A time to grieve.

Dear online friends,

My daddy passed away 2 days ago from a massive stroke so my hiatus from blogging is extended and I will begin posting again as and when I can.

Thank you for understanding.

Lezlie

Monster Tomato and Okra Plants

Here's an update of my

crazy tomato plant.

As you can see, it is now

taller than me in some spots.

Note:  I have my oval doily in my hand!  :)

CRAZY!

Here it is next to the okra:

Actually, the okra is getting HUGE too.

I think it is the Lasagna Garden effect.

I went with that philosophy of just

pouring in layers of kitchen and

yard waste and not touching it

and planting right into it.

The plants seem to LOVE it!

I'm having a GREAT time

with my friends!

I hope for time of

good fellowship for

you as well.  :)

Sporadic Entries

My posts will not be frequent next week as I will be focused on seeing old friends in person, which will be quite refreshing and very lovely!  But I will try to get one or two things in, if I can and God-willing.

James 4:13-15  "Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money."  Why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.  What is your life?  You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.  Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that."

Thank you for following along with me on this journey of life.  I appreciate my on-line friends too!

 After all, it's always good to spend time with friends,

no matter where they may be found!

Adventurous Oval - FINISHED!!!

HOORAY, HOORAY, HOORAY!

I've completed my PK Oval

and it's SO pretty.

I LOVE IT!!!

It even looks beautiful from the BACK!

Happy, happy!  Giddy!!!  

Dance, skip, hop!

(Yes, I'm excited.)

This doily is from my marvelous

Patricia Kristoffersen book,

Absolutely Gorgeous Doilies.

All the doilies in the book

are done in white only.

My color choices were

white, variegated, delft blue, and yellow threads

and a size 7 hook.

My other 2 posts on this doily were:

Adventurous Oval

and

Adventurous Oval-continued 

Click on either link to read

more about the

creation process.

Decorating a Boy's Room

I've been wanting to paint my boys' rooms

for several years now.  But I want them to 

be BEIGE.  Not yellow or rosy beige.

Just plain BEIGE

I keep procrastinating because the last

time I thought I had picked out BEIGE,

it looked like Chocolate Mousse

once it was on the walls.

And that's fine in my kitchen:

'Cause that's where you eat

Chocolate Mousse, right?

And it's ok in my feminine bedroom too.

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But for the boys' rooms,

I don't want

Chocolate Mousse.

I just want BEIGE!

So I consulted my interior design friend.

She has a gift with colors.

I told her I wanted a cowboy theme

in one room and an army theme in

the other one.  

So she brought me some color cards

of some beige paints she likes.

And she brought me these

for the cowboy theme.

(Isn't she great?  

Her name is MaryBeth)

So now I need to decide how to use these fabrics

to accent the room with.

Any ideas???

The Bomb

There is always some kind of fun going on at our house.  My boys invent games all the time.  One they have played off and on through the years is The Bomb.  

They have all sorts of board games.  Some times they play by the rules and sometimes they make up a completely new game that doesn't even resemble the original.  

That's how it is in the case of the The Bomb.  In this game, they use our game called Perfection.  (If you are not familiar with this game, it is a battery powered square box in which you depress the center and set the timer.  Then you place shapes of all kinds in the correct spaces with the goal being having all pieces in place before the timer buzzes and the depressed insert pops up and throws the pieces out.)   

They place the game ('bomb') in different rooms throughout the house in strategic positions.  They then depress the insert, reset the pieces, and turn on the timer.  

Then it is all chaos as they run away and hide, waiting for it to 'explode'.

Then, of course, when it goes off, there is much screaming and laughing.  And then they fetch The Bomb and cart it off to a new demolition site and start all over again.

I love their inventiveness.  It makes up for the screaming (usually)!

Caryn's Bonnet

I made this sweet bonnet

for my 1st great niece Caryn
and for a very good friend's baby.

It is the same bonnet I made for Ava, tweaked.

I wish the pictures had turned out better.
The pink variegated was so bright.

It was a beautiful contrast with the white.

Again, that book is:

The Complete Guide to Thread Crochet

designs by Terry Kimbrough

Leisure Arts #3225

As the title indicates,
this book has more than
just baby crochet.

It also has 2 nice sweater patterns,
one of which I'm working on, in beige.
It also has a doily pattern,
bookmark patterns, and more.