the lookout for vintage Tupperware. I use it all the time. For everything! These two pieces were great finds. Each at 3.00<br />
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Out of the corner of my eye, I spotted this bright wool piece. It was a poncho, made from a Pendleton.<br />
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That was scooped up and came home with me. I paid 6.00 for it. I washed it on gentle cycle in cold water, and did a double rinse. Then dried it outside in the hot air under the shade of our patio. It has a couple of spots along the sides, that need some binding repair, but other than that, perfect. So heavy, and so warm it will be!!<br />
Then, on another day, I walked into my favorite shop, and there it was. In a box on the floor. The name JUKI on the box, calling out to me...."hey..over here!"<br />
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I casually walked over to the box. Pulled the machine out. Took it to the table to plug it in....all the while acting only slightly interested! When actually,, I was jumping up and down inside. I have wanted a Juki for a long time!!! There wasn't a price anywhere on the machine or the box. I found a manager, and she inspected it for a price. When she left to go find someone else, I googled it to see what it sold for. 900.00 is what I found. It is computerized. Seemed to have all of the parts, and they were working. Although, there was no thread, and I had no way to know how it sewed. <br />
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She came back with a price of 500 and I said nope, too much. She said 250. I said I would consider it for 200. Ultimately, I paid the 200, and upon getting it home, found that the needle wouldn't take up the bobbin thread. I quickly ran it in to my sewing machine guy. He said he could fix that, and it was the timing. But it was going to cost me somewhere between 75 and 100 dollars. I said go ahead. But then I went back and asked for 100 back on the machine, since I had to put about 100 into it. They reimbursed me the 100 dollars. I paid an even 100 for it, and am waiting to pick it up tomorrow from my sewing machine repair man. I can hardly wait to play with it. One feature that none of my current machines has, is needle down position. So important when working on free motion quilting. And it is FAST!!!! <br />
I will be letting you know my review of the machine after I get the chance to play with it. I have one more thrift store find that I was pretty thrilled about this past week. But I will save that one for next time.<br />
As for now, I must go knit socks.<br />
XO Kris<br />
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We had different family members come up each of the days we were there, except for Thursday.. We arrived on Saturday, and set up camp. We had a good spot. A great spot. It is usually water front property. But not this year!<br />
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Sitting under the awning and looking out at this peaceful view was lovely. Water, or no water. You can see the dry docks to the left of the above photo. <br />
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It was kind of sad to see the marina so low. So many of the docks have had to be pulled out to deeper parts of the lake. And walking down to the boat, seeing so much mud and shallow water is really awful. I sure do hope we have some good rain and snow this winter!!!<br />
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This dock is where we keep our boat. It's about half way down the dock.<br />
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We usually spend the whole day out on the boat. We pack up lunches and snacks, and load a cooler, and off we go. Noah is a good Captain.<br />
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I don't know who that guy in the blue thingie is???<br />
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Even me, who was too afraid to fall into that cold lake, so I sat down to paddle.<br />
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The kids had fun playing on the boat, and on the water. </div>
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And they fished a little too.<br />
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But the fishing was S L O W!!!!!<br />
I always enjoy watching the kids interact and have fun together!<br />
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Unfortunately, Noah came down with a high fever on Wednesday night, and his Mom had to come and pick him up that next day. We felt so bad for him.</div>
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Luckily, we had already gotten in the movies, mini golf, Alpine slides, and ice cream in The Village. </div>
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It was a good week, but as always, I am ready to come, usually a day before our planned vacation ends. I don't know why, but I always get homesick. I am a homebody. It is just who I am.</div>
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We keep the boat up there in a slip all summer, so we go up nearly every weekend for some fishing and bobbing on the lake. </div>
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See you soon Big Bear.</div>
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XO Kris</div>
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-50613109842561067292016-07-07T16:50:00.004-07:002016-07-07T16:55:31.678-07:00Fourth Of July 2016Our town did their annual parade and concert in the park on the Saturday prior to the 4th of July. It was different, but fun and festive, just the same. Noah and his Dad were in in the parade, so we left early to secure a good spot along the curb on Main Street, to see them coming! Noah spotted us walking across the street from where they were set up in the staging area. He was SO excited to be participating in his first parade!<br />
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He was looking sharp, decked in his Patriotic gear from head to toe! <br />
We were lucky that the weather was unseasonably cool on this day. So sitting there for a few hours was not a problem. Our granddaughters, Hannah and Claire, with their little friend Ryan, sitting along the curb with us, waiting for the parade to begin.<br />
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Those 10 gallon hats came in mighty handy to haul all of the candy that was thrown from the floats!!!<br />
The National Anthem was sung, and the Pledge Of Allegiance was recited at the beginning of the procession.<br />
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Then away they went, one float after another, the Red, White and Blue, proudly waving! Freshly washed and waxed fire engines.....<br />
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Red Tractors...<br />
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Men in uniform, scouts, city council, and Jazzercise groups, one after the other, marching and waving along Main Street. Then came Noah's float, with his Dad on motorcycle alongside.<br />
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My favorite, besides Noah's float, was this one from Jerome's Furniture Store.<br />
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I went to take a photo of Smokey The Bear, and instead, someone insisted on taking the photo of me with Smokey The Bear.<br />
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I took this photo of my Uncle Johnny's family, sitting just a few feet over from us. Minus Uncle Johnny. He was at home making waffles, I was told.<br />
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Our little town has sure grown in the 30 plus years that we have lived here. The parade used to consist of a few local groups, and be done in an hour. Now, it is quite a production! Fun time! <br />
After the parade, we were invited to go next door for lunch and swimming. So the day was full, despite it being a couple of days before the 4th of July. <br />
On Monday, the actual 4th, we all went down to Newport Beach, to spend the day on my brother's boat. We had a wonderful day of swimming, paddle boarding, kayaking, boat rides, food, more food, laughter, and great family time!! <br />
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My nephew and his wife, have a new baby girl, and they live in the Bay area, so having time to spend with them is such a treat! <br />
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Our grands, along with everyone else, had an absolute ball on the paddle boards and kayaks, and dinghy!!<br />
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Noah's Dad Mark, on kayak.<br />
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Drew and Christine.<br />
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My favorite subjects, Hannah, Claire, and Noah!<br />
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Noah's Karate Kid pose.<br />
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Miss Claire....looking ever so sweet, and having a wonderful time on the boat!<br />
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I took this from the fly bridge of the dock below.<br />
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This was taken while out on a boat ride. <br />
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Our oldest daughter Gennifer and her Uncle Dave, my brother.<br />
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The beaches were lined with colorful umbrellas on the shoreline. It was such a beautiful day down there, and so festive with all of the decorations!<br />
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It was a perfect day! Thank you so much David and Glenda!!!<br />
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Til next time.....<br />
Toodle Loo<br />
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Well, summer hit with a bang here in Southern California where I live. We had triple digits Friday through Tuesday! On Saturday it was 106 or so, and on Sunday we about 110, and on Monday it was 114!!!!!! Ghastly!!!! We packed up a cooler and headed up the hill to the lake on Saturday morning, to escape the heat. What a great decision!!! Our grandson Noah, and his Daddy asked if they could join us to beat the awful heat too. We said, come on up! They stepped out of the car only moments after we arrived at the marina. Noah loves to drive the boat with Geeps. His latest obsession though, is the fish finder! He is just fascinated with watching that thing, to see where the best place is, to wet his line!<br />
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On our way to the dam, he was doing a little front end boat surfing! I got the cutest video of him on my phone.<br />
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As crowded as it was, we were lucky, and were able to clip onto a mooring at the dam. We bobbed and fished, most of the day here. <br />
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Usually in fishing, there is a lot of waiting. I hoped for Noah to get lucky and catch a fish that day. And it wasn't but a short while, before his pole went "bendo" as they say!<br />
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He reeled in a big one! And to add to the excitement, all of the boats around us were watching and clapping, and cheering him on! It was very fun to watch!!<br />
But once the flopping fish was pulled on board, he didn't want to get anywhere near it!! At least, he didn't want to hold it!!!<br />
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Oh how I love the look on his face in the shot below!!! Sheer joy, and fear of that fish slapping his arm again!!<br />
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Fishing makes you hungry, so Mark barbequed some hot dogs on the grill and we had a little lunch.<br />
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Gramma always packs lots of goodies. You can see I didn't forget the "vitamins" either!!<br />
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You have to take a little snooze after a big meal, and get ready for another round of fishing.<br />
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He was raring to go after a little shut eye, and he checked the fish finder to see where to toss his line.<br />
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Turns out he had just the right spot too, because a short while later, he was reeling in a whopper!!<br />
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This one was huge!!! Another keeper, for sure! He stood a safe distance away for the photo. Such pride on his face. <br />
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He spent the entire rest of the day, checking on them in the holding tank. We continued to fish, nap, knit, snack, and enjoy the day. There was a pirate ship!<br />
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Some good snacks, and sock knitting.<br />
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Cliff diving.<br />
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Noah said he wanted to do that. We said, how about, not today!! I loved this sequence of photos I took of Noah and his Dad!<br />
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They didn't know I was on the back of the boat shooting these. I am pretty sure they were discussing the days catch!<br />
At around 5:30 or so, we got a call that my son Drew and his girlfriend Christine were on their way up.<br />
We went back to the marina to pick them up, and headed back out for a lake cruise. We stopped off at our friends, Mike and Lee's place for a little visit.<br />
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The guys were all trolling...<br />
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About 5 minutes in, Drew had a hook up! "GET THE NET!!!!"<br />
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It was another lunker!<br />
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I loved this shot of the fellas.<br />
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We went to the other end of the lake and saw some parasailers.<br />
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And I got a good shot of the observatory. <br />
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You can see the dark grey marks on the bottom of the white structure. That is where the water is usually at. <br />
The sun was beginning to set, revealing my favorite time to be on the water. The Jimmy Buffet tune, "Stars On The Water" always comes to mind. <br />
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I caught the above photo at the precise moment the sun slipped behind the mountain. The colored orb you see in the middle of photo is a mystery. <br />
We cruised into Metcalf Bay, taking our time, enjoying every last sliver of daylight left.<br />
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I sat on the back of the boat, wrapped in a blanket, camera in hand, observing it all. I was about to burst I was so happy. Just being there. Having had such a stellar day, with these people I love. Wishing only that the rest of my family had been there too. I witnessed Noah and his Uncle Drew having quite the animated conversation! About what, I do not know? Whose fish was bigger perhaps?<br />
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As we entered Metcalf Bay, the colors of the night sky were a gorgeous painting of pinks and greys.<br />
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We witnessed a flock of Pelicans flying overhead in formation. <br />
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Yes, it was a perfect day! We off loaded our gear, and covered up the boat, saying goodbye, until next time, which will most likely be this weekend. I leave you with my two favorite shots of the day. I will have to have these blown up for my daughter Erika, Noah's Mom. <br />
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Be still my heart!!!!<br />
Til next time........<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-87316126808639648472016-06-16T16:20:00.001-07:002016-06-16T16:20:52.489-07:00Excellent Adventure, Part TwoWe woke up Saturday morning, to grey skies, and a pretty chilly day. But we didn't mind one bit. We took a walk, and had breakfast, and then set out to the Embarcadero to take a 2 hour Harbor Cruise. Luckily I had jeans and sweatshirts, because it was COLD on the water!! We took our seats up on the top tier of the Flagship and waited for the cruise to begin.<br />
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The beautiful San Diego Sky Line.<br />
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That is the USS Midway Naval Ship behind the people standing on top deck. We want to go on that tour next time. We learned a lot, saw a lot, and froze our buns off!!! We got to see a few sea lions lounging around on the bait docks.<br />
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We saw a dolphin too, but I didn't get a very good photo.<br />
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The bridge to Coronado Island.<br />
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I took this photo of Greg in front of the USS Midway Ship. And he took one of me. I have a visor on, but it looks like I just have piles and piles of hair!!!<br />
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We were going to go to Little Italy after the cruise, but it had gotten so crowded that we changed our minds. <br />
We drove the short distance back to our campsite, and warmed up a bit. I made a huge platter of Nachos for lunch.<br />
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And isn't this the loveliest photo that Greg took of me! Wind blown hair, and double chins and all!!! Oh well. It is what it is! <br />
And then, I believe we both took a bit of a nap. He was outside on his zero gravity chair, but I stayed bundled up inside!! <br />
We barbequed hamburgers for dinner, and then Greg made us some fresh popped popcorn.<br />
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He used our outdoor kitchen to make the popcorn, using a whirly popper. Our favorite way to make popcorn! <br />
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There he goes again, getting such a flattering photo of me! I was knitting, and had clipped my windblown hair up out of my eyes. So pretty!!! Thanks dear! But the popcorn looks good, doesn't it!<br />
It was a nice relaxing day! Cold and cozy!<br />
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We got up Sunday morning to a bit better weather. We took a long walk on the beach. It was very low tide.<br />
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I was looking for sea glass, but didn't find any.<br />
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Greg took this of me. I don't know what in the world I was doing? But it did reflect my happy mood.<br />
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We walked all along the beach, then along the Marina, where we went to have a delicious breakfast sitting outside on the patio looking at the water.<br />
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We were wishing my brother Dave was there with his boat. Maybe next time.<br />
One the way back to our campsite, we took a photo of this Fifth Wheel. Wow! It had two slide out decks!!!<br />
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That's what I call "Roughing It!" <br />
We went back to break down our campsite, and headed for home. It was a fun weekend, but too short! We decided that this was far enough away that we would really like to have a 4 day weekend to go again.<br />
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If you live in the Southern California area, I hope you try Chula Vista RV Resort! A must go!<br />
Thanks for coming along.....<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-29114144279946792712016-06-13T16:20:00.000-07:002016-06-13T16:20:42.084-07:00Bunny & Geeps Excellent AdventureFriday afternoon, Geeps and I headed out to San Diego for our 2nd trip in the new trailer. We had heard of this campground from my neighbor's son, who goes with his family a lot. He said it was a great place, and he was not kidding!!! We arrived at 4:00. The calendar of events we received upon checking in said that it was happy hour in the courtyard. We had a margarita, and met another couple, with the same last name as ours! AND, the man was also named Greg!!!! That was fun! I didn't have my camera with me that night at happy hour, but I took a photo of the pretty courtyard later, where it was held. <br />
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The grounds were immaculately kept, and there were little surprises everywhere! The bar was set up for 1.00 cocktails, and they were also cooking tacos for 1.00 as well. There was a one man band and a few couples were dancing. Really a fun and festive atmosphere!<br />
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The office is located just next to the courtyard, and they had a nice little store and boutique. Greg bought me a cute cover up, and of course, we had to get a magnet, as we are getting one from every place we go to put on our fridge in the trailer.<br />
The pool and spa are located just off the courtyard. This was a pretty area too, with bright yellow umbrellas, and chaise lounges with royal blue cushions. Also, they had these large wooden gliders located all throughout the Resort, and boy were they comfortable. The gliders had cushioned seats on either side, and a picnic type table between. Some were uncovered, and most had a sunshade canopy on top. <br />
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There is a clubhouse just behind the pool as well. And next to courtyard on one side, is a full gym. The pool is maintained at a very swimmable 86 degrees. They have adult only hours, and a small window for children only too. The bathrooms and showers, as well as gates to pool and into and out of facility, are all locked, and must have an issued code number entered on key pad to get in or out. There is a 24 hour security on premises at all times too. It is also a very dog friendly park, with several gated areas for your dog to play and take care of business.<br />
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And how many parks have a doggie spa? Well, this one does!<br />
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Warm water sprayers with three tiers for your dogs size, to be bathed. There is a large water vessel at every dog station throughout the park too, for your thirsty Fido.<br />
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The park is located right on the bay, with bay view sites being the most expensive, at 90 a night. There is also a Marina to one side, and these are the next expensive sites. We will be requesting Marina view for our next trip. <br />
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Next to the Marina is a beautiful spot in the resort, with several more gliders, and a few Palapa bar pavilions, as well as bbq's and tables for your group to gather for meals. They also have volleyball, and putting green, and beach access for launching your kayak and paddle boards. <br />
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There are great paths to ride your bike too. I sure wished we had brought ours! Next time!!! <br />
Each space is on a concrete pad, with some that were pull through sites. Each had picnic table and full hookups. <br />
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Each site was private from the next with pretty shrubbery planted between. <br />
We bbq'd hot dogs the first nite on our new little Smokey Joe Weber Grill.<br />
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Geeps does all the outside cooking, and I do all the inside cooking. And there was always some relaxing in between the cooking!<br />
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Isn't he cute? He looks a little like Jimmy Buffet here! Boat drinks.......<br />
I don't know what it is about eating outside when camping, but the food always tastes soooo good!<br />
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It was a good first day, even though it was a short day there. Only a few hours. But we had a good sleep and set out for more fun on Saturday.<br />
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Come on back tomorrow for a wrap up of our weekend in Chula Vista.<br />
XO Kris<br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-50500481018152267992016-05-27T20:22:00.003-07:002016-05-27T20:42:55.946-07:00Sewing RoomHi again. I am back to share with you my new sewing room. Not new, really, but newly moved to, and arranged, in the original room I set my sewing room up in, about 16 years ago, when our oldest daughter moved out of the house.<br />
I love this room. While it is much smaller than the space I was using in the living room, it is by far and away, my favorite room for sewing. The view is pretty. The light is good both day time, and at night, with overhead lighting. I can sew in there in my jammies and no one can sneak up on me at the front window! And I can close the door on a mess when I am working on a project.<br />
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I set my farmhouse table across the room, instead of up against the wall this time. I like it this way much better, for ease of moving about from one machine to another.<br />
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The table on the far side of the room holds one of my embroidery machines, with the other embroidery machine sitting opposite, on the long table. I have an office mat on the floor, and can slide from one to the other with ease, and often have something that I am working on each machine at the same time. <br />
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The machine closest in view, is my Viking. I do a lot of my sewing on this machine. And again, I have an office mat on the floor beneath it, so that my chair can roll around to what I need quickly. I keep a large rotary mat on the table for quick trims, and an apple lazy susan with pins, and tins of all of the items I need when I sew. I keep a mini ironing board at the end of the table for pressing pieces as I go. I set up my little antique Featherweight machine when I am piecing a quilt. I also use this machine for any classes I take.<br />
I need to utilize the space underneath the table too. I have bins of fabric, and also a couple of stacking drawers that hold yarn stash. As well as yet another sewing machine. <br />
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On the wall to left of door as you walk in, is a desk where I keep my Singer One that I do all of my free motion quilting on. I typically just keep my free motion foot on it, and use this machine specifically for that. Also on this desk top is my laptop, which I use mostly here in my sewing room, where Podcasts have recently become my favorite thing!!!<br />
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The gooseneck Ott lamp is a must for me! I use it all the time! Next to the desk, is a cabinet I repurposed from the living room. I have my quilting books, and knit and crochet books stored here, as well as some gifts and things on display.<br />
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On top of the cabinet is one of my antique machines. It is SO heavy! On the machine is a piece of quilt that was from one of the quilts that my Great Grandma made. <br />
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The closet doors have been removed, and I wallpapered the inside of the closet, and had an electrical outlet put in. Across the closet is my beautiful Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt that my Great Grandma made in the early 30's. This quilt is in excellent shape, and I love seeing it on display here. I have secured it by placing a tension rod at the top of the doorway and just folded it over the top to make it the proper length. I have a few more of the quilts that my Grandma made. This one is in the best shape.<br />
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The chest of drawers holds a large amount of my fabric stash, and is Kon Mari folded by color.<br />
The little toy sewing machine you see sitting atop the red stool, was my Grandmother's (Nana) when she was a little girl. <br />
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I still need to go through and organize a lot of the things inside the closet. But when I am in there looking for something, having a light in there sure does help!<br />
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The sliding doors open up to the back patio and pool beyond. It is a pretty and peaceful view.<br />
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The vertical shutter holds notes and cards that I want to save, as well as a calendar. <br />
On the wall above, and to the right of my sewing table, is a design wall. <br />
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On the back wall of the room is my cutting table. This is actually a piece designed to be used in the kitchen. It has a sturdy butcher block top, with a large and deep drawer, with shelves below. I have a large cutting mat on the table top, as well as a wooden crate that holds my rotary cutters and scissors.<br />
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To the left of the table is another light tree. You can never have enough task lighting! To the left of the light, are two more carts that hold various sewing supplies and fabric. On the top of the aqua cart is a wooden tool box that holds all of my spray starch, water refills for iron, and quilt basting sprays. On top of the far left cart is dish drainer that holds all of my small design boards, and Accuquilt dies.<br />
On the wall above the cutting table is beautiful Amish quilt that my Mom and Dad brought back to me from a trip they took to Amish Country. Also an old antique mailbox that I painted aqua. The outside of it holds magnets, and inside holds my catalogs and Joann's coupons.<br />
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This is a working room. I use everything you see in here. It is packed, and not as pretty as I think it could be in a larger space, but it is cozy and perfectly designed to me and my needs!!!<br />
Thanks for coming by to see me in my sewing space today. <br />
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Toodle Loo.....<br />
XO KrisKrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-49179156303114619802016-05-24T09:49:00.004-07:002016-05-24T09:49:53.055-07:00My New Guest Room/OfficeGood morning!!! I want to begin by saying a huge thank you, to all who commented, and made me feel so much better. I thank you for taking the time to leave me such kind words. There has, in fact, been a lot going on in my life, and it has been an adjustment. But I have been keeping very busy, and things are much better. I have been painting, cleaning, purging, reorganizing, shopping, decorating, etc. You get the idea. We had the two rooms where Erika and Noah were in, recarpeted last week.<br />
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I was going to have these rooms painted before I did anything, but that didn't happen. And actually, the paint is good. I like the color for both of the rooms. I will be doing the trim work though. My original plan for this room was to be Greg's office. And the other room, a guest room. But I changed my mind. This room will be Greg's office. But I decided to also put a bed in here, so that it can double as a guest room too. It is a daybed, and has an extra bed underneath, for more sleeping. I liked the idea of a daybed, so that most of the time, it is more like a couch. I began with an inspiration piece for decorating this room. It was a quilt I made about 17 years ago for Drew. I am "borrowing" it, as he wasn't using it anyway.<br />
I was wanting a sort of Nautical/Americana type thing for this room.<br />
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I made up the bed with fresh pad, sheets, and blankets. Topped it with this quilt, and then began layering it with fun pillows. Across the back, I put a red body pillow that I had. I bought two new standard size Eddie Bauer shams in a navy blue patchwork print. I am using those as bolsters along each side. Then yesterday, I went on a pillow hunt. I found the nautical red one, with cord ties at Kohl's. I also found the navy blue at Kohl's on clearance for 13.00, and the Friends, Family, Freedom one too. Then I went to Target, and found nothing that worked. I went to Burlington Coat Factory, and hit the jackpot. I had never been in there. It is a hit and miss kind of discount place. I found the fun loopy red, white and blue big pillow there, as well as the pillow shams. This is exactly the look I was after, and was very pleased with finished look of the daybed!<br />
I found several other decorative items at Burlington!! <br />
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I found the nautical sign on shelf. It says, "Drop anchor with the one you love" I had the iron stars, and just layered those along the back of the shelf. On the bookcase, I added photos, and a few other nautical pieces. The lantern with candle in it on left was a gift from my son Drew. I found the rope ball bookend at Burlington. <br />
The desk is a beautiful piece that my girlfriend gave me. She was selling her big house, and moving to a condo, so she got rid of a lot of things. She also gave me the daybed! There were a few scratches on it, but I used a furniture pen kit to color them, and you can't even see them now at all. This is two pieces. The desk, with the smaller filing cabinet piece on the right. I MUST find a way to hide the white cable cord that is hanging from ceiling, it is hideous! This desk is awesome! It holds all of Greg's computer accessories, and hides the ugly stuff. The printer is housed in lower left cabinet. The cables all have a housing in back. And all of his <strike>junk </strike>stuff, is hidden inside. Now to hide the cords from the telly and the cable!<br />
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The pillow in the office chair is one I made last year. The Telly is on the wall, and can tilt up and down, and side to side for viewing. <br />
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I wanted to put some type of a table next to the bed, but the bed sits up high, so a typical nightstand wouldn't work. And there isn't enough room for anything very big. I could not believe my luck yesterday when I was getting ready to check out at Burlington!! They had a cute display set up in front of store with this navy blue table and chairs. I looked at the table and realized it would be PERFECT! It is the right color, and folds up almost flat. When extended, it is the perfect height for setting a little something on if you are in there watching Telly or need to set water and glasses and such on table at night. <br />
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I laid a red and white ticking fabric tea towel on top. I set this dish of sand that I brought home from Hawaii, with lots of sea shells in it, on the table. The dish belonged to my Great Grandma. <br />
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The table is the perfect color. Because it was used as display, I asked to discount it, and they did. We will take this with us in the trailer too. It folds up as flat as a dinner plate!<br />
The "rug" is not a rug at all. It is a table topper I made out of some Americana fabric scraps I had.<br />
I will find a proper rug to put there.<br />
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The navy blue curtain was one I had made for when Noah was here. It matched his Mario bedding. It also makes for a perfect match in here now.<br />
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I see some dust up there! I need to take it down and wash it, and rehang. I think I will add some rope detail at the finials. In the closet doorway, where there once were doors, I have placed a tension rod with red grommet topped panels. I found these at a thrift one day, for a song. They are the heavy duty, room darkening ones too! If you have priced those lately, you know these were a steal!! Inside the closet, I have a dresser that belonged to Nana, where I keep toys, and arts and crafts for the grands.<br />
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Taped to the rod is the color swatch that I was thinking of painting this room. But I am going to keep it paper bag brown.<br />
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I had a blast putting this room together! In our original plans, we were to be putting Greg's exercise equipment in here too. Don't tell Greg, but that's NOT happening!!! Shhhhh!!<br />
Love, love, love the way this room turned out!<br />
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I was going to do the sewing room today too, but I will make that for the next time. Lastly, I will show you the new panels I found for my family room. Love them. They are an ecru linen, with a sort of olive green embossed leaf pattern.<br />
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Oh they are so, so pretty. Last weekend when Greg was gone on a camping trip, I bought these panels, and a new curtain rod. But I couldn't find anyone to help me put it up!!!! I had to wait for him to get home. I also painted the table that our Telly sits on.<br />
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I also <i>tried </i>to paint the little ottoman that sits there next to table, to hide all of the cords for the electronics. EPIC fail! I wound up covering it in a remnant I had, but I didn't have enough to do it without piecing the top. I will find another remnant that I like, and recover it. I also painted the guest bathroom while Greg was away too. That will be another post. I haven't finished the décor in there yet.<br />
I found this darling table side lamp at Hobby Lobby.<br />
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The burlap two toned flower is actually a magnetic piece that I bought to add to it. They have all sorts of these lamp adornments, you put onto the shade and it stays with a strong magnet! Who knew?!!<br />
Yes, I have been a busy bee. And my body is screaming at me for a rest. Today I will be meeting my friend Jae for lunch and later this week, I plan a trip to Glen Ivy Spa for some R & R. <br />
Tomorrow...stay tuned to see what I did with my new sewing room!<br />
Tootle Loo....<br />
XO Kris<br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-55794235937375214222016-05-10T09:50:00.000-07:002016-05-10T09:50:35.543-07:00Checking InHello out there? I don't have much to report. Not that there isn't a lot of things going on in my life, but rather most of them are more of the personal nature, and it just isn't appropriate blog post material. We are going through some changes here. I am adjusting. <br />
I have been bound and determined to learn to knit socks. They are a bit of scary thing to me. I am trying to figure out which way I am most comfortable knitting them. I did my very first pair, using double pointed needles. I found that very awkward. I made a lot of mistakes, But I did it. I frogged the second one, and so, I only have one, ugly, house sock to show for it. I didn't even take a photo, it is not very pretty!<br />
The second time I wanted to learn to do magic loop. I used a good tutorial, and purchased the pattern to follow. I followed it exactly, and a sock was made! <br />
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I used a Knit Picks cotton/linen blend, and I didn't care for the texture of it. It doesn't have the stretch and give that a sock should have. So, I didn't bother making the second sock. <br />
Then, I saw a technique using a very small 9" circular. I ordered my circulars and two sets of dpn's from Hiya Hiya, and was going to join in on the sock KAL with The Grocery Girls on Ravelry. Do check out their podcasts, they are such great fun!! I cast on, and I found the needles so terribly slippery. I was using fingering #1 sock yarn. It felt like dental floss and toothpicks in my hands. I had to frog it. I set out once again, this time with a dk weight yarn, and size 4 needles. Back to magic loop. I am cruising along just fine. I think my friend was right.....stick with the dk and sport weight yarns, and slightly larger needles, until I am very comfortable with sock making. And so, that is what I will do.<br />
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This is a Merino Wool/Acrylic blend. It feels good in my hands, and has plenty of stretch. I am making this pair a full size sock. Not an ankle sock. I think that my preferred set of tools for sock making, will be magic loop. Kind of strange at first, but I do like it a lot.<br />
My house is in total disarray. Erika and Noah have moved out, and into their own cute little condo, leaving me with two rooms to do something with. First things first. Pull the carpet and pad up!<br />
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I was going to paint the two rooms myself, but I just don't have it in me right now. I will pick paint colors this week, and get someone out to paint. The carpet should be here in the next 10 days. <br />
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We are going with the lower left seen on sample board. When my son Drew moves out, we will order the carpet to do the rest of the rooms. Ours, his, and living room. And I have decided I will be moving my sewing room back into Drew's room. It is the largest in the house, still in front of house, with good natural light. And I can have a living room for entertaining once again.<br />
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My girlfriend gave me a huge stack of her old knitting magazines. I am having fun going through those!<br />
Haven't been sewing a quilt lately, but I do have a quilt in the wings, ready to begin! I have been doing a lot of machine embroidery. Most of which I cannot show, as they are gifts.<br />
This was a small tote bag I did for my Mom.<br />
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I had an old high school friend contact me to make a hat for the upcoming arrival of his new granddaughter. He sent me the colors of her nursery, and I came up with this.<br />
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We are getting ready to bring the boat up to Big Bear Lake for the summer. We are so eager to be spending time up there. We will be bringing our new trailer up for a week in July, as well as several weekends. We also have several other small trips planned throughout the summer that we will be taking it on. </div>
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My garden has done absolutely awful this year. I have had what I think is bunnies, eat most everything to the quick. Despite fencing, and chicken wire on gates, something has destroyed almost all of it. I have kind of lost the desire to work it now. I do have pumpkins going, and looking good, as well as tomatoes and a few other things. I will keep those going as long as I can. I also planted lots and lots of flowers from seed, and none of them came up. </div>
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I have been hooked on a PBS series that I am binge watching on Netflix called, Call The Midwife. I am two thirds done with it. I don't know what I will do when it is over. I have enjoyed it so much! It has been a wonderful escape for me lately, during a not so great time in my life.</div>
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That's all I've got. To be honest, I have thought seriously of ending my blog. I don't seem to have the traffic I once did, and I don't really feel I have much to offer right now. We shall see. </div>
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Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-86418853905596912232016-04-23T12:26:00.000-07:002016-04-23T12:26:02.669-07:00Quilt FinishI finished another quilt that was made for a shop sample at my local quilt shop. I actually finished it a couple of weeks ago, and delivered it to the shop. The photos I took were all bad. The colors of the quilt are very muted, and it didn't photograph well outside. The photo the shop owners posted to their webpage shows it much better than any of the photos I took.<br />
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The pattern is available on Moda Bake Shop website for free. The shop in town, Sewn Together, is selling kits with all of the fabric needed to make this quilt. Diane, one of the shop owners did a beautiful job with her machine quilting on it.<br />
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There was a lot of point matching in this quilt. I do like it, but these are not the colors that I naturally gravitate towards. However, I think it is pretty, and very Spring/Summer like.<br />
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It was my intention to do a no bulk binding tutorial when I put the binding on this, but I completely forgot. I will do one soon.<br />
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This quilt went together much quicker than the first one I did. No applique on this one. Just piecing, lots of piecing. It has a nice scrappy look to it. <br />
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When it is displayed horizontally, the design in negative space, shows X's. When it is displayed vertically, the negative space shows more of a chain effect. Fun pattern.<br />
If you are local to the Corona/Norco area, go to Sewn Together and check out this fun pattern.<br />
Lots, lots, lots going on here. I am trying to get back into the swing of blogging. But it may be a bit.<br />
XO Kris<br />
Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8776767262067674902.post-90400138139080091462016-04-11T18:38:00.000-07:002016-04-12T08:44:30.146-07:00Maiden Voyage In Our New TrailerWell, we had our first trip in the new trailer, and I am happy to report that all went smoothly. We were off like a herd of turtles at about 5:00 PM on Friday night. Arriving at our destination less than an hour later. <br />
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The only little hiccup of the weekend was with the first site that they assigned us. We pulled up. I got out to wave him in smoothly. But, there was no way we were going to fit. We had to go back to the main office and have a new site assigned. A larger, more expensive site of course, but it worked out perfectly. My brother David and sister in love, Glenda, were already there waiting for us. They had not seen our trailer yet, and it was fun that they came down to share in our excitement. They even brought us Sprinkles Cupcakes!!! They had already eaten dinner, so didn't stay too long. We grilled up some hot dogs for an easy dinner, and then went inside for the night.<br />
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Our middle daughter Erika and grandson Noah came along for the first night. We got all settled in, trying out the shower, and making up beds, and everything seemed to work just perfectly. <br />
The next morning Greg made our coffee for us at the outdoor kitchen, using our favorite camp pot. The kind that perks. Oh how good it tasted. <br />
Bright and early, we had a visitor. My nephew Chad. He stayed for most of the day, and even though we did have some light rain off and on, we all had such a good time. There was a rousing game of Uno under the awning.<br />
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We had Mimosa's, and toasted to many good times ahead.<br />
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Erika and Noah and I went down to the community center to participate in one of their scheduled crafts. We made chalk salt candles. <br />
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It looks like sand. I had never heard of such a thing as this before. But it was so clever, and so much fun! They had buckets of salt on the table, and each person had a paper plate, and there were many containers of sidewalk chalk to choose from. We had our choice of two different shapes of glasses to use. They were actually plastic. You scoop a little salt onto your plate, and then take a color of chalk you want to make, and then begin to rub it over the grains of salt, until all salt is colored to desired shade.<br />
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Pour your colored salt into cup, and then make another color. It was simple, and fun. I thought it was very clever too. When our cups were full to the top, we took it to the young people who were doing the class, and they sealed the salt with a thick layer of hot glue, placing a tea lite candle down in the center. The glue keeps the salt from spilling out, and the tea lite can be replaced when it has burned down.<a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-33afz1zvD9g/VwxEDtSL-sI/AAAAAAAAjds/12oJNHB4G_EvLl1Zi0tXkj7TISzyhyB2ACLcB/s1600/DSC_0015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-33afz1zvD9g/VwxEDtSL-sI/AAAAAAAAjds/12oJNHB4G_EvLl1Zi0tXkj7TISzyhyB2ACLcB/s640/DSC_0015.JPG" width="640" /></a><br />
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We lit them that night for dinner outside on the picnic table. <br />
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Aren't they so pretty!!! What a great craft to do with your little ones. And big ones too! <br />
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Later on that day, Erika and Noah went down onto the beach where they were doing tie dye Tee shirts. They each did one for themselves, and one for Geeps. They turned out darling! I wish I had made one too. I did not get many photos this weekend. I wish I had been better about that. <br />
Later that evening, we had a big dinner of fresh ahi steaks that my brother David caught on a recent fishing trip way out in the ocean. Greg grilled them on our new Smokey Joe, and I steamed some fresh veggies, and made a Caesar's Salad. I had also made a big pot of chili earlier in the day, so we had that too. I think I caught Gregger's with a tester of ahi in his mouth.<br />
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That night, our son Drew and his girlfriend Christine came out for dinner. We dined al fresco, under the canopy of clouds in the sky. It was delightful! <br />
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Eri and Noah went back home after dinner. Drew and Christine hung around at camp with us. We toasted some marshmallows and had S'more's.<br />
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After Drew and Christine left, we went inside and had nice hot showers, and then watched The Martian inside the trailer. Well, we may have both fallen asleep about midway through, but we started to watch it. It was good! The bed in the trailer is so comfy. I am not a good sleeper, anywhere. Not at home, and certainly not away from home. But I slept very well both nights in our new camp bed. <br />
It rained HARD in the night. It woke us up at about 3:00 in the morning. The next day was a bit muddy at camp! We cooked breakfast outside in the outdoor kitchen. Pancakes, bacon, sausage and farm fresh eggs. I had squeezed fresh OJ and brought it from home.<br />
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I took over when it was time for the pancakes. Or pannycakes, as our family calls them. <br />
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Not a flattering photo, but oh my gosh, I see photos of myself, and boy do I need to lose weight! And that hair. Ugh...I think I hate it. It was so attractive on my Dad. But I feel like I am 100 years old with white hair! I also have a skin condition called vitiligo. My Dad had it too. Both of us getting it at about 50. The pigment is leaving my skin everywhere. It has begun to spread across my face, starting at my forehead, and dripping downward, revealing a white and pink blotchy face. I know that there are many things far worse that I could have. And for that I am grateful. But I feel like it leaves me looking lifeless. And with the white hair too, I feel OLD!!!!<br />
I brought my knitting, but only took it out of the bag one time, knitting only a couple of rows. We were just so busy!<br />
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We had an absolute ball. Fitting a whole lot into a weekend. We also rode a 4 man bike (Surry?) for an hour. My legs and fanny were screaming!!! <br />
And Geeps made us all some home made popcorn on Saturday afternoon as well. So, for our first trip out, it was an A plus!!!! <br />
We got home, unloaded it, washed it, and put it away until next time. We are shooting for a weekend away a month. And then in the summer, probably a lot more weekends at Big Bear, as well as our week long vacation there. We snuck a few minutes in every once in a while to watch The Masters while we were cleaning. <br />
A great weekend was had by all!!! We can't wait to go again!<br />
Happy Trails........................................<br />
PS Marsha Brown, you asked what we tow the trailer with. I have a 2004 GMC Yukon Denali. I love this car. I wish we did have more towing capacity, but we were not willing to also purchase a new car to do so. When this car expires, I intend to get another one! Krishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15578853096888320012noreply@blogger.com20