Daughter & husband from Illinois

ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTIVES FOR THIS TRIP, OTHER THAN TO VISIT US, WAS TO GO TO THE BEACH. SINCE WE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AND HAD NEVER BEEN TO ST. AUGUSTINE, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME. IT TOOK ALMOST 3 HOURS TO GET THERE. WENT TO THE BEACH FIRST.

DID A LITTLE SITE SEEING, WE DID NOT RENT THESE, WE RODE THE TROLLEY, BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, BOYS WILL BE BOYS!

AFTER A DAY OF PLAY WE GOT DOWN TO SOME SERIOUS TREE CUTTING. FIRST WE MUST TALK ABOUT IT, MAKE SURE IT IS GOING TO FALL WHERE WE WANT IT TO AND NOT ON THE POWER LINES OR THE HOUSE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, JOB WELL DONE. THIS WAS NO SMALL TREE. WE HAD IT TOPPED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND IT DIED SO IT HAD TO COME DOWN.

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ALL IN ALL I'D SAY IT WAS A PRETTY FUN TIME, JUST TO SHORT. WE CRAMMED A LOT INTO THREE DAYS. HOPEFULLY THE NEXT TRIP WILL BE A LONGER STAY.

Not much time for the art room, the big show is tomorrow I'll let you know how it goes.

Have a BLESSED day and enjoy LIFE.

Making pin cushions for a show

These pictures are all out of order and I am to tired to fight with it. Some of these have a few last minute details to fix, a tuck here and a stitch there but for the most part they are finished. I did all four today. I will be taking them to a craft show right before mothers day, along with some polymer clay beads, and some other things that will make good gifts for the ladies.

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Trying to keep my mind off of April 21st. Twenty five years ago today my mother left this earth. They say time heals and it does but it does not make the memory go away. Some years are worse than others, for some reason this year has been real hard. If you have lost your mother and you were close you know what I mean. If you still have your mother you should cherish the time together and let her know how much you love her.***************************************************************************

So the nest is empty again, daughter and her husband have gone back to Illinois after a brief stay with us. We packed a lot into those few days. I am waiting on some pictures to share, we had a day in St. Augustine that was a lot of fun.***********************************************

Of course these pictures are out of order.....the first one and the fourth one are the same.

I wanted to show the tops of these two so you could see the fabric better, it might require a click to enlarge to see it better.

We are having absolutely the best spring weather that anyone could have and I am really enjoying it. I hope wherever you are it is just as nice.

Be BLESSED and THANKFUL for each and every day.

The yard, cats and some art.

This is part of our back yard...the wisteria is really full this spring, I just wish it would last longer. You can not see the vibrant purple color in this photo, the dogwood is also in bloom. How can you not like spring?
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Did another two pages in journal #4. The gold paint almost looks like ripples or wrinkles.
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These are my three out door cats, this is Salu on the rail, and Buddy is the black and white one, and Sweetie is the manz. This is our "needs to be cleaned" front porch where they all like to hang out. The porch is on my "to do" list.

Last this is another piece of material I have been painting on. It will be folded in half and the right hand side will be the front. I sewed this picture of a lady on and will use the sky to write on. I am not done with it but just wanted to let you know, no matter how much yard work and house work, THERE IS ALWAYS TIME FOR ART!

This just might be my last post for awhile, as our daughter and her husband will be here in less than two weeks, guess with that thought I better get busy. BE BLESSED and enjoy spring.