tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-348147922024-03-13T10:01:48.219-07:00indigo pears[two words pulled at "random"..1)indigo- a quiet deep twilight blue color, it is beautiful on its own but works well with others! 2) pears-ordinary,commonplace, nurturing,with a decidedly feminine shape.]
Musings and findings resulting from following my bliss...I love to sketch and paint...so I have watercolors to post also!Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.comBlogger1170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-79358875601144582002018-04-21T16:50:00.001-07:002018-04-21T17:49:39.632-07:00A new baby! And who knows what else...? Families and grandkids and the outdoors...<font size="4">My friend Liz and her family welcomed a new granddaughter today!</font><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Here is the happy grandfather!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_a274_aa7b_c985_4e48" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Je5-TP54qng/WtvOOchjpKI/AAAAAAAANKk/on5GCM7oqVYHYkdO7xiJ6wnM63tBqpVMwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 317px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>At almost eight pounds, Birdie is a beautiful baby girl!</div><div><br></div><div>Here is a quilt I made for them....from scraps and gender neutral!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_610a_8641_4ad9_693c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NLwxwX-3cXw/WtvOOAxEpnI/AAAAAAAANKg/iHe135q1Ae0ORXXhKu7TWxCo2KryoINKACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 336px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_de1a_169a_72e7_9402" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-51uxXn6bRP0/WtvOOFViapI/AAAAAAAANKY/1AlOsIPaqdsyzDNaZXb6tknOR2YELblzwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 311px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9ab2_f17a_b018_bacd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nKXVFioYawo/WtvOOCrcTYI/AAAAAAAANKc/4VaEGg3hjAQA86RkY6O-O-pnEb3_IhrxwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 364px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I am just back from visiting my own grandchildren in Georgia.....</div><div>.here they have fallen asleep as mom read "A Wrinkle in Time" to them.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6159_f7bd_58ba_7e16" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GgliXEcMxCs/WtvOO_5G7UI/AAAAAAAANKo/0OH_e-qjkNADJ2tM7L7bJOLH95eDGsMogCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I made the quilt...indigos and beiges...! </div><div>I alsoexposed the children to the idea of knitting...teaching Sophie how to hold the needles!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_cb28_948b_ca3f_b300" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_uB89zaSPBg/WtvOPVAwoRI/AAAAAAAANKs/7J2nHVvCTrUpx5hRxUQYTRoAFt0K2T_RwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 419px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Laura plays games with the girls!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e532_13f7_5378_bb29" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qd_cJReyFh8/WtvOPk2JmxI/AAAAAAAANKw/5LBvF9A2nmcEc4ThWcA0hxUh8-mpX6OhQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 501px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">And of course, I rocked with them when I could!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_e5be_3273_8d1e_c9ea" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7kZ_7l7F2sw/WtvOQMuFs4I/AAAAAAAANK0/PC_5Z1hAAgol_SFuTxFxRlwW0buT3J6QQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 419px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div>****************************************</div><div>Rewind....At the end of March, on Good Friday, we went hiking at Petit Jean park and met my brother and SIL who live in south Arkansas.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_cb9_89e6_3940_2f2a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wqDCnQj2ZmA/WtvOQtGwlZI/AAAAAAAANK4/XGogzE157Ss7kjuEZbCOq7tTsiDL21vlwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 429px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d909_4b53_bd78_9f9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t2qpHS9z26U/WtvORHxctkI/AAAAAAAANK8/arevU30Nmocf7ierb0WOlTwenmvfhELlgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 323px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Here we are at the tip of the mountain on rocks overlooking the Arkansas River!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8f0a_9fce_195d_e6a5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9X5Iz8RBBmg/WtvORk6EUhI/AAAAAAAANLA/hnSeq2DNlNMFkaS6MI4PHP1cb2lp6afYgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 391px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>I am trying to get my balance and stand up straight...Steve's arm is heavy...but secure!</div><div><br></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div>Today, we went on a wildflower nature hike....lovely. In Canehill, AR.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c1b0_4700_c995_b438" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0Qabb9TKbuY/WtvOSDwcMSI/AAAAAAAANLE/nNS8tk13FswGM1t3S0oV7cSvjvvqZzG3gCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 396px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9235_e57d_b708_db37" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ewEygWltb5c/WtvOSkujUHI/AAAAAAAANLI/13MQhe_RCRouV9jnn3tzvDDjwVug13yUQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 397px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_65a1_db5b_fff9_44c2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZSt7ue0SBnw/WtvOTNkBuPI/AAAAAAAANLM/uvQ8xnL_eLcUsqpcKS4xK8j9o-Q0HqJ-ACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 417px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>Our guide showed us many native flowers and shrubs. </div><div>Including edible chickweed!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_a707_1b74_303a_d546" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QIj4qPFct90/WtvOTvxG6KI/AAAAAAAANLQ/Ikjk0GGcFUwGjjwd196Cp9t4HJSqRmDLQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 367px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e66d_742a_57a0_c02f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Fidh_R2F9MM/WtvOT2FrTOI/AAAAAAAANLU/i_C8DmnPt-cKjSpRigz7yxpXYZa0QQDQgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 317px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>It tastes pretty good! May put it in a salad soon!</div><div><br></div><div>###########################</div><div>Years ago, as a young family, we had hiked to the waterfall at Petit Jean State Park!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2ba5_97ac_c41_aa06" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h3_ljncChps/WtvOUtjWeqI/AAAAAAAANLY/jnzhU8C2wokb7MwQu_XEJqIvkDNYq2IGQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 413px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Good to be out hiking in Arkansas again!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-13237067167793527932018-03-05T07:45:00.001-08:002018-04-21T17:08:01.249-07:00Creative pursuits...watercolor, quilting, needle felting and the latest on the bulbs!The Amaryllis bulb which finally started to grow last month (see photo) is becoming fabulous!<div><br></div><div><img id="id_f479_9996_964_3099" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5nRYJ3tkj2g/Wp1mEqzhaiI/AAAAAAAANJA/DusNZRjkV9QnwyFvGIwBSTjQS_iOdwbLQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 345px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3024_d0ef_8b42_34fb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NG4X4Xkt508/Wp1mE31TEbI/AAAAAAAANJE/PtoFO_eA9QM_55ijvKEzKtBNHpcdTL34ACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 317px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>What a beauty!</div><div><br></div><div> *********************</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here are some recent watercolors!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2aed_2f60_1c31_842f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DB6qNifPeUM/Wp1mGMSBTBI/AAAAAAAANJU/L23sxx2nBHAgV9jcihxhlSRHPoiIVPHyACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 363px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>This one is still emerging....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_23a5_734f_e164_aab7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aDm_wMaASn8/Wp1mEdzB4GI/AAAAAAAANI8/YN9FVVpQXBwhEKOGxnpx4atgZ1tScV_8ACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 320px; height: auto;"> .<br></div><div><br></div><div>The first one is sold, the one in process will be coming up for sale.</div><div><br></div><div> ******************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Here are some quilts made from scraps......for charities which our quilt guild supports.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_a133_d67f_aa6f_9104" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ls51XMMCe0M/Wp1mFbWwuHI/AAAAAAAANJI/6_on-jlafOQ0EDcWZ0quvyUHJBA9YU5EwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 319px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e9a9_f382_daf3_cbf" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4SCQ36PJxCM/Wp1mFyegAyI/AAAAAAAANJQ/fpXXYGQhScU6wPThLA_3NZ6am31YvJTJwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 351px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_feea_7bf0_11d9_c600" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tRizJXiDREk/Wp1mFhxLnjI/AAAAAAAANJM/-o8-8Uk4Xk863JFK0p44v0RdO9lrdWv7gCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 351px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div> **********************************</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, some photos from a needlefelting workshop with Dani Ives..(google her and look at her gallery of pet portraits!)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8e3f_a9a7_4097_345" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HCrZcdPMe8w/Wp1mGd4y04I/AAAAAAAANJY/FW7EPANitTIpfR9QpbHOu3vmKvI-y3RGACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 351px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>The baskets of wool fibers (roving) dyed in many colors...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3292_4bdf_33ab_b99d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-39YU8bM0JXw/Wp1mGWBpKRI/AAAAAAAANJc/xIiocz-hUUMFoKOY8Ur83K4qFLanWbRbgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 412px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I do a little English robin (because I find them charming).</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ee6d_cd41_6832_6bce" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zOujltGhDjk/Wp1mGlWpMSI/AAAAAAAANJg/zwAZtYTEvjY-Nnylfr2TMC4t4Qi93MdUwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 346px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>My friend, Liz works on a bee!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_70c0_f2a3_7f9b_1a22" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VG9VksPl8pU/Wp1mG1YrnjI/AAAAAAAANJk/VrjuwJZDaf0MhG3I9xBLTZIk8ClI__sVwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 348px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>My little charmer in an 8 inch hoop/frame!</div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-91448038234378285622018-02-20T12:31:00.001-08:002018-02-20T12:31:31.767-08:00The Mystery quilt ...by Bonnie HunterIn November, I joined in to do the mystery quilt, " On Ringo Lake" by Bonnie Hunter!<div>Lots of small pieces, lots of fun and some changes along the way!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_30bc_224d_68d3_6051" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-J_WjhHUDxak/WoyFnRRvQqI/AAAAAAAANIY/zhIgb3tnHCcSgE7SZ-Go9bm3KKzoJ1AdgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 525px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Once I saw what her finished quilt looked like, I decided to use more aqua in mine and eliminate the diamond pieced coral lattice which she had done.</div><div>This meant that I had 200 pieced diamonds to use somewhere else....</div><div><br></div><div>I ended up making a "throw" size quilt which my daughter claimed! </div><div>Here it is as a top....show and tell at Loose Threads....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7d96_fc53_be0a_acee" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hjcj45m5UXc/WoyFoJT8_uI/AAAAAAAANIk/rbjE4Xs0vyoNh3JkyC2nuq6kfj0arp13QCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 438px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Then the top was quilted....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_adb8_eb31_943a_12b5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8QjkwJVRtKA/WoyFnwISFlI/AAAAAAAANIc/MVzq020zX14d0NcCvXGfjKxRuQ_LpJsbgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 390px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>And is on it's way to my daughter in Georgia!</div><div><br></div><div>At the same show and tell, I showed my finished mystery quilt top....now more calm with the blue lattice! It has 50 blocks set "on point"!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1b59_530f_e1ad_dee5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yecvsnQMAnI/WoyFoFVWXkI/AAAAAAAANIg/IVUUU45lsysXVtR6VGyAlv9J_NTg6_JVQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 604px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>It is at the quilters and will come back to me eventually! </div><div>It is a gift for a friend!!!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-13854599037925505132018-02-16T14:36:00.001-08:002018-02-16T14:43:48.579-08:00A Tale of Spring Bulbs--sort of!First to bloom was the Amaryllis (from Walmart..)....one big bloom, light pink, when they were bought as deep raspberry pink, LOL!<div><br></div><div><img id="id_9e3b_6fef_8bee_ceba" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iUBk1E0iRQk/Wodc4qY7LWI/AAAAAAAANGs/4-U8xHYgjJsRsgLJvbGvD6ytb8TpiDFIgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 277px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I painted it!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2f1b_87b3_da2f_429b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-srfMrb5zbzU/Wodc4iYUq9I/AAAAAAAANGw/Oc7qO4BXvRQ8xbedKsXohNab1JFFgEXmwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 277px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Then I bought a bouquet of tulips! Barely past the bud!.....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_a96d_e209_bebe_6eb4" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RtVaDZojOxA/Wodc5vZarOI/AAAAAAAANHA/DJeK82GPCewcoXI0fsYa-KCYnLvYjUlSwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 253px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I set up a still life and I painted them......a lot! Other still lives were involved....same tulips....for days! (I kept them out in the chilly garage when they were not busy posing for me!)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d4d3_f7e4_bc70_91d0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8meC7fYAVyk/Wodc4ohGrlI/AAAAAAAANG0/dtAwSaWc2_gdlpv3D2wTYBYVivbhYtwewCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 312px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><img id="id_42e9_8652_cac4_3743" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_WhWsqw0dCI/Wodc5AW8TsI/AAAAAAAANG4/HWA_fqVF0qQEuA55ZgZBbnDAC49fu7PRgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 294px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><img id="id_3d71_fea2_8b53_6faa" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MnWwMNFv3rA/Wodc5fILkXI/AAAAAAAANG8/12dFMyWci3kR5po1OZ-xKeAlAEzES5G3wCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 278px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div>And more....</div><div><br></div><div>.<img id="id_6cd7_ad04_aa22_62b0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D0IpJB2LZjA/Wodc5vHKs-I/AAAAAAAANHE/IaW-dMuXRsgSRCaeOVCE5_8D0iwz_fjWgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 261px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1811_9c0c_82ca_6bb0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oxb8cCAsOt4/Wodc6TntDlI/AAAAAAAANHI/ulZ2WHSVoHsrHFolwcAQrRQyUDmXglMcgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 251px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5b79_a43c_3f04_fcc6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q9woS_GtRvw/Wodc6g5qdQI/AAAAAAAANHM/h__3inIb5J0wd0SIocPbXivC3fl9d-uHACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 256px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ae29_8eef_6789_76d8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cM1LPrJ7-S4/Wodc68OltkI/AAAAAAAANHQ/emui_IkQOyA99i7n_98sQOpmhgCPLy2JgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 284px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, the Amaryllis was bursting out!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_deb_72b7_de5a_2476" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JaEAmwxMTF0/Wodc7KIgvEI/AAAAAAAANHU/ciPdhncgrxcQwTbzMSQsnEkSsEc9T1ungCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 268px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div>And I saw signs of life in the other Amaryllis which I had planed on Dec. 11.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_4e44_4e7e_9c11_7710" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Znbg_ZLlxAo/Wodc77rz2sI/AAAAAAAANHY/Rk5KSxAw2JwHpluBV8-ricg4ONtFeGNrgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 339px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div>I bought another bouquet...almost Valentine's Day....why not?</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_b6c2_5c39_5e76_c497" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8MAoMdcRmWs/Wodc8M6imsI/AAAAAAAANHc/xNVzlcdkKIMFrli6jWaDgG4a8Dn4jrDOgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 349px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div>And painted them.....</div><div><br></div><img id="id_4b5d_3959_3c74_68b3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cDUn8lIDfhM/Wodc8qF7MPI/AAAAAAAANHk/ir208iyN0k0xjUf0nXIE4Easbq9hGFgxwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 310px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div>The masking tape, while painting (it is only there until that paint dries...) ...is a fun technique....</div><div><br></div><div>A friend gave me a tea cup to use in still life....so I did!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c8af_c01c_1b68_af35" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VExwDBkP9aQ/Wodc8c_lf7I/AAAAAAAANHg/0ZJe2jxQxog4cmuFj2S4Zjc0bk1FWNzDQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 330px; height: auto;"></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, Donna Murray!</div><div>Notice the hyacinths beginning to bloom?</div><div>Here is a painting....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_a551_21bb_62d7_8ff6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ASdZk2OUkgA/Wodc84DSniI/AAAAAAAANHo/iPV5RkgC0T0qvtoUZN8h5FY8b-chfmvVgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 283px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>And here are those hyacinths today....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2c98_8741_dce7_5f5b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wAWtR35t_cY/Wodc8wQxyHI/AAAAAAAANHs/WhRtY1z_HfgoOwABorSTGudeul9m4HIYACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 303px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div>Wish you could smell them!!!</div><div><br></div><div>One little paper white just sat there, in the dish while all the others bloomed back in January!</div><div>However today, I noticed roots and a longer stem...so I put it in a glass container from French yogurt....they can stay here, until they start to lean over....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_19a6_4400_3686_dd7c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gi6BWIw2q08/Wodc9NlJPGI/AAAAAAAANHw/DWROxdc0AfU1qejJkM9511HKXXSjke7YACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 276px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>AND, that laid back Amaryllis, ....? .....here it is today....very promising!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_f50f_1525_1375_d549" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EfRT-rzZkQU/Wodc9Qz512I/AAAAAAAANH0/wJ4EM9Op170ETklOcjOlslQjQWHiTicvACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 275px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>More to come...eventually!</div><div><div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-89002943667133051672018-02-06T18:49:00.001-08:002018-02-06T18:49:54.635-08:00Watercolor and sewing, and amaryllis continued This weekend I decided it was time to cut out and sew the Marcy Tilton dress, Vogue pattern 8813. I have had the fabric,,,jersey from the factory flat fold /remnant table.<div><br></div><div><img id="id_c6f4_d63d_5d7a_9344" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fOeVqQxiYlE/WnppQ4xoX2I/AAAAAAAANFo/ut3Dehs21qsyA1qzLbwscO4-a6o84KlQgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 337px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I made it shorter, and used dark mother of pearl buttons on the big baggy pockets, to make a pleat and take them in!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_df16_2037_8010_6555" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nCEhFddG4PA/WnppReQ0ZzI/AAAAAAAANF0/tXM7hRUJ4igYrMg9la1YIlq5j5WeGF_swCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 319px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I was going to wear it right away, but the weather turned nasty, cold freezing rain and icy roads. Back to warm woolens!</div><div><br></div><div> **************************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Last week, I had a fun visit to a vintage shop, <u>The Canne</u>ry, in Bentonville, AR. There I found my angel wings!LOL!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7e79_d409_2714_5f48" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4-iTNGmuRTI/WnppRPH0rOI/AAAAAAAANFs/DxiqTTxtsnEFW4tJ_sXf-aQtkGEmVyeNQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 313px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>And I found a lovely glass bowl which seemed to have silver metallic "angel wings" in the palest of pink glass! I had to have it....(and also the Laura Ashley tablecloth which it sits upon in the photo!)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2b4c_6554_5621_7467" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-094HM2l2w-A/WnppRES4a9I/AAAAAAAANFw/2yvYfubXyWMi-TxOKMR02tATr7H_0M7SACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 365px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_cff1_d995_a5c_eec5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eFlloFzyPOE/WnppRkeI3zI/AAAAAAAANF4/gFLORlcntVohUeURv_Oo9qiKATH_fRfDQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 387px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Ah, I definitely have the pink vibe at the moment! And the Amaryllis and these tulips are that along!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_4111_9679_5bf5_f23b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GFhjtnRzz2M/WnppR7QeEhI/AAAAAAAANF8/eTCdcRfHZ1cA1hWXcnL_XnrU4MtjvjfWwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 350px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>The new sets amaryllis is getting bigger...and I can see pinks in there too!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5709_7905_9279_5692" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3Pq6PT56-Oc/WnppSGhMYNI/AAAAAAAANGA/OscrTo2KLOAuEggUvn9shdJxs25MUcTRQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 299px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Today was cold and 𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕘𝕣𝕒𝕪𝕘𝕣𝕒gray!</div><div><br></div><div>Time to dive into some color by painting watercolor!</div><div><br></div><div>I set up a still life.....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_478d_305_1cce_8a6c" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dwPo_FYuBoU/WnppSp-6HyI/AAAAAAAANGE/0zmQaRNSsgI9z9j7tlU7qkU5Xs-YzZsqwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 285px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div> </div><div>And played!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_bef8_8dc9_7fce_d3c3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VHHiqXDtNNA/WnppS5hdG9I/AAAAAAAANGI/zvhpoyUV3YQsox5ea38ekAQdmCEOKdSpACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 300px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps this will be a study for an acrylic painting....semi abstract floral, of course!</div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-85167910629158878222018-02-04T16:47:00.001-08:002018-02-06T18:14:49.340-08:00Now It’s February!Today, our amaryllis is blooming nicely!<div><br></div><div><br><div><img id="id_e562_251b_f779_fe61" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T1We1msLTWk/WneppWiMnMI/AAAAAAAANFM/B2CWEw39vKU4gk9p3XYtapZ6jBuaJtfpACHMYCw/s5000/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 186px; height: auto;"><br><br></div><div>Funny thing is, this was supposed to be a deep pink, almost fushia!</div><div>I actually like this one just fine!</div><div><br></div><div>Another amaryllis bulb, which I had almost given up as a lost cause, is starting to grow!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_f4b2_2ed6_5dc_a270" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kjVDv_hJJ-s/WnphFbZElLI/AAAAAAAANFY/lWxMcU18uUIA0064ZmQtYCoT0OHdyU61QCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 297px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Watching Super bowl now....must go dish up the pizza!</div></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-19213389856490712392018-01-29T06:51:00.001-08:002018-01-29T06:52:50.500-08:00Quilting in the new year At our Christmas quilt guild meeting, I won 100, 5" squares of Mary Englebreit fabrics.<div><br></div><div><img id="id_b7ec_3839_40bb_f254" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Cwn4JmWv3sI/Wm80x7axs_I/AAAAAAAANEg/Jn4E2Oocq6c8x1KTQVSkEg5QmBLI7v3IgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 421px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I made these into a "grandma's house" baby quilt for my friend, Liz.</div><div>Liz had given me the very first Mary Englebreit card.....in th 1980.s.....</div><div>"Life is just a chair of bowlies"</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_7bed_363f_33d8_ed04" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lhi79_P2sJc/Wm80x6W4rTI/AAAAAAAANEc/h8e2VgqKvY0yFkcTcnAVkf24hkocXb4yACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 395px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>So, making these charm squares into her quilt brought that full circle!</div><div>I bought a black fabric with cherries (a delightful find at Joann's!) for the backing, and had enough extra to make new pot holders for my kitchen!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ad13_557b_c216_d186" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qkYJHLpU3hI/Wm80yvo6kMI/AAAAAAAANEo/uw5B0MeG6U8dN7mXnffL9CsTYRrYdA27wCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 427px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>The other quilt I am working on is the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt called, "On Ringo Lake". She based it on colors from a photo taken at sunrise.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_3a3_12af_36a0_97a7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UrsORMbkW40/Wm80yc_M-PI/AAAAAAAANEk/IHVfNlnHT2MtWrR85tGhWUAMHbKbdp4gwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 424px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d7be_1708_cd_9bf8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gI4I2zxTTLk/Wm80zc8kM2I/AAAAAAAANEs/SAIjcZT9kaQ-vN15dGHWikRB1wbDfpunACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 484px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I added forest green and eggplant purple to the brown palette she chose....and I love how this photo from the Texas gulf coast has similar colors...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9161_a2a7_e470_2f70" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jOz--s1FXFE/Wm804FuRfdI/AAAAAAAANE0/0G5raWdH2oIvzmhM7CjbC9duIb4ySFQPgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 451px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I have all my blocks made, and half of them sewn, on point, into the quilt top. The secon half to be done soon!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_db80_e9c7_4033_691a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xOA8sZ8dOu0/Wm800xzOjhI/AAAAAAAANEw/OJ0YVn-gxW05oVM7CFefbChBSDZtdtRygCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 530px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>So, down to the sewing room now!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-85997671249909540692018-01-27T12:28:00.001-08:002018-01-27T12:28:14.923-08:00More tea time, plus some knitting!Second cup of tea and the cake is almost gone!<div><br></div><div><img id="id_49a6_54f9_9879_99c0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0yRkinRqREs/Wmzg3GFU1pI/AAAAAAAANDA/VtJ_QMaYx3cA03hjMvF29SSMOk-G2cE3QCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 315px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Here is how I got to this moment (well a small part of the journey, LOL)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5f5f_ecb0_ef1d_9fe3" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BtaYrhyShzY/Wmzgxbz817I/AAAAAAAANCU/S1jlFHCW6_Y_NBEPCHE-hwbEZbw9K1bIACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 300px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_4add_dc0e_6cf1_f9d6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5xW4N6IAjx4/Wmzgx7P4UTI/AAAAAAAANCY/tOaZWIm60PkJVhnSVLR9JZdUplrk3Cc4gCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 270px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_1b53_255f_52b1_ba8f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dgtSZT0vylw/WmzgxUHB7TI/AAAAAAAANCQ/Vh7YdQhkKSoQwMu3m07No3pzRFRJOZC0wCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 276px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6f05_60e0_b897_3c11" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iGw8WP6fCYg/WmzgyIejF0I/AAAAAAAANCc/Gw_SzBaKLZMyIFsZuaqt2bQ-LytIh2zmwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 282px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_f4d8_b0b3_f0e1_7a11" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aPBbYDm54JE/WmzgyWc6EjI/AAAAAAAANCg/5oUPvs3qoo04CL5MojbeGwh2BcfD4BUNACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 287px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Here is the <a href="https://thecafesucrefarine.com/french-almond-cake/" id="id_5fad_d532_7660_bfbb">recipe</a>!<div><br></div><div> ************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Right after Christmas I started knitting for the newest granddaughter....</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_986f_75f7_c95a_4c86" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rr3lmAuusMY/WmzgzHx6MdI/AAAAAAAANCo/dXfjjVKdiggNN-w5Kk-ZmgJtySEvQTMhwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 338px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>A top down cardigan using some pink (of course!) DK yarn left from something for another granddaughter!</div><div><br></div><div>Here it is being blocked in the ironing board.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_4272_f62_b6fb_8af1" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PiACLIpF7No/WmzgzPyRUII/AAAAAAAANCk/ge3NE52H59oY_SfotD4z00M6fqEZB7G2ACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 259px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>But I still had yarn!</div><div>So, I found a lacy hat pattern from Ravelry...and soon most of the pink yarn was transformed into this sweater and hat!</div><div>[Now in possession of that wee granddaughter!]</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_eb6_2f78_90d3_aa98" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pgOkhb9T_P4/Wmzg0Kjim-I/AAAAAAAANCs/kkznvK46J8szs8Ply66b7UxP6NqoicFbgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 308px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Knitting that was so much fun, I wanted more....</div><div>in the closet, I still had a bag with small skeins of yarn which I had collected thinking of the grandkids. It is sportweight mostly and merino cashmere....I had never made anything for the little ones, upon thinking it over, I realized that the parents would need something they could throw in the washing machine, not hand wash.</div><div><br></div><div>Then, I saw this pattern. "Milano" by Carol Sunday. Tunic length!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8627_9e7b_89b9_c486" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ueFh9U9wBGA/Wmzg0yw52CI/AAAAAAAANC0/MBIEsc8ppiceB3ghruBgqqZsJqynB6MRACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 310px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Casting on 366 stitches, I began! It is a long way around, as it has 20 inches of ease!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_be23_5c56_ba77_47a2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b8hBKL4LjYo/Wmzg0yUrLxI/AAAAAAAANCw/sOUBYJpy268v2wp9WKhcC_Cs9wAPBOlNwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 373px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>This was the first week of January, knitting in a hotel....waiting for a party we were attending.</div><div>Knitting is such a portable craft!</div><div>It relaxes and centers me. (And now sometimes makes my hand ache....🙁)</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the sweater a week ago...</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_b27f_162f_9f2a_6db6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XgJhBzIxkz4/Wmzg2oWuaSI/AAAAAAAANC8/aZF6MLWCQZMvtRtYfdkL_QWevTit1yYsgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 289px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>And last night, after I found a skein of taupe at Tuesday Morning. These bright stripes need the neutral for balance!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_bdbc_2c91_e48d_b11a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QFNlfQ40gmI/Wmzg2TQcEMI/AAAAAAAANC4/_2dRagmkYzsWJVGBWn1_rFaNEUAEOw-YACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 318px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Knitting this is no pressure, I am able to use it as peaceful meditative handwork. Hopefully there will still be a chilly day or two once I finish!</div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-72345673856487764642018-01-26T12:42:00.001-08:002018-01-26T12:42:27.914-08:00 Now, tea time, the creative projects, including creative shopping...I do love things associated with comfort. Especially food and drink....warm tea on a cold winter afternoon...so much of my creative energy goes into making enjoyable, cozy moments!<div><br></div><div>At a Holiday potluck, I saw these pretty dishes from Spode.</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_972c_4d5b_6ae8_ac89" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j16l_K14pZ4/WmuSqTd1E9I/AAAAAAAANBY/PYHa4mCBhREjZGyV9uw9EpAi_CV69_99QCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 336px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>When I told hostess, Nina Coffee (great name for this story!) how much I liked the little cup and saucer, she sent me this photo and told me that these were a retirement gift from her co-workers!</div><div> These pieces by Spode are called Pennylane Honeywall. I had chosen the dainty cup and saucer rather than the mugs when I was having my coffee and dessert(s)....(it was a potluck, with lots to sample!). The scalloped top edge and beautiful shape just delighted me.</div><div><br></div><div>SO.....I learned that the pattern is discontinued, but found the cup and saucer on line and easy to order!...</div><div>My Christmas gift to me arrived on the 4th day of Christmas, December 29th!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e80e_6e9c_a1a3_1c92" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VFNje8GAhoE/WmuSpwPw-SI/AAAAAAAANBU/gU7zciGXcn4eeg32zTtqFnP9kJzhLfrBQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 299px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Tea does taste great in it! With a little honey, lemon sometimes.</div><div>(I used to put milk in my tea, yum!, but learned tea has more health benefits if you drink it without the milk!)</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e8b5_7952_43b7_7399" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dH5imsDg7QU/WmuSqmHMVwI/AAAAAAAANBg/ngdBxdK-TOMC_lxhMu77gSrw0AwlTFEuACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 272px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>(And of course, the things I like with my tea have health benefits too??? Almond cake, dark chocolate covered gingerbread cookies, shortbread....you know!)</div><div> </div><div> ************************************************</div><div><br></div><div>Another "tea party" moment occurred on "Boxing Day", the 2nd day of Christmas!</div><div>We had a beautiful little vanilla cake with chantilly creme and fresh fruit...from a bakery. I got out my Laura Ashley tea set which was a gift from friends on my 40th birthday. My granddaughters were here to delight in the sweet event!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c8fc_267b_5a20_1dbb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oAWzExpi5vU/WmuSqZaCxNI/AAAAAAAANBc/WY_zjzS4Vq49VDVB9VTw_yrFy4GUY0UswCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 428px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_2204_d9f7_f82c_37bc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BSfr0Ro9FFQ/WmuSqopUfeI/AAAAAAAANBk/-vWe6PiOPNgym4STEaBivPdBLt09DMJhgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 411px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Sophie is trying to wait for the proper time for a taste!</div><div><br></div><div>That rosy pink cup is a really old, 1800s cup and saucer....with no handle on the cup in those days! It was given to me by the family of Tasha Tudor, and is a very special treasure!</div><div><br></div><div> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div><br></div><div>For more every day tea time, I needed a tea cosy!</div><div>Searching online "Free crochet tea cost pattern" yielded this beauty!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d033_8ed7_fbf6_2294" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ZvOsnZW3mmc/WmuSquDewtI/AAAAAAAANBo/QNCFMWClecgbeBwUetx8qWCa99XVRLRtQCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 389px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>I pulled out my crochet hook, DK acrylic yarn scraps and made one, love it!!!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_e6e6_55ca_b938_2610" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y7pQezSsn94/WmuSq6OKIRI/AAAAAAAANBs/TlfpwWjMAkEKV7weE72XKA0OjYcWm4Z3gCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 348px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>It buttons with a loop and an antique button under the handle! This one fits my smaller everyday, generic white tea pot!</div><div>And because I added an extra lining from a scrap of fleece from the pajama bottoms which I made for the grandkids, ( Nina Kate's pj's below) it is a very efficient cosy!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_b373_1efe_342f_db82" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tp7hCJ1XCz0/WmuSrQySFEI/AAAAAAAANBw/Ec29QeVXLw8bcDPNi9nUhYAlFIbcX_E3QCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 337px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>That's all for this post! Knitting coming up and a mystery quilt!!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-49655776068575654662018-01-25T21:08:00.001-08:002018-01-25T21:08:38.273-08:00A New creative year! 2018!We are almost thru the first month of 2018.<div>Our day today was sunny and wonderful, high in the 60ms.</div><div>Just like last Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018 when the weather gave us a beautiful day for the local women's March to the Polls!!! Getting ready for mid-term elections this year!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_cfd8_24df_ae1c_e397" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tt0YleqZYFs/Wmq3zeHRtAI/AAAAAAAANAk/wNGV2qWtFiccyo-G-mUeIbIr0Fa12bybwCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 379px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c196_2a33_71b4_84fc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--aW7U1KoE8w/Wmq30duZi_I/AAAAAAAANAs/jgtFQnHGAcsnT5TxMCIpw-JTHEIZz6XcgCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 404px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c002_c776_5d54_21d8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9phOIu6tQEc/Wmq31H4UpLI/AAAAAAAANA4/e88ppLAx6g8eCZVZmYcQ_himIjnV95G1QCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 329px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>My friend, Kathy made hats for us! </div><div>Some of the posters were great!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6c9a_ba3e_fb87_f0d9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Ue8Sq5bjMEg/Wmq30rog_4I/AAAAAAAANAw/CafNV6uv09YnU-NBGdkoCckosqdmGL7HACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 294px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_af1f_838e_6036_d179" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U0c3Justg_Y/Wmq30MC4i2I/AAAAAAAANAo/HytcMlH1Sa8e1RUyp6dlaNQonZGCvozswCHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 360px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>Marchers of all ages, we must teach our children our values!</div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_cbf7_c557_595e_285a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7qnvuGnGvcA/Wmq30lLHXkI/AAAAAAAANA0/pLUjF9z8d_cyeQ-Mhr_YNkhR4ldnAczWACHMYCw/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 268px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div>We couldn't hear all the speeches but it was great to be there and feel the goodness!!!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-82521029406674103012017-05-06T19:12:00.001-07:002017-05-06T19:12:01.547-07:00Very productive April!A quick post to show some of my projects from the past month.<div><br></div><div><img id="id_8a36_d56c_e4f9_f309" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7EanU0gxXro/WQ6CbTkitZI/AAAAAAAAM5A/sibsu7Cyu-8NIe36sPTLqEbrkS-gcRwBwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 579px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><font size="4">Blocks for a bright pink "Talkin' Turkey" quilt top....(only 6 more to go now). Pattern from Bonnie Hunter!</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_6683_46ec_b01f_7459" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Qkwv9EdVCwg/WQ6CbfFSGLI/AAAAAAAAM5E/PbjxmYfzHRMmMMn8-JF2TS1PnwvVMeikQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 495px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">One of many bird stitcheries I made for our silent auction at the quilt show (April 7-8).</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Here are more...</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_38c2_c29c_d660_99b6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CPVZsA3UPGI/WQ6CbYTj89I/AAAAAAAAM48/6oi9lXU8uKcz-tF-t5gBcN3wUFvc8yGwQCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 423px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5ddf_c3b9_8d9e_2864" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oI2DJhzclQY/WQ6Cbt4w21I/AAAAAAAAM5Q/fLMtmcaBJro-ARsaJGaPNYGclx8MX5-8gCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 461px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">A gift for a tie-dye loving friend....</font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_a164_a3ff_bba1_c2a8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9A0brTgS4xo/WQ6CbshdO4I/AAAAAAAAM5M/NALJard2vwIWYeXEl3Do_i2QEUl8MU-3QCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 416px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8253_fcb4_c60a_a81" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XSv8tO9K4lo/WQ6CbiqjB-I/AAAAAAAAM5I/SUTrn9yADvQHuHpIDNDvDtld6fLtxkq7QCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 573px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_4743_7fcc_deaa_2b21" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E6nRaZKcf5A/WQ6CcGcnP3I/AAAAAAAAM5g/MNUHvB9aYR8sayH9e81YrYDzcSm-OKChwCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 508px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">These were a commission from two sisters, and feature antique red buttons....</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_e2b7_a3b9_d388_d5cd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-RWWMC6BfV2U/WQ6CcDoHu3I/AAAAAAAAM5Y/qU-J3j-vb5Yw2nAZtKaDKy_1u0Ho7yT0gCHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 423px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Work in progress....</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_cda8_135_ca90_c33b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8EpbN2Z0CRs/WQ6CcLXlH4I/AAAAAAAAM5c/yZ48nYzj-AcuPTEaandCoUtZ3eJEBgOoACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 420px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Playing with orphan butterfly block.....</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><img id="id_143_4d65_6a78_3dd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ytCqOgoyr6k/WQ6CcHAGnDI/AAAAAAAAM5U/XO6-luFDYyEGBCjtqy9bV6wal_KcB-7XACHM/%255BUNSET%255D" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 465px; height: auto;"> Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-63348375683326051042017-01-19T08:48:00.001-08:002017-01-19T16:11:50.600-08:00Gray days, painting sunshine!<font size="5"><i>This is a dark week in our country's history.....he is not worthy of the office to which he will be instated tomorrw!</i></font><div><font size="5"><i>To counteract the anxiety and depression this has brought on, I bought flowers on Saturday.</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i>Now, I will just post lots of photos of the flowers and the paintings in various stages!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_6183_5c88_57b9_913a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e5IW-A2YE_M/WIDt3S3p3-I/AAAAAAAAM00/td9ouYFRw78/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 397px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_d2e8_378c_8529_b64b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MDoWXRbrwbQ/WIDt4NDaZII/AAAAAAAAM1A/95ibcWPp2Ds/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 395px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ed68_3023_e68d_8535" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FTFbHANxK-Y/WIDt3veW3aI/AAAAAAAAM08/rqSjXBnuIO0/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 394px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_531d_66ab_1a65_5256" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ifMkP96s5rQ/WIDt3S4tHPI/AAAAAAAAM04/iEq3ZAiN0eA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 406px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_64b1_3661_2af6_48d6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ktf87ff5UjI/WIDt61icm7I/AAAAAAAAM1Q/YfdYEPCPcps/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 391px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_344a_195c_b49a_7806" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YTH5uzHgNZE/WIDt66IZsLI/AAAAAAAAM1M/85ABJryQvQ0/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 470px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_6c0d_fa79_9601_fdc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BZ629wdwzhs/WIDt5EP6ZGI/AAAAAAAAM1E/XAJ2oNgK_bY/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 497px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_c4b5_b950_3825_b628" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TskuBlvGfaY/WIDt5asEUyI/AAAAAAAAM1I/QtES6c6SCIo/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 474px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_76c2_8ca3_b37a_fac8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--KfD4lsS6gE/WIDt7PZ4fLI/AAAAAAAAM1U/8f2vGBS4OUg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 471px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ad04_a0fc_9019_8365" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DMYY6t2RsIY/WIDt9LXPTeI/AAAAAAAAM1Y/7JVV5mzoOyY/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 438px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8ad8_2f72_6196_d7e9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qA48Z7d_Jbs/WIDt9abSfRI/AAAAAAAAM1c/P6Oi5Bhly7Y/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 567px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ef63_1935_e593_85b0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vUu_mZNUnII/WIDt9gIbRjI/AAAAAAAAM1k/lzrl0xngUVA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 508px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>These flowers have lasted! I put them out on the unheated but glassed in porch at night....</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i>Here is the beginning of today's painting....</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_4537_b289_500_b442" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lnh1R8e4bEI/WIDt9Wz4BNI/AAAAAAAAM1g/LbPk3V578fE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 570px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>Working loosely and into wet paper, causing the paints to flow. That's good for now, will work on crisper edges later....watercolor, it's all about the flow and the edges! </i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_e646_ac23_e111_1421" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_Tt9QoyFwFs/WIFVxQ7V1CI/AAAAAAAAM2E/sR9wjBa0cwA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 571px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-11849938532456944912016-12-05T15:43:00.000-08:002016-12-18T11:46:39.286-08:00Early Christmas for us!<font size="4"><i>We had our family together so it was good, after Thanksgiving, to go ahead and put up the tree!</i></font><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font><img id="id_8786_8950_aaa_552a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xjgammrbsrM/WEX720f2ZiI/AAAAAAAAMyE/nrEbe4ClOig/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 426px; height: auto;"> <div> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div></div><div><font size="4"><i>The grands were so excited to help!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i>First the ornaments.....</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_2b0f_d3ab_8da8_61bb" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IajLasjIRfo/WEX73DgIUKI/AAAAAAAAMyI/TApK9xajEa8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 418px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_9abb_18bf_22fb_f401" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HWK7dh2sA3E/WEX73XLXmWI/AAAAAAAAMyM/LHU_n5xfPX8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 454px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>This is Nina's "area".......love how she groups the pinks!!! </i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_b90f_31a5_138c_58c6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GgsEpa2SSXc/WEX73Y5ZSPI/AAAAAAAAMyQ/LTBvWhnckCM/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 496px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>Then running to put presents under the tree!!!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_3004_183e_4876_e750" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y3yKkC8tYbY/WEX74ZIxeRI/AAAAAAAAMyg/wR-e1tQxyt8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 457px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>The next day, after breakfast, opening and playing with the presents!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_1c59_7e32_4dea_a8fd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xtfC7eVo_6I/WEX74A1pToI/AAAAAAAAMyc/ipUJy1Z7ycE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 487px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>Art supplies and troll dolls. </i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i>Here is the art work....in the sketch book!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_941a_f1fd_cd2a_8a6a" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z4DN4Oqf3qk/WEX73waoYPI/AAAAAAAAMyY/BjvQ1pJfOJ8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 353px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>That afternoon we baked and decorated cookies! Tasha Tudor sugar cookies!</i></font></div><a href="http://www.cooks.com/recipe/oc244022/tasha-tudors-sugar-cookies.html" id="id_277c_4a10_ce22_f697">Here is the recipe!</a><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_8fc1_31f4_2917_dd70" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oBuNjcfrI_E/WEX732uUV3I/AAAAAAAAMyU/nsmXIPoE-4c/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 429px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_b2ae_f3cb_1b15_c9e5" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-iBRWPUp6ioo/WEX74bg39WI/AAAAAAAAMys/8Wcg-zNBkK8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 454px; height: auto;"> <br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_ed8a_b1a_cf59_e7f6" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x4uW9DEZ1vw/WEX74XEWHlI/AAAAAAAAMyk/vK6cK16z-8M/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 494px; height: auto;"> <br></div><img id="id_f64_34c3_434f_551" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7VSalXQFznk/WEX74R66T6I/AAAAAAAAMyo/KZlJqTd3Plo/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 517px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><img id="id_968c_27cd_a60d_9d65" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wGg49PDrM4A/WEX75Hfum0I/AAAAAAAAMzA/nOddtu0cyQM/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 692px; height: auto;"> <br><div><br></div><div><br><div><font size="4"><i>Then to make a great moment, we took the little ones downtown to see the Lights of the Ozarks!..</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_a2f0_614a_5dd3_1c8d" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fdKiDU1gKOQ/WEX74_P8vcI/AAAAAAAAMyw/cT2rDRjfYNA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 511px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i> </i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i>Happy girls riding ponies!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_1533_c229_bf6e_b1cc" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T1aS85UFOw0/WEX74_8I-fI/AAAAAAAAMy0/sDMaR-tZrME/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 472px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>Steve and Laura share a hug!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_f5c1_18cc_4d0a_dad8" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CrHdI5LUHEI/WEX74_Jtr1I/AAAAAAAAMy4/3YDyoBn4upM/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 463px; height: auto;"> <font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>Then bedtime, and a bedtime story!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_64ac_7004_3acc_f0e" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1v3zCAKyAnk/WEX75J3LVPI/AAAAAAAAMy8/tDmRxL7Tp1M/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 503px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><font size="4"><i>Happy times for us!</i></font></div><div><font size="4"><i><br></i></font><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-30595984162382724732016-12-04T20:23:00.001-08:002016-12-05T15:47:39.721-08:00Will the Third time be the charm?? Maybe I am getting this!!!???<div><font size="5"><i>A painting given to raise money at a silent auction....</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_de5e_93ce_b6c6_cd9b" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-oKc-imf-9U0/WEX8mh9lLgI/AAAAAAAAMzE/J41Sl4mlOgQ/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 526px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><font size="5"><i><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i>Now let's try the new app....</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div>Here goes! I did the post about a week ago...it was good, but would not publish...so now I am choosing photos and just saying a little about each!</i></font><div><font size="5"><i>My daughter and her children were here when some of us came home from the community meal at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. She had driven 12 hours from Georgia to spend a few days with us!!!</i></font></div><div><img id="id_9ba7_e691_297_7eb9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-40xFsmBgsII/WETr0gMT2SI/AAAAAAAAMxQ/gg-S9n7XlDg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 506px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>This little granddaughter loves art and drawing!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><img id="id_ee37_2585_ffc1_1c32" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pay0tbyq-dE/WETr1B-GvcI/AAAAAAAAMxg/ECYKVw1alxg/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 446px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>Grandson, just had a birthday, so more nerf toys were unwrapped!</i></font><br><div><br></div><div><img id="id_5279_a4e8_17ac_b8d0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Cm5K2lIbhCE/WETr0ml7JOI/AAAAAAAAMxY/xparUIlD2t0/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 388px; height: auto;"> <br></div></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>We created a target for him down in the basement!</i></font></div><div><img id="id_3faf_ace7_9d5b_f5e7" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pirnC5kNjgU/WETr0hOCRgI/AAAAAAAAMxU/pCqP-0iz7A8/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 416px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i>While sister Nina found delight in my bag of scraps!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><img id="id_e426_9cee_13c7_72f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bWPbaKFzdLU/WETr0850oRI/AAAAAAAAMxc/yTF8WdkmF5U/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 470px; height: auto;"> <div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>More art time!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_a0d4_20e7_b16f_12dd" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p1vb7WwGMAU/WETr1KUWfEI/AAAAAAAAMxk/JY5Ug6U2IkA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 441px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div></div><div><font size="5"><i>The other young Granddaughter loves to help...in the kitchen </i></font><i>......</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><img id="id_8c83_8e22_d92a_a8f2" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eJYJWjso0Xg/WETr1fYrqLI/AAAAAAAAMxw/ujPwdHG0nxE/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 459px; height: auto;"> <i><br></i></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>Then Laura, Lilia and Bindley cooked Thanksgiving dinner for us!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_69c_994a_43fc_d146" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5NQ-r1dteJE/WETr1YBFUSI/AAAAAAAAMxs/MclckOMhr3s/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 457px; height: auto;"> </div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>The table runner was from the church sewing group! A find for sure! Complete with turkeys!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_20d1_bc5f_fea4_a052" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Hs1nLWCHnzk/WETr1L8lg8I/AAAAAAAAMxo/XopG86VM_j0/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 534px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>I am going to post this before I lose or mess it up....still learning this app!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i>One last photo of 3 of the grandkids hanging out at bedtime! Sweet and cute! Even the 17 year-old!</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_9374_d267_3581_bcce" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--WjkrnWJ87w/WETr1gHvfMI/AAAAAAAAMx0/B9RsCxK2yeY/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 600px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>Under a quilt made by my grandmother, my mom and myself! Life is good!</i></font></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-64663124283960179362016-11-28T11:16:00.001-08:002016-11-28T11:16:53.320-08:00Trying again with the new iPad app<font size="5"><b><i>It was a great visit!</i></b></font><div><font size="5"><i>Here are some photos....beginning with Sunday evening when we came home from a community meal at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Daughter Laura (recently divorced) was here (after a 12 hour drive!)with our grandchildren from Georgia.</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_879e_4a56_325f_b265" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-caNa8_00EV4/WDyCU1tI2ZI/AAAAAAAAMw0/dVhT6E7oL-E/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 413px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>We celebrated Bindley's recent birthday....nerf gun...fun?</i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><img id="id_3b18_18a5_3a51_7621" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rjT-23WXqMM/WDyCSp45wRI/AAAAAAAAMww/Y--Nmrna0mk/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 954px; height: auto;"></div><div>.</div><div><font size="5"><i>No luck here, trying to downsize this photo....don't know if I will be able to keep blogging????</i></font><font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><font size="5"><i>The election was a disgrace and a disaster!!!! The week with the kids gave us a respit from the terrible nightmare!!!</i></font></div><div><img id="id_4f32_8c8b_7068_2ae9" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zHXksv0NIPU/WDyCkC9s3QI/AAAAAAAAMw4/o35NZEArRzA/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 960px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div><div><br></div><div><font size="5"><i>I will be getting these books about our horrible despicable president elect....while I still can!!!</i></font></div><div><img id="id_1ebd_3341_ee5f_fab" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6yfCPshrvFc/WDyCpObAPYI/AAAAAAAAMw8/tKO3k1DVPZk/%25255BUNSET%25255D.png" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 974px; height: auto;"> <font size="5"><i><br></i></font></div>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-74488698707347742382016-10-08T20:13:00.001-07:002016-10-11T18:27:35.265-07:00Ozark Folk Ways fiber arts festival <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This was a beautiful cooler morning! My friend Suzanne drove us to Winslow, Arkansas (population 300+). It was the day of their fiber arts festival at the Ozark Folk Ways center. It is in this large older native stone building, once a home and then for a brief time, a convent....but the focus today was fiber, glorious fiber!<span style="text-align: center;"></span><br />
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The building is in the back of this photo....which shows how the trees were "yarn bombed" with knit and crochet!<br />
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Suzanne taking some photos too!<br />
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The sign out by the road had this hexagon beauty!<br />
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Inside there were antique quilts.<br />
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And some peddler dolls made in the 1940's. I know that collecting those baskets of merchandise for the dolls is part of the fun of making them! I once worked on making a peddler doll, myself.<br />
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This was a quilt called a wedding quilt, which featured interesting textiles from Japan...<br />
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It is a wonderful example of sashiko stitching, the white thread on the indigo.<br />
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Spinning and weaving are local crafts represented...<br />
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Hand spun yarn knits up beautifully!<br />
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Visitors were often wearing beautiful textiles too!<br />
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Lacemaking is demonstrated!<br />
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There was a room of quilts offered for sale!<br />
Basket makers and painters also had their work for sale!<br />
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Vines and bittersweet decorate the ceiling for the season!<br />
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We had a very good time, I am so glad we took the time to go! <br />
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[The Ozark Folk Ways center is right next to the Our Lady of the Ozarks Shrine]<br />
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Blue for Bindley, pink for Nina and purple for Sophie! Here is a photo of them seeing their new bedroom!<br />
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The children are moving into their future....meanwhile on September 24, friends from the past gathered...<br />
Our Arkadelphia high school reunion!<br />
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Sally, JoAnn and I had lunch at a local cafe which now serves beer! It was a dry county when we were there!<br />
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While in the downtown area we discovered they have an art center, in the old movie theater....more later on that..<br />
These beautiful zinnias and the swallowtail butterfly were on a corner downtown,,,,<br />
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We had a great time in nearby Glen Rose at a lodge/camp run by one of our classmates.<br />
Here is our group photo,<br />
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Look for the indigo tie dye (shibori) and you will have found me! LOL!<br />
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I gave the daffodil painting to Sally, and she had the perfect dark blue wall for the yellow blossoms!<br />
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While at the art center, I learned that there would soon be an art show and sale of prints by one of my former college art teachers, Edwin Martin. There would be a reception too! I could see my former mentor!<br />
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I own a large oil painting which he painted in the 1970's,<br />
the subject is the legend Leda and Zeus but set in subtropical south Louisiana or Florida...<br />
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So I was VERY EXCITED and motivated to make the trip back down there!<br />
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The show was extensive, 40+ years of printmaking! I only managed to take a few photos, and not during the reception itself!<br />
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And this is the one (below) which now belongs to me!<br />
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Seeing Ed Martin was just wonderful, he is a delight! I was lucky to know him!<br />
Art so enriches my world!<br />
Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-49649923980566390312016-09-30T20:41:00.001-07:002016-09-30T20:41:29.385-07:00First half of September!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uQnzDglZ5-Q/V-8wM_Wm1KI/AAAAAAAAMpc/Xz8fD8uXAt4/s640/Photo%25252020160930224030921.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uQnzDglZ5-Q/V-8wM_Wm1KI/AAAAAAAAMpc/Xz8fD8uXAt4/s500/Photo%25252020160930224030921.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287870.248" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p>Labor Day weekend was a indigo tie dye party for us!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6Iafp2N05dc/V-8wNsUCq4I/AAAAAAAAMpg/up0WmPrExvE/s640/Photo%25252020160930224030998.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6Iafp2N05dc/V-8wNsUCq4I/AAAAAAAAMpg/up0WmPrExvE/s500/Photo%25252020160930224030998.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287897.307" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WpOQA_WRL00/V-8wOYSDKaI/AAAAAAAAMpk/8QV5OzvZPSo/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031065.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-WpOQA_WRL00/V-8wOYSDKaI/AAAAAAAAMpk/8QV5OzvZPSo/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031065.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287899.386" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tVux3VrBdho/V-8wO_Y0rGI/AAAAAAAAMpo/ydi2aYPoqqk/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031138.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tVux3VrBdho/V-8wO_Y0rGI/AAAAAAAAMpo/ydi2aYPoqqk/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031138.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287865.6313" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c5-391Lem_I/V-8wPkWsf-I/AAAAAAAAMps/ocz_Y82n-2A/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031200.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c5-391Lem_I/V-8wPkWsf-I/AAAAAAAAMps/ocz_Y82n-2A/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031200.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287893.003" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p>We had some wonderful results!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-frPosn31qQk/V-8wQGFKh_I/AAAAAAAAMpw/0wqdELBlF5s/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031262.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-frPosn31qQk/V-8wQGFKh_I/AAAAAAAAMpw/0wqdELBlF5s/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031262.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287925.653" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kTfRFqR--Vs/V-8wQ_3KZaI/AAAAAAAAMp0/aIRfMkuBq2E/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031318.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kTfRFqR--Vs/V-8wQ_3KZaI/AAAAAAAAMp0/aIRfMkuBq2E/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031318.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287948.7266" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cPfHTMSn1A4/V-8wRZ91AiI/AAAAAAAAMp4/M8j_N2b2aLk/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031378.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cPfHTMSn1A4/V-8wRZ91AiI/AAAAAAAAMp4/M8j_N2b2aLk/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031378.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287952.571" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gXMyUme3CiA/V-8wSHE5fXI/AAAAAAAAMp8/beBdx13NLhw/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031438.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gXMyUme3CiA/V-8wSHE5fXI/AAAAAAAAMp8/beBdx13NLhw/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031438.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287859.8013" class="alignnone" alt="" width="478" height="640"></a></div><p> </p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> I wore my new indigo tunic to our downtown wear a new mural has appeared!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KVn0OVsMpMY/V-8wSjLzwpI/AAAAAAAAMqA/P7O_O3hWiMU/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031487.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KVn0OVsMpMY/V-8wSjLzwpI/AAAAAAAAMqA/P7O_O3hWiMU/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031487.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287865.692" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> </p><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> I had a wonderful time, and the weather was perfect at "Art in the Park" on September 17.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mxxl3D4psj8/V-8wTe6pGwI/AAAAAAAAMqE/ws5LoYkwenk/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031527.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mxxl3D4psj8/V-8wTe6pGwI/AAAAAAAAMqE/ws5LoYkwenk/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031527.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287882.9497" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p>My good friend Sandra and I had a booth!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">M<a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d3OqXiQif4M/V-8wT12WAYI/AAAAAAAAMqI/P5ATcDKY8SQ/s320/Photo%25252020160930224031581.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d3OqXiQif4M/V-8wT12WAYI/AAAAAAAAMqI/P5ATcDKY8SQ/s320/Photo%25252020160930224031581.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287928.6924" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="240" height="320"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KRntxZoi-_Q/V-8wUcbTTsI/AAAAAAAAMqM/PADxyxrLXeY/s682/Photo%25252020160930224031649.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KRntxZoi-_Q/V-8wUcbTTsI/AAAAAAAAMqM/PADxyxrLXeY/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031649.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287953.3381" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="290"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cQ-Kiz-9qW4/V-8wUzNE5SI/AAAAAAAAMqQ/DePS21PEtUQ/s640/Photo%25252020160930224031700.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cQ-Kiz-9qW4/V-8wUzNE5SI/AAAAAAAAMqQ/DePS21PEtUQ/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031700.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287884.0657" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> Sales were good!</p><p> </p><p>We met other artists, including Annetta Gregory.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ryQwgibcJ30/V-8wWHrcgsI/AAAAAAAAMqU/4OtLhbjjDng/s1600/Photo%25252020160930224031962.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ryQwgibcJ30/V-8wWHrcgsI/AAAAAAAAMqU/4OtLhbjjDng/s500/Photo%25252020160930224031962.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287864.813" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="623"></a></div><p> I have to love Annetta's zinnias! (Above)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NYVnvWJ91os/V-8wX4z_LwI/AAAAAAAAMqY/G5Ds09mlgnQ/s2048/Photo%25252020160930224032327.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-NYVnvWJ91os/V-8wX4z_LwI/AAAAAAAAMqY/G5Ds09mlgnQ/s500/Photo%25252020160930224032327.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287890.0713" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="468"></a></div><p> Gayle bought these fabulous asters at the farmer's market there on the Bentonville square!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1HQrFqDmzEk/V-8wYTy6H3I/AAAAAAAAMqc/5VKwGbpg42I/s640/Photo%25252020160930224032377.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1HQrFqDmzEk/V-8wYTy6H3I/AAAAAAAAMqc/5VKwGbpg42I/s500/Photo%25252020160930224032377.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287911.0562" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p>Later at home, I found one of my paintings from the first time I was trying watercolor. A scene of aspen and a river.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hLtZsvdOJ90/V-8wYywYGEI/AAAAAAAAMqg/c_7equo5tdg/s480/Photo%25252020160930224032422.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hLtZsvdOJ90/V-8wYywYGEI/AAAAAAAAMqg/c_7equo5tdg/s480/Photo%25252020160930224032422.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287889.4492" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="480" height="303"></a></div><p> Daughter, Laura had a wonderful trip to Mexico!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kyHnO46ben4/V-8wZwMAtTI/AAAAAAAAMqk/h4JnkCJxNS4/s960/Photo%25252020160930224032516.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kyHnO46ben4/V-8wZwMAtTI/AAAAAAAAMqk/h4JnkCJxNS4/s500/Photo%25252020160930224032516.jpg" id="blogsy-1475293287875.2969" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="667" alt=""></a></div><p> That is enough fun for the first half of the month! The last days of summer!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p> </p>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-4239894557780386872016-08-29T20:32:00.001-07:002016-08-29T20:32:20.723-07:00I have a project...I am happy!<p> I found this small chest of drawers at Goodwill in Georgia and have brought it home.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-crM5jXiGR-E/V8T-CHUUCtI/AAAAAAAAMnw/88BA0A7OH-c/s2048/Photo%25252020160829223107743.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-crM5jXiGR-E/V8T-CHUUCtI/AAAAAAAAMnw/88BA0A7OH-c/s500/Photo%25252020160829223107743.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939304.3542" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> I didn't get a photo of it with the drawers....but after chalk painting and finding pretty knobs...different ones for each drawer...it has a new life!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BrViY2dVqB8/V8T-CktmqZI/AAAAAAAAMn0/ptVZs5YIC3w/s640/Photo%25252020160829223107822.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-BrViY2dVqB8/V8T-CktmqZI/AAAAAAAAMn0/ptVZs5YIC3w/s500/Photo%25252020160829223107822.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939339.1797" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fmM9yaLnBPE/V8T-De_bCnI/AAAAAAAAMn4/BU1z6rN_py8/s640/Photo%25252020160829223107871.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fmM9yaLnBPE/V8T-De_bCnI/AAAAAAAAMn4/BU1z6rN_py8/s500/Photo%25252020160829223107871.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939274.4844" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> I am also painting to be ready for another outdoor art event, Art in the Park!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l25LOcNGXXQ/V8T-EizvXRI/AAAAAAAAMn8/hP0NhHs8yRQ/s1399/Photo%25252020160829223108079.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l25LOcNGXXQ/V8T-EizvXRI/AAAAAAAAMn8/hP0NhHs8yRQ/s500/Photo%25252020160829223108079.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939294.6523" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="507"></a></div><p>September 17th at Dave Peel Park in Bentonville. 8:00-3:00.</p><p> Also working on 5x5 small paintings for Art Center of the Ozarks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hRy0RzTBkU4/V8T-GEOSdfI/AAAAAAAAMoA/xGB8yJMslqg/s1347/Photo%25252020160829223108251.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hRy0RzTBkU4/V8T-GEOSdfI/AAAAAAAAMoA/xGB8yJMslqg/s500/Photo%25252020160829223108251.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939334.1548" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="493"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qexZ_JSZ8y0/V8T-HbZ_ftI/AAAAAAAAMoE/5IeAQk5GLXc/s1063/Photo%25252020160829223108364.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qexZ_JSZ8y0/V8T-HbZ_ftI/AAAAAAAAMoE/5IeAQk5GLXc/s500/Photo%25252020160829223108364.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939295.8723" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="454"></a></div><p> </p><p>******+********+*********+**********+</p><p>One thing I found this summer that I love is coconut shrimp from Mojito's Grill!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V54HmpHFdew/V8T-ILNO5TI/AAAAAAAAMoI/pBFzOx0wxWk/s640/Photo%25252020160829223108426.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-V54HmpHFdew/V8T-ILNO5TI/AAAAAAAAMoI/pBFzOx0wxWk/s500/Photo%25252020160829223108426.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939320.203" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> It is the dipping sauce which is amazing! Coconut milk, coconut, mango and cilantro!</p><p>I make this at home too, sometimes. I bake the coconut shrimp on a rack in the oven! [ My last blog post showed my "girls" enjoying the shrimp from the oven!]</p><p>*******************</p><p>This past Saturday I went to a quilt workshop. It was about diagonal design in quilts. I started a fun scrappy, strip pieced quilt.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-No0nkg3nMcA/V8T-JLfylrI/AAAAAAAAMoM/5fnS5ymeVmE/s2048/Photo%25252020160829223108677.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-No0nkg3nMcA/V8T-JLfylrI/AAAAAAAAMoM/5fnS5ymeVmE/s500/Photo%25252020160829223108677.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939274.539" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> My friend, Paula Mariedaughter was our teacher. Her quilts are exquisite, and she is a good and patient teacher!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m4DMN0vvUCQ/V8T-KLVldbI/AAAAAAAAMoQ/d_A9bcksfjM/s2048/Photo%25252020160829223108909.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m4DMN0vvUCQ/V8T-KLVldbI/AAAAAAAAMoQ/d_A9bcksfjM/s500/Photo%25252020160829223108909.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939334.9565" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> Lori had this beautiful antique machine which I enjoyed seeing! A New Home. The company is now called Janome!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CKpeQWttrhU/V8T-LZKRHiI/AAAAAAAAMoU/0y6wBfEeGgA/s2048/Photo%25252020160829223109147.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-CKpeQWttrhU/V8T-LZKRHiI/AAAAAAAAMoU/0y6wBfEeGgA/s500/Photo%25252020160829223109147.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939331.6772" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> This was a wall hanging one student was working on! Bright batiks!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KwKkQyK6Gac/V8T-L1N5c5I/AAAAAAAAMoY/ukEFlpJfGjg/s640/Photo%25252020160829223109203.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KwKkQyK6Gac/V8T-L1N5c5I/AAAAAAAAMoY/ukEFlpJfGjg/s500/Photo%25252020160829223109203.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939350.9622" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p>Another friend worked on this split 9 patch block. Fun, lots of small pieces! </p><p>I chose something fast and scrappy....it will take about 5 or 6 of these chains, sewn together with contrasting strips,to make a quilt top....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jPhk3SfOWM4/V8T-NMhgVXI/AAAAAAAAMoc/JGZJ_W6xLtY/s2048/Photo%25252020160829223109801.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jPhk3SfOWM4/V8T-NMhgVXI/AAAAAAAAMoc/JGZJ_W6xLtY/s500/Photo%25252020160829223109801.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939270.4448" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="231"></a></div><p> </p><p>Since Paula's birthday was the following day, I made some carrot cake cupcakes! Carrot cake is Paula's favorite! The recipe was published just this week by Susan Branch on her FB page... </p><p> http://www.susanbranch.com/carrot-cupcakes/ ( this may not be a live link...but the recipe is below)</p><p>Here are a couple of the ones I baked....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MvopBu7Ig7M/V8T-Npkgz6I/AAAAAAAAMog/4FJ1KPP2dLc/s640/Photo%25252020160829223109860.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MvopBu7Ig7M/V8T-Npkgz6I/AAAAAAAAMog/4FJ1KPP2dLc/s500/Photo%25252020160829223109860.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939359.492" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is one of Susan's beautiful handwritten recipes...for Carrot layer cake...which is exactly the one I made but baked in cupcakes! [ and I added chopped crystallized candied ginger! To her recipe]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4NIqIfXS12M/V8T-OllT7LI/AAAAAAAAMok/PZTctmjr0T4/s906/Photo%25252020160829223110103.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4NIqIfXS12M/V8T-OllT7LI/AAAAAAAAMok/PZTctmjr0T4/s500/Photo%25252020160829223110103.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939315.3909" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="647"></a></div><p> </p><p>The latest current project is rearranging and decluttering my sewing space...doing this is like doing an archilogical dig...through 2-3 generations of my family who sewed and saved scraps!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ROcDx0do9zE/V8T-Quz3vkI/AAAAAAAAMoo/kbKXP5XX7cc/s1936/Photo%25252020160829223110375.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ROcDx0do9zE/V8T-Quz3vkI/AAAAAAAAMoo/kbKXP5XX7cc/s500/Photo%25252020160829223110375.jpg" id="blogsy-1472527939357.157" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="500" alt=""></a></div><p>The view from the basement stairs, at the moment....my sewing and painting....the big bookcase is headed out to the yard sale!</p><p> That's enough for tonight...</p><p> </p>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-16709956514083320832016-08-13T07:00:00.001-07:002016-08-29T19:52:07.750-07:00Midsummer memories<p> Not the happiest summer of my life. A difficult divorce in my daughter's family and the closing of the fabric store where I had a part-time job for many years.</p><p>Here are photos, in no special order...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mMuolckOJz4/V68nWLBbIGI/AAAAAAAAMko/1k82lyUFW_A/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085730256.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mMuolckOJz4/V68nWLBbIGI/AAAAAAAAMko/1k82lyUFW_A/s500/Photo%25252020160813085730256.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525967.402" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><p> Garden flowers from the front yard.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P7MmDOsLavw/V68nXGhPpMI/AAAAAAAAMks/QBBU_bk6hSQ/s640/Photo%25252020160813085730330.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P7MmDOsLavw/V68nXGhPpMI/AAAAAAAAMks/QBBU_bk6hSQ/s500/Photo%25252020160813085730330.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525955.6914" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UqPgivwEPIU/V68nX3wPHhI/AAAAAAAAMkw/ZkAIhL1N78s/s640/Photo%25252020160813085730388.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UqPgivwEPIU/V68nX3wPHhI/AAAAAAAAMkw/ZkAIhL1N78s/s500/Photo%25252020160813085730388.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526011.7468" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> We pose by that front garden...floaty cotton dress is cool on super hot days.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6o2pRLIwzM0/V68nYpBv5hI/AAAAAAAAMk0/anBKhUrvCEY/s640/Photo%25252020160813085730453.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6o2pRLIwzM0/V68nYpBv5hI/AAAAAAAAMk0/anBKhUrvCEY/s500/Photo%25252020160813085730453.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525994.3296" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> A garden party art show and sale...so much fun, mot much $$$$!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j4RDXblw72E/V68nZjXPiqI/AAAAAAAAMk4/1k4Ie-Tvd0o/s522/Photo%25252020160813085730513.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" title=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j4RDXblw72E/V68nZjXPiqI/AAAAAAAAMk4/1k4Ie-Tvd0o/s500/Photo%25252020160813085730513.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526043.094" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="244"></a><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trying to paint my daughter and granddaughter together...</div><p>Hydrangeas are fabulous this year...I try watercolor...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tXqLRRNcS8g/V68nbYgV9pI/AAAAAAAAMk8/sFyXD6qkVUw/s1936/Photo%25252020160813085730792.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-tXqLRRNcS8g/V68nbYgV9pI/AAAAAAAAMk8/sFyXD6qkVUw/s500/Photo%25252020160813085730792.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525970.5867" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0mgmAEClSAY/V68ndNkXfoI/AAAAAAAAMlA/fknvbW1_Ru4/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085731016.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0mgmAEClSAY/V68ndNkXfoI/AAAAAAAAMlA/fknvbW1_Ru4/s500/Photo%25252020160813085731016.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526023.15" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Neighbors and Steve out by the hydrangea garden...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nCyRiY1F0C8/V68nfI19l4I/AAAAAAAAMlE/5TL90wGjCDg/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085731245.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nCyRiY1F0C8/V68nfI19l4I/AAAAAAAAMlE/5TL90wGjCDg/s500/Photo%25252020160813085731245.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526034.985" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> My favorite photo of Steve this year...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QgdLZQwQaUk/V68ng_ex0wI/AAAAAAAAMlI/-FVImVjTMWs/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085731477.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-QgdLZQwQaUk/V68ng_ex0wI/AAAAAAAAMlI/-FVImVjTMWs/s500/Photo%25252020160813085731477.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526019.4084" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">The store is closing notice...it is really happening! Shoppers are loading up!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U3gk6ZCZWo8/V8T01Qzb-1I/AAAAAAAAMng/Y1p4ZIXqPIg/s640/Photo%25252020160829215202631.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U3gk6ZCZWo8/V8T01Qzb-1I/AAAAAAAAMng/Y1p4ZIXqPIg/s500/Photo%25252020160829215202631.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526048.965" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">The last day at Hancocks, Fayetteville, AR.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e7PXc9Jr174/V69vxb0yv7I/AAAAAAAAMmY/s8hH8wpOa6Y/s640/Photo%25252020160813140640502.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e7PXc9Jr174/V69vxb0yv7I/AAAAAAAAMmY/s8hH8wpOa6Y/s500/Photo%25252020160813140640502.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526040.8164" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">Horses at my brother's....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kar_yKrFRY8/V68nisPYOFI/AAAAAAAAMlM/7DgKUVKx9cY/s1936/Photo%25252020160813085731699.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-kar_yKrFRY8/V68nisPYOFI/AAAAAAAAMlM/7DgKUVKx9cY/s500/Photo%25252020160813085731699.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525960.5374" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> The view from my daughter's deck.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aZYew4r0BKU/V68nmdzOR8I/AAAAAAAAMlQ/2rxbqdJAoEo/s1936/Photo%25252020160813085731898.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aZYew4r0BKU/V68nmdzOR8I/AAAAAAAAMlQ/2rxbqdJAoEo/s500/Photo%25252020160813085731898.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525995.1765" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> My granddaughter, almost 17. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4wQEItm8pDk/V68nm-gqkSI/AAAAAAAAMlU/m8LmM5gH2Ck/s960/Photo%25252020160813085731958.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4wQEItm8pDk/V68nm-gqkSI/AAAAAAAAMlU/m8LmM5gH2Ck/s500/Photo%25252020160813085731958.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526018.4294" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="642"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jc0PsezkSJk/V68nqzN4SgI/AAAAAAAAMlY/fE0JMWLoMmQ/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085732254.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jc0PsezkSJk/V68nqzN4SgI/AAAAAAAAMlY/fE0JMWLoMmQ/s500/Photo%25252020160813085732254.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525958.9307" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> Her birthday...beautiful cake! Coconut!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uD2Z-xa7KlA/V68nr6cxgVI/AAAAAAAAMlc/Zm-0Hw-PbQc/s960/Photo%25252020160813085732313.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uD2Z-xa7KlA/V68nr6cxgVI/AAAAAAAAMlc/Zm-0Hw-PbQc/s500/Photo%25252020160813085732313.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526003.6165" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1cqr-B3kcrA/V68nsw1ja7I/AAAAAAAAMlg/JNGLN8f-J6g/s640/Photo%25252020160813085732376.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1cqr-B3kcrA/V68nsw1ja7I/AAAAAAAAMlg/JNGLN8f-J6g/s500/Photo%25252020160813085732376.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526048.9932" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> Making coconut shrimp for my girls...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lCsjLzMZSvI/V68ntlauDdI/AAAAAAAAMlk/XaHL1_3fZgI/s300/Photo%25252020160813085732409.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lCsjLzMZSvI/V68ntlauDdI/AAAAAAAAMlk/XaHL1_3fZgI/s300/Photo%25252020160813085732409.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526043.6914" class="alignnone" alt="" width="300" height="300"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PBjEwiE3b9k/V68nywBsftI/AAAAAAAAMlo/vIQY7lHo8CU/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085732658.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PBjEwiE3b9k/V68nywBsftI/AAAAAAAAMlo/vIQY7lHo8CU/s500/Photo%25252020160813085732658.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526035.482" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Smudging cweremony with the sage smudge sticks which I made using that Oregon trail sage!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wlMffjNdu4s/V68nznuD_zI/AAAAAAAAMls/wlPw4uzoiQ4/s640/Photo%25252020160813085732708.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wlMffjNdu4s/V68nznuD_zI/AAAAAAAAMls/wlPw4uzoiQ4/s500/Photo%25252020160813085732708.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525970.4844" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pmqNxqP1JzU/V68n7y8yRzI/AAAAAAAAMl0/De0SAPwC45M/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085732918.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pmqNxqP1JzU/V68n7y8yRzI/AAAAAAAAMl0/De0SAPwC45M/s500/Photo%25252020160813085732918.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525997.1018" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p>Another view of the lake.</p><p> The family room after "staging"!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xf1htj8CjJQ/V68n_SdynWI/AAAAAAAAMl4/acYIcxEg74U/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085733114.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xf1htj8CjJQ/V68n_SdynWI/AAAAAAAAMl4/acYIcxEg74U/s500/Photo%25252020160813085733114.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526007.6833" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> A wonderful moment, holding my new great niece!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LL62kSh0muE/V68oEI54ZOI/AAAAAAAAMl8/TOprLqDEQ78/s2048/Photo%25252020160813085733301.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LL62kSh0muE/V68oEI54ZOI/AAAAAAAAMl8/TOprLqDEQ78/s500/Photo%25252020160813085733301.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525989.9414" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ariXbiSF8Hg/V68oE-ZphRI/AAAAAAAAMmA/JktWax4fSv4/s960/Photo%25252020160813085733359.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ariXbiSF8Hg/V68oE-ZphRI/AAAAAAAAMmA/JktWax4fSv4/s500/Photo%25252020160813085733359.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525974.9941" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p> He uncle Dan holding her..</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jynNOsYDYEQ/V68oFu60ybI/AAAAAAAAMmE/nKJ6pjFDDs8/s640/Photo%25252020160813085733408.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jynNOsYDYEQ/V68oFu60ybI/AAAAAAAAMmE/nKJ6pjFDDs8/s500/Photo%25252020160813085733408.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525971.889" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> Fresh peaches!</p><p> Grandkids....the younger ones...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e5qR_5h1eI0/V69vyaND41I/AAAAAAAAMmc/uyyxSk48kos/s640/Photo%25252020160813140640581.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e5qR_5h1eI0/V69vyaND41I/AAAAAAAAMmc/uyyxSk48kos/s500/Photo%25252020160813140640581.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525526049.3728" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> They are back in school already!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TJCrXgSvckk/V69vzeRoPYI/AAAAAAAAMmg/fbBvKSk6_EM/s960/Photo%25252020160813140640673.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TJCrXgSvckk/V69vzeRoPYI/AAAAAAAAMmg/fbBvKSk6_EM/s500/Photo%25252020160813140640673.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525981.7808" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="772"></a></div><p> Some days it has been cool enough to paint out in my backporch/studio!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v_siIFRX4rc/V69v9Qg-T9I/AAAAAAAAMmk/81vGJVf-m_g/s2048/Photo%25252020160813140641004.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v_siIFRX4rc/V69v9Qg-T9I/AAAAAAAAMmk/81vGJVf-m_g/s500/Photo%25252020160813140641004.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525975.2153" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="473"></a></div><p> </p><p>And finally, Laura and the twins!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HSBk4HP9VNU/V69wBAOgAfI/AAAAAAAAMmo/eVIxY2lRtko/s2048/Photo%25252020160813140641229.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HSBk4HP9VNU/V69wBAOgAfI/AAAAAAAAMmo/eVIxY2lRtko/s500/Photo%25252020160813140641229.jpg" id="blogsy-1472525525991.666" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> </p><p>Life is good, even with challenges!</p><p> </p>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-41509086921307442582016-05-23T19:49:00.001-07:002016-08-15T12:23:01.882-07:00Wow! Now May is almost gone!<p> We started the month in Idaho!</p><p> Visiting our son and his family!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LI9Y6RY0_74/V0PA_8o0TrI/AAAAAAAAMi4/GzM43EqEJTw/s720/Photo%25252020160523214825234.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LI9Y6RY0_74/V0PA_8o0TrI/AAAAAAAAMi4/GzM43EqEJTw/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825234.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980429.0938" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> He has two wonderful boys, ages 4 1/2 and 1, but has requested that I don't use their photos on my Blog.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e3hF_cQDdWQ/V0PBAn0JMII/AAAAAAAAMi8/84khf9snk3M/s640/Photo%25252020160523214825291.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e3hF_cQDdWQ/V0PBAn0JMII/AAAAAAAAMi8/84khf9snk3M/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825291.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980377.8132" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p>I understand.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;">While there, we went to the downtown Saturday market.</div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u6IWOZIOfbw/V0PBBjbimXI/AAAAAAAAMjA/YT1KQanYTFw/s640/Photo%25252020160523214825335.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u6IWOZIOfbw/V0PBBjbimXI/AAAAAAAAMjA/YT1KQanYTFw/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825335.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980401.7722" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> Saw these beautiful flowers there!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FuvtvkF4O8Y/V0PBCeO1jrI/AAAAAAAAMjE/JPcYlo7SGrw/s640/Photo%25252020160523214825382.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FuvtvkF4O8Y/V0PBCeO1jrI/AAAAAAAAMjE/JPcYlo7SGrw/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825382.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980460.9683" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vn40HlZiqf4/V0PBDRpVZpI/AAAAAAAAMjI/0cQOyGaSFFo/s640/Photo%25252020160523214825435.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-vn40HlZiqf4/V0PBDRpVZpI/AAAAAAAAMjI/0cQOyGaSFFo/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825435.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980384.025" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> </p><p>We hiked two different days!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XjR-lF6uOjg/V0PBEKyCdQI/AAAAAAAAMjM/YXVdi035rhQ/s640/Photo%25252020160523214825498.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XjR-lF6uOjg/V0PBEKyCdQI/AAAAAAAAMjM/YXVdi035rhQ/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825498.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980399.4592" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> One hike was on the Oregon trail! I gathered sage....love the smell! All that sunshine and fresh desert air!</p><p>AND wind, forget "good hair"!</p><p> </p><p>Along with the sagebrush, these wild flowers (and others) were everywhere!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0IK593dEl1U/V0PBGlCltUI/AAAAAAAAMjQ/PUlvym4kZpQ/s2048/Photo%25252020160523214825860.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0IK593dEl1U/V0PBGlCltUI/AAAAAAAAMjQ/PUlvym4kZpQ/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825860.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980398.6013" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DIzlhN0UOPs/V7IWk-Km2MI/AAAAAAAAMnI/Zw8gZ86JdPo/s2048/Photo%25252020160815142252030.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DIzlhN0UOPs/V7IWk-Km2MI/AAAAAAAAMnI/Zw8gZ86JdPo/s500/Photo%25252020160815142252030.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980462.9463" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="373" alt=""></a></div><p> </p><p>When we got home, I made 9 of the smudge sticks with the sage, adding lavender, rosemary and rose buds.. ..</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1VRK0BVauIs/V0PBHVdHdcI/AAAAAAAAMjU/L3NfuYPauAo/s640/Photo%25252020160523214825904.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1VRK0BVauIs/V0PBHVdHdcI/AAAAAAAAMjU/L3NfuYPauAo/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825904.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980415.087" class="alignnone" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> </p><p>My project on our trip was this knitted scarf for granddaughter, Lilia! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v4c8rGO0kAM/V0PBIC5m-qI/AAAAAAAAMjY/bIigfIo7Ovk/s640/Photo%25252020160523214825950.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v4c8rGO0kAM/V0PBIC5m-qI/AAAAAAAAMjY/bIigfIo7Ovk/s500/Photo%25252020160523214825950.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980452.7644" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> Very simple pattern using NORO yarn which changes color as you knit. I love it!</p><p>Back home, we started cleaning out and decluttering! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HrdVI7HxArU/V0PBJ-YLJrI/AAAAAAAAMjc/4S-YiUYDsFw/s2048/Photo%25252020160523214826227.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HrdVI7HxArU/V0PBJ-YLJrI/AAAAAAAAMjc/4S-YiUYDsFw/s500/Photo%25252020160523214826227.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980415.507" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="432"></a></div><p>I found this weaving which I had done I. The early 1970's. Spruce and aspen trees.</p><p>And this tapestry...going to my daughter's.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OBfsU6nfVhA/V0PBL8ihvaI/AAAAAAAAMjg/Gaw2qtCfc88/s2048/Photo%25252020160523214826505.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-OBfsU6nfVhA/V0PBL8ihvaI/AAAAAAAAMjg/Gaw2qtCfc88/s500/Photo%25252020160523214826505.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980412.5054" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="446"></a></div><p> </p><p> And a watercolor from exactly 10 years ago, of my mother's back yard that May.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y3ktvGfcS0I/V0PBN5pmomI/AAAAAAAAMjk/SQN-GqX0Fg4/s2048/Photo%25252020160523214826762.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y3ktvGfcS0I/V0PBN5pmomI/AAAAAAAAMjk/SQN-GqX0Fg4/s500/Photo%25252020160523214826762.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980391.0586" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="378"></a></div><p> </p><p>I taught a class on this flag quilt....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6OoQsaJywRE/V0PBO80Q_FI/AAAAAAAAMjo/msWXx6p241g/s640/Photo%25252020160523214826848.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6OoQsaJywRE/V0PBO80Q_FI/AAAAAAAAMjo/msWXx6p241g/s500/Photo%25252020160523214826848.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980427.47" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="467"></a></div><p> And I sold this art piece</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AXFDUPL4VOA/V0PBQm4xVAI/AAAAAAAAMjs/8k81mjoS82A/s1776/Photo%25252020160523214827081.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-AXFDUPL4VOA/V0PBQm4xVAI/AAAAAAAAMjs/8k81mjoS82A/s500/Photo%25252020160523214827081.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980406.2012" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><p> Here is the woman who received it for Mother's Day.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B0pdX1T5gz0/V0PBRgZkFhI/AAAAAAAAMjw/Vypd7cSKL8k/s640/Photo%25252020160523214827136.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B0pdX1T5gz0/V0PBRgZkFhI/AAAAAAAAMjw/Vypd7cSKL8k/s500/Photo%25252020160523214827136.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980456.7815" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> So, a busy, happy month here!</p><p>And soon, off to see these little ones!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1lFizqCkqUg/V0PBS3elyxI/AAAAAAAAMj0/MgtFXuaQX5I/s960/Photo%25252020160523214827266.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1lFizqCkqUg/V0PBS3elyxI/AAAAAAAAMj0/MgtFXuaQX5I/s500/Photo%25252020160523214827266.jpg" id="blogsy-1471288980426.644" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="500"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"> </div><p> </p>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-32234179524060436402016-04-25T20:41:00.001-07:002016-04-25T20:41:36.998-07:00Almost through April...sewing and baking...prom time too!<p> My grandson (who made his first soccer goal...and then played goalie...)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3df1nmpAUZc/Vx7jRbLm32I/AAAAAAAAMg0/Vdn0XloKIug/s960/Photo%25252020160425224046694.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3df1nmpAUZc/Vx7jRbLm32I/AAAAAAAAMg0/Vdn0XloKIug/s500/Photo%25252020160425224046694.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095322.0623" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="428"></a></div><p> </p><p> asked for an outfit...Naturo, some kind of Ninja anime character...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7sjqVFMuXkQ/Vx7jSLHI-mI/AAAAAAAAMg4/ynk62UpiEiI/s523/Photo%25252020160425224046748.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7sjqVFMuXkQ/Vx7jSLHI-mI/AAAAAAAAMg4/ynk62UpiEiI/s500/Photo%25252020160425224046748.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095322.1516" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="375" height="523"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s7lLhmg_D3U/Vx7jS1E3lkI/AAAAAAAAMg8/psdYHTDLlmA/s278/Photo%25252020160425224046779.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s7lLhmg_D3U/Vx7jS1E3lkI/AAAAAAAAMg8/psdYHTDLlmA/s278/Photo%25252020160425224046779.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095237.4067" class="" alt="" width="181" height="278"></a></div><p> So I set to work to collect some orange durable, but inexpensive fabric(s).,,and to find a pattern which I could adapt...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DtxvjT1UOSQ/Vx7jT9i7KiI/AAAAAAAAMhA/Ylrm5tLZKGg/s2048/Photo%25252020160425224047028.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DtxvjT1UOSQ/Vx7jT9i7KiI/AAAAAAAAMhA/Ylrm5tLZKGg/s500/Photo%25252020160425224047028.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095260.5234" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p>Cut and sewed...to get it to him before he outgrows it.... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jb5Wcdb3WiM/Vx7jU1nu77I/AAAAAAAAMhE/r7BshWCPYBs/s2048/Photo%25252020160425224047251.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jb5Wcdb3WiM/Vx7jU1nu77I/AAAAAAAAMhE/r7BshWCPYBs/s500/Photo%25252020160425224047251.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095237.6345" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> He got it today....and I got this photo!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hlGmFj1WOnc/Vx7jVTemE1I/AAAAAAAAMhI/lVEA2Jxrgb0/s640/Photo%25252020160425224047305.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-hlGmFj1WOnc/Vx7jVTemE1I/AAAAAAAAMhI/lVEA2Jxrgb0/s500/Photo%25252020160425224047305.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095247.304" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p> Looks like it fits!</p><p>*************************</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-prV6zAVSvF8/Vx7jWGc47CI/AAAAAAAAMhM/4p-alT2Bg_s/s960/Photo%25252020160425224047381.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-prV6zAVSvF8/Vx7jWGc47CI/AAAAAAAAMhM/4p-alT2Bg_s/s500/Photo%25252020160425224047381.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095324.6736" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p>Granddaughter went to junior prom...beautiful!</p><p> *************************</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jc-LlQTR6DQ/Vx7jXEOrB4I/AAAAAAAAMhQ/mOG11AQavtg/s2048/Photo%25252020160425224047592.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jc-LlQTR6DQ/Vx7jXEOrB4I/AAAAAAAAMhQ/mOG11AQavtg/s500/Photo%25252020160425224047592.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095275.0386" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p>I tried a recipe for Japanese cheesecake....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pxlfgSxJ_c0/Vx7jYAY57MI/AAAAAAAAMhU/XQRvAPJKG6w/s2048/Photo%25252020160425224047812.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-pxlfgSxJ_c0/Vx7jYAY57MI/AAAAAAAAMhU/XQRvAPJKG6w/s500/Photo%25252020160425224047812.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095303.1575" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Soft as a cloud, but still has the cream cheese, butter and egg taste! Oh, and I used coconut flour so it is gluten free! Not too sweet, either!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fZz2INJAlyA/Vx7jZUcrJKI/AAAAAAAAMhY/fCkKgW1bwys/s2048/Photo%25252020160425224048036.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-fZz2INJAlyA/Vx7jZUcrJKI/AAAAAAAAMhY/fCkKgW1bwys/s500/Photo%25252020160425224048036.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095320.4717" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p> This quilt came back from Sonja Koch the long arm quilter!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XWDUtBmTXE8/Vx7jaeSRtZI/AAAAAAAAMhc/4Q3v0mueZKk/s2048/Photo%25252020160425224048285.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XWDUtBmTXE8/Vx7jaeSRtZI/AAAAAAAAMhc/4Q3v0mueZKk/s500/Photo%25252020160425224048285.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095282.0098" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="669"></a></div><p> It is for my great nephew, Lane also a junior in high school! Blocks were started by Mom. Lane is her first great grandchild!</p><p> **************************************</p><p>Check my painting blog to see how I am struggling to do a double portrait....her is a rough sketch...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yH47z9zyJ84/Vx7ja10w7-I/AAAAAAAAMhg/NPQ-jIqx4iQ/s640/Photo%25252020160425224048330.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yH47z9zyJ84/Vx7ja10w7-I/AAAAAAAAMhg/NPQ-jIqx4iQ/s500/Photo%25252020160425224048330.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095275.3474" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> And a background....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qKPlgZlCAis/Vx7jbgJN-eI/AAAAAAAAMhk/o8JilCl2zCk/s640/Photo%25252020160425224048373.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qKPlgZlCAis/Vx7jbgJN-eI/AAAAAAAAMhk/o8JilCl2zCk/s500/Photo%25252020160425224048373.jpg" id="blogsy-1461642095255.5745" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="375" alt=""></a></div><p> </p>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-59106245767143659652016-04-09T16:25:00.001-07:002016-04-12T07:12:11.038-07:00April art times! And recap of life!!!!This is now finished and hanging in my studio! Influenced by artist Faith Ringgold!<br />
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I am working to add patchwork and stitching on this art piece too!<br />
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Using a sashiko needle, I am able to embellish the painting with per level cotton stitches!<br />
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This week I have been able to do other art too!<br />
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Friends came and we did watercolor....<br />
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Featuring a fabulous tulip bouquet from the local farmer's market.<br />
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These are finished now....?...I think!<br />
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And 2 smaller ones...which may still see some finishing!<br />
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The store where I have a part time job is closing....so I will have even more art and creative time.<br />
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I have plenty of fabric, and am making scrappy quilts and quilt tops for various family members and for charity!<br />
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And sewing for grandchildren!<br />
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Sophie in a dress I made!<br />
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moving towards grey hair....saving $$$$ as we are on Social Security!<br />
I thank God for my many dear friends, especially those with whom I share such good times!<br />
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With Karen at a birthday for Tracie!<br />
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With Gayle and her granddaughters, friends Sally and Liz, at a French restaurant in Carthage, MO.<br />
April is great, and today is friend Sally's birthday!<br />
Our lilacs...on a windy day!<br />
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Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-47756365803654201572016-02-17T20:03:00.001-08:002016-02-17T20:03:33.151-08:00Wow! Real Senior Moments!<p> It has been an amazing week! Valentines and more!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cJePWGpksY8/VsVCXKFMxvI/AAAAAAAAMcQ/wLCSkYQko94/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220229610.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cJePWGpksY8/VsVCXKFMxvI/AAAAAAAAMcQ/wLCSkYQko94/s500/Photo%25252020160217220229610.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211520.5798" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> </p><p>Today is our 43rd wedding anniversary! Things are good!</p><p>One week ago, two days after retiring from his job of the last 12.5 years, husband, Steve had a small stroke!</p><p>(He wasted no time in using Medicare!)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_RdkdNRpEXE/VsVCYHcBKCI/AAAAAAAAMcU/TGr9NpijAlc/s640/Photo%25252020160217220229709.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_RdkdNRpEXE/VsVCYHcBKCI/AAAAAAAAMcU/TGr9NpijAlc/s500/Photo%25252020160217220229709.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211468.6462" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="480" height="640"></a></div><p>Lots of tests and a couple of days in the hospital...he is on the mend!</p><p> Here we are sharing our dessert at the restaurant tonight. Of course, we are trying to eat very healthy things now...but the dessert was a free gift to us because of the occasion! One dessert and 2 forks....no calories that way! LOL!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mx2XJDENM08/VsVCZVvfppI/AAAAAAAAMcY/Wemd9JVkuAk/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220230021.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Mx2XJDENM08/VsVCZVvfppI/AAAAAAAAMcY/Wemd9JVkuAk/s500/Photo%25252020160217220230021.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211449.3154" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p> We really did enjoy it!!!!</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PBnOy12q93U/VsVCavm51eI/AAAAAAAAMcc/uB-xTWCR25M/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220230238.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-PBnOy12q93U/VsVCavm51eI/AAAAAAAAMcc/uB-xTWCR25M/s500/Photo%25252020160217220230238.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211455.2976" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> We have flowers from our son and daughter in law! They are opening, I will have to paint them!</p><p>Steve's periphrial vision was affected. So he is not legal to drive for a bit! It will improve.</p><p>************************************</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MCk2Ph2u3uw/VsVCcGwhvQI/AAAAAAAAMcg/E3xxONskoK4/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220230453.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MCk2Ph2u3uw/VsVCcGwhvQI/AAAAAAAAMcg/E3xxONskoK4/s500/Photo%25252020160217220230453.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211490.5315" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p>I have been having hand and arm pain...so am giving this quilt to a co-worker who has a little girl. She will have to sew the binding down! That will make it mean even more to them!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b_fvl2-ybdM/VsVCdp0QAGI/AAAAAAAAMck/iMmfNKC-uCs/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220230745.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b_fvl2-ybdM/VsVCdp0QAGI/AAAAAAAAMck/iMmfNKC-uCs/s500/Photo%25252020160217220230745.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211501.249" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="667"></a></div><p> Here is our youngest grandchild...so cute! He will be crawling soon!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KOvagkN8PlI/VsVCfO2bxKI/AAAAAAAAMco/kTvMm38z910/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220230976.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-KOvagkN8PlI/VsVCfO2bxKI/AAAAAAAAMco/kTvMm38z910/s500/Photo%25252020160217220230976.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211508.1216" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="367"></a></div><p>Across the continent ....My son in law sent this cool photo of one of the twins, "Nina bird" and himself!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wnOmAMXwxTk/VsVCgEWMH1I/AAAAAAAAMcs/wxivD8C3_i4/s1920/Photo%25252020160217220231176.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-wnOmAMXwxTk/VsVCgEWMH1I/AAAAAAAAMcs/wxivD8C3_i4/s500/Photo%25252020160217220231176.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211539.9722" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> Love that they send us photos! Would love to see them more!!!</p><p>Here are the twins 3 years ago when they were 20 months old!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-00XxIAS0DjI/VsVChGBPqDI/AAAAAAAAMcw/WEIxiFjNKNQ/s640/Photo%25252020160217220231215.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-00XxIAS0DjI/VsVChGBPqDI/AAAAAAAAMcw/WEIxiFjNKNQ/s500/Photo%25252020160217220231215.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211461.5588" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="375"></a></div><p> "Nina bird" is in the car, Sophie is pushing her.</p><p> </p><p>I sent these little leggings and tops to the twins this week. Hope they enjoy them! I am trying to sew up some of my stash! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4YeTAK2nyeE/VsVCiyzWt6I/AAAAAAAAMc0/bXVY_MVkgEs/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220231483.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4YeTAK2nyeE/VsVCiyzWt6I/AAAAAAAAMc0/bXVY_MVkgEs/s500/Photo%25252020160217220231483.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211450.3215" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p>I am working on adding a patchwork border to one of my collage paintings. Like Faith Ringgold does.....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v6jVpF5anyE/VsVCkcqqzoI/AAAAAAAAMc4/E-k8xN3N02Y/s2048/Photo%25252020160217220231719.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v6jVpF5anyE/VsVCkcqqzoI/AAAAAAAAMc4/E-k8xN3N02Y/s500/Photo%25252020160217220231719.jpg" id="blogsy-1455768211483.7905" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="373" alt=""></a></div><p>here I am testing fabrics for the border...back later with the result!</p><p> </p>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34814792.post-8234851906781765202016-02-09T11:51:00.001-08:002016-02-09T12:27:44.940-08:00Making pages for art journal and Smash books<p> I love to play with images! SMASH books and art journals are part of my inner teenager, I think!</p><p>Here is the newest Smash book which I got from K&Co. It actually has several pages for each month, chronologically arranged.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c896PC9z4dc/VrpC5NXwJKI/AAAAAAAAMaQ/ju4qJU8M4h0/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134948857.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c896PC9z4dc/VrpC5NXwJKI/AAAAAAAAMaQ/ju4qJU8M4h0/s500/Photo%25252020160209134948857.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663480.4294" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> The inside is New Year's Day </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r6u--bMRjS4/VrpC66uMcMI/AAAAAAAAMaU/tTgLGnCm52g/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134949083.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r6u--bMRjS4/VrpC66uMcMI/AAAAAAAAMaU/tTgLGnCm52g/s500/Photo%25252020160209134949083.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663486.2976" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Next a couple of January pages..</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nA61xH3c6g8/VrpC8JQXiAI/AAAAAAAAMaY/MMtTvnmXZ4U/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134949327.jpg" target="_blank" style=""><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-nA61xH3c6g8/VrpC8JQXiAI/AAAAAAAAMaY/MMtTvnmXZ4U/s500/Photo%25252020160209134949327.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663496.096" class="alignnone" alt="" width="500" height="366"></a></div><p> A Christmas card with a painting by Jimmy Carter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_AoLziYJuos/VrpC9nnBVvI/AAAAAAAAMac/MC5C_eSTghY/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134949548.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_AoLziYJuos/VrpC9nnBVvI/AAAAAAAAMac/MC5C_eSTghY/s500/Photo%25252020160209134949548.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663460.083" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Just chillin, hanging out with friends...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JJTq1fuphAA/VrpLrUHLweI/AAAAAAAAMbo/WYvFuNqgrEc/s2048/Photo%25252020160209142721148.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JJTq1fuphAA/VrpLrUHLweI/AAAAAAAAMbo/WYvFuNqgrEc/s500/Photo%25252020160209142721148.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663504.8777" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="340"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> A page about a sweater I finished knitting.</div><p>Then February, I can't make myself cover up their groundhog .....Gayle and I went to see the Maya Angelou life quilt at Crystal Bridges.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zM4wyyuG3NA/VrpDAy8cILI/AAAAAAAAMak/AIokPXSLjd4/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134950041.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zM4wyyuG3NA/VrpDAy8cILI/AAAAAAAAMak/AIokPXSLjd4/s500/Photo%25252020160209134950041.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663477.3682" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I bought the little primroses in the photo! I love how the pink looks with the orange mandarins!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EUuDhJ5urfw/VrpLsgdEWoI/AAAAAAAAMbs/q9qRtYn2yxo/s1890/Photo%25252020160209142721372.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EUuDhJ5urfw/VrpLsgdEWoI/AAAAAAAAMbs/q9qRtYn2yxo/s500/Photo%25252020160209142721372.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663515.768" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="567"></a></div><p> </p><p>A larger format than the Smash journal, my art journal is a multimedia sketchbook from Strathmore. I decorate the cover with photos of art and colorful paint chips.</p><p>Inside I have many large messy pages....often these are ongoing, I will continue to paste something in to fill up the page as I find these pieces...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HU1WrF27yGo/VrpLuEsOIDI/AAAAAAAAMbw/tHCc5nk-uZ0/s2048/Photo%25252020160209142721580.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-HU1WrF27yGo/VrpLuEsOIDI/AAAAAAAAMbw/tHCc5nk-uZ0/s500/Photo%25252020160209142721580.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663527.2976" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="307"></a></div><p> </p><p> This one has my thought on turning 65 and getting Medicare....still adding. The circle of blue reminds me of the earth. It was done with a gelli plate, a monoprint.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02ED9VEIP7E/VrpDE6upm7I/AAAAAAAAMaw/MhE7y-QKNXU/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134950708.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-02ED9VEIP7E/VrpDE6upm7I/AAAAAAAAMaw/MhE7y-QKNXU/s500/Photo%25252020160209134950708.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663459.0269" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Colored watercolor pencils and stencils are the backgrounds of these pages about our travel agent daughter, Laura.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yzIZpz9HvT4/VrpLvaqFTXI/AAAAAAAAMb0/mLVSqKuOdZw/s2048/Photo%25252020160209142721815.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-yzIZpz9HvT4/VrpLvaqFTXI/AAAAAAAAMb0/mLVSqKuOdZw/s500/Photo%25252020160209142721815.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663548.044" class="aligncenter" width="500" height="330" alt=""></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: none;"> This is a page with magazine photo and little daisy stenciling! Part of that page was done using a bent toilet paper tube for a heart stamp.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SpEf7KCxBnY/VrpDHhLLpAI/AAAAAAAAMa4/dj7SuHCbJXU/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134951235.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-SpEf7KCxBnY/VrpDHhLLpAI/AAAAAAAAMa4/dj7SuHCbJXU/s500/Photo%25252020160209134951235.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663526.2725" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Some pages are done by dragging an old credit card through spots of paint just squeezed out of the tube. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mH7Kz3eocOE/VrpDJBdXm9I/AAAAAAAAMa8/PWmrNVIttts/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134951483.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-mH7Kz3eocOE/VrpDJBdXm9I/AAAAAAAAMa8/PWmrNVIttts/s500/Photo%25252020160209134951483.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663517.199" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Like this!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bzEk0TiyQYw/VrpDKj-DJYI/AAAAAAAAMbA/T1Egu_w_xBU/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134951713.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bzEk0TiyQYw/VrpDKj-DJYI/AAAAAAAAMbA/T1Egu_w_xBU/s500/Photo%25252020160209134951713.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663503.9177" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GlyDgsKsIEY/VrpDMJqMg-I/AAAAAAAAMbE/ueKM0KWxxn0/s2048/Photo%25252020160209134952024.jpg" target="_blank" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-GlyDgsKsIEY/VrpDMJqMg-I/AAAAAAAAMbE/ueKM0KWxxn0/s500/Photo%25252020160209134952024.jpg" id="blogsy-1455049663514.5728" class="aligncenter" alt="" width="500" height="373"></a></div><p> Now, before this turns into one of those "days when it took me all day to not get anything done",</p><p>I am heading downstairs where my sewing studio is,to sew for the twins!</p><p> </p>Lila Rostenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08315529639140700858noreply@blogger.com0